CERN Accelerating science

ATLAS Slides
Report number	ATL-SOFT-SLIDE-2010-357
Title	ATLAS Live: Collaborative Information Streams
Author(s)	Goldfarb, S (University of Michigan)
Corporate author(s)	The ATLAS collaboration
Submitted to	Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics 2010, Taipei, Taiwan, 18 - 22 Oct 2010
Submitted by	[email protected] on 08 Oct 2010
Subject category	Detectors and Experimental Techniques
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment	CERN LHC ; ATLAS
Free keywords	ATLAS Live ; Communication ; Video ; Streams ; Webcast ; SCALA ; Public Screens
Abstract	I report on a pilot project launched in 2010 focusing on facilitating communication and information exchange within the ATLAS Collaboration, through the combination of digital signage software and webcasting. The project, called ATLAS Live, implements video streams of information, ranging from detailed detector and data status to educational and outreach material. The content, including text, images, video and audio, is collected, visualised and scheduled using the SCALA digital signage software system. The system is robust and flexible, allowing for the usage of scripts to input data from remote sources, such as the CERN Document Server, Indico, or any available URL, and to integrate these sources into professional-quality streams, including text scrolling, transition effects, inter and intrascreen divisibility. The video is made available to the collaboration or public through the encoding and webcasting of standard video streams, viewable on all common platforms, using a web browser or other common video tool. Authorisation is enforced at the level of the streaming and at the web portals, using the CERN SSO system. I discuss the status of the pilot project and plans for integration of the tool as part of the ATLAS internal and external communication strategy.