Charge

  • Address the four questions
  • Discuss how DOE2000 technology can be used in your program
  • Prepare a set of ``answers'' and ``questions'' for discussion on Thursday
  • Questions for Discussion

  • What are 4-6 examples of DOE program scenarios where DOE2000 Collaboratory and ACTS capabilities would be integral to accomplishing DOE missions or could add significant value? (Potential joint pilot projects)
  • In what ways would these scenarios employ DOE2000 capabilities? That is, what are the key needs from DOE2000 for such scenarios? (Think in terms of high-level capabilities as much as possible.)
  • What next steps are needed to make DOE2000 a DOE-wide reality? (action items)
  • What other issues and concerns need to be discussed to ensure a close linkage of DOE2000 to program requirements? (a small set of discussion questions for the whole workshop)
  • Technology Roadmap I

  • Remote and shared desktop applications
  • commercially available for PCs, etc.
  • instrument control
  • Shared documents / WWW
  • Shared drawing and sketching tools
  • Text-oriented ``chat'' tools
  • Sharable wide-area filesystems
  • Technology Roadmap II

  • Networked digital audio
  • broadcast/multicast
  • point-to-point
  • CD sound quality is near
  • Networked digital video
  • more bandwidth
  • Mbone tools
  • quality is improving
  • Technology Roadmap III

  • Collaborative spaces
  • a method for organizing tools
  • model for persistent networked spaces
  • Collaborative virtual reality
  • immersive technologies
  • desktop to room sized
  • involves users with the data and each other
  • Technology Roadmap IV

  • World Wide Web
  • commercial tools are coming
  • collaborative Web tools are the next big thing
  • audio/video and shared spaces are being integrated
  • DOE DCEE/DICCE research
  • remote facilities
  • infrastructure
  • basis for DOE2000 collaboratories