Networks and distributed systems

Works and projects

Theoretical works and essays

Structure and technique of the World Wide Web
Technique of client-server interaction, http protocol
mime types, secure server protocols, dns
taken by Peter Ladkin, Karsten Loer and Ahmed A. Faisal
de exploratio et navigatio
Techniques and algorithms of search engines
taken by Fares Achwan
Java(Script) and/or other security breaches
Essay on the newest security bugs, their explanation, prevention,
source code and executables
taken by Thorsten Gerdsmeier and Michael Schramm

Introductions and guides

Design of homepages
Guidelines, principles and must-have`s
Introduction to Frames
How and why to use frames and a guide with examples
Introduction to Java script
How to program and a guide with practical examples
taken by Stefan Kurtz

Psychological and statistical works

Psychology of colors
How do colors convey intention ?
Which colors are most attractive ?
Which colors are most comfortable to eyes ?
Experiments on information thruput (structure)
Psychological experiments with different information architectures
How long does it take to reach the requested information ?
Hierarchical (strong and weak), circular, plain and hybrids (crosslinked)
structures should be subjected to analysis
analyzed by Annette Sander, Carsten Meyer and Jörg Ostermann
Experiments on information thruput (design)
Psychological experiments with different information designs
How long does it take to reach the requested information ?
Different types of interface designs (linked, iconed, text-only, hybrids,
imagemapped) should be subjected to analysis

Practical projects

Automatic link tester (Java or CGI)
A Java or CGI based WWW-service, which should
test the validity of the links, on a supplied URL
processed by Jörg Schmitz and Andreas König
WWW-Site update notifier (CGI or Java)
Users who want to be notified on major modifications of a WWW site
may subscribe an eMail bulletin (via forms on the related documents)
The data should be stored and eMail notifiers sent, if the WWW site
developer whishes
processed by Paul A. Petershagen and Marco Groening
HTML online reference manual (Java or CGI)
Interactive WWW-based manual on HTML and its extensions
Guestbook (CGI or Java)
A Guestbook for WWW sites, where people can leave messages
and be used as a group blackboard (a kind of WWW based log,
with naive password protection (for reading and writing)
processed by Wing-Chung Li
Meta-Search engine (CGI or Java)
A unique search mask for AltaVista, Yahoo and Webcrawler, which will
query parallezing the answers and displaying them in one index
processed by Marcel Holtmann
Keyword search on WWW site (CGI or Java)
Search for keywords in documents on the local WWW site
It should be possible to AND or OR the search terms.
processed by Dirk Stößel and Timo Thomas
VRML-virtual explorable city (Bielefeld)
Using the VRML 1.0 and 2.0 virtual reality language
build a 3-dimensional modell of Bielefeld (basic landscapes),
exterior detail of Bielefeld more important ;) buildings and
buildings which are connected to the internet (link gateways).
The route of the planned and existing subway should be integrated,
The VRML - virtual explorable university modell will be integrated
into the Bielefeld Modell by its authors
take by Andreas Kaiser and J. Han

Already running projects, which can be entered

KVV2HTML 2.0
A WWW-based tool, where lecturers can enter their
course information, which will then write out a WWW-
KVV (commented course timetable)
continued by Claus Claves, Stefan Kopp and Markus Reinsch
VRML-Uni 2.0
An virtual-reality-interface to the University of Bielefeld, part
of the VRML - virtual reality project
For further information please contact vrxuni@rvs.uni-bielefeld.de