Data Handling Devices

Current research activities are leveraging the Grid to create generic- and domain-specific solutions and services for data management and knowledge discovery. Knowledge and Data Management in Grids is the third volume of the CoreGRID series; it gathers contributions by researchers and scientists working on storage, data, and knowledge management in Grid and Peer-to-Peer systems. This volume presents the latest Grid solutions and research results in key areas such as distributed storage management, Grid databases, Semantic Grid and Grid-aware data mining. Written for a professional audience of researchers and practitioners in industry, it is suitable for graduate-level students in computer science.

Considers H.R. 4845, to coordinate Federal ADP purchases, leases, and maintenance through GSA. Appendix contains Bureau of Budget report "Automatic Data Processing Responsibilities" (Sept. 1958-June 1959. 567-614 p.)

To understand what we know and be aware of what is to be known has become the central focus in the treatment of engineering data handling issues. It has been some time since we began treating issues arriving from engineering data handling in a low key fashion because of its housekeeping chores and data maintenance aspects representing nonglamorous issues related to automation. Since the advent of CAD/CAM, large numbers of data bases have been generated through stand alone CAD systems and the rate of this automated means of generating data is rapidly increasing. This possibly is the key factor in changing our way of looking at engineering data related problems. This volume contains some of the papers, including revisions, which were presented at the fourth Automation Technology conference held in Monterey, California. This volume represents ATI's efforts to bring forth some of the important case studies related to engineering data handling from the user's point of view. Because of its potential enormous impact on management and productivity advancement, careful documentation and coordination for outstanding contributions to this area are of utmost importance. This volume may serve as a precursor to additional volumes in the area of engineering data handling and CAD/CAM related user studies. Anyone with comments or suggestions, as well as potential contributors, to this series, is encouraged to contact the editorial board of AT!.