Preliminary Plan for FSU Activities -- Portal Projects

Students

Balsoy, Ozgur <balsoy@npac.syr.edu>

Kim, Jungkee (Jake) <jake@npac.syr.edu>

Kim, Kang-Seok <kskim@ecs.syr.edu>

Lee, Sangmi <slee@npac.syr.edu>

Oh, Sangyoon <soh@npac.syr.edu>

Qiu, Judy <xjqiu@npac.syr.edu>

Youn, Choonhan <cyoun@npac.syr.edu>

Gunduz, Gurhan <ggunduz@syr.edu>

Uyar, Ahmet <auyar@mailbox.syr.edu>

Wang, Minjun <mwang03@mailbox.syr.edu>

Pallickara, Shrideep <shrideep@npac.syr.edu>

Ispirli, Meryem <mispirli@npac.syr.edu>

Staff

Pierce, Marlon < mpierce@npac.syr.edu> -- Onsite at ASC

Ko, Sung-Hoon <shko@npac.syr.edu> -- After finishes PhD

Theses

Balsoy, Ozgur : "Learning Management in an Education Portal"

Kim, Jungkee (Jake): "The Portal Information Service"

Kim, Kang-Seok: "Integration of Hand-Held Devices into a Portal Environment"

Lee, Sangmi: "Portal Services for Education"

Oh, Sangyoon: "Portal Architecture for Ubiquitous Access"

Youn, Choonhan: "Gateway as a Portal Architecture"

Qiu, Judy: "Integration of Components into a Portal Environment and Application to Earthquake Science"

Wang, Minjun: ?

Gunduz, Gurhan: ?

Uyar, Ahmet: ?

Pallickara, Shrideep: "Portal Event Service"

Ispirli, Meryem: "Learning Objects"

Possible PhD Topics for ?

"Integration of Multimedia Data into Collaborative Portals"

"Architecture of Collaborative Computing Portals"

"Computing Portals for …"

General Activities

A) Inherit Existing Projects

  1. Gateway: (all versions) Youn, Choonhan
  2. Databases: (all instances): Kim, Jungkee (Jake)
  3. Applets and other Java nuggets (like SV2, VNC): Lee, Sangmi

B) Portal Architecture

  1. Integrate and Manage: Ko, Sung-Hoon; Pierce, Marlon
  2. Base Infrastructure of Clients, Servers, Events: Pallickara, Shrideep; Oh, Sangyoon
  3. Initial Project -- Evaluate Ninja and E-Speak: Gunduz, Gurhan; TBN
  4. Design of and Access to cross-framework Portal Object Repository: (XML standards) Very Important
  5. Initial Project -- Prototype cross-framework Portal Object Repository based on/consistent with Gateway: Ko, Sung-Hoon; Pierce, Marlon

C) Event Service

  1. Basic: Pallickara, Shrideep
  2. Integration with Database: Kim, Jungkee (Jake)
  3. Integration with Server Architecture: Pallickara, Shrideep; Oh, Sangyoon
  4. Initial Project 1 -- Replace nontrivial JavaScript by trivial JavaScript, event service and Java in Personal Server: Pallickara, Shrideep; Oh, Sangyoon
  5. Initial Project 2 -- Add WML/Hand-held Client to "Java in Personal Server": Kim, Kang-Seok; Oh, Sangyoon

D) Security Service

  1. Firewalls, Integrate PKI, Passwords, Kerberos: Lee, Sangmi; Youn, Choonhan; Pierce, Marlon
  2. Initial Project -- Architecture and Demonstration of integrated security model: Lee, Sangmi

E) Hand Held Devices

  1. Integration with (Personal) Server Architecture: Oh, Sangyoon
  2. Interfacing on Client Side: (Windows CE v. Palm) Kim, Kang-Seok
  3. Initial Project -- hand-held interface to Gateway: Kim, Kang-Seok; Youn, Choonhan

F) Authoring Service

  1. Integration of Document Fragments: (XML standards -- SCORM, W3C DOM, WML; client layout) Qiu, Judy
  2. Initial Project -- "Information Technology Research Group Portal": Qiu, Judy

G) Multimedia Services

  1. Real Networks; link to Event Service; SMIL:
  2. Audio-Video Conferencing; Access Grid:
  3. Initial Project -- Deploy Access Grid on Powerwall:
  4. Initial Project -- Deploy Real Networks for recording lectures: Fox

H) PortalML

  1. Education: (SCORM,IMS, IEEE LTSC) Balsoy, Ozgur
  2. Computing: (Grid Forum, Gateway) Youn, Choonhan; Pierce, Marlon
  3. Information: Kim, Jungkee (Jake)
  4. Initial Project -- Initial cut at PortalML: (IMS, IEEE LTSC,SCORM break into resourceML, portalML; Grid Forum) Fox; Balsoy, Ozgur; Qiu, Judy; Youn, Choonhan; Pierce, Marlon; Kim, Jungkee (Jake)

I) Collaboration

  1. Integration with Event Service: Lee, Sangmi; Pallickara, Shrideep
  2. Initial Project -- Demonstration of collaboration by linking event services on personal servers: (must wait till E-4,5 in place) Lee, Sangmi
  3. VNC or equivalent Shared Display: Lee, Sangmi
  4. Support in PortalML: Fox; Lee, Sangmi

Particular Portals

J) Computing Portal

  1. Gateway System; CCM Application: (Re-engineer Gateway as a Portal) Youn, Choonhan; Ko, Sung-Hoon; Pierce, Marlon
  2. Initial Project -- Bring up Gateway so can support Personal Server and Initial set of Activities: Youn, Choonhan
  3. GEM: (earthquake) Qiu, Judy
  4. New ASC ARL NCSA Applications: Gunduz, Gurhan; Uyar, Ahmet
  5. Initial Project -- Analysis of requirements of new applications: Pierce, Marlon
  6. Visualization Service: (Integrate DICE)

K) Education Portal

  1. Gateway as an Education Portal: Youn, Choonhan; Ko, Sung-Hoon; Pierce, Marlon
  2. Grading Database: (IMS Enterprise Standards) Balsoy, Ozgur
  3. Initial Project -- Bring up Grading Database at FSU; compare capabilities and user interface with Blackboard: Balsoy, Ozgur
  4. Collaboration Support: Lee, Sangmi
  5. Initial Project -- CPS606/CSIT IT1 to IMS and CPW: Ispirli, Meryem
  6. JavaScript Shared Browser to Personal Server architecture: Fox

L) Information Portal

  1. General integration of Databases in Portals: Kim, Jungkee (Jake)
  2. Initial Project -- Store and Retrieve technical documents as a Portal Service: (base on SCCS database) Kim, Jungkee (Jake)
  3. Storage of Events in Database -- link to XML: Kim, Jungkee (Jake)
  4. Evaluate XML Database Technology: