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

Workshop Program:

The objective of this workshop is to bring together scientists involved with the development and utilization of simulations of complex systems and computer scientists working on distributed intelligent repositories and process management. We will be focusing on topics such as

• Application of digital library technology for scientific simulations
• Design, implementation, or examples of cross-domain simulation integration (e.g. biological with chemical or physical oceanographic models)
• Metadata models and search/retrieval mechanisms for scientific software
• Networking issues for transparent access and sharing of data, including automatic generalized data translation, and remote software invocation
• Emerging standards for distributed simulations

Workshop agenda:

• Friday, May 15, 1998

  7:30 - 9:00	Registration and continental breakfast
  9:00 - 9:15	Introduction and overview (Prof. Nicholas M. Patrikalakis, MIT)
  9:15 - 9:45	"Collaborative Design and Visualization" (Prof. Jarek Rossignac, Georgia Insitute of Technology)
  9:45 - 10:00	"Advanced Networks for Distributed Systems" (Dr. George Strawn, NSF)
  10:00 - 10:15	"Infrastructure for New Computational Challenges" (Dr. John Cherniavsky, NSF)
  10:15 - 10:30	Break
  10:30 - 11:00	"Forecasting and Simulating the Physical-Acoustical-Optical-Biological-Chemical-Geological Ocean" (Prof. Allan R. Robinson, Harvard University)
  11:00 - 10:45	"The Metadata Landscape: Conventions for Semantics, Structure, and Syntax in the Internet Commmons" (Dr. Stuart Weibel, OCLC)
  11:45 - 12:00	Break
  12:00 - 1:30	Lunch ("Information Science Initiatives at NASA," Dr. William Campbell, NASA)
  1:30 - 1:45	Breakout group goals, themes, and topics (Prof. Nicholas M. Patrikalakis, MIT)
  1:45 - 3:15	Four breakout groups meet to charter future research agenda
  3:15 - 3:30	Break
  3:30 - 6:00	Four breakout groups continue
  6:00 - 6:30	Break
  6:30 - 7:00	Cash bar/social
  7:00 - 9:00	Dinner (speech by Dr. Joseph Bordogna, NSF)

  
  
• Saturday, May 16, 1998

  7:30 - 8:30	Continental breakfast
  8:30 - 8:45	"Workflow and Process Automation in Information Systems: A Proposal for a Multidisciplinary Research Agenda and Follow-up" (Prof. Amit P. Sheth, University of Georgia)
  8:45 - 9:00	"Interfaces to Scientific Data Archives" (Dr. Roy D. Williams, California Insitute of Technology)
  9:00 - 9:15	"Integrating Biological Databases" (Prof. Peter Buneman, University of Pennsylvania)
  9:15 - 10:15	Four breakout groups meet to summarize their discussion
  10:15 - 10:30	Break
  10:30 - 11:30	Four breakout groups meet to prepare plenary presentations
  11:30 - 1:15	Lunch ("STEP Models and Technology," Dr. Peter Wilson, Boeing)
  1:15 - 3:15	Four breakout group summary presentations to plenary session
  3:15 - 3:30	Break
  3:30 - 4:25	Plenary discussion of breakout group recommendations (Moderator: Prof. Nicholas M. Patrikalakis, MIT)
  4:25 - 4:30	Concluding remarks (Dr. Maria Zemankova, NSF)
  4:30	Plenary session of workshop adjourns
  4:30 - 6:00	Executive session with breakout group chairs, workshop program committee, and NSF observers to discuss final report
  6:00	Workshop adjourns