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Papers by Arkady Retik

Automation in Construction, 1999

Globalization of business activities and creation of virtual organizations have produced a need f... more Globalization of business activities and creation of virtual organizations have produced a need for efficient tools to support management tasks in a new environment. Web-based Enterprise Management (WBEM) was introduced by The WBEM 5 (Microsoft, Intel, BMC Software, Compaq, Cisco Systems) in June 1996 in order to facilitate the use of Internet technologies for management of distributed systems. Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), the organization made up of the leading companies in today’s computing industry, has adopted the initiative as a set of management and Internet standard technologies aimed to unify the management of enterprise computing environments. This paper starts from an overview on Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM), followed by a brief description of the standard WBEM components. It subsequently focuses on the Microsoft’s implementation of WBEM technologies—Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), which enables enterprise IT managers to monitor, access and...

Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, Jun 13, 1996

InstantLab is our online experimentation platform that is used for hosting exercises and experime... more InstantLab is our online experimentation platform that is used for hosting exercises and experiments for operating systems and software engineering courses at HPI. In this paper, we discuss challenges and solutions for scaling InstantLab to provide experiment infrastructure for thousands of users in MOOC scenarios. We present InstantLabs XCloud architecture - a combination of a privat cloud resources at HPI combined with public cloud infrastructures via ``cloudbursting''. This way, we can provide specialized experiments using VM co-location and heterogeneous compute devices (such as GPGPU) that are not possible on public cloud infrastructures. Additionally, we discuss challenges and solutions dealing with embedding of special hardware, providing experiment feedback and managing access control. We propose trust-based access control as a way to handle resource management in MOOC settings.

Automation and Robotics in Construction Xi, 1994

Mechatronics '98, 1998

Mechatronics, a synergistic combination of mechanical, electronic and computing engineering techn... more Mechatronics, a synergistic combination of mechanical, electronic and computing engineering technologies, is a truly multidisciplinary approach to engineering. This paper is a project report covering integrated telepresence, virtual reality, and mobile ...

Construction Congress VI, 2000

... Integration of 4D scheduling with the companies' working practice enables new improved p... more ... Integration of 4D scheduling with the companies' working practice enables new improved planning processes having clear potential for significant ... Detailed virtual construction sites are an interesting research topic from which some very useful new planning and ...

Telemanipulator and Telepresence Technologies V, 1998

An overview of the design and application of a unique mobile hybrid telepresence and virtual real... more An overview of the design and application of a unique mobile hybrid telepresence and virtual reality system is first provided. This is followed by a description of each of the integrated sub-systems. These include the telepresence and teleoperation sub-system comprising display, control, and communication elements together with camera platforms and a mobile vehicle, a virtual reality module capable of modeling

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 1995

Published by Thomas Telford Publishing, Thomas Telford Ltd, 1 Heron Quay, London E14 4JD. URL: ht... more Published by Thomas Telford Publishing, Thomas Telford Ltd, 1 Heron Quay, London E14 4JD. URL: http://www.thomastelford.com Distributors for Thomas Telford books are USA ASCE Press, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191-4400, USA Japan: Maruzen Co. Ltd, ...

The paper describes an expert system for computerized design of precast building components for a... more The paper describes an expert system for computerized design of precast building components for a given architectural solution. The system receives the layouts and evaluations of the building as input, indicates the location of structural supports, breaks down the floors and walls into the elements to be prefabricated, and finally generates detailed production drawings for each element. Design stages are governed by the specific features of the prefabrications system to be employed. Design alternatives are also evaluated in the course of the process. The paper reviews the principles of the system and the particular features of the computer program employed for this purpose

Computing Systems in Engineering, 1995

This paper describes the development of an expert system prototype for forecasting contract cost ... more This paper describes the development of an expert system prototype for forecasting contract cost and duration of housing modernization works in the U.K. There are two main phases in the system's operation: the first for generating a plan for a given project, and the second for simulating construction progress for cost-time forecasting. A probabilistic approach was chosen using the Monte-Carlo

In this poster session, we introduce and describe the Faculty Connection repository including Vis... more In this poster session, we introduce and describe the Faculty Connection repository including Visual Search with Deep Zoom to help higher education academic faculty and instructors explore thousands of curriculum resources interactively -- from presentation slides to software tools.

Advances in Engineering Software, 1996

This paper addresses the integration issues at the preliminary design stage in order to support a... more This paper addresses the integration issues at the preliminary design stage in order to support analysis and decision-making while considering a design from the viewpoint of different disciplines. The paper describes a research project for investigating and designing a framework for intelligent linkage between design drawings and other information system environments, providing access to both external databases and design methods at the preliminary design stage. Accessing such information at this stage will allow designers to carry out the rapid evaluation of design alternatives, analysis and decision-making in a multi-disciplinary, multi-agent design environment. The objectives of the research are outlined, the methodology is discussed and the first application results are demonstrated.

Automation in Construction, 1997

The paper presents an EPSRC and industry funded research project which aims to integrate Virtual ... more The paper presents an EPSRC and industry funded research project which aims to integrate Virtual Reality (VR), Telepresence (TP), and mobile video telecommunications technologies. A mobile, real-time, 3D hybrid VR/TP system is being built at Strathclyde University, Glasgow. Once the system is completed, it will permit t he user to integrate telepresence images with computer generated virtual environments superimposed over