iCAIR Workshop on Middleware: Allen Conference Center, Northwestern University's Evanston Campus, Evanston, Illinois: (December 3 - 4, 1998)

该奖项资助了一个关于高级网络中间件的全国研讨会的部分费用。研讨会有三个目标：(A)为“网络中间件”的概念制定一个可接受的定义，(B)确定网络中间件基础设施“层”的核心组件，以及(C)确定与组件及其参与网络试验台有关的必要研究。虽然研究结果将使研究界的许多人受益，但工作坊报告将对NSF的高级网络基础设施计划在其对未来高级网络计划的审议中特别有用。

This award supports some of the cost of a national workshop on advancednetworking middleware. There are three goals for the workshop: (a) development ofan acceptable definition for the concept of "networking middleware," (b)identification of core components for a networking middlewareinfrastructure "layer," and (c) identification of needed research relatedto components and to their involvement in a networking testbed. Thoughresults will be of benefit to many in the research community, the workshopreport will be of particular use to the Advanced Network Infrastructureprogram at NSF in its deliberations about future advanced networking programs.