Supported by the
National Science Foundation

October 10-12, 2004, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Workshop Organizers

Advisory Committee

Overview

Welcome to the NSF Information and Data Management (IDM 2004) Workshop website. This is the seventh year of the IDM workshop. This year's workshop program will be held from October 10-12 at the Hotel@MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The program features invited presentations, demonstrations of current work, presentations and discussions of current work, and group brainstorming sessions focused on emerging research areas.

The objective of this workshop is to bring together investigators currently funded by the Information and Data Management Program of the National Science Foundation to discuss and exchange ideas on the focus topics of the field, as well as to identify and elaborate on emerging themes and particular emphases for future activities. More specifically, the PIs, along with selected industry and government invitees, cooperatively will focus on:

(1) analyzing research and development issues fundamental in making progress towards new challenges imposed by such diverse data sources as the Internet, embedded and distributed sensors, and satellites;

(2) specifying areas where major breakthroughs appear possible and needed; and

(3) identifying collaborations (e.g., inter-disciplinary, academic-industry) and research initiatives and facilities needed to meet current and future challenges.

In addition, workshop participants are expected to share their current research activities and accomplishments, provide demonstrations, and in general, interact with each other and explore potential fruitful collaborations and innovative synergisms.

This workshop is supported by the National Science Foundation, Information and Data Management Program under the grant 438087 (PI: Peggy Agouris). All opinions, findings, conclusions and recommendations in any material resulting from this workshop are those of the workshop participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.