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@misc{2000-ICCD-Lavana,
author = "H. Lavana and F. Brglez and R. Reese and G. Konduri 
and A Chandrakasan",
title = "{OpenDesign: An Open User-Configurable Project Environment for
Collaborative Design and Execution on the Internet}",
howpublished = "{IEEE Intl. Conference on Computer Design}",
year = 2000,
note   = "{Also available at 
{\tt http://www.cbl.ncsu.edu/\-publications/\-\#2000-ICCD-Lavana}}",
abstract = "{
{\em OpenDesign} is an open user-configurable project environment that
supports  distributed collaborative design and execution on the 
Internet. 
The environment is created by {\em configuring} a generic client
for a specific project. This is in contrast to an implementation of
a project-specific client-server architecture.
~~This paper introduces the OpenDesign environment in the context of a design
process and project-specific tasks. An OpenDesign {\em task} is defined as
execution of one or more CAD point tools, whereas a {\em task flow} is a
dependency graph of tasks and/or other task flows. Challenges arise when, within
a single project, (1) tasks must be executed on remote hosts under
different file systems,  (2) data must be accessed, moved, modified, and archived
with consistency, (3) tasks and task flows are assigned to more than one
designer, and (4) designers are physically dispersed.
In collaboration with peer institutions, a number of demo design
projects demonstrate the features and the opportunities with the  OpenDesign
environment.
}"
}