International project Communicating town

The International HapMap Project

The goal of the International HapMap Project is to determine the common patterns of DNA sequence variation in the human genome and to make this information freely available in the public domain. An international consortium is developing a map of these patterns across the genome by determining the genotypes of one million or more sequence variants, their frequencies and the degree of association...

MediaEvo Project: the Life in a Medieval Town

The MediaEvo Project aims to develop a multi-channel and multi-sensory platform for edutainment in cultural heritage for the realization of a digital didactic game oriented towards the knowledge of medieval history and society by means of the integration of human sciences and data processing technologies. It deals with historical findings, geo-morphological inquiries, data management systems an...

Climatological Characteristics of Fog at Cape Town International Airport

The character of fog at Cape Town International Airport (CTIA), South Africa, is investigated, using 13 yr of historical hourly data during the period 1997–2010. Hourly surface observations are used to identify fog types that most frequently affect CTIA, by using an objective fog-type classification method that classifies fog events according to their primary formation mechanisms. Fog-type char...

The International POPs Elimination Project

Managing and Communicating Project Information, Design Processes, and Decisions on the Stanford Living Laboratory Project

Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) projects require multidisciplinary solutions. Today AEC professionals have formal methods to help them manage and communicate much of a single discipline’s information; however, they lack formal methodologies to manage and communicate information and processes among multiple disciplines. As a result, AEC projects have difficulty quickly and accu...