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| Workshop on Use Cases for Provenance |
| April 20, 2009 |
| http://wiki.esi.ac.uk/UseCasesForProvenanceWorkshop |
| e-Science Institute |
| 15 South College Street, Edinburgh |
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We are planning a one-day workshop on Use Cases for Provenance, to be
held in Edinburgh on April 20, 2009, as part of an eScience Institute
Thematic Program on Principles of Provenance.
The goal of the workshop is to identify usage scenarios, open problems
and ambitious goals for research concerning provenance in eScience and
scientific data management. Presentations need not be on technical
research contributions, but should introduce or clarify issues
concerning provenance, accountability, integrity, and data quality in a
relevant discipline. Such information would be important raw material to
help computer science researchers and eScience applications developers
focus on the right problems.
We wish to involve participants representing a variety of perspectives:
* scientific disciplines in which sophisticated database, Grid, or
eScience technology is already in widespread use (such as
physics, astronomy and biology)
* disciplines where such technology is not widely used but
conceivably will be in the future, and
* researchers and developers working on provenance and scientific
data management or eScience technology
Though the main goal of the Theme is to support provenance in eScience,
there is significant overlap with provenance, auditing, and forensic
analysis of data in other settings, such as manufacturing, finance,
and e-government. We therefore welcome participants interested in
provenance in settings outside of eScience.
Please contact James Cheney ([log in to unmask]) if you would like to
volunteer to give a short presentation at the workshop. We will try to
accommodate all such requests while ensuring a wide variety of
perspectives.
Some travel and accommodation support for speakers may be available
from the Theme (depending on attendance). We are coordinating with the
EU CASPAR preservation project which may be planning another
provenance-related event in Edinburgh in April. We also intend to
webcast the talks and allow remote participants to participate in
discussions electronically.
To attend, please fill out the registration form at:
http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/983/
A small fee will be charged to cover lunch and coffee breaks.
More information about the Theme and about this workshop can be found
at:
http://wiki.esi.ac.uk/Principles_of_Provenance
http://wiki.esi.ac.uk/UseCasesForProvenanceWorkshop
--James Cheney
(on behalf of Peter Buneman and Bertram Ludaescher, Theme co-organizers)
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