Summary of Current PET Projects

1999-07-14

ARL ASC CEWES NAVO
Current Contract Yr (Anniversary) 3 (8/19) 4 (5/12) 4 (3/26) 3 (10/1)
Year 4 Status Under consideration. Yr4 budgets & deliverables are requests. Total Yr4+Yr5 budget provided by ASC.  Flexibility within as to spending on each project. Budgets set per-project by CEWES Decided.  Budgets are NAVO awards per-project, deliverables not yet adjusted to awards
FMS Core FMS Support
Yr3 $50k/Yr4 $36k
  • Yr3:
    • Evolving technology roadmap
    • Recommendations on specific technologies and their use
    • Web materials
  • Yr4:
    • Training materials
    • Web materials
   Core FMS Support
Yr4 $65k
  • Training materials in various forms, culminating with an interactive dist. training.
  • Scientific papers & presentations
  • Web materials
  • Technology tracking report
 
  Parallel M&S Modules
Yr3 $39k/Yr4 $50k
  • Yr3:
    • Parallel CMS for O2k
    • Tech report w/ implementation notes
    • User manual for parallel CMS
    • User support for ARL and CEWES MSRCs
  • Yr4:
    • Scalable CMS for O2k
    • Analysis of various communications modes
    • Installation at ARL, CEWES
    • Eval. of total CPU power for metacomputing demo
  Parallel CMS
Yr 4 $75k
  • Scalable CMS for O2k
  • Analysis of various communications modes
  • Installation at ARL, CEWES
  • Eval. of total CPU power for metacomputing demo
  • Technical report
 
  Metacomputing FMS Demos
Yr3 $39k/Yr4 $45k
  • Yr3:
    • SC98 demo
    • Demo for NSS/JSIMS
    • E-ModSAF support
  • Yr4:
    • SC99 demo
    • Sustained support for multi-center metacomputing
   HLA Integration
Yr4 $55k
  • WebHLA-based cluster mgmt.
  • Distrib. CMS on NPAC cluster
  • Incorp of NPAC cluster into metacomputing CMS expts
  • Expanded cluster mgmt tools
  • Technical report
HLA Metaclusters
Yr4 $70k
  • FOM for selected NAVO app
  • App-specific HPC modules wrapped as HLA federates
  • Add'l supporting modules adapted or built as required
  • Visual authoring tools adapted to NAVO app
  • Final demo & delivery of WebHLA framework
  CHSSI Training Materials
Yr3 $41k/Yr4 $38k
  • Yr3: 
    • User-level known-how, understanding of source code. 
    • Basic-level web-based database-backed training materials.
  • Yr4: Basic-level web-based database-backed training materials on SPEEDES.
     
Gateway Possible SIP or IMT activities in future Gateway
Yr4 $142k
  • Middle-tier per decisions of committee
Web Interfaces (LMS)
Yr4 $50k
  • Technical mtg @ CEWES
  • Implement core WebFlow at CEWES
  • Update LMS to WebFlow
  • Final release
  • User training
  • Technical report
 
Tango only  Tango for Adv. Collaboration
Yr4 $125k
  • Support TI for training, education, collaboration
  • TI 2 development & deployment
  • TI tutorials & trainings
  • Staged TI deployment for collaboration
  • TI security enhancements
  • TI "PeopleWatch" module
Tango Integration & Enhanced Authoring
Yr4 $45k
  • Support for DHTML in v4 browsers
  • Support for DHTML glossaries & quizzes
  • Support for DHTML, XML in v5 browsers
  • Training in authoring w/ DHTML
  • Integration of LecCorder & TI
  • Integration of LecCorder, TI & WebWisdom DB
C/C Core Support
Yr4 $80k
  • Web materials
  • Report on asynch collab tools
  • TI tutorial (collab focus)
  • CWO domain-specific search engine
  • Support for web-linked DB apps
  • Enhanced security for TI
  • Out-of-browser TI

  • Prototype meeting/briefing support
 
    I/C Core Support
Yr4 $56k
  • Technology tracking on training, I/C, metacomputing
  • TI support for training, collaboration
  • MAPINT'99
Training Core Support
Yr4 $80k
  • Web materials
  • Participate in PET-wide Training Group
  • Support/enhancement of TI & WWDB for dist. classes & training
  • Install LecCorder if desired
 
    Tango Meets Gateway
Yr4 $39k
  • Design of TI integration
  • Prototype w/ subset of planned capabilities
  • Full integration w/ support for two CTAs & core collab
Collaborative computing Environments
Yr4 $50k
  • Selection of first app
  • Beta release of first collaboratized app
  • Final release of first collaboratized app
  • Selection of second app
  • Release of second collaboratized app
  • Module on interfacing to HPC apps to be delivered as part of TI tutorial (C/C Core)
  • Technical report
 
  Secure Implementation of Tango
Yr4 $170k
  • SOCKS support for TI
  • SOCKS support for BV
  • Security of BV's UDP-based transport
  • SSL for client-server comms
  • Digital certificate support

  • User authentication & access control
     
Tango+Education      Distance Education & Training
Yr4 $90k
  • TI support for glossaries, interactive quizzes
  • TI support for embedded applets, JavaBeans
  • Parallel computing courseware
  • Fall class
  • Spring class using new courseware
  • Training using new courseware
  • JSU Dist. Edu. Workshop
  • CD-ROM of courseware
Distance Education & Training
Yr4 $70k
  • TI support for glossaries, interactive quizzes
  • TI support for embedded applets, JavaBeans
  • TI support for Macromedia Director/Authorware
  • Parallel computing courseware
  • Fall class
  • Spring class
  • TI tutorial
  • Dist. Edu. Workshop
  • TI care & feeding training
Other   On-site Support
Yr4 $117k ($90k strictly for Pierce)
   
  Intranet Operating Environment
Yr4 $175k
  • Servelet/XML-based architecture
  • Database schema, XML tags
Training Mgmt DB Phase 2
Yr4 $26k
  • Automatic creation/mgmt of class web space
  • Dynamic creation of web pages from db information (beyond data-entry forms)
   
    Training Mgmt DB Phase 3
Yr4 $30k
  • Automatic account creation/cleanup
  • Searches
  • Custom & other reports
  • On-line eval. forms