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From: hitomi@ogccse.ogc.edu (Hitomi Ohkawa)
Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.astro,sci.space,sci.bio,sci.research
Subject: Management of Scientific Data
Message-ID: <3141@ogccse.ogc.edu>
Date: 9 Jun 89 17:52:20 GMT
Reply-To: hitomi@ogccse.UUCP (Hitomi Ohkawa)
Organization: Oregon Graduate Center, Beaverton, OR
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I would like to know if there are any research projects in various
areas of natural science 
that could be improved if there were a better form of data
management, e.g., a better database system that
enables you to correlate and to access relevant data efficiently
rather than a simple file system storing raw, unstructured data.
Examples that quickly come to mind include chemistry/biology
applications such as DNA databases, massive data handled
in astrophysics
and geology.  I am trying to come up with a design of
databases suited to scientific
applications, and collecting information on requirements
regarding management of scientific data, experimental or
otherwise.
Since I had been in physics before
I got into computer science, I am in particular interested
in physics application, though any information on the above
issue is greatly appreciated.  Below is my address;

Hitomi Ohkawa
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
Oregon Graduate Center
19600 N.W. Von Neumann Drive
Beaverton, Oregon 97006-1999
(503) 690-1151

hitomi@cse.ogc.edu (CSNET)

Thank you very much in advance.