Distributed Information, Computation, and Process Management for Scientific and Engineering Environments

The workshop invitees were selected to provide a balance of researchers in the field of computer science, and domain specialists in engineering and the sciences.

• Prof. Nabil R. Adam, Rutgers University
• Dr. Ethan Alpert, National Center for Atmospheric Research
• Prof. William P. Birmingham, University of Michigan
• Dr. Joseph Bordogna, NSF
• Prof. Francis Bretherton, University of Wisconsin
• Prof. Lawrence Buja, National Center for Atmospheric Research
• Prof. Peter Buneman, University of Pennsylvania
• Dr. William J. Campbell, NASA
• Dr. John C. Cherniavsky, NSF
• Dr. Kenneth W. Church, AT&T Labs
• Dr. Geoff Crowley, Southwest Research Institute
• Prof. Judy B. Cushing, The Evergreen State College
• Dr. Ernest Daddio, NOAA
• Dr. Donald Denbo, NOAA
• Dr. Pierre Elisseeff, MIT
• Prof. Zorana Ercegovac, UCLA
• Prof. Gregory L. Fenves, University of California, Berkeley
• Prof. Paul J. Fortier, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
• Dr. Christopher J. Freitas, Southwest Research Institute
• Prof. James C. French, University of Virginia
• Prof. Martin Hardwick, RPI
• Dr. George Hazelrigg, NSF
• Prof. Yannis E. Ioannidis, University of Athens, Greece
• Prof. Alan Kaplan, Clemson University
• Prof. Miron Livny, University of Wisconsin
• Dr. Christopher Miller, NOAA
• Dr. Terry R. Moore, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Dr. Charles Myers, NSF
• Prof. Christos Nikolaou, University of Crete and ICS/FORTH, Greece
• Prof. Nicholas M. Patrikalakis, MIT
• Dr. Lawrence Raymond, Oracle Corporation
• Prof. Allan R. Robinson, Harvard University
• Prof. Jarek Rossignac, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Prof. M. Saiid Saiidi, University of Nevada, Reno
• Dr. Jakka Sairamesh, IBM Research
• Dr. Clifford A. Shaffer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Prof. Amit P. Sheth, University of Georgia
• Prof. Terence Smith, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Dr. Ram D. Sriram, NIST
• Dr. George Strawn, NSF
• Dr. Knut Streitlien, MIT
• Dr. Jean-Baptiste Thibaud, NSF
• Prof. George Turkiyyah, University of Washington
• Prof. Alvaro Vinacua, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
• Dr. Stuart Weibel, Online Computer Library Center
• Prof. Jack C. Wileden, University of Massachusetts
• Prof. John R. Williams, MIT
• Dr. Roy D. Williams, California Institute of Technology
• Dr. Peter R. Wilson, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
• Prof. Clement Yu, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Dr. Maria Zemankova, NSF

The workshop was organized into complementary segments. For motivational background, a series of formal presentations were given to a plenary session. Following these presentations, small breakout groups met informally to discuss specific issues and suggest avenues for future research efforts.

• Group 1 [Friday: Concord B Ballroom / Saturday: Earhart/Lindbergh Suite]:

  Jarek Rossignac (Chair)
  Pierre Elisseeff (Recorder)

  Ethan Alpert
  Francis Bretherton
  William P. Birmingham
  Judy B. Cushing
  Zorana Ercegovac
  George Hazelrigg
  James Kinter
  Lawrence Raymond
  Terence Smith
  Jack C. Wileden
  John R. Williams
  Clement Yu

• Group 2 [Friday: Wright Suite / Saturday: Fairfax Boardroom]:

  Peter Buneman (Chair)
  Yannis Ioannidis (Co-chair)
  Knut Streitlien (Recorder)

  Lawrence Buja
  William J. Campbell
  Kenneth W. Church
  Geoff Crowley
  Alan Kaplan
  Christopher Miller
  Terence Moore
  Charles E. Myers
  Allan R. Robinson
  George Turkiyyah
  Maria Zemankova
  Stuart Weibel

• Group 3 [Loudoun Boardroom]:

  Christos N. Nikolaou (Chair)
  Jakka Sairamesh (Recorder)

  Donald Denbo
  James C. French
  Nicholas M. Patrikalakis
  Ram D. Sriram
  Jean-Baptiste Thibaud
  Roy D. Williams
  Peter R. Wilson

• Group 4 [Clipper Boardroom]:

  Miron Livny (Chair)
  Alvaro Vinacua (Recorder)

  Ernest Daddio
  Gregory L. Fenves
  Paul J. Fortier
  Christopher J.Freitas
  Martin Hardwick
  M. Saiid Saiidi
  Clifford A. Shaffer
  Amit P. Sheth