BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Honolulu BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19470608T023000 TZOFFSETFROM:-1130 TZOFFSETTO:-1000 TZNAME:HST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20221213T023129Z UID:5C356BE9-0DCE-4596-A5C7-07CDBB170048 DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20221209T173000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Honolulu:20221209T190000 DESCRIPTION:Abstract: For the global esports industry\, the notion of a "fa ir and even playing field" in competitive video game play between teams lo cated at vast distances from each other has been central to the immense gr owth and popularity of esports globally. However\, in order to institute a n environment where players feel that no other location holds a distinct a dvantage over other locations when it comes to the speed (measured in mill iseconds) that data is transferred between geographic sites ("ping")\, pro fessional esports players often seek conditions in which they can exploit\ , save\, or counter any perceived imbalances at which some players may hav e faster ping than others.\n\nIn this presentation\, Dr. Kauweloa will be exploring the controversies of ping (the network transmission of data meas ured as latency) through the experiences of the University of Hawai’i at Manoa (UHM) esports program. The UH Esports program is home to 8 highly c ompetitive collegiate esports varsity teams\, all of whom play out of the university’s iLab. In order to be at peak performance\, the players cons tantly seek ways of improving their network connections to game servers. B ecause of the geographic location of Hawai’i\, however\, there are limit ations to what can be done to fully address\, or significantly eliminate\, the issue of latency for competitive players.\n\nThe popularity and visib ility of the UH Esports program provide an interesting insight into the br oader discussion of latency. Of course\, the complexities around the speed at which data is moved between locations are not just a problem for highl y competitive “gamers\,” but touch on issues far broader: the executio n of services with real-time internet applications\, mobile user experienc es\, and perceptions within augmented reality spaces. The goal of the pres entation is to invigorate discussion among technologists\, engineers\, and interested individuals who are interested in understanding this particula r technology problem for Hawai’i.\n\nCo-sponsored by: IEEE Communication s Society\, IEEE Computer Society\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Nyle Sky Kauweloa\, \ n\nAgenda: \nThis is an in-person meeting and open to the public.\n\n45 mi n presentation\, 15 min Q&A\, followed by networking.\n\nEntrepreneurs San dbox\, 643 Ilalo St\, Honolulu\, Hawaii\, United States\, 96813 LOCATION:Entrepreneurs Sandbox\, 643 Ilalo St\, Honolulu\, Hawaii\, United States\, 96813 ORGANIZER:eugene.chang@ieee.org SEQUENCE:11 SUMMARY:eSports: Managing Competition With Network Latency Challenges URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/323893 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p style="font-weight: 400\;"><strong>Abstrac t</strong>: For the global esports industry\, the&nbsp\;notion of a "fair and even playing field" in competitive video game play between teams locat ed at vast distances from each other has been central to the immense growt h and popularity of esports globally. However\, in order to institute an e nvironment&nbsp\;where players feel that no other location holds a distinc t advantage over other locations when it comes to the speed (measured in m illiseconds) that data is transferred between geographic sites ("ping")\, professional&nbsp\;esports players often seek conditions in which they can exploit\, save\, or counter any perceived imbalances at which some player s may have faster ping than others. &nbsp\;</p>\n<p style="font-weight: 40 0\;">In this presentation\, Dr. Kauweloa will be exploring the controversi es of ping (the network transmission of data measured as latency) through& nbsp\;the experiences of the University of Hawai&rsquo\;i at Manoa (UHM) e sports program. The UH Esports program is home to 8 highly competitive col legiate esports varsity teams\, all of whom play out of the university&rsq uo\;s iLab. In order to be at peak performance\, the players constantly se ek ways of improving their network connections to game servers. Because of the geographic location of Hawai&rsquo\;i\, however\, there are limitatio ns to what can be done to fully address\, or significantly eliminate\, the issue of latency for competitive players.</p>\n<p style="font-weight: 400 \;">The popularity and visibility of the UH Esports program provide an int eresting insight into the broader discussion of latency. Of course\, the c omplexities around the speed at which data is moved between locations are not just a problem for highly competitive &ldquo\;gamers\,&rdquo\; but tou ch on issues far broader: the execution of services with real-time interne t applications\, mobile user experiences\, and perceptions within augmente d reality spaces. The goal of the presentation is to invigorate discussion among technologists\, engineers\, and interested individuals who are inte rested in understanding this particular technology problem for Hawai&rsquo \;i.&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>This is an in-person meeting a nd open to the public.</p>\n<p>45 min presentation\, 15 min Q&amp\;A\, fol lowed by networking.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR