Network Servers for Multidisciplinary Problem Solving

Abstract

The evolution of the Internet into the Global Information Infrastructure (GII) is impacting many institutions of life in general, and, the way we view computing in particular. This future computational and communication infrastructure will allow computing everywhere. Learning and training simulators will be part of any classroom and laboratory. The very concept of classroom, laboratory and individual workplace will change; they will become virtual places based on an array of multimedia devices [1]. We are developing the software architecture of such an environment and are working on related research issues. The advent of such environments will affect the process of prototyping, which is part of every scientific inquiry, product design, and learning activity. The new economic realities require the rapid prototyping of manufactured artifacts and rapid solutions to problems with numerous interrelated elements [2]. This, in turn, requires the fast, accurate simulation of physical processes..