Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) is a process in data warehousing that involves
* extracting data from outside sources,
* transforming it to fit business needs (which can include quality levels), and ultimately
* loading it into the end target, i.e. the data warehouse.
The User Interface Design group studies new user interface techniques, focusing on two areas:
* Usable automation. Our goal is for every computer user to be able to harness the power of automation for handling repetitive, time-wasting, or error-prone tasks, without having to struggle with the complexity of programming.
* Usable security. Effective security depends on good user interfaces. A door may have the strongest lock in the world, but if authorized users can't open and close it easily, and have to leave it open in order to get their jobs done, then it has no security at all. We are studying ways to rethink computer security so that it is not only secure against attack but also usable by ordinary people.
The NCI Thesaurus is an ontology-like vocabulary that includes broad coverage of the cancer domain, including cancer related diseases, findings and abnormalities; anatomy; agents, drugs and chemicals; genes and gene products and so on.
The Buffalo Ontology Site is maintained by Barry Smith. It contains information on ontology, on the history of ontology, and on contemporary ontology and its applications, with special reference to the area of biomedicine. It provides links to other ontology sites and announcements of relevant conferences and publications.
gnizr is an open source application for social bookmarking and web mashup. It is easy to use gnizr to create a personalized del.icio.us-like portal for a group of friends and colleagues to store, classify and share information, and to mash-it-up with information about location.
Image Matters LLC contributed gnizr to the Open Source community, and continues to support its development as part of its gnizr Enterprise software.
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