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In this paper we present the results of the design, development and preliminary evaluation tests of a web-based collaboration portal aimed at supporting the teamwork of an international scientific collaboration. In the academic research environment often people use very simple collaboration tools, usually chosen out of habit. In the case of international collaborative projects, in which people don't work physically in the same place for most of the time, these important tools are far from being effective and appropriate. For instance, a collaborative scientific project is made of teams of specialists from different research institutions and countries that need to share files, drawings, pictures, software etc. and document the progress of their work. The different tasks of the project are managed by work groups (WGs) of specialists that organize their work by scheduling meetings, workshops and by setting deadlines. Quite often a single researcher contributes to more than one work group. The aim of our Portal is to offer a suite of web instruments fulfilling the above requirements without adding extra complexity to the procedures the scientists are familiar with.
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