eSI Public Lecture: "The Future of Provenance" by James Cheney

15 May, 2009 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

e-Science Institute, 15 South College Street, Edinburgh

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Dr James Cheney School of Informatics University of Edinburgh The e-Science Institute is delighted to host a public lecture by Dr James Cheney. The public lecture is open to all interested parties in academia and industry. There is no need to register for this event and those attending the lecture are invited to join us for tea and coffee at 17:00. This Public Lecture is scheduled to be webcast live. For further information see below.

Dr James Cheney

Abstract

The Principles of Provenance theme had two goals: to develop a deeper understanding the needs of scientists and other users of advanced computer systems, and to advance and disseminate research on techniques for meeting these needs. In this closing lecture, I will give an overview of the theme activities, discuss ways in which the goals of the theme have been met, and forecast the future developments that may result from this work.

Biography

James Cheney received a B. S. in Computer Science (May 1998) and M.S. in Mathematics (August 1998) from Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Cheney received a PhD in Computer Science from Cornell University in 2004, on the subject of logic programming techniques for formalizing and reasoning about programming languages involving names and name-binding structure. Since 2004, he has worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Database Research Group, Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, University of Edinburgh and the Digital Curation Centre, a joint research and development effort focusing on digital preservation and scientific data management. Recent research interests include scientific databases and data provenance; XML processing and query and update languages.

Webcast

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