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Objective:
Investigators will integrate various research technologies in support of the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) mission, and later the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission. Specific deliverables will be built into the MERBoard collaborative mission-planning and operations support system. MERBoard will interface with the Collaborative Information Portal (CIP) -- a system for integration and display of heterogeneous mission data -- and will provide tools and methods for science operations to reduce the tactical planning "bottleneck." Together, MERBoard and CIP will offer procedures that improve information flow; software that transfers scientific intent and supports knowledge management; facilities that support team interaction, data analysis, and information sharing; and ontologies for consistent information exchange within and across teams.
Applications:
MER operations; support for MSL and other missions.
NASA Benefit:
Mission operations and science activity planning require interactive with massive amounts of information. This research task will support the MER mission by integrating human-centered computing work from many institutions. It also serves as a testbed for other HCC-funded research in collaborative science (as well as other advanced technologies, such as DARWIN-based systems). MERBoard will be implemented on touch-sensitive plasma screens, with software for image display and markup; whiteboard data capture; and the editing and display of schedules and other structures. This task will also provide continual support for MER science operations tactical planning throughout the mission.
Keywords:
collaborative information, MERBoard, tactical planning, human-computer interface design, HCI, CSCW
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