CS-338 Special Topics in Distributed Systems

Summer 2006

Collaboration and Visualization Technologies

Duration: 5/16 to 7/11
 Meeting: Tuesdays 6-8pm, Tompkins 211 (a computer room)

S. Rotenstreich
shmuel@gwu.edu
Academic Center #T720A
(202)994-6919

Topics Covered

Today's work is mainly perfomed by teams. Organizations spread over large geographical locations. Telecommuting is increasingly used. At the same time sharing, joint work, interconnection also increased. Collaboration tools are the infrastructure for all the sharing needed.

The Internet has brought to the viewers huge amonts of information that cannot be handled as simple text or simple files. Visualization of large amounts of Internet drived data is becoming more popular.

Format

The course is in the form of a workshop where students have to do practical work. There no exams and the format is flexible.