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RealNetworks, Inc., creator of digital media services and software, announced on Wednesday the recipients of the 2003 Helix Community Grant Program. From the dozens of unique projects submitted, the Helix Community grant review board chose five proposals to receive funding. Ranging from open source codec development to integration with an open instant messaging environment, the breadth of proposals funded illustrates the excitement behind the Helix Community.
Recipients of the 2003 Helix Community Grant Program are:
- Supporting Multicast Functionality in Helix submitted by Dr Kevin Almeroth, University of California, Santa Barbara, (UCSB)
- Research, Development & Support of Ogg Vorbis & Ogg Theora Codecs, Including Helix DNA Platform Integration submitted by Christopher "Monty" Montgomery, Xiph.org Foundation
- Distributed Multimedia Using Helix and Jabber submitted by Ulrich Staudinger and Justin Karneges, Jabber Foundation
- Integrated Metadata Cleanup in the Helix DNA Client submitted by Robert Kaye, MusicBrainz
- Integration of Helix DNA with Panda3D Gaming/Simulation Engine submitted by Jesse Schell, Carnegie Mellon University.
The five Helix Community grant program recipients receive partial or full funding for their digital media research and projects. In addition, RealNetworks has appointed a technical advisor to each project to assist with Helix platform development. A total of $75,000 in funding has been awarded through the 2003 Helix Community grant program.
More information on the five grant projects can be found at https://grants.helixcommunity.org/.
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