The PATH Project: Partnerships for Automated Transformations of Heterogeneous Datasets

Researchers, analysts, policy makers, and members of the public are all interested in using data for various purposes, but they often do not have the time nor the technological skills necessary to assemble and integrate data from multiple heterogeneous data sources to form revolutionary knowledge discovery products. Building yet another database to try to address this may not be the best approach to solving this problem which requires a major shift in the paradigm. The PATH Project team is working to develop revolutionary service-oriented methods that can provide automated solutions to this problem, by involving multidisciplinary teams with extensive experience in providing computer-science solutions to data-related scientific problems. The resulting service-based suite of tool, addresses an important need for data consumers across a wide range of digital domains.