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Multipoint Activity Sharing Services for Fast Prototyping of Groupware Applications

2000; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 22; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/1206212x.2000.11441595

1925-7074

M. Farimani, John A. Robinson,

Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies

AbstractActivity sharing systems allow existing application programs to be displayed on multiple computers, while their users interact simultaneously with the shared applications. In this paper we introduce a new role for activity sharing: a platform to provide services for sharing visual information and managing multiple users' input. "Aware" application programs that share information and interact with several users concurrently can be developed efficiently using these services. Such programs have a high degree of interworking capability and can be prototyped quickly.Key Words: Activity sharinggroupwarefast prototyping Additional informationNotes on contributorsM. FarimaniMehran Farimani is a Director of Software Engineering at Electronics for Imaging, Foster City, CA. He has a M.Sc. degree in systems design engineering and a B.Sc. degree in mathematics and computer science, both from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. His areas of interest include software architectures for computer supported co-operative work, hybrid network topologies for fast Internet access, and techniques for shortening software development cycles.J.A. RobinsonJ.A. Robinson received his B.Sc. degree from Durham University, U.K. in 1979, and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Essex, U.K. in 1982 and 1985, respectively. He spent two years with Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd., Basildon, U.K., and three years with Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Verdun, Quebec, Canada. He was with the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada from 1988 to 1995, including a sabbatical year spent at the Universities of Essex and Cambridge, U.K. In January 1996, he was appointed to the NSERC/Newtel Communications/Nortel Industrial Research Chair in Telecommunications Engineering and Information Technology at Memorial University of Newfoundland, where he leads the Multimedia Communications Laboratory.