• Describe the activities to be implemented in the framework of the project (Max. 2000 characters):

The overall objective of the MaP proposal is to provide innovative ways for research to be conceived, designed and conducted using the e-infrastructure. By building up the capacity and ease of use of Multicasting through selected transmission modifications and the development of software tools that improve the user experience of the Multicaster with particular reference to the Arts, Research and Education. A final event summarising and presenting the developed ideas and cultural products. In addition several events aimed at disseminating the outputs produced in EU countries will take place during the the course of the project through research residencies, exhibitions, installations, performances, workshops, and presentations. MaP will:

1. Create an open network of artists, experts and non-traditional cultural organisations via an ecology of collaboration at a European level.
2. Facilitate interdisciplinary (arts-science) research communities by removing technical limitations and establishing higher quality standards of interactive knowledge exchange, enabling more ambitious programmes of research to be designed.
3. Develop a range of software tools that enables users to meet the specific needs of arts-driven digital research environments, demonstrating how the development and deployment of a digital research environment can be tailored to artists’ and users' specific needs.
4. Enhance arts-driven digital arts research environments by improving the capacity of Multicasting in order to share and exchange knowledge and collaborate in multi-site research projects more effectively.
5. Build the range of research activities and thus the capacity of the virtual research and residency environment through making available to the e-infrastructure a more powerful communication medium.
6. Establish a new medium that is sustainable and has the potential for significant cultural and commercial development as a legacy of the MaP project.
7. Ensure high visibility for the project. In order to maximize the impact of these objectives, the MaP consortium, which as an interdisciplinary research community, will use its access to extensive networks of potential users to ensure the wide dissemination of the MaP Multicasting platform and tools both throughout Europe and globally.

• Describe how the objectives and activities of the project relate to the identified needs of target groups (Max. 1000 characters):

• Describe the outputs (deliverables) and how these contribute to achieving the overall objectives of the project (Max. 1000 characters):

The partnership will implement appropriate software tools to collect and manage the data produced in the project. These tools will include: on-line system with web interface for project documentation editing, publication, management etc. and a reliable system utilized for storing a project documents during the project and after its end. MaP will generate and collect the following data:

1. The open-source PureData tools of the Creative Toolbox
2. A library of open-source plug-ins and extensions to PureData and Access Grid (NB: If the development team decides that other software tools need to be implemented to achieve the project goals they will also be made available in open-source software form)
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4. Templates for different uses of the network to allow people without expertise in PureData authoring to use the platform. For instance, one for concerts, another for conferences, a third for theatres, one for large-scale interactive conferencing, etc.
5. All documentation regarding the created software components, including: user documentation (guides and tutorials for performers), administrative documentation and developer documentation, i.e. a user’s guide to the Toolbox
6. Guidance documenting specifications for modifying templates to respond to unique scenarios with special requirements
7. Databases for each of the educational Multicasts: online conferences, inter-active presentations, etc.
8. The evaluation reports from the WPs P2’s big data analysis
9. Annotational tools for working with archival material in an expanded fashion, MARCEL-TV which is an archive of video and network art that is available as a teaching resource (several artists have agreed to upload their work to MARCEL-TV.

• Describe how the results will be assessed qualitatively and quantitatively (Max. 1000 characters):

The monitoring and analysis of MaP project partner research will commence at the kick-off of the project and continue throughout the project covering Preparation & Planning, Experimentation and Prototyping, Production Analysis & Development, and Full Production and Expansion of the Network.

Data Surveys :

1. to conduct analysis for needs & requirements of real-life arts and education scenarios for the final platform
2. to test capabilities of available open source audio-video software and multicast middleware.
3. to cooperate with all project partners to identify their expectations regarding the Multicasting platform and tools.
4. to establish the technical limits imposed by actual networking capabilities, by distant location of performers involved in distributed arts events.
5. to integrate audience participation in the distributed events.

Ongoing reports analysis : -

1. Workshop presentation of results as they emerge from partners field tests.
2. Continuous blog posting of updates and summaries of research.
3. Regular updates of Working Papers and other research findings.
4. Big data analysis. Key findings for use in Conference and dissemination activities.

• Describe how the experience of the team taking part in the project is relevant, for example in terms of organisational skills, experience and track record in the cultural and creative sectors, communication and language skills (Max. 1000 characters):

The consortium are all members of the MARCEL network a cross disciplinary network dedicated to promoting research which crosses the boundaries between art and science. It includes internationally recognised institutions and cultural organisations with track records in national and trans-national project delivery. The Consortium comprises of a mix of specialists which will work across the Work Packages which illustrate the collaborative research process implicit in the MaP research programme. In addition to the specified Work Packages all partners will be collaborating in aspects of the tool specification and testing as well as the on-going awareness raising and dissemination through individuals’ and the partner organisations’ networks and arts events.

• Describe how the budget and human resources will be allocated to the activities and why it is appropriate (Max. 1000 characters)

• Describe how realistic the timetable for implementing the project activities is (Max. 1000 characters)

The Work Plan has been designed to coordinate a process of research and development testing, evaluation and dissemination in an efficient coordinated set of five Work Packages (see Work Plan table):

1. ensure the effective overall management and coordination as well as compliance with the Commission’s funding requirements.
2. establish the foundation for the project an optimised Multicasting Platform.
3. Research and Development of the Creative Toolbox. This will contain the Multicasting Tools that will make the MaP platform an innovative development of the e-infrastructure.
4. Delivery of an ambitious programme of pilot projects in which the tools and will demonstrate the potential of MaP’s Multicasting medium.
5. A programme of monitoring, evaluation, including Big data analysis, and dissemination. This will ensure a comprehensive evaluation of the technology and the collaborative working required to deliver this proposal as well as high visibility for the research findings and impacts.