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

信息和决策系统科学包含了大量的和非常普遍的相互关联的学科，范围从信号和图像处理；嵌入式控制系统；分析、设计和优化复杂的分布式系统和网络。由于工程科学、物理科学、生物科学和社会科学所面临的丰富挑战，以及我们学科基础的不断发展，信息和决策科学今天成为了一个令人兴奋的、不断发展的、重要的知识探索领域。我们很高兴地提出一个重大活动，一个旨在阐明挑战和想法的研讨会，这些挑战和想法将塑造信息和决策系统科学研究的未来方向和潜在影响领域。本次会议将汇集来自世界各地的主要研究人员，他们在塑造和领导这一领域的愿景方面具有影响力。我们打算邀请的领袖社区将包括该领域许多最知名的人士，以及该领域一些冉冉升起的新星。这一活动将向广大的国家和国际社会开放。会议将包括几个主题演讲，提供背景和历史感，以及对未来挑战的一些看法。会议将侧重于核心学科，包括系统和控制；网络和网络化系统；估计、推理和学习；优化与决策科学。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，这些挑战正在推动和将推动我们的领域在未来发展。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，以阐明信息系统中出现的挑战。作为讲习班的一个特别成果，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公式，并强调信息系统在工程、生物学、社会科学和其他相关学科中的实际相关性。我们打算将这些论文和所有的演示文稿一起公开提供给我们的社区。更重要的是，我们会鼓励和部分支持各院校学生的参与。此外，将请工业伙伴和政府机构提供其投入和观点，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参加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.