Grok-It science is fully generic in its range of possible applications.
Any task which requires a Distributed Concurrent Collaborative Capability
(DC3) will benefit through a Grok-It orientation towards information/communications
systems. DC3 is a non-serial approach to human-information interaction.
Rather than one person receiving data and responding outward into the context
of need, DC3, utilizing systems like EVA and Intermental
Network, allows for a parallel, distributed, dynamically connected and
simultaneous interaction with information for multiple users in real-time.
Our applications of these principals has of late been in the are of humanitarian disaster relief. Summer of 2000 saw the staging of a joint civilian/military disaster response operation called Strong Angel. Strong Angel is an international exercise on the provision of humanitarian assistance through collaborative efforts between civil and military organizations. The exercise was conducted by RIMPAC, with US efforts being coordinated by LCDR Eric Rasmussen, Fleet Surgeon of the US Navy's 3rd Fleet. RIMPAC is a collaborative effort of the following six Pacific Rim countries, as well as Great Britain: Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, Korea, and the United States, to promote joint and combined task forces between their military and civil agencies. This large scale exercise, which simulates a realistic event requiring rapid cooperative response, occurs every two years to test and measure the effectiveness of methods and matrices.
Our purpose was to apply the concepts and methods given in this website to the tasks of the Strong Angel simulation. Click Here for a fuller description of the Strong Angel project and our involvment.
