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Appendix C: Synopsis of the CSTB Report: Computing and Communications in the Extreme
Appendix C: Synopsis of the CSTB Report: Computing and Communications in the Extreme
Pages 82-85
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Discussions at the workshops convened by the steering committee for the project spanned many aspects of computing and communications technology research, development, deployment, and use, focusing on crisis management as the primary application area. The workshops generated ideas about where high-performance technology may be helpful, where advances in performance at the leading edge would yield benefits in more mainstream systems, and how the interaction of applications in different areas (e.g., the use of telemedicine and digital libraries in crisis response)
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7~. Research topics suggested in the report include communications resources such as rapidly deployable, self-configuring wireless networks for coordinating response teams; "judgment support" tools to assist crisis managers in making decisions in the absence of complete, reliable information; simulations of phenomena such as hurricanes and fires that could deliver useful results to crisis managers rapidly; and virtual "anchor desks" that would place network-based resources such as simulations and information systems at the disposal of crisis managers.
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Such testbeds provide a venue for government, academic, and industrial researchers to work with application users, such as federal, state, and local crisis managers, to test and validate technologies by subjecting them to realistic applications. This was the principal finding relating to the process of collaboration between the two communities.
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These findings call for research to increase the adaptivity of networks and applications so they can function during or after crises and research to enable accurate assessments of the reliability of systems composed of potentially unreliable hardware, software, and people. · Distributed systems performance.
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