Closing the Loop 2000

Closing the Loop 2000

Closing the Loop 2000 is a project aimed at investigating the effectiveness of techniques for net based collaboration. The Loop involved is that between two or more active participants, their vectors of transmission aimed at one another, the loop involved leading to a collaborative process.

Many techniques have been found to be appropriate in previous investigations. CTL2000 has amongst its goals the appraisal of such techniques and the collection of these experiences into a coherent form; in some sense a "Net Collaboration HOWTO."

Issues at stake here address the problems that are common to the network collaborations possible outside large corporate or governmental structures. How can significant collaboration be achieved without massive investment in up to the minute hardware, software and connectivity? What tools are readily available for experiments? How can technological hurdles be smoothed without reducing the collaborator to a mere "user?"

Some texts to assist. The "2000 kilometer stage" text addreses some of the main questions in this investigation. This summarises the goals of the project as seen earlier, November 1999. A Press Release is also available.

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