Experiment Management System CSE 423

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Experiment Management System CSE 423
Status Report Presentation
Industry Mentor Mr. Jack Harris
Group Members

• Aaron Kloc
• Jordan Harstad
• Robert Sorensen
• Robert Trevino
• Nicolas Tjioe

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• Current Experiment on Palm Lab

Information from each hosts are collected
separately. The experiment data are not
centralized and time synchronized.
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Project Goal

• Create an extensible network environment for
  integrating different hardware data collection
  systems used in research experiments
• To have a centralized information store of
  significant data collected from the multiple
  systems and time synchronized. 

Tasks

• Create protocol specification for data to be
  passed between research collection system and the
  Experiment Management System (EMS).
• Install all required support software for the EMS
  (OS, Web Server, Database).
• Produce a web based user interface for the EMS
  system that allows researchers control over
  experiments and consolidated research data.
• Create EMS server software that that can
  communicate to the Agents using this protocol and
  store information into a database

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Prototype Design
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Planned Schedule
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Whiteboard
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Initial ProblemsWith Possible Workarounds

• Database Management
• SQL
• Language and Architecture
• Perl ASP
• Experiment Data Mangement
• Live Data Stream (via intra/internet)

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Forthcoming Difficulties

• Locating experiment data on the host
• Type of data
• Location of data
• GUI administration to administer the
  experiments.
• Timed start and stop functions
• Data Transfer
• What will the environmental topology consist of?

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Example Code Generated
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Questions