This web site summarizes the results of the National Science Foundation sponsored workshop on Industrial/Academic Cooperation in Database Systems, held on October 29-30, 1998 in Los Gatos, California.

Many academic database researchers in computer science want their research to be more relevant to the computer industry. But how do they select the right topics ¾ ones that are commercially important and are likely to yield the algorithmic or mathematical content required for publication in top journals and conferences? Industrial researchers could help by describing projects and problems with significant intellectual, possibly mathematical or scientific, content. But they have little incentive to do so. Their main goal is to solve problems, not brainstorm research agendas.

The objective of the workshop was to address this problem. In particular:

• To enable technical people in DBMS companies to share with academics some of the interesting intellectual problems which have arisen while implementing large-scale DBMSs,
• To find problems of mutual interest for possible collaboration,
• To discuss ways that DBMS companies can enable academics to make their research reflect advances in current practice, and
• To discuss mechanisms for longer term exchanges of information.

Here are the results of the workshop:

• Workshop Report, summarizing the presentations and discussion (17 pp.)
• Addresses of Attendees
• Presentation Slides

The workshop is over, but much more can be done. We have therefore collected the following information to help continue the great industrial/academic interaction at the workshop:

• NSF Programs
• Academics Willing to Give Talks in Industry
• Industry People Willing to Give Talks at Universities
• Resource List

If you have additional information to contribute to this web site, please contact piguy@ccs.neu.edu with Workshop as the subject.