RESEARCH. Currently, the central priority at NISS is construction of
a prototype table server. Over the past month, several important design
decisions for Version 1 have been taken, including: data structures (hash
tables), the schema for the query history database, initial risk measures
and initial release rules (operating principally in "real time,"
but also implementable in batch mode) and the software platform (server-side
Java).
TECHNICAL REPORT
"Analysis of Aggregated Data in Survey Sampling with Application
to Fertilizer/Pesticide Usage Surveys," by Jaeyong Lee, Christopher
Holloman, Alan F. Karr and Ashish P. Sanil [available at www.niss.org/dg/technicalreports.html]
PRESENTATIONS. Upcoming presentations include the ENAR/IMS Regional Meeting
(Charlotte, March), the April 18-19 workshop (DC), dg.o 2001 (Los Angeles,
May), the ASA Spring Research Conference (Roanoke, June) and the ISI (Seoul,
August).
