Web-based Poster Display and Archival Tool for Broad Dissemination of Research Advances

目前，除了与会者之外，分享在技术会议、研讨会和会议上展示的研究海报的能力有限。这极大地限制了研究进展的快速分享和传播。然而，使用互联网，结合当前的同步和异步技术，以虚拟现实的形式共享海报，使更广泛的受众能够不仅仅是那些出席会议的人来查看、评论和与研究人员互动。为了实现这一更广泛的研究合作和传播，根据这一奖项，普渡总部的教育、外展和培训开发团队为NSF支持的小乔治·E·布朗。地震工程模拟网络(NEES)将开发一种名为虚拟海报会话的网络应用程序。这一虚拟海报会议技术将于2012年7月8日至12日在马萨诸塞州波士顿举行的国家科学基金会土木、机械和制造创新部门(CMMI)受赠人会议上展示。这个基于网络的工具旨在通过利用网络应用程序和手持设备来增强CMMI会议与会者的海报体验，这些应用程序和手持设备将存档和显示CMMI受赠者的研究海报。此外，这些海报将在http://www.nees.org网站上存档至少一年，从而使这些海报可供与会者以外的更广泛的受众查看和互动。用于查看数字化海报的虚拟现实概念使团队协作、评论功能和讨论机会不受地理位置的限制。使用开放源码的虚拟现实软件扩展海报会议功能创造了机会，以扩大教育机会，以及来自多个感兴趣各方的研究审查和评论。创建虚拟海报计划将扩大CMMI支持的研究活动的能见度，消除分享和讨论研究进展的地理限制，并扩大获得持续研究的途径。

Currently, there is limited ability to share research posters presented at technical conferences, workshops, and meetings beyond the attendees. This greatly limits the rapid sharing and dissemination of research advances. However, using the Internet, with current synchronous and asynchronous technology, to share posters in a form of virtual reality enables a much broader audience than just those in attendance to view, comment, and interact with researchers. To enable this broader research collaboration and dissemination, under this award, the education, outreach, and training development team at the Purdue headquarters for the NSF-supported George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) operations will develop a web application called the virtual poster session. This virtual poster session technology will be demonstrated at the National Science Foundation, Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI,) grantees conference in Boston, Massachusetts, during July 8-12, 2012. This web-based tool aims to enhance the poster experience for CMMI conference attendees by taking advantage of web applications and handheld devices that will archive and display CMMI grantee research posters. In addition, the posters will be archived on the http://www.nees.org web site for at least one year, thus making the posters available for viewing and interactions by a broader audience beyond the attendees at the conference. Virtual reality concepts for viewing digitized posters enable group collaborations, comment capabilities, and discussion opportunities not constrained by geographical location. The expansion of poster session capabilities using virtual reality software from an open source creates opportunities to expand educational access, as well as research review and comment from multiple interested parties. Creating a virtual poster program will expand the visibility of CMMI-supported research activities, eliminate the geographical constraints to sharing and discussing research advances, and broaden access to continuing research.