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Foil 16 Some Definitions and Technology Notes II

From Distance Education: How to do it DoD HPC Modernization Users Group Tutorial Monterey California, ACM Java Grande San Francisco, EDMEDIA Seattle -- June 7 99, June 14 99, June 20 99. by Geoffrey C. Fox


Use Conventional Web Servers and databases (a.k.a object brokers) as information sources
Server-side enhancements (Collaboration server, XML Curricula object processor) written in Java
WebWisdom(DB) refers to NPAC database of educational objects including individual Powerpoint foils and multimedia
Can collaborate with server or client side shared applications:
  • sharing web page which is say a GUI to backend supercomputer will share supercomputer program
  • quantify with XML specification of distributed objects
Tango Interactive is a collaboration system that can be applied to several applications
  • Shared Simulations are useful in training education and collaborative research (computational steering)



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