Topical workshops are also held as invitational gatherings of experts to deal with pressing issues. Please refer to Proceedings and Reports for recent workshop descriptions and findings. Only Back to Top Working Teams Members research selected issues in depth, and prepare XIWT White Papers in chartered Working Teams. Specific teams include Architecture, Applications and Services, Internet Performance and Nomadicity. Ad hoc working teams are also formed, as necessary, to discuss specific issues of interest to participants.
Communicator is an ambitious research program.
It holds the promise of revolutionizing human-computer interaction, potentially in ways as far reaching as the Internet. In Communicator, normal human speech drives compliant experimental systems to complete tasks such as are involved in logistics, travel, financial transactions, and others of special interest. For additional information, please contact Charles Brownstein or Allen Sears . The Internet Performance Working Team developed a common set of metrics and a common measurement methodology that can be used to assess, monitor, negotiate, and test compliance of service quality on the Internet. A measurement initiative based on the methodology is underway.