Research
The Building Technology Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is an interdisciplinary program, bringing together researchers from the Department of Architecture, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Their projects focus on the building industry, which represents "one of the largest enterprises in the country" and innovations in building technology. This website provides links to information on several research projects, such as a project "to explore design, technology and implementation of environmentally responsive urban housing in China" and others that explore options for naturally ventilated buildings. Another project website describes recent research in Masonry Structures, while The MIT Design Advisor offers and online design tool for architects and building engineers. [VF]
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/cil/ftp/html/vision.html
The Computer Vision Homepage, established at Carnegie Mellon University in 1994, serves as a central location for links to websites relating to computer vision research. The resources are divided into specific subpages, including Vision Groups, Hardware, Software, Demos, Test Images, Conferences, Publications, and General Info. A separate subpage also lists links to websites on related topics, such as Geographic Information Systems and Pattern Recognition. Recent additions to the website are listed in chronological order in the New Additions section. The Computer Vision Homepage is currently maintained by Daniel Huber on a volunteer basis and he invites others to contribute suggestions for websites to add to the list or to assist in updating the Homepage. [VF]
http://www.esource.com/public/products/cec_form.asp
ESource provides "unbiased, independent analysis of retail energy markets, services, and technologies." Its information services, such as publications, conferences, and consulting services are available through paid membership. However, this section of the website provides a selection of technical briefs free of charge. Access to these briefs does not require membership, although visitors are asked to fill in a short online form with their name and email address. The briefs are offered through funding from the California Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) program and report on energy-efficient technologies. Some of the briefs available at the time of this report address topics such as Classroom Lighting, Small HVAC Savings, and Hybrid Lighting Fixtures. Each brief reviews the current problems related to each topic area, provides some solutions, and describes the benefits and applications for the technology highlighted in the brief. [VF]
GNUplot is described on this website as "a portable command-line driven interactive data and function plotting utility for UNIX, IBM OS/2, MS Windows, DOS, Macintosh, VMS, Atari and many other platforms." The software, which is copyrighted but also freely distributed, was designed to allow scientists and students to visualize mathematical functions and data. Since its development, GNUplot has also proved useful in supporting many non-interactive uses, such as Web scripting and integration as a plotting engine for third-party applications. The plots can be either 2-D or 3-D, using lines, points, boxes, contours, vector fields, surfaces, and various associated text. The current officially released version of GNUplot is available to download from this website. Also available are minimal instructions for building from CVS source, instructions for patching and building, and a demo gallery along with other documentation. [VF]
http://www.acm.caltech.edu/index.shtml
This website from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) features "the interwoven fields of applied and computational mathematics." Highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of the field, the group's work draws on modeling, analysis, algorithm development, and simulation to address problems arising in the pure sciences and engineering. Students and faculty explore the mathematical properties of systems in physics, chemistry, biology, geology, astronomy, materials science, fluid mechanics, and other disciplines. At the time of this report, the section offering Technical Reports was still under development. However, some of the individual researchers have links to websites (within the People section) with a list of publications, some of which are available to download free of charge. Abstracts of Colloquia at Caltech also provide the visitor an overview of topics that interest this group of researchers. [VF]
http://sunsite.nus.edu.sg/MEMEX/nanolink.html
The NanoLink website provides links to nanotechnology resources online. The service is maintained collaboratively by Memex Research Pte Ltd and Internet Research & Development Unit (IRDU), and is hosted by SunSITE Singapore at the Computer Centre of the National University of Singapore. The listing includes websites of research groups and informational materials related to Nanotechnology and related areas, including Fullerenes and Bio-Fullerenes, Molecular Engineering, Molecular Manufacturing, Molecular Medicine, Molecular Self-Assembly, Nanobiology, Nanochemistry, Nanocomputers and Nanocomputing, Nanoelectronics, Nanofabrication, Nanomedicine, Nanophotonics, Nanophysics, Quantum Computing, Quantum Engineering, Scanning Tunnelling, and Atomic Force Microscopy. The resources range from the general overview to more detailed topics and are organized alphabetically. If the list is a bit overwhelming, the authors have identified a subset of eight resources as especially "worth reading." [VF]
http://services.bepress.com/eci/
Engineering Conferences International is an electronic journal available through the Berkeley Electronic Press "to provide conference organizers with a new publication option--a highly visible, rapidly disseminated outlet for conference materials." The ECI program sponsors interdisciplinary scientific/engineering conferences through the Engineering Conferences Foundation and Polytechnic University. They publish this series, which includes presented papers, peer-reviewed articles, and other materials (presentations, data sets, video files, etc.) that are associated with ECI conferences. Visitors can browse by year or subject and download the materials free of charge. Other publications, such as journals, working papers, monographs, and newsletters available through Berkeley Electronic Press (see also Scout Report for Business & Economics, April 5, 2001), can be found by following the link to "bepress." [VF]
http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/projects/index.html
The International Computer Science Institute is an independent, nonprofit basic research institute that is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley. The goal of the Institute is to create "synergy between world-leading researchers in computer science and engineering" by bringing together academic and industrial researchers. Its research currently focuses on Internet research, such as Internet architecture, open-source routing, and network security, as well as Human Language Technology, such as speech and text processing. A significant portion of the Institute's work is in theoretical computer science and projects are chosen for their importance and their compatibility with the strengths its researchers. This website provides links to websites detailing several programs including Algorithm Projects, AI Projects, Networking Projects, and Speech Projects. Other areas of research include a project "to support historically underrepresented ethnic minorities and women in their desire to become leaders in the fields of computer science, engineering and information technology;" the development of a Community of Practice Environment utilizing the Internet for information sharing and collaboration; and a project exploring Robust Video Compression based on Distributed Source Coding techniques. A number of publications, such as conference proceedings, academic journals, technical reports, and some books, are available to search and download free of charge. The ISCI Gazette, available in the News section, periodically features a research area. Research in Bioinformatics is discussed in the March 2005 issue. [VF]
