THE CONSTRUCTION AND TREND OF INTELLIGENT
INFORMATION CAMPUS
Ying Chen, Runtong Zhang
School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
Xiaopu Shang
Institute of Information Systems, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
Keywords: Campus Information, Network Technology, Information Resources Integration, Intelligent Information
Campus.
Abstract: With the development of information technology and variety of applications in different fields, the
construction of campus information has been an important part. Also, in the scientific and standardized
management, the integration of these information resources can be used for better services in teaching,
researching, management and daily life, as well as smart school buildings. In these cases, much
incomprehensible information can be used to form much smarter campus.
1 INTRODUCTION
Web office, which emphasizes the transmission from
office automation to information management to go
to the paperless office, also focuses on the
management of educational resources and the
effective utilization of educational information, is so
normal to our daily-life. There is no doubt that
management can bring benefits, and management of
campus computing is to promote the application of
computer network technology so as to improve
school management level. Computer network
technology and unified school management software
carry advanced management ideas, management
models and management methods, are also the only
way to the informationization of campus
management.
Information-oriented campus is mainly
concluded management information system, office
automation system, online learning system, resource
management system, knowledge base and
information base. In order to apply information
technology, network technology and communication
technology to teaching, research, management and
campus life orderly and effectively,
informationization of campus management is
development requirements and prerequisites of
campus computing .
2 CAMPUS COMPUTING
2.1 The Concept of Campus
Computing
The concept of campus computing was form the
project named The Campus Computing Project
which was initiated and hosted in 1990 by Kenneth
Green, the professor of Claremont University. On
January 31, 1998, former U.S vice President AL
Gore published a report entitled “The Digital Earth:
Understanding our planet in the 21st Century” in
California Science Centre, who was the first to
propose the concept of “Digital Earth”. Generally
accept the concept, the whole world put forward
“digital city”, “digital campus”and so on.
In terms of campus computing, there is no
consensus academic representation in China
currently. And I choose some concepts to find the
sameness and difference. Firstly Professor Shen
Peihua in Tsinghua University think that campus
computing based on the network, which makes the
use of advanced information technology and tools to
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digitize infrastructures (including equipment,
classrooms, etc.), resources(such as books, handouts,
courseware, etc.) and activities(including teaching,
learning, management, service, office, etc.), is to
build a digital space in order to expand the
dimensions of time and space on traditional campus,
so that campus computing can enhance the
efficiency of the traditional campus, expansion of
traditional school function, and ultimately
informationization of the overall educational
process.
Secondly, Professor Huang Dawu in Peking
university considers campus computing, which takes
advantage of computer technology, network
technology and communication technology to realize
the comprehensive digital of information resources
related to teaching, research, management and
campus life, can be a virtual university beyond
time and space with scientific and standardized
management to integrate information resources, in
order to constitute a unified user management,
integrated resource management and unified access
control.
From two definitions given above, we can
realize that even though the central idea of each
expression is the same, there is no uniform
expression. Until on the National University
Research Information Annual Conference 2003,
through the argument and demonstration of experts,
“campus computing” was clearly defined. And the
definition is that campus computing is to build
digital space in order to expand the dimensions of
time and space on traditional campus, so that
campus computing can enhance the efficiency of the
traditional campus, expansion of traditional school
function, ultimately informationization of the overall
educational process and improvement of teaching,
research and management, which makes the use of
advanced information technology and tools to
digitize infrastructures (including equipment,
classrooms, etc.), resources (such as books,
handouts, courseware, etc.) and activities(including
teaching, learning, management, service, office,
etc.).
2.2 The Pattern of Campus Computing
Campus computing is concluded concept layer,
information layer, application layer and physical
layer defined by conceptual model. Physical layer
constitutes basic platform of campus computing,
which refers to the network and digital facilities and
entities of these facilities. Application layer, which
is mainly concluded management information
system, office automation system, online learning
system, resource management system, knowledge
base and information base, is application systems,
which regards teaching, management as a core and
digital information resources running on the physical
layer.
Information layer is including information skills,
information consciousness and information learning.
Among them, information skills are information
acquisition, information retrieval, information
representation, information exchange, information
processing and so on. Information consciousness
means the sensitive extent to information by human
beings, which is correct understanding, effective
management, and reasonable assessment of the value
and utility of information. Information Learning
transforms disorderly information to confused
knowledge so as to form their own knowledge
structure by generalizing and abstracting information
and learning by themselves.
Concept layer is reconstruction of educational
idea, including educational idea, personnel training,
knowledge innovation and production, teaching
methods, teaching management, as well as the sum
of rules, methods and behaviours. Physical layer is
the premise and assurance of campus computing.
Application layer is “soft environment “of campus
computing. Of course, human beings are the body of
campus computing. How to use and manipulate the
physical layer and application layer, and how to
provide effective networking and information
service in learning shouldn’t been ignored in
building campus computing. Information layer
reflects the effect, content, form and operation
methods of physical layer and application layer in
campus computing, which determines the
organization utility of resources and the form of
concept layer. Concept layer represents the goal of
campus computing, realizes the reconstruction of
educational philosophy, and determines the structure
and content of each layer.
Spatial pattern reflects the characteristics of
“Enhance the digital space”and “virtual education
space”, including physical space, network space,
information space and virtual space. Physical space
mainly means the Part of the actual existence of
entities, such as people, infrastructure, and
application systems and so on. Network space is still
limited and visible by interacting and connecting
with network. Information space is the digital
pattern of information management, communication
and storage. It reflects the existed information and
resources, also mirrors the intelligent activity of
people‘s treatment, awareness, learning, use of
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information. So it is semi-visible, between the
virtual and real. Virtual space is an educational
space infinite and invisible sublimated from physical
space, network space and information space, so it is
an absolutely virtual which gives an expression that
campus computing has been a positive and huge
impact on education, all human beings, even the
whole world.
Functional model mainly discusses three
function layers, namely network, application and
information service, which is macro-model of
practice by information technology. Function of
network layer is single, which provides the basic
network function and service by hardware device
and infrastructure, including Network access, e-mail,
file transfer, domain name service and so on.
3 THE APPLICATION
OF THE DEVELOPMENT
OF NETWORK TO CAMPUS
COMPUTING
Currently, network technology, computer
technology and communication technology has
accordingly developed considerable. For example,
the use of advanced information technology, such as
Triple play, physical networking technology, RFID
technology and so on, to build the campus on
campus is the development trend of information
technology requirements.
3.1 The Application of Triple Play
to Campus Network
Triple play means the mutual penetration of
telecommunications network, radio network and
television network, compatible with each other, and
gradually integrated into a unified information and
communication networks around the world. The
development of triple play will greatly change the
existing technology and product's fate.
Triple play putting use to campus network, the
transformation program is as follows: Upgrade the
existing Closed-circuit television to HFC bilateral
network, and connect TV to Set-Top box which are
regarded as a network terminal.
Concrete measures: First, put one of campus as a
basis of basic network and the exchange platform;
secondly, combine telecommunications networks
and cable TV supplying each other; lastly, integrate
multimedia information retrieval and bi-directional,
real-time, interactive campus network.
3.2 Intelligent Campus Computing
on the Internet of Things
On the basis of two layers of intelligent campus
computing, including application data service layer,
network layer and end-user level communication, It
can meet the need of intelligent digital automatic
identification of both students and teachers, data
processing applications and sharing.
Based on unified user identification system and
the internet of things, intelligent campus computing
consists of user identity management, library
management, multimedia classroom and laboratory
management, internal consumption management.
（1）User Identity Management
First, teachers and students need to apply for
digital campus phone SIM card in their RFID tag in
the form to write their own basic personal
information in the department of school intelligent
campus computing, such as name, gender, identity,
position, unit, place of origin, date of birth and so
on.
System administrators can log in system in the
use of administrator’s SIM card, and supervise the
basic information of teachers and students using
operation of adding, deleting and updating. They can
freeze SIM card accounts, so as not to cause loss of
personal property of teachers and students.
(2) Multimedia Classroom and Laboratory
Management
Teaching in multimedia Classroom has become a
common phenomenon in college. With the use of the
internet of things, intelligent campus computing
install tag identifier on the console in the multimedia
classroom to enhance efficiency in the use of
multimedia classrooms.
（3）Library Management
When students enter the library on their phones
at the tag reader, the library according to the access
control module can read RFID tag information
through the network to the user management
module, for automatic Identity processing. For its
legitimate users, library access automatically open,
otherwise the user will be unable to enter the library.
（4）Internal Consumption Management
Campus daily consumption is an important part
of school life. Based on SIM card, the internal
consumption of automatic identification
management is a convenient, secure payment to
provide quality management services. Teachers and
students via mobile phone SIM card in the Auto-ID,
the utilities can be used to pay management
functions and the family quarters to pay the
appropriate tap fees, user fees of public bathrooms,
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dormitory water use fees, laundry, electricity, etc.
This will greatly reduce the trouble of using cash.
4 THE MEANING OF CAMPUS
COMPUTING
Campus computing aims at collecting, processing,
integrating, storing, transporting and applying
information on teaching, research, management,
technical services etc, so that teaching resources can
be fully optimized with the use of virtual education
environment, there is important practical
significance for university.
(1) Effectively regulate the business process in
universities, innovative education and work patterns.
Construction of university information system can
regulate virtually all school business processes,
improve efficiency and reduce disadvantage of the
huge randomness caused by manual and difficulties
in standardization process.
(2) Solve Information Isolated Island of
university information system, to enhance the
real-time and authority of information. The
construction of campus computing make the relative
independent grid system to become a conformity,
eliminate Information Isolated Island, effectively
realize data and resource sharing, eliminating
duplication of data management and data sync
issues, so that all departments could manage their
own information to ensure that the only source
where data comes from, and enhance data’s
real-time information and authority, the full
realization of all data and information sharing to
facilitate the users to accurately and effectively
access the shared data.
(3) Create a virtual university space and
cross-boundary management; enhance the manager's
mental value. Campus computing implements
effective learning, teaching, research and
management of digital information to create a living
space with the virtual university space and
information and modern education, which provide a
solid basis protection to cross-regional management
of the school, analyze and statistic the data provided
by campuses could help optimize the business
campus, and also can free managers from the
complex, simple repetitive data entry, transmission,
management, retrieval, can greatly reduce the work
intensity and improve working efficiency, so that the
managers’ mental value will be enhanced, also did to
the work , learning and living environment of staff
and students.
5 CONCLUSIONS
At present, Computer technology, network
technology and communication technology has been
widely used in our daily life. In recent years, some
of our policies and regulations have greatly
promoted the development of Internet of Things
technology, and the application has been successful
to some extent. At the same time, we recognize that
computer network technology and integrated school
management software are the effective carrier of the
advanced management ideas, management models
and management methods, also are the only way into
management information and campus information.
In the process of informatization, one the one hand
we should try our best to develop systems. On the
other hand, we must focus on effectiveness so as to
realize the integration of capital flow, information
flow and logistic flow gradually.
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