LiLa: Library of Labs Dissemination of Remote and Virtual Laboratories for Natural Sciences and Engineering University of Stuttgart Dr. David Boehringer Barbara Burr, MA Prof. Sabina Jeschke Dr. Thomas Richter
What's Special about Stuttgart?. Stuttgart: ~ 595.000 inhabitants ~ Town of Porsche, Mercedes, Bosch, IBM ~ Research University with high Third-party funding per professor - 1 st place in Germany ~ Highest rate of patent applications in Germany ~ 20.000 Students at the University of Stuttgart in 10 Faculties
One of Europe s Strongest Economic Regions
Stuttgart: A Research University with a focus on Engineering and Natural Sciences Astronautics Centre High-Performance Computing Centre Research Centre for Simulation Technology SOFIA VISUS Europe's largest driving simulator
LiLa: Library of Labs Dissemination of Remote and Virtual Laboratories for Natural Sciences and Engineering Co-funded by the Community programme econtentplus
LiLa Partners Universität Stuttgart (Coordinator) Technische Universität Berlin Technische Universiteit Delft Linköpings Universitet Universität Basel Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Aristotle University of Thessaloniki University of Cambridge Computational Modelling Cambridge Ltd Sun Microsystems MathCore Engeneering AB Germany Germany Netherlands Sweden Switzerland Spain Greece UK UK Germany Sweden
Status Quo: Project Motivation & Goals About 30,000 enrolled students in Berlin, 20,000 in Stuttgart, 10,000 in Basel, 86,000 in Thessaloniki Undergraduate engineering courses with more than 500 participants Limited equipment for hands-on experiments & limited laboratory capacity Equipment for specialized graduate students becomes more and more expensive, but is used only occasionally Industry demands graduates with experiences in remote-controlled processes Objectives: Create a technical and organisational framework for mutual exchange of experiments across Europe
Content: Remote Experiments Definition of Remote Experiments Raman Spectroscopy What is a Remote Experiment? Real experiments in a laboratory Remotely controlled Investigation of real objects Electronic data exchange possible Controls Meter Sample Selection
Content: Virtual Laboratories What is a Virtual Laboratory? Definition of Virtual Laboratories Image Denoising Computer program using real lab metaphor Idea: Design, setup and carry out experiments Simulation framework Simulate real physical devices...or theoretical concepts and objects Controls Meter
Complementary Concepts Remote Experiments Virtual Laboratories Experimental and theoretical Sciences for schools, universities and industrial training for teaching and research purposes in mathematics or theoretical fields experimental access to real experiments over the internet share access to large or expensive setups for scientists make labs available for large classes permanent availability of additional experiments enhancement of experiment capacity relaxes resource or security constraints phenomenon presented in pure form trial-and-error approach
Program Objectives LiLa is a Content project, i.e. focus is on making content accessible 1. create an integrated repository of laboratories, experiments & media 2. make them accessible by a retrieval system 3. exploit them with an access control and scheduling system 4. guide users with a tutoring system 5. integrate labs into a virtual 3D world 6. provide a framework for online collaboration 7. disseminate the network across Europe
Program Objectives Virtual laboratories 1. Integrated environment Remote-controlled experiments Online courses Literature, papers
Program Objectives 2. Retrieval system Based on a specially designed set of meta-data Integrated into library catalogs Use of link resolver technology
Program Objectives 3. Access control to allow collaboration User management for access to specific labs & experiments Scheduling system for use of remote-controlled experiments
Program Objectives 4. Tutoring system Guide users with a tutoring system Customization for different languages and cultural backgrounds
Program Objectives 5. 3D world integrate labs into a virtual 3D world Wonderland (Sun Microsystems) Java based
Program Objectives 6. LiLa Community Provide a framework for online collaboration Share content on the basis of bilateral agreements
Program Objectives 7. Dissemination disseminate the network across Europe open for new consortium members integrate the use of LiLa into curricula of universities
Technical Architecture 3D-World Java Interface Web Browser Tier 4 Cooperative use of experiments and devices Tutoring System Tier 3 Group Management & Acess Content & Service Discovery Control Tier 2 Meta Media A Meta VirtLab A Meta Meta VirtLab B Media B Meta VirtLab C Meta LAB - D Meta Meta Media C LAB - E Meta LAB - F Tier 1
Assistance through LiLa How can LiLa assist you? Provide training material & seminars for online courses Define standards for online courses within LiLa Define interfaces for integration of new content into LiLa Provide best practice services for curricular integration Prepare contract templates for content providers
More Information You want more information about Virtual Labs and Remote Experiments? www.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/dienste/multimedia/labor/beispiele/ remote.physik.tu-berlin.de/farm/ AND Tuesday, 11:15, Room Oahu: Thomas Richter: Video Easel a Flexible programmable Simulation Environment
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