Supporting scientific analysis within collaborative problem solving environments

Author

Watson, Velvin R.

Author_Institution

NASA Ames Res. Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

6-6 Jan. 2001

Abstract

This paper first lists some features of scientific analysis tools that are important for effective analysis in CPSEs (collaborative problem solving environments). Next, design criteria for achieving these features are presented. Then requirements for a CPSE architecture to support these design criteria are listed. Some proposed architectures for CPSEs are reviewed and their capabilities to support these design criteria are discussed. The most popular architecture for remote application sharing, the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) T.120 architecture, does not support highly interactive, dynamic, high resolution graphics. A popular scientific analysis tool that conforms to the design criteria has been integrated into a collaborative environment and tested for effectiveness. The tests showed that the tool was highly effective for both synchronous and asynchronous collaborative analyses.

Keywords

computer graphics; groupware; natural sciences computing; software architecture; ITU T.120 architecture; International Telecommunication Union; asynchronous collaborative analyses; collaborative problem solving environments; design criteria; high resolution graphics; remote application sharing; scientific analysis tools; synchronous collaborative analyses; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Computer architecture; Computer displays; Computer graphics; NASA; Performance analysis; Tellurium; Testing; Video sharing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 2001. Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Maui, HI, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0981-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.2001.927227

Filename

927227