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主题被观看和教授的方式。学生不仅需要理解每个领域的重要概念，还需要更好地理解这些领域之间相互作用的影响。复杂的用户界面提供的网络流量在服务需求的类型、数量和质量方面更加多样化。由于计算机网络可能将用户、界面和底层应用程序分离，因此用户界面的设计必须考虑网络延迟以及只能通过网络访问专用设备的接口。web-ware技术的发展自然发生在用户界面与计算机网络的交互中。本计画所采用的方法是为电脑网路、人机互动和网络软体课程开发一个单一的实验室。这个实验室的工作名称是Web-Ware， Interfaces, and Networking Experimental Laboratory，简称WINE lab。它供参加这三门课程的学生使用，也供选择使用其设施进行高级项目的学生使用。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，实验相关技术，并在主题之间建立联系，这在通用计算环境中是不可能的。行业联系表明，学生确实需要这种经验，而与此同时，在其他机构却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，而学生们并没有做好充分的准备。

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.