Franz Kurfess
California Polytechnic State University-SLO
fkurfess@csc.calpoly.edu

Franz Kurfess is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, California. Cal Poly has a task force of Internet2 champions, one for each college, to explore and promote the use of Internet2. As the champion for the College of Engineering, Franz is trying to get faculty, students, and staff to make use of the technologies available through Internet2 networks. During the spring 2003 semester, Kurfess taught CPE/CSC 490: Selected Advanced Topics Internet2. In his CSC 490 course, Kurfess and his students explored such Internet2 advanced applications videoconferencing, video streaming, tele-collaboration, and tele-immersion. Several Internet2 staff members including Douglas Van Houweling, Internet2 President and CEO, made presentations to the class via videoconferencing. Kurfess obtained his doctorate from the Technical University of Munich, Ge...
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Presentations

Date Event Title Files
09/20/2005 Fall 2005 Internet2 Member Meeting Toward A User-Centered I2-Enabled Collaborative Learning and Teaching Environment: The Cal Poly Scandinavian Style Participatory Design Project [ppt] [htm]
05/02/2005 Spring 2005 Internet2 Member Meeting Cal Poly’s Learning Commons and Internet2 [ppt] [htm]
09/29/2004 Fall 2004 Internet2 Member Meeting Teaching and Learining with Internet2 [ppt] [htm]
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