FW: Data Management Workshop

["Doug Olson" <dlolson@lbl.gov>]

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Subject: Data Management Workshop


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>           Workshop on Data Management Problems and Solutions
>           ==================================================
>
>A "Reply Coupon" is being sent as a separate e-mail so that you can
>express interest in this workshop if you wish to.
>
>Proposed Dates:  2-3 days between late September and Thanksgiving.
>                 (i.e. as SOON as possible)
>
>Where:  Bay Area (probably SLAC or nearby)
>
>Who:    The initiative for the workshop arose from a need to
>        improve information exchange between DoE-funded scientists.
>        We welcome a wider participation.
>        PLEASE distribute this e-mail and the "Reply Coupon" to
>        anyone who may be or should be interested.
>
>Goals:  1) Present the current state of the art(s) (both
>           implementations and computing science);
>
>        2) Present and compare the differing current and future
>           needs of each area of science;
>
>        3) Promote ad hoc collaborations based initially on
>           existing funding:
>           e.g. scientists already using Object Database Management
>                technology collaborate with scientists needing to
>                try out an ODBMS for their application;
>           e.g. scientists with massive future data management
>                needs study detailed requirements and possible
>                solutions together with computing scientists and
>                with other scientists using large existing data
>                management systems.
>
>Background:
>
>  DoE and other US agencies are proposing the Scientific
>  Simulation Plan (SSP) to increase the visibility and funding
>  for computing/simulation as the "Third Branch of Science".
>
>  The natural growth in the importance of data management in
>  almost all fields will be massively accelerated by SSP.
>  Preparation of SSP (e.g. a recent workshop on Computing Science
>  and Enabling Technologies for SSP) has revealed a strong
>  need to set up collaborations to make much more effective use
>  of existing implementations of data management solutions and
>  to bring computing scientists and developers into contact with
>  "applications" scientists.
>
>  The workshop will focus on how best to use the existing
>  intellectual resources in the near to medium term.  Strategies
>  and quantitative cost estimates for SSP data management are also
>  required and are expected to be one of the outputs from
>  collaborative studies initiated at the workshop.
>
>