Subject: C522: Review Form From: Domenico Laforenza Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 10:41:58 +0200 To: gcf@indiana.edu X-UIDL: f6128edd3d5d0000 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Received: by mailer.csit.fsu.edu (mbox gcfpc) (with Cubic Circle's cucipop (v1.31 1998/05/13) Mon Oct 15 08:38:02 2001) X-From_: fox@mailer.csit.fsu.edu Mon Oct 15 08:31:36 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: gcfpc@csit.fsu.edu Received: from dirac.csit.fsu.edu (dirac.csit.fsu.edu [144.174.128.44]) by mailer.csit.fsu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3765F23A12 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 08:31:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost by dirac.csit.fsu.edu (AIX4.2/UCB 8.7) id IAA57994; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 08:31:35 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200110151231.IAA57994@dirac.csit.fsu.edu> Delivered-To: fox@csit.fsu.edu Received: from snorkel.uits.indiana.edu (snorkel.uits.indiana.edu [129.79.6.186]) by mailer.csit.fsu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 839C523A12 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 04:40:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mx2.iat.cnr.it (mx2.iat.cnr.it [146.48.65.89]) by snorkel.uits.indiana.edu (8.10.1/8.10.1/IUPO) with ESMTP id f9F8e4B05889 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 03:40:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from CONVERSION.MAIL.IAT.CNR.IT by mail.iat.cnr.it (PMDF V6.1 #46964) id <01K9IZHR3IJK90N5U3@mail.iat.cnr.it> for gcf@indiana.edu; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 10:38:58 +0200 (MET_DST) Received: from [146.48.82.175] (maclaf.cnuce.cnr.it [146.48.82.175]) by mail.iat.cnr.it (PMDF V6.1 #46964) with ESMTP id <01K9IZHQMO0C90N7E2@mail.iat.cnr.it> for gcf@indiana.edu; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 10:38:55 +0200 (MET_DST) X-Sender: laforenza@pop.cnuce.cnr.it Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_u1aO+onxY/tT36fQYuWkqg)" Resent-To: Geoffrey Fox Resent-Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 08:31:35 -0400 Resent-From: Geoffrey Fox Dear Geoffrey, My 2-cents contribution to the "cause" ;-)). Cheers, Domenico ===================================== ==================================================== C: Paper and Referee Metadata * Paper Number C522: * Date: October, 6 2001 * Paper Title: WebSimMicro: Web-based Simulation of Microelectronic Devic es * Author(s): Tao Tang and Chu R. Wie * Referee: Domenico Laforenza * Address: CNUCE-CNR, via V. Alfieri, 1, 56010 Ghezzano, Pisa, ITALY Referee Recommendations. Please indicate overall recommendations here, and details in following sections. 2. Accepted provided cha nges suggested are made D: Referee Comments (For Editor Only) Reviewing the paper # C521, I have found it interesting from the technical viewpoint and, undoubtedly, "in line" w ith the Journal "targets". Unfortunately, I cannot say the same thing from the readability viewpoint. In order to extend the paper's appeal toward a broader range of readers, in my opinion, the presentation style needs to be "strongly" enhanced. I tried to read the paper many times and, at the end of each reading, the sensation was always the same: the paper was full of technicalities, but something was missing. For e xample, the API's descriptions in the parts 3.1, 3.2.1, etc. seem left "in the vacuum" without a clear description of their context. Under those conditions, I was initially oriented to suggest the rejection of the paper #C251, but I have found a possible solution to above mentioned doubts by reading at http://aspen.csit.fsu.edu/CandCPandE/index.html ( Articles under Consideration for Journal). In fact, I noted that the same authors sent (the same day...) to the Journal the following papers that, seem to me as the "two faces of the same medal". C521: A Java Extension Framework for Web-based Simulation Tao Tang and Chu R . Wie State University of New York at Buffalo, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Bonner Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260 Email: wie@eng.buffalo.edu> Received 22 July 2001 C522: WebSimMicro: Web-based Simulation of Microelectronic Devices Tao Tang and Chu R. Wie State University of New York at Buffalo, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Bonner Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260 Email: wie@eng.buffalo.edu> Received 22 July 2001 Now, after a careful reading of the paper # C521 (required to the Editor) I am strongly convinced that the two papers belong to the same medal and, accordingly, I strongly suggest the Editor to ask to the authors to merge them in just one paper. The first paper focuses on the architectural design of a Java-based framework used to build web-based simulation applications incorporating arbitrary legacy (simulation) applications i n various domains by using configurable and extensible interfaces. The second paper discusses the architecture of WebSimMicro, a web-based simulator of microelectronics devices and, its integration using the framework mentioned before. I think that the suggested merging might be very beneficial, producing a very interesting paper that, as for other milestone's projects on this topic (e.g.: WebFow, PUNCH, etc.) could represent an interesting reading for people interested in the usage of Java and Web technologies to build easy-of-use problem solving environments. E: Referee Comments (For Author and Editor) Reviewing the paper # C521, I have found it interesting from the technical viewpoint and, undoubtedly, "in line" with the Journal "targets". Unfortunately, I cannot say the same thing from the readability viewpoint. In order to extend the paper's appeal toward a broader range of readers, in my opinion, the presentation style needs to be "strong ly" enhanced. I tried to read the paper many times and, at the end of each reading, the sensation was always the same: the paper was full of technicalities, but something was missing. For example, the API's descriptions in the parts 3.1, 3.2.1, etc. seem left "in the vacuum" without a clear description of their context. Under those condition s, I was initially oriented to suggest the rejection of the paper #C251, but I have found a possible solution to above mentioned doubts by reading at http://aspen.csit.fsu.edu/CandCPandE/index.html (Articles under Consideration for Journal). In fact, I noted that the same authors sent (the same day...) to the Journal the following papers that, seem to me as the "two faces of the same medal". C521: A Java Extension Framework for Web-based Simulation Tao Tang and Chu R. Wie State University of New York at Buffalo, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Bonner Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260 Email: wie@eng.buffalo.edu> Received 22 July 2001 C522: WebSimMicro: Web-based Simu lation of Microelectronic Devices Tao Tang and Chu R. Wie State University of New York at Buffalo, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Bonner Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260 Email: wie@eng.buffalo.edu> Received 22 July 2001 Now, after a careful reading of the paper # C521 (required to the Editor) I am strongly convinced that the two papers belong to the same medal and, accordingly, I strongly suggest the Editor to ask to the authors to merge them in just one paper. The first paper focuses on the architectural design of a Java-based framework used to build web-based simulation applications incorporating arbitrary legacy (simulation) applications in various domains by using configurable and extensible interfaces. The second paper discusses the architecture of WebSimMicro, a web-based simulator of microelectro nics devices and, its integration using the framework mentioned before. I think that the suggested merging might be very beneficial, producing a very interesting paper that, as for other milestone's projects on this topic (e.g.: WebFow, PUNCH, etc.) could represent an interesting reading for people interested in the usage of Java and Web technologies to build easy-of-use problem solving environments. Suggestion: other useful references on this topic: Baraglia R., Laforenza D., Laganą A. A Web-based Metacomputing Pr oblem-Solving Environment for Complex Applications Proceedings of GRID 2000-IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Grid Computing, December, 2000, Bangalore, India Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1971, Springer, pp.111-122 Baraglia R., Laforenza D. Metay: A Web-based Metacomputing Problem-Solving Environment for building Complex Applications ERCIM NEWS, N. 45, April 2001 F: Presentation Changes SUGGESTIONS, ONLY AFTER THE MERGING PROCESS.