Digital Libraries Initiative – Phase 2: Fiscal Year 1999 Awards

摘要

The following pages contain performer and abstract information for awards made in Fiscal Year 1999 as part of the Digital Libraries Initiative – Phase 2 (DLI-2). Spring 1999 actions are listed first, followed by earlier awards made in Fall 1998. DLI-2 consists of 3 major components: the Research, Testbeds and Applications component www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf9863 an evolving Undergraduate Emphasis component www.nsf.gov/cgi-in/getpub?nsf9863 plus updates at www.dli2.nsf.gov/under.html and the International Digital Libraries Collaborative Research component www.dli2.nsf.gov/intl.html There are no additional general calls for proposals planned at this time. Future competitions for special emphasis activities are anticipated as the initiative progresses. Review panels scheduled for this summer and early fall may result in additional actions in this fiscal year. However, awards from proposals received for the May 17 deadline will be determined in fiscal year 2000, which begins October 1, 1999. More complete information on the program, funded projects and related activities in the broader digital libraries community (including earlier and non-US efforts) can be found at the DLI-2 Web site: www.dli2.nsf.gov DLI-2 is an interagency program sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency National Library of Medicine Library of Congress National Endowment for the Humanities National Aeronautics & Space Administration Federal Bureau of Investigation The program operates in partnership with Institute of Museum and Library Services Smithsonian Institution National Archives and Records Administration Within the NSF, the initiative receives support from the Directorates for Computer and Information Science and Engineering; Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences; and Education and Human Resources. NSF serves as the administrative agent for the initiative's competitions and funded projects. Policy, planning and programmatic decisions are made by an interagency management group in which representatives of each sponsoring agency and the NSF directorate participate. Columbia University Project Summary or Description: www.cs.columbia.edu/diglib/PERSIVAL/#overview Kathy McKeown, Principal Investigator, Computer Science Department Shih-Fu Chang, Co-Principal Investigator, Department of Electrical Engineering James J. Cimino, George Hripcsak, Co-Principal Investigators, Department of Medical Informatics Judith L. Klavans, Co-Principal Investigator, Center for Research on Information Access Healthcare consumers and providers both need quick and easy access to a wide range of online resources. The goal of this project is to provide personalized access to a distributed patient care digital library through the development of a system, PERSIVAL (PErsonalized Retrieval and Summarization of Image, Video And Language resources). PERSIVAL will tailor search, presentation and summarization of online medical literature and consumer health information to the end user, whether patient or healthcare provider. PERSIVAL will utilize the secure online patient records available at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (CPMC) as a sophisticated, pre-existing user model that can aid in predicting user's information needs and interests. Key features of the proposed work include personalized access to distributed, multimedia resources available both locally and over the Internet, fusion of repetitive information and identification of conflicting information from multiple relevant sources, and presentation of information in concise multimedia summaries that cross-link images, video and text. When the latest medical information is provided at the point of patient care, it can help practicing clinicians to avoid missed diagnoses and minimize impending complications. When expressed in understandable terms, it can empower patients to take charge of their healthcare. Carnegie Mellon University Project Summary or Description: www.info