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−	Please navigate to [	+	Please navigate to [http://smi.stanford.edu/projects/cbio/ncor-internal-wiki/index.php/IGERT here].
−	http://smi.stanford.edu/projects/cbio/ncor-internal-wiki/index.php/IGERT here].

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−	~~'''Integrating Information'''~~	+	Please navigate to [
−		+	http://smi.stanford.edu/projects/cbio/ncor-internal-wiki/index.php/IGERT here].
−	~~''Alternative titles'':~~
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−	~~Situational Awareness (unsuitable because of strong military associations)~~
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−	~~Scenes, Situations, Environments: New Challenges for Information Integration~~
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−	~~Towards the Integrated Information Science of the Future~~
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−	The preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement will standardly require the integration of information deriving from archeologists, biologists, geologists, GIS technicians, and atmospheric scientists. Such cross-domain and cross-modality information integration is nowadays required as a matter of course in a variety of domains, from public health screening to aeronautical guidance, from oil exploration to meteorological sensor systems, from air traffic adverse event analysis to tracking of biological agents, and from enterprise information systems to intelligence analysis. Yet the methods for such information integration are still to a surprising degree ad hoc and fall short of forming a coherent curriculum which can be transmitted and tested and readily application to a variety of different sorts of problems by the scientists of the future.
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−	We propose an IGERT 1. to train a future generation of information scientists in the theories and methods of information integration, 2. to train scientists in the use of such theories and methods in a variety of application domains.
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−	~~The theories and methods we have in mind can be divided into six groups~~:
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−	1. ~~Ontologies (Barry Smith)~~
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−	2. ~~Databases (Aidong Zhang ?)~~
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−	~~3. Referent Tracking (Werner Ceusters)~~
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−	~~4. Image~~ / ~~Map Analysis (Thomas Bittner? Murali Ramanathan?)~~
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−	~~6. Natural Language Understanding~~ / ~~Text Mining (Rohini Srihari ?)~~
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−	~~We will foster projects to apply and extend these tools to address new challenges of cross~~-~~disciplinary communication in a variety of domains at a variety of scales, including:~~
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−	*environmental hazards (?),
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−	*realtime sensor data (biometric sensors, meteorological sensors ...)
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−	*intelligence analysis
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−	*biodefense
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−	*epidemiology and public health
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−	~~'''Faculty committed thus far:'''~~
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−	~~Rajan Batta (CMIF)~~
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−	~~Ling Bian (Geography~~ / ~~CMIF)~~
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−	~~Tom Bittner (Philosophy / Geography)~~
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−	~~Werner Ceusters (Center for Bioinformatics)~~
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−	~~John Crassidis (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)~~
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−	~~Maureen Donnelly (Philosophy)~~
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−	~~Louis Goldberg (Oral Biology)~~
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−	~~Bruce Holm (Center for Bioinformatics)~~
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−	~~David Koepsell (Philosophy, Research Ethics)~~
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−	~~Doug Perrelli (Anthropology)~~
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−	~~Murali Ramanathan (Pharmaceutical Sciences)~~
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−	~~Chris Renschler (Geography)~~
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−	~~Tarunraj Singh (CMIF)~~
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−	~~Barry Smith (Philosophy)~~
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−	~~Rohini Srihari (Computer Science and Engineering)~~
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−	~~Aidong Zhang (Computer Science and Engineering)~~
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−	~~Ezra Zubrow (Anthropology)~~
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−	~~'''Potentially interested:'''~~
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−	~~Carol Berman (Anthropology)~~
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−	~~Marc Halfon (Biochemistry)~~
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−	~~Eric Little (Associated with CMIF)~~
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−	~~Howard Lasker (Geology)~~
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−	~~David Mark (Geography)~~
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−	~~Charles E~~. ~~Mitchell (Geology)~~
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−	~~Ann Yeh (Children's Hospital)~~

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	David Mark (Geography)		David Mark (Geography)
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		+	Charles E. Mitchell (Geology)

	Ann Yeh (Children's Hospital)		Ann Yeh (Children's Hospital)

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 Ling Bian (Geography / CMIF)
 Werner Ceusters (Center for Bioinformatics)
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 Carol Berman (Anthropology)
 Marc Halfon (Biochemistry)

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 We will foster projects to apply and extend these tools to address new challenges of cross-disciplinary communication in a variety of domains at a variety of scales, including:
-environmental hazards (?),
+*environmental hazards (?),
-realtime sensor data (biometric sensors, meteorological sensors ...)
+*realtime sensor data (biometric sensors, meteorological sensors ...)
-intelligence analysis
+*intelligence analysis
-biodefense
+*biodefense
-epidemiology and public health
+*epidemiology and public health

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 '''Integrating Information'''
-Alternative titles:
+''Alternative titles'':
 Situational Awareness (unsuitable because of strong military associations)
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 We propose an IGERT 1. to train a future generation of information scientists in the theories and methods of information integration, 2. to train scientists in the use of such theories and methods in a variety of application domains.
-The tools we have in mind will include standard database and image analysis tools, natural language understanding and other text- and data-mining tools, the spatial reasoning tools of Geographic Information Science, together with the theories of ontology -- creating and disseminating common controlled vocabularies to enable data and information from different disciplines to be integrate in ways which are intelligible and useful to human beings. We will foster projects to apply and extend these tools to address new challenges of cross-disciplinary communication in a variety of domains at a variety of scales, including environmental hazards (?), intelligence analysis, biodefense, epidemiology and public health .... .
+The theories and methods we have in mind can be divided into six groups:
 . Ontologies (Barry Smith)
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 . Image / Map Analysis (Thomas Bittner? Murali Ramanathan?)
-. Realtime Sensor Data (Rajan Batta)
+. Natural Language Understanding / Text Mining (Rohini Srihari ?)
 '''Faculty committed thus far:'''
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 Rajan Batta (CMIF)
 Werner Ceusters (Center for Bioinformatics)
 Maureen Donnelly (Philosophy)
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 Louis Goldberg (Oral Biology)
-Holm (Center for Bioinformatics)
+Carol Berman (Anthropology)
-Koepsell
+Tom Bittner (Philosophy / Geography)
-to approach
+Marc Halfon (Biochemistry)
-Berman ?
+Eric Little (Associated with CMIF)
-Tom Bittner ?
+Howard Lasker (Geology)
-Marc Halfon (?)
+David Mark (Geography)
-Howard Lasker (Geology) (?)
+Ann Yeh (Children's Hospital)

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 Situational Awareness (unsuitable because of strong military associations)
-Scenes, Situations and Environments: New Challenges for Information Integration
+Scenes, Situations, Environments: New Challenges for Information Integration
 Towards the Integrated Information Science of the Future
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-The preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement will standardly require the integration of information deriving from archeologists, biologists, geologists, GIS technicians, and atmospheric scientists. Such cross-domain and cross-modality information integration is nowadays required as a matter of course in a variety of domains, from public health screening to aeronautical guidance, from oil exploration to meteorological sensor systems, from air traffic adverse event analysis to tracking of biological agents, and from enterprise information systems to intelligence analysis. Yet the methods for such information integration are still to a surprising degree ad hoc and fall short of forming a coherent curriculum which can be transmitted and tested and refined in application to a variety of different sorts of problems.
+The preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement will standardly require the integration of information deriving from archeologists, biologists, geologists, GIS technicians, and atmospheric scientists. Such cross-domain and cross-modality information integration is nowadays required as a matter of course in a variety of domains, from public health screening to aeronautical guidance, from oil exploration to meteorological sensor systems, from air traffic adverse event analysis to tracking of biological agents, and from enterprise information systems to intelligence analysis. Yet the methods for such information integration are still to a surprising degree ad hoc and fall short of forming a coherent curriculum which can be transmitted and tested and readily application to a variety of different sorts of problems by the scientists of the future.
 We propose an IGERT 1. to train a future generation of information scientists in the theories and methods of information integration, 2. to train scientists in the use of such theories and methods in a variety of application domains.
-The tools we have in mind will include standard database and image analysis tools, the spatial reasoning tools of Geographic Information Science, together with the theories of ontology -- creating and disseminating common controlled vocabularies. We will foster projects to apply and extend these tools to address new challenges of cross-disciplinary communication in a variety of domains at a variety of scales, including environmental hazards (?), intelligence analysis, biodefense, epidemiology and public health .... .
+The tools we have in mind will include standard database and image analysis tools, natural language understanding and other text- and data-mining tools, the spatial reasoning tools of Geographic Information Science, together with the theories of ontology -- creating and disseminating common controlled vocabularies to enable data and information from different disciplines to be integrate in ways which are intelligible and useful to human beings. We will foster projects to apply and extend these tools to address new challenges of cross-disciplinary communication in a variety of domains at a variety of scales, including environmental hazards (?), intelligence analysis, biodefense, epidemiology and public health .... .
 We envision the following
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 . Ontologies (Barry Smith)
-. Databases (Aidong Zhang)
+. Databases (Aidong Zhang ?)
 . Referent Tracking (Werner Ceusters)
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 . Natural Language Understanding (Rohini Srihari ?)
-'''Faculty interested thus far:'''
+'''Faculty committed thus far:'''
 Koepsell
 Little
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 Ling Bian
 Further CMIF people

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 '''Integrating Information'''
-The preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement will standardly require the integration of information deriving from archeologists, biologists, geologists, GIS technicians, and atmospheric scientists. Such cross-domain and cross-modality information integration is required as a matter of course in a variety of domains, from public health screening to aeronautical guidance, from oil exploration to meteorological sensor systems, and from enterprise information systems to intelligence analysis.
+The preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement will standardly require the integration of information deriving from archeologists, biologists, geologists, GIS technicians, and atmospheric scientists. Such cross-domain and cross-modality information integration is nowadays required as a matter of course in a variety of domains, from public health screening to aeronautical guidance, from oil exploration to meteorological sensor systems, and from enterprise information systems to intelligence analysis. Yet the methods for such information integration are still to a surprising degree ad hoc and fall short of forming a coherent curriculum which can be transmitted and tested and refined in application to a variety of different sorts of problems.
-We propose an IGERT 1. to train a future generation of information scientists in the theories and methods of information integration, 2. to train scientists in a variety of application domains in the use of such theories and methods in solving the practical problems they face in their research.
+We propose an IGERT 1. to train a future generation of information scientists in the theories and methods of information integration, 2. to train scientists in the use of such theories and methods in a variety of application domains.
-These include the theories of ontology -- creating and disseminating common controlled vocabularies -- and the tools, including GIS tools, of instance-level reasoning. We will foster projects to apply and extend these tools to address new challenges of cross-disciplinary
+The tools we have in mind will include standard database and image analysis tools, the spatial reasoning tools of Geographic Information Science, together with the theories of ontology -- creating and disseminating common controlled vocabularies. We will foster projects to apply and extend these tools to address new challenges of cross-disciplinary communication in a variety of biospatial domains at a variety of scales, environmental hazards, intelligence analysis, biodefense, epidemiology and public health.
 We envision the following