Worshop on LIDS 2010: Paths Ahead in the Science of Information and Decision Systems To be Held at MIT Stata Center on November 11-13, 2009

信息和决策系统的科学包括大量的和非常普遍的一套相互关联的学科，从信号和图像处理;嵌入式控制系统;复杂的分布式系统和网络的分析，设计和优化。由于整个工程和物理，生物和社会科学的挑战的丰富性以及我们学科基础的持续发展，信息和决策科学今天成为一个令人兴奋的，不断发展的和关键的知识探索领域。我们很高兴能提出一个重大事件，一个研讨会，旨在阐明的挑战和想法，将塑造未来的方向和潜在领域的影响力的研究在科学的信息和决策系统的图片。智力MeritThis会议将汇集来自世界各地的领先的研究人员谁一直在塑造的愿景和领导这一领域的影响力。我们打算邀请的领导者社区将包括该领域许多最知名的名字，以及我们领域的一些后起之秀。这项活动将向广大的国家和国际社会开放。会议将包括几个主旨发言，提供背景和历史感，以及对未来挑战的一些看法。将举行的会议将集中在核心学科，包括系统与控制;网络和网络系统;估计，推理和学习;优化和决策科学。研讨会将包括几个小组讨论，旨在阐明未来的道路和主要的实际和社会挑战，推动并将推动我们的领域在未来。更广泛的影响这次会议将是第一次将来自许多学科的研究人员聚集在一起，以阐明在信息系统中出现的挑战。作为研讨会的一项特别成果，我们将邀请一些与会者编写一些立场文件。这些论文将讨论新的和令人兴奋的配方，并强调信息系统在工程，生物学，社会科学和其他相关学科的实际意义。我们打算把这些文件，连同所有的演示文稿，公开提供给我们的社区。更重要的是，我们将鼓励和部分支持来自所有机构的学生的参与。此外，工业合作伙伴和政府机构将被要求提供他们的投入和观点，以指导小组讨论并影响立场文件。这些立场文件将对研讨会与会者以外的研究人员产生深远的影响。

ObjectiveThe science of information and decision systems encompasses a substantial and exceptionally pervasive set of interrelated disciplines, ranging from signal and image processing; to embedded control systems; to the analysis, design, and optimization of complex distributed systems and networks. Thanks both to the richness of the challenges throughout engineering and the physical, biological and social sciences and the continuing developments of the foundations of our disciplines, the information and decision sciences stand today as an exciting, continually evolving, and critical domain of intellectual inquiry. We are excited to propose a major event, a workshop aimed at articulating a picture of the challenges and ideas that will shape the future directions and potential areas of impact of research in the science of information and decision systems.Intellectual MeritThis meeting will bring together leading researchers from all around the world who have been influential in shaping the vision of and leading this field. The community of leaders whom we intend to invite will include many of the most recognized names in the field, as well as some of the rising stars in our field. This event will be open to the broad national and international community. The meeting will consist of several keynote addresses, providing context and a sense of history as well as some views toward the challenges of the future. Sessions to be held will focus on core disciplines, including Systems and Control; Networks and Networked Systems; Estimation, Inference and Learning; and Optimization and Decision Sciences. The workshop will include several panel discussions aimed at articulating paths ahead and major practical and societal challenges that are driving and will drive our field in the future.Broader ImpactThis meeting will be a first of its kind bringing together researchers from many disciplines in order to articulate the challenges emerging in information systems. As a particular outcome of the workshop, we will invite some of the participants to produce a handful of position papers. These papers will address new and exciting formulations and highlight the practical relevance of information systems in engineering, biology, social science, and other related disciplines. We intend to make these papers, together with all the presentations, publicly available to our community. More so, we will encourage and partially support the participation of students from all institutions. In addition, Industrial partners and government agencies will be asked to provide their inputs and perspectives to guide the panel discussions and to influence the position papers. These position papers will have a far reaching effect to researchers beyond the attendees of the workshop.