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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN//2.0"><HTML><HEAD><TITLE>About the Design Research Institute</TITLE><!-- Revised 25 July 94 Jim Davis to add changes by Ramesh tocomputation prototyping section and to make markup more consistent.--></HEAD><BODY><!WA0><!WA0><!WA0><!WA0><IMG SRC="http://dri.cornell.edu/pub/Icons/DRI-logo-wider.gif" align=top><H1>Design Research Institute</H1><H2>Overview</H2>The Design Research Institute is an organization of collaboratingindustry and academic scientists and engineers devoted to researchbringing computer science and computation technology to bear onproblems of engineering design.<P>DRI was established in 1990 by Cornell University and Xerox Corporation and is located in the <!WA1><!WA1><!WA1><!WA1><A HREF="http://www.tc.cornell.edu/ctc.html">Center for Theory and Simulation in Scienceand Engineering</A>on the Cornell campus in Ithaca, New York.<P>The Institute was founded on the principle that American researchuniversities represent a major resource that can and should be employed inAmerica's effort to improve its industrial global competitiveness.<P>At present, five Xerox scientists form the nucleus of DRI,collaborating in research with Cornell faculty, students,post-doctoral fellows, and visiting scientists in the College ofEngineering. Research problems are motivated by industry but solvedthrough the pooled talents and expertise of the combined DRIcommunity. It is anticipated that additional companies and Cornellunits will participate as the Institute grows.<P>The DRI mission is <b>Pace to Product</b>, that is, to developtechnologies and methodologies for accelerating the design andengineering of technology-based products.DRI research currently encompasses three themes:<UL><LI> <!WA2><!WA2><!WA2><!WA2><A HREF="#icap"><b>Information capture and access</b></A> - developing a <i>Corporate Memory ofDesign</i>, a heterogeneous information base capturing designs anddesign experiences and featuring high-level query and browsingcapabilities in support of engineering processes and decisions.<LI> <!WA3><!WA3><!WA3><!WA3><A HREF="#prototyping"><b>Computational Prototyping</b></A> - developing scientific computingalgorithms and applications, and computing environments for their use, toenable mechanical, fluid, and other physical systems to be simulatedby computer, reducing the need for building hardware prototypes.<LI><!WA4><!WA4><!WA4><!WA4><A HREF="#collaboration"><b> Collaboration technology</b></A>- developing tools and methods forsharing of engineering information and creating shared engineeringwork spaces.</ul>Since the issues of engineering productivity addressed by DRI are ofconcern to much of American industry, a goal is to secure federal or otheroutside funding to support the Cornell associates of DRI. Industry staff aresupported by their companies.<P>Most DRI research is non-proprietary. Software prototypes areimplemented to demonstrate concepts and show feasibility, and resultsare published in technical reports and journals. As appropriate,technology is expected to be freely transferred into partnercompanies.<H2>DRI Partners</H2>The Design Research Institute is a partnership of industry, academia,and government.<P><B>Industry.</B> Corporations can participate in the Institute by engaging inthe research of DRI, generally by establishing groups of research scientistsand engineers on campus. Companies take the lead in setting the researchagenda and have access to the research results of all of DRI.<P><B>Academia.</B> Cornell University is the host institution for theDesign Research Institute. Faculty, staff, and students in the Collegeof Engineering work closely with industry scientists in collaborativeresearch. DRI offices and laboratories are located in the Center forTheory and Simulation in Science and Engineering and in theDepartment of Computer Science, and collaboration extends to theSibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Departmentsof Electrical Engineering and Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Future involvement is expected inother units of the College of Engineering as well as the Schoolof Industrial and Labor Relations and the Johnson School of Management.<P><B>Government</B>. It is anticipated that government or other externalorganizations will fund part of the research of DRI since the researchgoal of the Institute is to develop technologies that will enhance thecompetitiveness of all of American industry. Such funding will supportCornell affiliated staff, not industry staff.<H2>Mission: Accelerating the Pace of Product Development</H2>The research mission of the Design Research Institute is to developtechnologies and methodologies for increasing the pace of developmentof technology-based products such as aircraft, computing and communicationsequipment, automobiles, machine tools, office equipment, andcomposite materials.<P>DRI research is expected to lead ultimately to shorter productdevelopment cycles. This focus on the time element of engineeringreflects the importance of time to market in today's global competitiveenvironment.<P>Research projects seek to leverage massive computation, multimedia,networks, and heterogeneous database technologies to enable moreeffective engineering by both individuals and work groups.<P>Three themes form the heart of the DRI research agenda: informationcapture and access, computational prototyping, and collaborationtechnology. Research in these areas is directed toward facilitatingmore effective engineering decision-making and developing means toeliminate or accelerate engineering tasks.<A name=icap><H2>Information Capture and Access</H2></A>One goal of DRI is to develop technologies for an enriched informationand document environment that enables increased worker productivity inproject-oriented tasks, especially that of engineering design.<P>DRI research in information capture and access involves a multitude oftechnologies: distributed databases and persistent object storage,document image processing and management, multimedia and userinterface technology, information science for heterogeneous data, andknowledge representation and organization.<P>A centerpiece for this work is a vision of a <i>Corporate Memory of Design</i>,a distributed collection of all the information pertaining to productdevelopment: documents, drawings, schedules, catalogs, field servicerecords, minutes of meetings, records of decisions, and histories of pastprojects.<P>Initial contents of the DRI prototype Corporate Memory will beengineering reports in scanned and synthetic document form,engineering drawings, photographs of engineers along with records oftheir areas of expertise and project assignments, and computationalprototyping programs, complete with documentation and samplevisualization output. The Corporate Memory will not be centralized,but rather will be spread across many computers in many sites linkedby network. It will be closely integrated with public informationsources such as electronic libraries and national onlinedatabases.<P>The Corporate Memory will support a wide variety of uses throughspecialized interfaces tailored to various applications. For example, anengineer may receive automatic notification of any engineering change onhis project by electronic mail. A manager may have a permanent projectstatus window on his or her workstation refreshed by a program that continuouslyqueries the Memory for schedule references. A departmental document⌨️ 快捷键说明
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