The Webware, Interfaces and Networking Experimental Laboratory

这个项目的目标是改变计算机网络、用户界面和Web-Ware等主题的观看和教学方式。学生不仅需要理解每个领域中的重要概念，而且还需要更好地理解领域之间相互作用的影响。复杂的用户界面正在导致网络流量在其类型、数量和服务质量需求上更加多样化。由于计算机网络可能将用户、界面和底层应用程序分开，因此用户界面的设计必须考虑网络延迟以及仅通过网络可用的专用设备的接口。Web软件技术的发展自然发生在用户界面和计算机网络之间的交互中。在这个项目中采取的方法是为计算机网络、人机交互和Web-Ware课程开发一个单一的实验室。本实验的工作名称是Web-Ware、接口和网络实验实验室，或简称为WINE实验室。参加三门课程的学生和选择使用其设施进行高级项目的学生都可以使用它。据估计，每年有200到250名学生可以使用这个实验室。WINE实验室改进了这三门课程，因为学生有机会完成项目，试验相关技术，并在主题之间建立联系，这在通用计算环境中是不可能的。行业联系人表示，学生确实需要这样的经历，而与此同时，其他机构几乎找不到相关的工作。这些发现表明，这些是计算机科学课程中越来越重要的领域，学生们还没有为之做好充分的准备。

The objective of this project is to change the way in which the topics of computer networks, user interfaces, and Web-Ware are viewed and taught. Not only do students need to understand the important concepts in each domain, but students need to better understand the effects of the interaction between the domains. Sophisticated user interfaces are contributing network traffic that is more varied in its type, amount, and quality of service needs. With computer networks potentially separating the user, interface, and underlying application, the design of user interfaces must take into account network delays as well as interfaces to special-purpose devices available only over the network. The development of web-ware technology naturally occurs at the interaction between user interfaces and computer networks. The approach taken in this project is to develop a single laboratory for Computer Networks, Human Computer Interaction, and Web-Ware courses. The working name for this lab is the Web-Ware, Interfaces, and Networking Experimental Laboratory, or the WINE Lab for short. It is used by students enrolled in each of the three courses and by students choosing to use its facilities for their senior projects. It is estimated that 200 to 250 students each year can make use of this laboratory. The WINE Lab improves these three courses because students have the opportunity to complete projects, experiment with relevant techniques, and make connections between topics that would be impossible in a general-purpose computing environment. There is a real need expressed by industrial contacts for such experience by students while at the same time little related work was found at other institutions. These findings suggest that these are increasingly important areas of the computer science curriculum for which students are not being adequately prepared.