Demonstration of an Internet-Based Research Collaboration Framework

9708561 MISH这次讲习班的目标是为基于因特网的环境制定一种形式，以促进分布在不同地区的研究人员团队之间的富有成效的合作，特别是地震工程应用方面的研究人员之间的合作，重点是选址和岩土系统方面的应用。它将于1997年夏天在加州州立大学奇科分校举行。讲习班由三个部分组成：第一阶段是利用因特网的通信能力为实际讲习班做准备。因此，这是一个“虚拟研讨会”，目的是展示所需的电子协作框架的主要特点。关键技术将以适用于演示的简化形式提供。每一次演示都将伴随着目标受众成员之间的协作通信，以便可以详细和清楚地说明技术的全部影响。在第二阶段，即“实体讲习班”，将讨论第一阶段的结果，以便更详细地评估所需的必要计算机技术。讲习班将总结和扩大对第一阶段所演示技术的了解，以便为地震工程界的需求提供必要的细节。第三阶段，即文件编制阶段，将编写和公布研讨会的会议记录。会议程序将包括实施互联网协作框架的正式规范。从讲习班中吸取的经验教训将概括在一份职能需求文件中。这项功能评估将分发给地震工程界批准，之后将转化为技术规范，作为未来实施虚拟协作环境的蓝图。讲习班会议记录的传播和实施将产生促进分布在不同地区的研究人员团队之间进行富有成效的协作的新技术的重要示范。除了为地震工程界的工程师提供明显的实践标准(通过电子手段编写报告和传播等基本专题)外，它还将提供现代互联网技术的具体演示，以及允许其他人落实通过“虚拟讲习班”和实际讲习班开发的成果所需的“动手”文件类型。

9708561 Mish The goal of this workshop is to develop a format for an Internet-based environment to foster productive collaborations among geographically-distributed teams of researchers, especially among researchers in earthquake engineering applications, focusing on applications in siting and geotechnical systems. It will be held during the summer of 1997 on the campus of the California State University at Chico. The workshop consists of three components: Phase 1 consists of the preparation for the actual workshop, utilizing the capabilities of the Internet for communications. As such, it is a "virtual workshop" intended to demonstrate the key characteristics of the desired electronic collaborative framework. Key technologies will be made available in a simplified form appropriate for demonstration purposes. Each demonstration will be accompanied by collaborative correspondence among members of the target audience, so that the full impact of the technology can be detailed and clarified. In phase 2, the "physical workshop", the results from Phase 1 will be discussed to provide a more detailed assessment of the requisite computer technology needed. The workshop will summarize and extend an understanding of the technologies demonstrated in Phase 1, in order to provide necessary detail for the needs of the earthquake engineering community. Phase 3, the documentation phase, will prepare and publish the proceedings of the workshop. The proceedings will include a formal specification for the implementation of the Internet collaborative framework. The lessons learned from the workshop will be encapsulated in a functional needs document. This functional assessment will be circulated for approval by the earthquake engineering community, following which it will be translated into a technical specification to serve as a blueprint for future implementation of the virtual collaborative environment. The dissemination and implementation of the workshop proceedings will yield an important demonstration of new technologies for fostering productive collaborations among geographically distributed teams of researchers. In addition to providing obvious standards of practice for engineers in the earthquake engineering community (for such basic topics as report preparation and dissemination via electronic means), it will deliver concrete demonstrations of modern Internet technologies, along with the type of "hands-on" documentation that will be required to permit others to implement the results developed via the "virtual workshop" and the actual workshop.