DGRC brings together a strong team of researchers and developers with interests and experience in databases, human-computer interaction, knowledge representation, data mining, and other areas of computer science and information systems. The center's mission is research in the design and development of advanced information systems with capabilities for generating, sharing and interacting with knowledge in a networked environment. Participants are drawn from Columbia University's Department of Computer Science, from the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute.
Technical assistance is provided by experts from several Federal government agencies.
Avoiding duplicated or nonessential research, and developing shared infrastructure. Generating the attention necessary to attract future candidates for influential pilots. Guaranteeing that pilots and deployed systems are maintained and remain accessible beyond the extent of a particular grant or program. As its initial emphasis, DGRC has chosen to concentrate on the immense problems presented by the vast amounts of statistical data required and already being collected by government agencies. The authoring of survey instruments for collecting data, and the public dissemination or the resulting data over the Internet.