CI-TEAM Implementation Project: Using Cyberinfrastructure to Develop Next Generation Civil Infrastructure

托马斯A. Finholt，University of Pennsylvania 06 - 36300 CI-TEAM实施项目：利用网络基础设施开发下一代民用建筑许多科学家和工程师希望实现NSF网络基础设施蓝带小组（阿特金斯et al. 2003）所设想的优势，但难以确定最佳实践和工具。 为了满足这一需求，我们的CI-TEAM实施项目将启用并分析Sakai的使用，Sakai是一个开源的协作和学习环境，由专注于工程水泥复合材料（ECC）的国际研究人员组成。 通过对ECC社区的经验进行评估，我们将得出可以扩展到其他科学和工程社区的经验教训。 这些经验教训包括改进远距离联合活动的协调，更有效地在分布式站点之间转移程序知识，以及加快研究成果的实际应用。 该项目的一个关键智力贡献是演示如何实现基于CI的工具的好处，而没有特殊的个人或组织的情况下，如依赖于CI精明的个人。 就更广泛的影响而言，我们的项目将扩大ECC在民用基础设施系统中的使用（例如，桥梁、隧道、道路、管道），这些系统由于正常磨损或地震等灾难性事件而退化，其脆弱性相应降低。 此外，我们的项目将激励和激励研究人员通过减少参与障碍的网络基础设施组织更多的活动。 例如，学生可以通过Sakai中包含的博客、聊天和讨论工具与领先的研究人员直接互动。 最后，我们的项目将展示如何利用网络基础设施来提高妇女、代表性不足的少数民族和公众对下一代民用基础设施前沿研究的兴趣。

Thomas A. Finholt, University of Michigan06-36300CI-TEAM Implementation Project: Using Cyberinfrastructure to Develop Next Generation Civil InfrastructureMany scientists and engineers would like to realize the advantages envisioned by the NSF blue-ribbon panel on cyberinfrastructure (Atkins et al. 2003), but struggle to identify best practices and tools. To address this need our CI-TEAM implementation project will enable and analyze the use of Sakai, an open-source collaboration and learning environment, by an international community of researchers focused on engineered cementitious composities (ECC). Through evaluation of the ECC community's experience we will produce lessons-learned that can be extended to other scientific and engineering communities. These lessons include improved coordination of joint activity at a distance, more effective transfer of procedural knowledge across distributed sites, and accelerated practical application of research findings. A key intellectual contribution of this project is demonstration of how to realize benefits of CI-based tools without special individual or organizational circumstances, such as dependence on CI-savvy individuals. In terms of broader impacts, our project will expand use of ECC in civil infrastructure systems (e.g., bridges, tunnels, roadways, pipelines) with a corresponding decrease in the vulnerability of these systems due to deterioration through normal wear-and-tear or catastrophic events like earthquakes. Additionally, our project will inspire and motivate researchers to organize more activity via cyberinfrastructure where barriers to participation are reduced. For example, students are able to interact directly with leading reseachers via blog, chat and discussion tools that are included in Sakai. Finally, our project will show how cyberinfrastructure can be used to increase interest among women, underrepresented minorities, and the general public in cutting edge research on next generation civil infrastructure.