NSF Org:	CNS Division Of Computer and Network Systems
Recipient:	THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
Initial Amendment Date:	September 21, 2000
Latest Amendment Date:	August 5, 2004
Award Number:	0080146
Award Instrument:	Continuing Grant
Program Manager:	Chitaranjan Das CNS  Division Of Computer and Network Systems CSE  Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Start Date:	September 15, 2000
End Date:	August 31, 2006 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$1,033,443.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$1,033,443.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2000 = $339,163.00 FY 2001 = $288,945.00 FY 2002 = $211,880.00 FY 2003 = $127,728.00 FY 2004 = $65,727.00
History of Investigator:	Gary Nutt (Principal Investigator) gary.nutt@colorado.edu William Waite (Co-Principal Investigator) Roger King (Co-Principal Investigator) Clayton Lewis (Co-Principal Investigator) Dirk Grunwald (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	University of Colorado at Boulder 3100 MARINE ST Boulder CO  US  80309-0001 (303)492-6221
Sponsor Congressional District:	02
Primary Place of Performance:	University of Colorado at Boulder 3100 MARINE ST Boulder CO  US  80309-0001
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	02
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	SPVKK1RC2MZ3
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	CISE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
Primary Program Source:	app-0100  app-0101  app-0102  app-0103  app-0104
Program Reference Code(s):	1088, 9218, HPCC
Program Element Code(s):	288500
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.070

ABSTRACT

EIA-0080146
Nutt, Gary
University of Colorado - Boulder

CISE Reserach Infrastructure: The Digital CommonSpace

This research program addresses symbiotic computing environments in which people use small, communicating computers (SCCs) to collect and use information and tools in their personal information space. This information space, which we call a Digital CommonSpace, is managed by a broad spectrum of computing and network equipment: SCCs, laptops, personal computers and workstations, and servers all interconnected by a spectrum of networks. This research addresses devices, systems, and networks; dynamic interconnection facilities; and general applications. There is an emerging computing model for symbiotic computing environments in which traditional computer science domains have become blurred: The OS must be tailored to meet the needs of application support tools and the applications themselves. The application support software must exploit the OS design and while providing custom support to the applications. Applications must use new software paradigms to take advantage of the application support tools and OS. The individuals for this research program have conducted research in each of these traditional domains, and they are now focusing on the Digital CommonSpace as the mechanism to advance the state-of-the-art symbiotic computing.

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