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The fundamental business of the university is the creation and dissemination of ideas,
knowledge, and understanding. New computing and communications tools are dramatically
changing the ways in which people create and disseminate information. We envision using
these tools to develop a new learning environment at Cornell, which provides:
 | Anything-anytime-anywhere (a3) access to information, as well as to the
resources for creating and disseminating information. |
| A decoupling of location and function, enabling students and faculty to collaborate
on projects across the campus, access lectures from dormitories, and search library
materials from the classroom or office. |
| Qualitatively better information resources, further blurring the boundary between
documents and applications ¾ where applications are more
content-driven and documents are more interactive. |
| Support for multiple styles of learning, presenting information in ways that are
more visual, more customizable, and more interactive. |
We believe that achieving this vision requires:
- A computing and communications infrastructure
with sufficient desktop and server
computing power and network bandwidth to deliver interactive documents, applications,
simulations, and real-time video and audio.
- A scalable, dynamic, and safe computing and communications environment
that supports
interactive visual computing, load balancing, and the ability to migrate code and data
between servers and clients.
- Applications
that deliver visual, interactive, customizable information to the end
user.
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