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Faculty and Student
Teams Program
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Project Descriptions
Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory
Data
Centric Information Management Group
Requesting applications from science, economics or engineering
faculty members at institutions serving students underrepresented in
science, engineering, mathematics and technology.
Project Description
The Web-based
Operations Status Board (WebOSB) project at the Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory provides command and operations centers with a method to acquire,
share, view and track highly dynamic status information between multiple users
and jurisdictions. We are working to expand this capability (http://webosb.pnl.gov/) in three areas. The
first is to provide XML-based meta-schemas that will dynamically describe the
definition, display and datum to transfer self-describing 2-dimensional
(spreadsheet oriented) status information to other command systems via a
standardized interoperability layer. The second is to apply the interoperability
layer to expand on capabilities for acquiring and combining ‘similar’ status
information from multiple jurisdictions into a single collaborative status
board. The third is to include the transfer of dynamic geographic locations to
web-based mapping systems. PNNL will involve researchers in each aspect of the
systems software engineering approach for these efforts including: design,
development, testing, and application.
Applicants Responsibilities and Relationship to Project
Applicants will receive support under the Department of Energy Faculty
and Student Team (FaST) Research Program to work collaboratively with the
project research team at the Laboratory for up to 10 weeks during the
summer of 2006. The exact appointment period in the time frame of June to
August will be scheduled by mutual agreement between the host division at
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the successful applicant.
Faculty will be expected to identify a student or students from their
campus to participate in the Department of Energy (DOE) FaST program,
sponsored by the DOE Office of Science. The faculty member will provide
some mentorship to students during the summer research activities. The
faculty and student(s) must participate as a group. It is
expected that the faculty member and the students become an integral part
of the research team working on this project and that opportunities for
continued collaboration may be identified.
Qualifications of Ideal Candidate
| Faculty: |
Experience with the design and development of
multi-user web-based systems. Strong
understanding of current collaboration technologies desired.
Knowledge about current efforts in commercial and government
efforts in cross-system interoperability standards (OASIS EM, CAP,
EXDL, DMIS) desired. |
| Student: |
Undergraduates should have proven expertise in
the Java coding environment. Working
knowledge of XML also desired. Working
knowledge of commercial and / or open-source web-based GIS systems
and their application strongly desired.
Students looking for experience in participating in all
phases of a systems engineering approach to software development are
encouraged to participate. |
Support and Financial Commitments
See Financial Information.
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