Response to Feedback from NSF Site Visit Addendum to the Purdue Multimedia Support Infrastructure ( MSI ) Proposal # 9972883

In this addendum we respond to the comments and written feedback provided by Dr. Mahaney and the referees after the NSF site visit of May 5, 1999. The main concerns expressed in the feedback were: (1) specification of deliverables and the use of selected MSI applications, (2) synergism among project teams, (3) system-building experience by some of the investigators, (4) Fisk University as an effective minority institution partner, and (5) a project time line with deliverables. We address each of these points in this addendum, as well as clarify and provide additional information beyond what was presented in the proposal or during the site visit. Since, the site visit appears to have resolved most of the concerns of the initial referee reports and panel summary, we do not respond to those concerns in this report.