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researchers are extending the GIC tools to ciplines will eventually enable scientists from nity. For more information, contact Josh
address a richer variety of human conditions, many fields to collaborate and explore infor- Knauer, Director of Advanced Development
and to fuse data across a wider collection of mation at a much more granular level than is (knauer@maya.com).
datasets from different domains that are possible using the traditional journal article as
already part of the Information Commons. the main means for information publication.
The boundaries of the Genetics Information Analysts using the Universal Database do not THE AUTHORS
Commons are not fixed. Instead there is an spend time researching the artificial data mis- Dominic Widdows, D.Phil.
integrated heterogeneous information space matches that result from data evolving sepa- Senior Research Engineer
through which researchers can access demo- rately in separate machines. This leaves the MAYA Design, Inc.
graphic, textual, environmental and econom- much more important problem of research- Building 2, Suite 300,
ic datasets, all fused around common points ing the relationships between phenomena in 2730 Sidney Street
of reference such as shared spatial or temporal the real world. Pittsburgh, PA 15203
concepts. USA
The long-term goal of this system, as it devel- TAKING PART IN GIC DEVELOPMENT Tel: + 1 412 488-2900
ops, is to create an information infrastructure Researchers interested in joining the Genetics e-mail widdows@maya.com
in which researchers spend less time tracking Information Commons can do so in a num-
down, parsing and organizing different ber of ways. Currently, MAYA Design is offer- Michael Barmada, Ph.D.
datafiles ("data plumbing"), and more time ing pilot versions of the Universal Database Associate Professor of Human Genetics
analysing and publishing scientific results. with command-line tools and APIs to select Director, Center for Computational Genetics
Universal identity, extensibility, and data liq- researchers who are interested in joining the Co-Director, Bioinformatics Analysis Core
uidity gradually encourage an environment in GIC. In addition, MAYA Design is seeking Services,
which the importing and formatting of data partners to collaborate in pioneering the Graduate School of Public Health, University of
by one researcher naturally makes it available development of the GIC through joint proj- Pittsburgh,
to others if the initial research team so desires. ects that will add useful data and tools to the 130 Desoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Data reuse and availability across multiple dis- GIC for distribution to the research commu- USA