The aim of this workshop was to address multiple aspects of research on problem solving environments (PSEs), including design and implementation issues, exploitation of enabling technologies, applications, and education issues. A PSE is a complete, integrated computing environment for composing, compiling, and running applications in a specific area. A PSE may also incorporate many features of an expert system and can assist users in formulating problems, running the problem on an appropriate platform, and viewing and analyzing results. In addition, a PSE may have access to virtual libraries, knowledge repositories, sophisticated execution control systems, and visualization environments. The uses of PSEs include modeling and simulation, decision support, design optimization, and industrial process management.