LABORATORY 2.0 - Towards an Integrated Research Environment for Engineering Mechanics

Jonas Schulte, Reinhard Keil, Johann Rybka, Ferdinand Ferber

2011

Abstract

Cooperation Support Systems, respectively CSCW-Systems, increasingly offer standardized interfaces to allow their integration into university-wide IT infrastructures. However, several disciplines (e.g. engineering and medical science) require the use and seamless integration of additional applications to meet researchers’ requirements and support collaboration in a sustainable manner. This articles outlines the possibilities to integrate high-tech laboratories into existing IT infrastructures to strengthen the exchange of information among teaching, research, and industry. Since, laboratory components are usually characterized by proprietary interfaces, we replaced these manufacturer-specific interfaces and protocols by a service-oriented architecture for laboratories. Therefore, functionalities of laboratory components will be encapsulated as a service and made accessible by Linux Field-Bus Couplers. The modularization of the laboratory allows the connection to the world of e-learning documents. This article highlights the symbiosis between research in engineering and teaching at universities. The authors explain in the article that not only the research can take a significant influence on teaching, but also vice versa, the teaching is a part of the later researches in laboratories.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Schulte J., Keil R., Rybka J. and Ferber F. (2011). LABORATORY 2.0 - Towards an Integrated Research Environment for Engineering Mechanics . In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8425-56-0, pages 407-412. DOI: 10.5220/0003483504070412

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis11,
author={Jonas Schulte and Reinhard Keil and Johann Rybka and Ferdinand Ferber},
title={LABORATORY 2.0 - Towards an Integrated Research Environment for Engineering Mechanics},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS,},
year={2011},
pages={407-412},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003483504070412},
isbn={978-989-8425-56-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 4: ICEIS,
TI - LABORATORY 2.0 - Towards an Integrated Research Environment for Engineering Mechanics
SN - 978-989-8425-56-0
AU - Schulte J.
AU - Keil R.
AU - Rybka J.
AU - Ferber F.
PY - 2011
SP - 407
EP - 412
DO - 10.5220/0003483504070412