An Evolvable Framework for Perceptual Collaborative Applications

The Neem Platform is a research test bed for Project Neem, concerned with the development of socially and culturally aware collaborative systems in a wide range of domains, through development of situated applications that target specific group cultures and alternative theories. The Neem Platform is a generic (application neutral) component-based framework that provides functionality that facilitates building such collaborative applications. Given the wide variety of target applications, the platform provides more than a closed set of behaviors - it is itself evolvable. Its functionality can be extended and adapted through facilities provided by a coordination mechanism that isolates computation from coordination concerns. Application development on top of this platform is facilitated by reuse of common functionality, as well as from embedded support for Wizard of Oz experiments. A novelty of Project Neem is its focus on the dynamic aspects that characterize group interaction under a ...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2002
• Where: COOPIS
• Authors: Paulo Barthelmess, Clarence A. Ellis, The Neem Platform
• Keywords: Aware Collaborative Systems, COOPIS 2002, Information System, Neem Platform, Project Neem