Past and Future of Postdoc (slides - PDF)

Presenter: Chris Knight, Computer Scientist, NASA Ames

Abstract: Postdoc, a web-based document collaboration and e-mail list management system developed and maintained by NASA employees and contractors, continues to support collabortion between thousands of users across the agency and beyond. Chris will briefly cover the history and key features of Postdoc and discuss some key technologies he hopes to take advantage of and the unique opportunities for research the Postdoc user base provides.

Bio: Chris Knight of NASA Ames Research Center has supported and maintained Postdoc for about 3 years as a Computer Scientist. Before joining NASA, he worked on web-based shopping, gaming, and related projects in industry. His interests are focused on asynchronous collaborative technologies and architectures for rapid application development tools for enabling collaboration. His degree in computer science from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 1994 instilled the hands-on, pragmatic approach he applies to his research at Ames.