NSF IDM PI Workshop 2003

信息和数据管理主要研究人员研讨会（IDM03）于2003年9月14日至16日在华盛顿西雅图举行。年度讲习班的目标是使研究人员和从业人员聚集在一起讨论重点问题，并确定和详细说明今后活动的特别重点。IDM03讲习班的重点是将IDM研究人员作为两个社区的代表聚集在一起；也就是说，信息管理（通常称为数据库管理）与选定的工业界和政府应邀者一起：(1)合作地(i)分析和集中注意研究和发展问题，这些问题对于在迎接这一新的挑战方面取得进展至关重要；（ii）明确可能取得重大突破的领域；（iii）确定需要的合作（例如，跨学科，学术-行业）；（iv）确定应对当前和未来挑战所需的研究计划和设施；(2)就IDM计划资助的重大研究活动的目标、贡献和挑战进行分享、示范和互动，探索富有成效的合作和协同作用；(3)为NSF项目官员、其他资助机构和行业代表提供机会，了解IDM资助项目的当前研究成果和成功情况，并让这些官员分享他们的项目亮点和关注点。IDM03研讨会网站（http://www2.cs.washington.edu/nsf2003/）将包含目前由IDM计划资助的所有项目的报告，提供可按不同标准搜索的最新项目信息，包括与国家科学基金会政府绩效和结果法案（GPRA）目标相关的信息（例如，发现与其在社会服务中的应用之间的联系）。第三次IDM03讲习班的讨论将产生一份报告，该报告将有助于制定IDM和相关领域的未来研究方向，并将建议学术界和工业界有希望的研究模式，目的是促进创新和技术转让。该网站还将包括其他相关材料的链接。

The Information and Data Management Principal Investigators' Workshop (IDM03) is held September 14 - 16, 2003 in Seattle, Washington. The objective of the annual workshops is bringing together researchers and practitioners to discuss the focus topics as well as to identify and elaborate on particular emphases for future activities.The IDM03 Workshop is focusing on bringing together IDM researchers as representatives of two communities; that is, information management (often referred to as database management), along with selected industry and government invitees, to: (1) cooperatively (i) analyze and focus on the research and development issues of problems that are fundamental in making progress towards this new challenge; (ii) specify areas where major breakthroughs appear possible; (iii) identify needed collaborations (e.g., inter-disciplinary, academic-industry); and (iv) identify research initiatives and facilities needed to meet this and future challenges; (2) share, provide demonstrations and interact with each other on the objectives, contributions and challenges of major research activities funded by the IDM Program and explore fruitful collaboration and synergism; (3) provide an opportunity to NSF program officers, other funding agencies, and industry representatives to learn more about the current research efforts and successes of projects funded by IDM, and for such officers to share their program highlights and concerns.The IDM03 Workshop Web site (http://www2.cs.washington.edu/nsf2003/) will contain reports on all projects currently funded by the IDM Program, providing up-to-date project information searchable by different criteria, including information relevant to NSF's Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) goals (e.g., connections between discoveries and their use in service to society). The IDM03 Workshop discussions will result in a report that will help in formulating future directions of research in IDM and related areas and will suggest promising modalities of research in academia and industry with an aim to foster innovation as well as technology transfer. The Web site will also include links to other relevant material.