Professor W.A. Gray

Computer Science & Informatics,
Cardiff University,
Queen's Buildings,
5 The Parade, Roath,
Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK

Email:

Phone: +44 (0) 29 20874440
Fax: +44 (0) 29 20874598

Extension Number: 74440
Room Number: N/2.18

Metadata and its role in integration and interoperation of heterogeneous distributed information systems: the enrichment of metadata with quality measures and knowledge from knowledge bases and ontologies to improve the linking of data; reverse engineering of legacy systems to find conceptual models and business rules;
The design and architecture of distributed systems to support distributed concurrent working over networks in the areas of bioinformatics, concurrent engineering and health informatics - this includes the role of constraints, and architecture issues such as scalability and autonomy;
The role of metadata in constructing the information and knowledge layers of the Information GRID.