Demonstration of an Internet-Based Research Collaboration Framework

9708561 Mish本次研讨会的目标是为基于互联网的环境开发一种格式，以促进地理分布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研究人员之间的合作，重点是选址和岩土工程系统的应用。它将于1997年夏天在奇科的加州州立大学校园举行。讲习班由三个部分组成：第一阶段为实际讲习班做准备，利用因特网的通信能力。因此，它是一个“虚拟车间”，旨在演示期望的电子协作框架的关键特征。关键技术将以适于示范的简化形式提供。每次演示都将伴随着目标受众成员之间的协作通信，以便详细和明确技术的全部影响。在第二阶段，即“实物讲习班”，将讨论第一阶段的成果，以便对所需的必要计算机技术作出更详细的评估。研讨会将总结和扩展对第一阶段所展示的技术的理解，以便为地震工程界的需求提供必要的细节。第三阶段，即文件阶段，将编写和出版讲习班的会议记录。会议将包括实施互联网协作框架的正式规范。从讲习班吸取的经验教训将封装在功能性需求文件中。此功能评估将由地震工程界进行审批，随后将被翻译成技术规范，作为未来虚拟协作环境实施的蓝图。讲习班会议记录的传播和实施将为促进地理分布的研究人员小组之间的富有成效的合作提供新技术的重要示范。除了为地震工程社区的工程师提供明显的实践标准（通过电子手段编写和传播报告等基本主题）之外，它还将提供现代互联网技术的具体演示，以及允许其他人实施通过“虚拟研讨会”和实际研讨会开发的结果所需的“动手”文档类型。

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.