VNR: UH next-gen AI work collaboration tool used by Red One

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

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A revolutionary new collaboration tool developed by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, already adopted by Hollywood filmmakers, is set to transform teamwork across industries.

SAGE3 was released on January 6, and will be officially unveiled during a virtual event, January 21-23. The free open-source software enables teams to collaborate seamlessly across devices while integrating artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.

"Think of it as a virtual workspace where teams in collaboration with AI, can effortlessly share and make sense of large amounts of information, develop innovative ideas, and reach well-informed decisions quickly and confidently," said project lead and UH Mānoa Department of Information and Computer Sciences Professor Jason Leigh.

The platform supports everything from classroom instruction to boardroom meetings, to data science workflows, allowing users to create custom dashboards without coding. It was developed through a partnership among UH Mānoa, the University of Illinois Chicago and Virginia Tech.

All enhanced by AI, possible use cases include:

• Education: teaching interactive classes, creating collaborative study spaces and building visual lesson plans with mixed media content
• Research: data science teams working on complex visualizations, researchers analyzing multiple datasets simultaneously, scientific collaborations across different institutions and climate data analysis and visualization
• Business: strategic planning sessions with multiple stakeholders, project management meetings and creating interactive dashboards for real-time data monitoring

SAGE3 unveiling

SAGE3 will be introduced at one-hour virtual launch events scheduled between January 21 through 23. Researchers will demonstrate its capabilities and provide guidance for users interested in implementing the software. Those wanting to test the platform before the event can download the software on the SAGE3 website. Register for a launch event here.

Featured on the big screen

The software's versatility has even caught Hollywood's attention. The production team of "Red One," starring Chris Evans and Dwayne Johnson, utilized SAGE3's visualization capabilities to design graphics for scenes filmed at UH Mānoa's CyberCANOE facility.

Evolution of SAGE

Building on more than two decades of National Science Foundation-funded research, SAGE3 represents a significant evolution from its predecessors. The original SAGE software, released in 2004, focused on high-resolution display walls for scientific collaboration. SAGE2 expanded accessibility through web technologies, reaching more than 5,000 users across 800 institutions globally by 2018.

For more information and to access SAGE3, visit this website.

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SAGE3 demonstration

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Jason Leigh, SAGE3 project lead and UH Mānoa Department of Information and Computer Sciences Professor

(Leigh is pronounced "Lee")

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"SAGE3 is a piece of software to allow people to collaborate, but most importantly, to make sense of large amounts of information so they can come to decisions with greater accuracy, confidence, and speed."

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"In collaborating with Tom Giambelluca, who's building out these weather sensors all over Hawaiʻi, monitoring what's going on, trying to create some predictive capabilities, the SAGE software is perfect for allowing them to create customized dashboards."

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"SAGE is open source and it's always been open source. We've been very fortunate to work with companies that will embrace the open source, add to it, license it, develop new products but also return some of the capabilities back into open source for the community."

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A cutting-edge collaboration tool developed by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is set to revolutionize teamwork across industries.

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SAGE3 (pronounced "sage-three") integrates artificial intelligence to help teams seamlessly share information, spark innovation and make faster decisions.

A wide variety of disciplines from education to research to business can benefit from this software.

Already adopted by Hollywood filmmakers for blockbuster projects, SAGE3 is free and open-source.

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"SAGE3 is a piece of software to allow people to collaborate, but most importantly, to make sense of large amounts of information so they can come to decisions with greater accuracy, confidence, and speed."

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SAGE3 will be unveiled during virtual events January 21 through 23.

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