Middleware to Support Group to Group Collaboration

A NC Base Program Project

Understanding the effects of distance based collaboration environments on group dynamics and communication quality is essential to the development high-end collaborative environments. This project addresses some of the key middleware research issues facing large-scale deployment of high-end collaborative environments such as the Access Grid.

The goal is to advance widespread deployment and use of high-end collaboration technologies to further scientific inquiry.

The objectives of this project are

• Collaborative work sharing beyond simple application sharing
• Methods of asynchronous collaboration: capture, synchronization, record, playback and annotation of collaborative experiences
• Integration of high end visualization environments into collaborative spaces
• Peer-to-peer Virtual Venues servers to enable worldwide, secure virtual communities through the use of high-end collaboration environments

For more info, see:

• Project website: Group to Group Collaboration
• 2-Page Summary, March 2004 (PDF)
• 2-Page Summary, March 2003 (PDF)
• 4-Slide Presentation, March 2003 (PowerPoint Presentation)
• Overview: Group to Group Collaboration (PDF, 279KB)