A Windows-NT virtual collaboratory for technical computing

Virtual Collaborative Environment (VCE) addresses enabling technologies to support collaborative, distributed, computer-based problem solving for engi neering applications. The goal is to simulate a virtual laboratory, based o n cooperative computing substrate, that integrally supports a shared worksp ace, high performance computing, distributed data management, as well as gr aphical scientific communication. In this study we present the design and d evelopment of a Windows-NT based VCE for technical computing. (C) 2000 Else vier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.