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Challenges and Opportunities for Information Technology in ECS

Given by Geoffrey C. Fox at ECS Faculty Retreat on 15 October 95. Foils prepared 12 October 1995

This talk described both the opportunity to teach the new emerging Information technologies and the opportunity to use these technologies to teach
Illustrations of the application of Technology to education include NPAC work using Java (WebFoil) and Databases as well as the collaborative enterprises KidsWeb, Living Schoolbook and Phy105/106
We surveyed the latest state of the Web and how it will be applied in a variety of applications from Business Enterprise Systems to Crisis Management
The Multimedia Master's degree and the corresponding Information track courses of computational science offer an excellent opportunity for ECS to provide attractive curricula of broad interest


This mixed presentation uses parts of the following base foilsets which can also be looked at on their own!
ECSFall95                Master Support set for Engineering and 
                          Computer Science Presentations 
NIIASOP95B Master        Master of Overview of NII and Web Technology 
                          for NII ASOP Review  at Langley
VirtualUniversity95masterMaster Foilset for Technologies and Issues 
                          for Virtual University
Phy105                   Pictures of Web Pages for Modules of 
                          Phy105/106
NPACAddons               Collection of GIF Images for General NPAC 
                          Projects 1995-March96
Screendumps of Kidsweb   Screendumps of kidsweb web pages
CompSciMay95             Overview foils for Computational Science 
                          Overview at Illinois -- May 1995
HPDC95 Tutorial Master   Master Foilset for Interactive Web based HPDC
                           Technologies for Distance Education
HPCS95master             Master Foilset for HPCS95 Keynote 
                          Presentation
Infovision95             InfoVISION: Information Video Simulation 
                          Imagery ON demand
Webworkaddons            Additional Material for Web Technology 
                          Presentations July 95 -- March 96
CPS616webDBMS            CPS600 Presentation on Linkage of Web to 
                          Relational(Oracle) Databases

Table of Contents for Challenges and Opportunities for Information Technology in ECS



Web Technology has Two Opportunities
                ECSFall95 012 001 Challenges and Opportunities for 
                                  Information Technology in ECS
                ECSFall95 013 002 Abstract for ECS (College of 
                                  Engineering and Computer Science at 
                                  Syracuse University) Presentation on
                                   Information Technology

We Start with the Current Party Line Web Scenario
        NIIASOP95B Master 003 003 Architecture of Web Software
        NIIASOP95B Master 005 004 Web Application Software Vision
        NIIASOP95B Master 006 005 Some Relevant NII Services-I
        NIIASOP95B Master 007 006 Some Relevant NII Services-II
        NIIASOP95B Master 008 007 Use of NII Services in Particular 
                                  Applications -- HealthCare and 
                                  Telemedicine
        NIIASOP95B Master 009 008 Use of NII Services in Particular 
                                  Applications -- Education
        NIIASOP95B Master 010 009 Use of NII Services in Particular 
                                  Applications -- Society
        NIIASOP95B Master 011 010 Use of NII Services in Particular 
                                  Applications
                                  -- Business (Enterprise Systems)
        NIIASOP95B Master 012 011 Use of NII Services in Particular 
                                  Applications
                                  -- Defence and Crisis Management
        NIIASOP95B Master 013 012 Use of NII Services in Particular 
                                  Applications -- Collaboratory
        NIIASOP95B Master 014 013 Use of NII Services in Particular 
                                  Applications
                                  -- Manufacturing of Complex Systems
        NIIASOP95B Master 015 014 ASOP and Multidisciplinary Analysis 
                                  and Design(MAD)

Virtual University Activities that NPAC is involved in:
VirtualUniversity95master 024 015 Some Virtual University Activities 
                                  Involving NPAC -- I 
VirtualUniversity95master 025 016 Some Virtual University Activities 
                                  Involving NPAC -- II

Science for the Twentyfirst Century is a sophisticated hyperlinked educational resource and includes simulation, homework, internal and external material

                   Phy105 013 017 Encoder neural network tutorial and 
                                  simulation page

The next Example is Living Text/Schoolbook
VirtualUniversity95master 026 018 Overview of the Living Schoolbook 
                                  Project
VirtualUniversity95master 027 019 The Living Schoolbook Project 
                                  Partners
VirtualUniversity95master 028 020 Outside Partners of the Living 
                                  Schoolbook Project

We can Involve the Media Professionals in Newhouse School at SU
VirtualUniversity95master 041 021 VASTNET -- NPAC, Newhouse School, 
                                  University Electronic Media Services
                                   Collaboration

FLAG is a major effort to link Africa and the Far East by ocean cable
VirtualUniversity95master 042 022 Comments on FLAG (Fiber Optic Link 
                                  Across the Globe) and the Virtual 
                                  University - I
VirtualUniversity95master 043 023 Comments on FLAG (Fiber Optic Link 
                                  Across the Globe) and the Virtual 
                                  University - II
               NPACAddons 002 024 Fiber Link Across the Globe FLAG -- 
                                  Topology

Caching of Information is an important technology
VirtualUniversity95master 044 025 Role of Caching in the Virtual 
                                  University -- I
VirtualUniversity95master 045 026 Role of Caching in the Virtual 
                                  University -- II
VirtualUniversity95master 046 027 Role of Caching in the Virtual 
                                  University -- III

Kids Web is a digital library for K-12 use of Internet and the following Illustrates Title page and one section of library (on Space from NASA)


For example Example of Kidsweb Title Page

   Screendumps of Kidsweb 002 028 Kidsweb Home Page and Table of 
                                  Contents for Arts, Science
   Screendumps of Kidsweb 007 029 Astronomy and Space content - 
                                  Combined picture of Jupiter with 
                                  Comet Shoemaker-Levy9 fragments

Computational Science

             CompSciMay95 003 030 What is Computational Science?
             CompSciMay95 005 031 Program in Computational Science
                                  Implemented within current academic 
                                  framework
             CompSciMay95 028 032 Program in Information Age 
                                  Computational Science Implemented 
                                  Within Current Academic Program
             CompSciMay95 032 033 What we taught this Spring CPS600 --
                                  "Technologies for 
                                  Webwindows" --
                                  The next generation (meta)Computing 
                                  and Communications Environment
                ECSFall95 005 034 Proposed Interdisciplinary 
                                  MultiMedia Master's Degree IMM
                ECSFall95 006 035 The 4 tracks of the IMM Master's 
                                  Degree
                ECSFall95 007 036 Proposed Academic Schedule of IMM
                ECSFall95 008 037 Current Computational Science (CPS) 
                                  Core Courses
                ECSFall95 009 038 Current Proposed CPS Core Courses --
                                   Information Track
                ECSFall95 010 039 Education in a Box -- Initial Steps 
                                  to Understand Web Based Education
                ECSFall95 011 040 Scope of Certificate in 
                                  Computational Science
   HPDC95 Tutorial Master 003 041 Some Current NII/Web Technologies --
                                   I
   HPDC95 Tutorial Master 004 042 Some Current NII/Web Technologies --
                                   II

The Technologies from the "Real(PC) World" Poised to be Integrated into Web
   HPDC95 Tutorial Master 005 043 Some Technologies to be Integrated 
                                  into the Web -- I
   HPDC95 Tutorial Master 006 044 Some Technologies to be Integrated 
                                  into the Web -- II

The WebServer -- InfoVision Scenario
             HPCS95master 017 045 WebServers and InfoVision as an 
                                  example of Opportunity for MPP's on 
                                  the NII
             Infovision95 005 046 Integration of Industry Sectors 
                                  forming the NII
             Infovision95 004 047 The Standard Scenario for HPCC and 
                                  NII
             Infovision95 007 048 NII Compute & Communications 
                                  Capability in Year 2000 --> 2005
             Infovision95 008 049 Ultimate Vision and Implementation 
                                  of NII and InfoVision
             Infovision95 016 050 What is a Web or HPMMCC Network 
                                  Server ?
               NPACAddons 006 051 Visit of Hillary Clinton to Syracuse
                                   University April 5,1994 -- Medical 
                                  Demonstration

General Vision of the Future All encompassing World Wide Web
   HPDC95 Tutorial Master 007 052 Overall NII Integrating Vision
   HPDC95 Tutorial Master 011 053 What is WebWindows ?

Building on a Pervasive Base
             HPCS95master 034 054 HPCC needs a large enough market to 
                                  sustain technology (systems and 
                                  software) 

Critical Emerging Technologies
   HPDC95 Tutorial Master 008 055 Critical Emerging Web Technologies
            Webworkaddons 007 056 Figure 6:Impressive early Java demo 
                                  (fromBrown Univ.) -- sorting 
                                  algorithms
            Webworkaddons 014 057 Java Character Recognition Demo -- 
                                  The Letter G
            Webworkaddons 010 058 Figure 9: Example of use of VRML -- 
                                  Black Hole Collision Diagram (NCSA)

Emerging High Level Integration Concepts I
   HPDC95 Tutorial Master 009 059 Emerging Higher Level Web 
                                  Integration Concepts -- I 
             HPCS95master 026 060 NPAC WebTools-I (Basic WebWindows 
                                  Functionality)
             HPCS95master 027 061 NPAC WebTools-II
            Webworkaddons 025 062 Example of WebTool External Editor 
                                  Interface -- vi and emacs
            Webworkaddons 024 063 Example of Spell Check Feature in 
                                  WebTools
            Webworkaddons 030 064 Illustrative Screendump for WebTools
                                   (Spring '95):E-Mail Functionality, 
                                  Implementation

WebTop Productivity Examples
             HPCS95master 028 065 Web Productivity Tools and Virtual 
                                  Software Laboratory (VSL)
            Webworkaddons 004 066 Figure 3: WebTools CASE tools sample
                                   manual page Including hyper-source 
                                  code

Integration of Web with Parallel or Sequential Relational Databases
            CPS616webDBMS 006 067 Weak Points in Web Technology
            CPS616webDBMS 007 068 Weak Points in Database Technology
            CPS616webDBMS 008 069 By integrating a database server 
                                  into Web technology, a Web server 
                                  can be enhanced with:
            CPS616webDBMS 009 070 By integrating Web into database 
                                  technology, a Database server can be
                                   enhanced with:
               NPACAddons 017 071 Web to Oracle Interface Screen 10: 
                                  Query by Subject --2

Now an important paradigm WebFlow which
             HPCS95master 030 072 WebFlow Paradigm
            Webworkaddons 008 073 Figure 7: Java demo (NPAC) -- 
                                  WebFlow Editor prototype
             HPCS95master 031 074 Software Project Manager -- Example 
                                  of Agent Middleware
            Webworkaddons 009 075 Figure 8: Java demo (NPAC) -- 
                                  WebFlow application prototype: 
                                  Project Manager

List of Foils Used as they occur

ECSFall95                Master Support set for Engineering and 
                          Computer Science Presentations 
12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
NIIASOP95B Master        Master of Overview of NII and Web Technology 
                          for NII ASOP Review  at Langley
3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
VirtualUniversity95masterMaster Foilset for Technologies and Issues 
                          for Virtual University
24 25 26 27 28 41 42 43 44 45 46
Phy105                   Pictures of Web Pages for Modules of 
                          Phy105/106
13
NPACAddons               Collection of GIF Images for General NPAC 
                          Projects 1995-March96
2 6 17
Screendumps of Kidsweb   Screendumps of kidsweb web pages
2 7
CompSciMay95             Overview foils for Computational Science 
                          Overview at Illinois -- May 1995
3 5 28 32
HPDC95 Tutorial Master   Master Foilset for Interactive Web based HPDC
                           Technologies for Distance Education
3 4 5 6 7 11 8 9
HPCS95master             Master Foilset for HPCS95 Keynote 
                          Presentation
17 34 26 27 28 30 31
Infovision95             InfoVISION: Information Video Simulation 
                          Imagery ON demand
5 4 7 8 16
Webworkaddons            Additional Material for Web Technology 
                          Presentations July 95 -- March 96
7 14 10 25 24 30 4 8 9
CPS616webDBMS            CPS600 Presentation on Linkage of Web to 
                          Relational(Oracle) Databases
6 7 8 9

Sorted List of Foils Used

ECSFall95                Master Support set for Engineering and 
                          Computer Science Presentations 
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
NIIASOP95B Master        Master of Overview of NII and Web Technology 
                          for NII ASOP Review  at Langley
3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
VirtualUniversity95masterMaster Foilset for Technologies and Issues 
                          for Virtual University
24 25 26 27 28 41 42 43 44 45 46
Phy105                   Pictures of Web Pages for Modules of 
                          Phy105/106
13
NPACAddons               Collection of GIF Images for General NPAC 
                          Projects 1995-March96
2 6 17
Screendumps of Kidsweb   Screendumps of kidsweb web pages
2 7
CompSciMay95             Overview foils for Computational Science 
                          Overview at Illinois -- May 1995
3 5 28 32
HPDC95 Tutorial Master   Master Foilset for Interactive Web based HPDC
                           Technologies for Distance Education
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11
HPCS95master             Master Foilset for HPCS95 Keynote 
                          Presentation
17 26 27 28 30 31 34
Infovision95             InfoVISION: Information Video Simulation 
                          Imagery ON demand
4 5 7 8 16
Webworkaddons            Additional Material for Web Technology 
                          Presentations July 95 -- March 96
4 7 8 9 10 14 24 25 30
CPS616webDBMS            CPS600 Presentation on Linkage of Web to 
                          Relational(Oracle) Databases
6 7 8 9


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