1998 NSF Information and Data Management Program Workshop: Research Agenda for the 21st Century

1998年3月29-31日在华盛顿，华盛顿特区举行的NSF信息和数据管理计划研讨会的目的是汇集目前由国家科学基金会信息和数据管理计划（IDM）资助的研究人员，沿着选定的行业和政府受邀者，以便合作（1）确定在数据和信息综合管理方面取得进展的根本问题;（2）具体说明可能取得重大突破的领域;（3）确定应付当前和未来挑战所需的研究基础设施。本次研讨会的目的是使来自IDM，包括数据库研究，信息检索，多模式信息管理，和分布式（网络或无线）异构（掌上电脑通过大容量存储）系统的不同社区的研究人员之间的沟通和未来的合作。此外，研讨会提供了一个机会，检查目前的研究工作，并了解更多关于IDM计划资助的研究人员的成功。讲习班的记录将包括关于1997财政年度由IDM资助的所有项目的报告。讲习班的结果将在一份报告中介绍，这份报告将有助于制定信息和数据管理研究的未来方向，并将建议学术界和工业界有希望的研究模式，以促进创新和技术转让。讲习班的材料将在IDM网站上以硬拷贝和电子形式广泛传播，以便使广大受众了解IDM方案的成功和未来的研究方向。

The NSF Information and Data Management Program Workshop, held in Washington, D.C. on March 29-31, 1998, has the objective to bring together the researchers currently funded by the Information and Data Management Program (IDM) of the National Science Foundation, along with selected industry and government invitees in order to cooperatively (1) identify the problems that are fundamental in making progress towards the integrated management of data and information; (2) specify areas where major breakthroughs appear possible; and (3) identify research infrastructures needed to meet current and future challenges. This workshop aims at enabling communication and future collaboration among researchers from the different communities involved in the IDM, including database research, information retrieval, multi-modal information management, and distributed (networked or wireless) heterogeneous (palmtop through mass storage) systems. Further, the workshop provides an opportunity to examine the current research efforts and to learn more about successes of the researchers funded by the IDM program. The workshop proceedings will include reports on all projects funded by IDM during the fiscal year 1997. The findings of the workshop will be presented in a report that will help in formulating future directions of research in information and data management and will suggest promising modalities of research in academia and industry with an aim to foster innovation as well as technology transfer. The workshop material will be widely disseminated in both hard copy and electronic form on the IDM Web site, in order to inform wide audience about the IDM program successes and future research directions.