2nd ANNUAL REPORT | September 2007 – August 2008 Submitted to: The Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT) & The External Review Committee (ERC) November 11, 2008 By: The University of Texas at Austin & Collaborating Portuguese Institutions Contents Section 1 | Int'l Collaboratory for Emerging Technologies .........................................1 1-1. Introduction and Overview ............................................................................................ 1 1-2. Key Year 2 CoLab Academic and Research Initiatives................................................ 2 A. 2008 Call for Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Scholarships ............................................... 3 B. 2008 Call for Research Proposals................................................................................ 4 1-3. Overview of Key Developments in UTEN..................................................................... 5 1-4. Key CoLab Challenges Across All CoLab Programs................................................... 6 A. Communication and Coordination................................................................................ 7 B. Timing of FCT calls for PhD and Post Doc applicants ................................................. 7 C. Funding in Portugal...................................................................................................... 8 1-5. Significant “Extra” CoLab Initiatives for Year 3 ........................................................... 8 A. CoLab Research Workshop ......................................................................................... 8 B. Portuguese University Deans to visit UT Austin.......................................................... 8 C. Development of An Industrial Affiliates MOU.............................................................. 8 D. Cross-CoLab-Program Research Proposals............................................................... 9 E. Increased Promotion of CoLab: Nationally and Internationally ................................... 9 F. Increased “Think and Do” Research on CoLab program metrics ............................... 10 G. Regional Benchmark Studies..................................................................................... 10 H. Portuguese Undergraduate Students........................................................................ 10 1-6. Annex A | CoLab Offices & Personnel by Program, Nov. ‘08.................................... 12 A. CoLab Offices............................................................................................................ 12 B. CoLab Participating Institutions................................................................................. 12 C . CoLab Board of Directors.......................................................................................... 13 1-7. Annex B | CoLab External Communiction .................................................................. 15 A. Press DL Business ................................................................................................... 15 B. Entidades ................................................................................................................. 15 C. Laboratories ............................................................................................................. 16 D. Comunicações.......................................................................................................... 17 E. Marketing UT Austin|Portugal................................................................................... 18 F. General Press Distribution........................................................................................ 19 1- 8. Annex C| CoLab Metrics .............................................................................................. 21 A. Objectives................................................................................................................... 21 B. Appropriate Metrics and Data..................................................................................... 21 C. Summary.................................................................................................................... 22 D. Long Visit Form For Academic Visits To UT-Austin ................................................... 24 E. Entrepreneur Visit Evaluation Instrument................................................................... 25 1-9. Annex D| CoLab Websites........................................................................................... 27 Section 2 | Digital Media ...............................................................................................28 2-1. Introduction and Executive Summary........................................................................ 28 2-2. Educational Initiatives ................................................................................................. 30 A. Graduate Programs.................................................................................................... 30 B. Courses and Workshops........................................................................................... 31 2-3. Building Research Communities ................................................................................ 34 A. Overview .................................................................................................................... 34 B. South By Southwest Interactive 2008 ....................................................................... 35 C. Campus Visits ........................................................................................................... 35 C. Collaboration and Communication............................................................................ 37 2-4. Digital Media Presence in Portugal and Industry Outreach ..................................... 37 A. Introduction................................................................................................................ 37 B. Future Places Festival................................................................................................ 38 C. Engagement with Industry and Community ............................................................... 41 D. Student Internship Program Overview ....................................................................... 42 i E. Industrial Affiliates Workshops .................................................................................. 43 2.5 Year 3 Plans (August 2008-September 2009)............................................................... 44 Summer 2009 ................................................................................................................. 45 2.6 Conclusions and Further Thoughts.............................................................................. 45 2-7. Annex A | Ph.D. and MA Curriculum Outlines ........................................................... 46 A. Doctoral Program ....................................................................................................... 46 B. MA Certificate Program.............................................................................................. 48 2-8. Annex B | 2008 Course Descriptions and Evaluations ............................................. 49 A. Online Journalism Workshop – Rosental Alves – June Institute 2008...................... 49 B. Digital Documentary Workshop – Karen Kocher – June Institute 2008 .................... 51 C. Collaborative Scriptwriting Workshop – Richard Lewis – June Institute 2008 .......... 54 D. Creating Music & Audio for Film Workshop – B. Pennycook – June Institute 2008.. 58 2-9. Annex C | Course Descriptions and Evaluations ...................................................... 64 A. Digital Hollywood Workshop – Bryan Sebok – June Institute 2008........................... 64 F. Photorealistic 3D & Simulation Workshop – Arie Stavchansky – June Institute 200867 G. Joe Straubhaar – Research Methods Workshop – November 2007, Porto............... 70 H. Stavchansky – “Rich Media Website Design” Spring Semester 2008 ...................... 72 I. Screenwriting for New (and Old) Media – Stuart Kelban, Porto, July 2008 ................ 75 J. Digital Transformation of Organizations – Gary Chapman July 2008........................ 78 2-10. Annex D | Public Talks by UT Austin faculty .......................................................... 82 A. Public Talk: Professor Rosental Alves (Feb. 26) Lisbon ............................................ 82 B. Public Talks (2): Dr. Gary Chapman (March 11) Lisbon, (March 14) Porto ............. 82 C. Innovation and Technology in Film, Tom Schatz (May 30th) .................................... 83 D. Digital Film, Tom Schatz (June 6th).......................................................................... 83 E. Youth and New Media, Craig Watkins (June 17th) Lisbon........................................ 83 F. Remapping the Digital Divide, Sharon Strover (June 20th) Lisbon ........................... 83 2-11 Annex E | Materials from Digital Media Leadership [Internship] Program............. 84 A. Digital Media Leadership Program Overview ............................................................ 84 B. Internship Placements through Digital Media Leadership Program .......................... 84 C. Internship Application Distributed to Students 1 ....................................................... 84 D. Internship Letter Distributed to Potential Employers/Industrial Contacts .................. 86 E. Sample Final DMLP Evaluation (Intern)...................................................................