Products

Extensible Computational Chemistry Environment
The Extensible Computational Chemistry Environment (Ecce) is PNNL's most successful example of a domain-specific problem-solving environment. Ecce is a suite of distributed client/server applications that are integrated together to produce an environment that enables research scientists to transparently utilize complex computational chemistry modeling software on high-performance computing resources (i.e. super-computers at PNNL and elsewhere) from the convenience of their desktop workstations. Now installed at multiple laboratories, super-computing centers, and research universities, Ecce is also a recent winner of an R&D 100 award for being one of the hundred most technologically significant innovations of 1999.

Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN)
The PNNL notebook implementation consists primarily of the ELN Interactive Web Client and the ELN Server. The Client displays a notebook's table of contents, and a palette of "editors" that allow users to enter information. A separate window displays the current page, with each entry displaying the name of the author and the creation date and time. Current editors support text (plain, HTML, and rich text), equations, whiteboard sketches, captured images, and arbitrary file upload. A viewer interface enables third parties to add support for displaying specific types of data using existing HTML, Java, or browser plug-ins. The PNNL notebook currently supports viewing of over 15 data types including text, equations, and images generated by supplied editors, XY plots, and spreadsheets.

Collaborative Research Environment (CORE)
The Collaborative Research Environment (CORE2000) is designed to provide capabilities for inform, in-person communication for users separated by geographic distance. CORE2000, now in its sixth release, integrates disparate collaboration tools and makes them much simpler to use. It has been designed as both a deployable system and as a research platform to allow rapid real-world testing of new collaborative capabilities. By relying on third party technologies for basic videoconferencing functionality, CORE2000 developers have been able to focus on architecture and the issues of interaction management, usability, and collaborative access to scientific resources that limit the effectiveness of the current generation of tools. CORE2000 has a modular architecture that can easily be extended. It also has automatic monitoring capabilities that can help determine when, how, and how often various features are being used. Among the collaboration tools that are available in CORE2000 are:

Audio/Video Conferencing
Text Chat
Whiteboard
Remote Camera
TeleViewer
Voting Tool
Collaborative Science Applications