Information Integration in the Sciences

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Information Integration in the Sciences

• Chaitan Baru
• Program Co-Director
• Data and Knowledge Systems
• SDSC

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DAKSTechnology Layers
Applications Bioinformatics, Ecoinformatics,
Geoinformatics,
Visualization
Machine Learning, Data Mining/Analysis, Model-Base
d Integration
Knowledge-Based Integration Advanced Query
Processing
Database Systems, Grid Storage, Filesystems
Networked Storage
Storage hardware
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The Information Integration Landscape

• Motivated by application needs
• Bioinformatics, Neuroscience, Medical
  Informatics, Digital Government, Geosciences
• The Biomedical Informatics Research Network
  (BIRN)
• Knowledge-based integration of human/mouse brain,
  structural/functional MRI
• Digital Government
• Integration of geospatial and statistical data
  (I2T project)
• Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)
• Integration of distributed weather and hydrology
  data, ClimDB, HydroDB
• Precursor to NEON
• GEON The Geosciences Network
• Integration of disciplinary Earth Science
  databases

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Biomedical Informatics Research NetworkNPACI
collaborations lead to national-scale project

• Began as collaboration between NPACI DICE
  Neuroscience thrusts
• Creation of a national-scale Grid for
  neuroscience brain imaging data
• Close collaboration with science groups to
  understand and model their data and metadata

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SDSC Information Integration Testbed Funded by
NSF CISE grants(Digital Government ITR)

• Working in collaboration with government agencies
  and industry partners

• Data from
• Sociology Workbench, SDSU
• ICPSR, U.Michigan
• And
• Census Bureau
• Centers for Disease Control
• EPA
• SANDAG

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Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)ClimDB
Project

• Enables scientists to obtain real-time weather
  data. Move from push to pull model. An
  application of the I2T system
• Precursor to NEON
• Being developed as a prototype for several other
  LTER (and, NEON) projects, e.g. HydroDB

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GEON The Geosciences Network

• Will integrate Earth Science databases and
  provide essential cyberinfrastructure for
  interpreting experimental EarthScope data
• GEON is a charter member of the Earthscope IT
  Forum
• Geological Society of America Special Issue on
  Geoinformatics, co-edited by C. Baru and K.
  Sinha. To appear in early 2003.

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SUMMARY

• We work closely with domain scientists
• Deep engagements create deep impact
• Over past several years, we have become a leading
  group in the nation in scientific database
  management
• We have complemented our CS expertise with
  experience in working directly with
  users/scientists
• We are well-positioned to lead national
  information infrastructure efforts for a variety
  of communities