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Outside Index Summary of Material

This surveys work for ARL PET in year 1 which largely was devoted to preparatory activities
  • Network Traffic Analysis using Databases and VRML
  • Object Web CORBA and DMSO HLA Study
  • Web-linked database tutorial
and year 2 proposals focussing on SPEEDES training and HPCC Web and HLA linkage
The latter was ilustrated with a set of technologies discussiona and demonstrations
including linkage to SciVis and our HPF Interpreter (as an illustration of Web based computational steering)

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1 High Performance FMS & IMT
2 High Performance FMS/IMT Presentation Plan
3 NPAC PET Activities at ARL - Year 1
4 NPAC PET Activities at ARL - Year 1 Summary
5 NPAC PET Activities at ARL - Year 1 Summary (cont)
6 DoD M&S versus Object Web
7 AE3 Network Traffic Data Analyzer
8 NPAC PET Activities at ARL - Year 1
9 NPAC PET Activities at ARL - Year 2 Proposals
10 Year 2 Task: General FMS/IMT Support and Technology Roadmap
11 Year 2 Task: RTI Parallelization Planning
12 Year 2 Task: SPEEDES Training Materials
13 Year 2 Task: FMS Training
14 Year 2 Task:Visual Simulation Tools
15 NPAC PET Year 2 Activities at ARL - Challenges and Opportunities
16 Implementation Plan by IWT Group at NPAC
17 IWT - ComponentTechnologies
18 Integration Projects
19 WebHLA - Current Activities
20 WebHLA - Web based AE3 Network Traffic Data Analyzer
21 AE3 Network Traffic Data Analyzer
22 AE3 Network Traffic Data Analyzer
23 WebHLA - Monitoring HLA Evolution
24 WebHLA - Monitoring HLA (cont)
25 WebHLA - Hands-on Experience with Current RTI
26 WebHLA -RTI 1.0 Jager demo
27 WebHLA -RTI 1.0 Jager demo
28 WebHLA -Building Contacts with FMS User Community
29 WebHLA -Planning Parallel and/or Distributed RTI
30 WebHLA -Planning Parallel and/or Distributed RTI (cont)
31 WebHLA - Planning Parallel & Distributed RTI - Ultimate Scenario
32 WebHLA - Planning Parallel & Distributed RTI - Ultimate Scenario
33 RTI 1.0
34 Data Distribution Management
35 RTI Time Management Service
36 CORBA - Common Object Request Broker Architecture
37 CORBA - Common Object Request Broker Architecture
38 Web Computing Before Summer `97
39 Web Object Model of Summer `97
40 WebHLA - Fall `97
41 WebHLA - Visual Authoring Tools
42 WebHLA - Visual Authoring Tools (cont)
43 HLA FEDEP Federation Development Process
44 WebFlow based Visual Simulation Tools
45 Demos - Summary
46 Demos - WebFlow
47 WebFlow Architecture
48 WebFlow Server
49 WebFlow Front-End & Middleware
50 WebFlow Middleware & Backend
51 WebFlow - Demo Snapshots
52 WebFlow/HPcc - Demo Snapshots
53 HPF Code Instrumentation and Visualization
54 Demos - CORBA Collaboratory
55 CORBA - Demo Snapshot
56 Demos - TVR (Televirtuality)
57 TVR Architecture (JSDA and CORBA Server versions)
58 TVR Demo Snapshots
59 Demos - JavaBeans
60 JavaBeans - Architecture
61 JavaBeans -Demo Snapshots
62 JavaBeans + CORBA Collaboratory Demo Snapshot

Outside Index Summary of Material

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Foil 1 High Performance FMS & IMT

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Wojtek Furmanski
NPAC, Syracuse University
presented during ARL visit at NPAC, October 29, 1997
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Foil 2 High Performance FMS/IMT Presentation Plan

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Year 1 - Summary
Year 2 - Proposed Tasks
Implementation Plan, Status
Technology Demonstrations
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Foil 3 NPAC PET Activities at ARL - Year 1

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Roadmap for HPCC in FMS/IMT CTAs
White paper on Distributed Computing and Web Technologies for FMS/IMT
AE3 network traffic Data Analyzer
White paper on Databases for FMS/IMT
Database tutorial
On-site person recruiting
FMS/IMT user outreach
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Foil 4 NPAC PET Activities at ARL - Year 1 Summary

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Technology Roadmap developed based on synergies between Web ? Object Web and DIS ? HLA technology transitions
White papers delivered
Web based AE3 Data Analayzer operational (more interactions with ARL needed to test, fine-tune and use in the actual data analysis)
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Foil 5 NPAC PET Activities at ARL - Year 1 Summary (cont)

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Problems with finding adequate on-site person; tentative solution: Furmanski part-time at ARL
Good progress with FMS user outreach: Wasilausky, Wallace, Roberts, Steinman, Fujimoto
IMT user outreach - planned visit to ARL/VPG
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Foil 6 DoD M&S versus Object Web

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Foil 7 AE3 Network Traffic Data Analyzer

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Foil 8 NPAC PET Activities at ARL - Year 1

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URLs:
  • Distributed Computing and Web Technologies: White Paper, HLA, AE3 Data Analyzer
    • http://osprey7.npac.syr.edu:1998/iwt98/projects/webhla
  • Databases: White Paper, Tutorial
    • http://www.npac.syr.edu/users/cwou/ARL
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Foil 9 NPAC PET Activities at ARL - Year 2 Proposals

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General FMS/IMT Support and Technology Roadmap
RTI Parallelization Planning
SPEEDES Training Materials
FMS Training
Visual Simulation Tools
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Foil 10 Year 2 Task: General FMS/IMT Support and Technology Roadmap

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Monitor, evaluate, select and integrate a spectrum of Web and DoD technologies:
  • Object Web: Java/MS, JavaBeans/ActiveX, VRML/Java3D, CORBA/COM, DOM/XML, Javascript/VBScript
  • M&S: HLA, RTI, OMT, FOMs, SOMs, OMDTs, OMLs, DIFs, FEDEP
  • FMS: SPEEDES, TEMPO, IMPORT
  • IMT: ModSAF/DIS, DARPA STOW, VPG
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Foil 11 Year 2 Task: RTI Parallelization Planning

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The goal is to port DMSO RTI prototype (RTI 1.0) to shared memory parallel machines such as Origin2000
Task suggested/requested by Bob Wasilausky
Requires DMSO support to get C++ source code of the RTI 1.0 prototype (only binaries released)
FMS/DMSO discussions on parallel RTI in progress
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Foil 12 Year 2 Task: SPEEDES Training Materials

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SPEEDES - parallel event-driven simulation system used by Navy (NSS) - Geoffrey Fox's group developed at Caltech/JPL
Bob Wasilausky suggests SPEEDES training as getting started task with advanced M&S systems
Requires Jeff Steinman (Metron Inc.) involvement, to be supported by Bob Wasilausky if funded by PET
Alternative training target is (similar) TEMPO system by Richard Fujimoto at Georgia Tech
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Foil 13 Year 2 Task: FMS Training

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Involves development and presentation of training/seminars in the FMS area
Suggested topics include:
  • Towards Object Web based HLA - A Technology Convergence Roadmap (Fall/Winter `97)
  • Java/CORBA based RTI - Hands-On Collaborative Interactive Simulation Lab (Spring/Summer `98)
  • High Performance HLA: Case Studies (Summer/Fall `98)
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Foil 14 Year 2 Task:Visual Simulation Tools

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Goal - prototype Object Web based visual authoring tools for HLA conversion, FOM/SOM development, and tool integration via DMSO DIFs (Data Interchange Formats)
Builds on top of DMSO FEDEP tools, customizes for FMS/IMT users at ARL, CEWES, NRaD, Metron, Colsa, Gatech
Based on NPAC WebFlow, augmented by new Object Web techs: CORBA, JavaBeans and TVR
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Foil 15 NPAC PET Year 2 Activities at ARL - Challenges and Opportunities

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Our plan/vision/roadmap to explore synergy of changes between Object Web and DoD M&S leads to high risk, but potentially high gain and high visibility PET effort
NPAC expertise in Object Web and HLA - a crucial factor to successfully monitor these hot but rapidly evolving technology domains
Need robust adaptable implementation plan
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Foil 16 Implementation Plan by IWT Group at NPAC

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IWT - Interactive Web Technologies - a R&D group led by Furmanski at NPAC (plus small support from industry: IBM, Syracuse Language Systems, Translet)
Includes a group of GRAs exploring several component technologies as independent tasks
WebHLA is a top level integration project
Leverage from HPcc (commodity computing)- an NPAC-wide technology integration effort
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Foil 17 IWT - ComponentTechnologies

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BeanAuthor - JavaBeans GUI tools for visual programming
Educational Aids - Object Web tutorial/book material development
HyperWorld - Persistent Shared CORBA objects and databases
IWTSpace - Web space for IWT technologies and products
TVR - Web (VRML/Java3D) based Televirtual Environments
WebFlow - Web based visual dataflow programming framework
WORB - Web Object Request Broker (Java HTTP+IIOP Server)
WORBS - WORB based CORBA Services and Facilities
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Foil 18 Integration Projects

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WebHLA
  • aligns IWT technology components for FMS/PET needs
  • a single project at the moment, to be soon split into focused Year 2 tasks
  • in the HPCC sector, natural leverages with new HPcc activities
HPcc (High Performance commodity computing)
  • new effort at NPAC, involving a set of HPCC projects based on commodity (Web, CORBA) technologies: HPF compiler and interpreter runtime, Java based SciVis, HPJava within Parallel Compiler Runtime, WebFlow for visual dataflow programming
  • Current focus on SC'97 demos, including proof-of-the-concept WebFlow based integration modules
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Foil 19 WebHLA - Current Activities

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Responding to specific ARL needs (AE3 data analysis)
Developing hands-on experience with DMSO RTI 1.0
Building contacts with FMS users
Planning parallel/distributed RTI
Coordinating IWT components towards Visual Simulation Tools
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Foil 20 WebHLA - Web based AE3 Network Traffic Data Analyzer

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3-tier architecture including several Web technologies (Perl, SQL/Oracle, Java, VRML)
DIS log files parsed, converted (in Perl) to SQL and stored as PDU tables in Oracle database
Front-end given by Java applet with query editor and VRML based data histrogram viewer
Middleware given by a servlet under control of Java Web Server with JDBC access to Oracle
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Foil 21 AE3 Network Traffic Data Analyzer

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Foil 22 AE3 Network Traffic Data Analyzer

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Foil 23 WebHLA - Monitoring HLA Evolution

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Rapid development and dissemination of HLA
Object based, public spec on HLA Web pages, extensive coast-to-coast HLA tranining activities
Standardization program
  • SISO (Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization) formed
New conference series:
  • SIW (Simulation Interoperability Workshop), NPAC attendance Fall'97
Transfer to industry via CORBA facilities, promoted by DMSO led OMG SIG on M&S
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Foil 24 WebHLA - Monitoring HLA (cont)

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World-wide interest in and adoption of HLA standards: UK RTI (FlasHLAmp), NATO (France, Netherlands, others), Japan (Mitsubishi, Hitachi), Russia (Space Program)
DMSO software releases:
  • RTI F.0 summer `97
  • RTI 1.0 subset, C++, June `97 (MITRE)
  • RTI 1.0 subset in Java, October `97
  • DDM (Data Distribution Management) and TM (Time Management) to be available end of `97 (MIT Lincoln Lab)
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Foil 25 WebHLA - Hands-on Experience with Current RTI

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All RTI documentation downloaded, printed, under study; HLA/RTI Web site monitored
RTI 1.0 C++ subset installed on Solaris
Running test demos (HelloWorld, Jager), studying the application/client sources
Full RTI (with DDM and TM) from MIT LL will likely include ModSAF demos - planning ModSAF installation at NPAC (1M lines of code)
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Foil 26 WebHLA -RTI 1.0 Jager demo

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Part of the DMSO RTI 1.0 release
Multi-player game with simple (Motif/Windows) 2D visual interface
Navy scenario, shot-to-kill (in fact damage only)
Proof-of-the-concept only (not a quality video game by any standards) but comes with the source code
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Foil 27 WebHLA -RTI 1.0 Jager demo

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Foil 28 WebHLA -Building Contacts with FMS User Community

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Bob Wasilausky (CTA Lead) - first contact in San Diego (DoD Users Meeting), follow-on during SIW-fall'97 in Orlando, NPAC invited to attend FMS CHSSI meeting at NRaD in Nov'97
Jeff Wallace (NRaD) - IMPORT for JSIMS, DMSO contacts
Mark Roberts (Colsa Corp, AL) - shared memory parallel ModSAF port
Jeff Steinman (Metron, Inc, previously in JPL Hypercube group), Richard Fujimoto (Gatech) - contacts to develop with Wasilausky help
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Foil 29 WebHLA -Planning Parallel and/or Distributed RTI

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Parallel RTI task (suggested by Bob Wasilausky) - port DMSO RTI to Origin2000, install at MSRCs
Next step - interconnect such nodes at various MSRCs and DCs towards HPDC HLA Env
Distributed RTI task (proposed to CEWES) - develop public domain Object Web based (Java/CORBA) RTI - to glue MSRC/DC RTIs
  • lower performance but pervasive access
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Foil 30 WebHLA -Planning Parallel and/or Distributed RTI (cont)

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(Massively) Parallel RTI
  • initially, a useful experimentation platform for testing RTI performance issues (caching, routing, matching, queueing, multicast groups)
  • eventually, node RTI for large scale distributed high performance simulations (JSIMS, JMASS, JWARS)
(Object Web) Distributed RTI
  • initially, a useful education/training tool (interactive Web access to HLA simulations)
  • eventually, glue/interconnect RTI for large scale distributed high performance simulations (JSIMS, JMASS, JWARS)
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Foil 31 WebHLA - Planning Parallel & Distributed RTI - Ultimate Scenario

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All MSRC and DC LANs are supported by default (today DMSO, tomorrow industry) RTI
High performance is inserted via Parallel RTI on shared memory parallel nodes
Individual Labs and Centers are interconnected via Commodity (Web/CORBA based) RTI which facilitates:
  • educating and training their users (via Web)
  • advertising their services (via CORBA Traders)
  • eventually, participating in JSIMS, JMASS, JWARS activities (within a scalable hierarchical computation framework)
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Foil 32 WebHLA - Planning Parallel & Distributed RTI - Ultimate Scenario

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Foil 33 RTI 1.0

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Foil 34 Data Distribution Management

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Foil 35 RTI Time Management Service

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Foil 36 CORBA - Common Object Request Broker Architecture

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Facilities
Object Bus over IIOP (Internet Inter-ORB Protocol)
Services
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Foil 37 CORBA - Common Object Request Broker Architecture

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Foil 38 Web Computing Before Summer `97

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Foil 39 Web Object Model of Summer `97

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Foil 40 WebHLA - Fall `97

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Foil 41 WebHLA - Visual Authoring Tools

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HLA specifies FEDEP, assures tool interoperability via DIFs, and develops sample initial tools (for NT by Aegis, for UNIX/Java by TASC)
Next generation meta-tools will likely use visual programming over DIF channels to connect current tools, object databases, code editors, compilers, runtime and analysis.
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Foil 42 WebHLA - Visual Authoring Tools (cont)

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We intend to develop WebFlow based visual authoring support for HLA objects (FOM/SOM)
Current WebFlow is now augmented by new Object Web technologies: CORBA/COM, JavaBeans/ActiveX, DOM/XML, TVR/Collab
We are also building WebFlow interface to HPcc application development tools (HPF, SciVis) which could be natually adapted for HLA authoring needs
Hence significant leverage for WebHLA coming from other NPAC projects
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Foil 43 HLA FEDEP Federation Development Process

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Foil 44 WebFlow based Visual Simulation Tools

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Foil 45 Demos - Summary

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AE3 - Networking Data Analyzer
HLA/RTI 1.0 - Jager game
WebFlow - Modular Visual Flow Programming
CORBA - Distributed Shared Objects
TVR (Televirtuality) -VRML+Java/CORBA
JavaBeans - Java Componentware
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Foil 46 Demos - WebFlow

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Base Toolkit - Editor, Module Palette, Applets
Imaging - Filters, Multiplexers, Steering
Collaboratory - Chat, Whiteboard
Visualization - Interface to NPAC SciVis toolkit
HPCC - Interface to NPAC HPF development and instrumentation toolkit
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Foil 47 WebFlow Architecture

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Foil 48 WebFlow Server

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Foil 49 WebFlow Front-End & Middleware

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Foil 50 WebFlow Middleware & Backend

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Foil 51 WebFlow - Demo Snapshots

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Foil 52 WebFlow/HPcc - Demo Snapshots

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Foil 53 HPF Code Instrumentation and Visualization

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Foil 54 Demos - CORBA Collaboratory

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We are developing our own ORB (called WORB as it will act both as Web and CORBA server)
In parallel, we are exploring commercial Java ORBs such as OrbixWeb from IONA and VisiBroker from Visigenic used in this demo
This demo illustrates the use of shared CORBA objects for rapid prototyping of collaboratory environments
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Foil 55 CORBA - Demo Snapshot

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Foil 56 Demos - TVR (Televirtuality)

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TVR is a joint project with IBM Watson on exploring scalable VRML/Java3D based multi-user collaboratory environments (worlds)
Previous demo used JSDA collab server and represented users as simple VRML avatars (cones)
New demo uses CORBA collaboratory server
We are also including avatar/humanoid animation
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Foil 57 TVR Architecture (JSDA and CORBA Server versions)

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Foil 58 TVR Demo Snapshots

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Foil 59 Demos - JavaBeans

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Current WebFlow front-end is given by a large and monolythic Java applet (extending the GEF package from UCI)
We are now rewriting it as a collection of lightweight and dynamically composable JavaBeans components
The resulting BeanAuthor package will support a spectrum of visual authoring metaphors including current WebFlow (i.e. dataflow), BeanBox, InfoBus etc.
We demonstrate our early examples (CORBA Beans) and other ongoing efforts (e.g. InfoBus Foil Editor)
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Foil 60 JavaBeans - Architecture

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Foil 61 JavaBeans -Demo Snapshots

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Foil 62 JavaBeans + CORBA Collaboratory Demo Snapshot

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