Next-Generation Information Systems

                             Avi Silberschatz
                      Department of Computer Science
                              Yale University


                                 Abstract

Next generation information systems will blend leading-edge technologies 
from networking, storage systems, and computing.  They will seamlessly 
combine communications, software, and contents. They will incorporate 
the best features of today's voice and data networks. They will support 
fully distributed secure 7x24 storage systems that utilize IP-based network 
technology and provide Quality-of-Service access to multimedia data. They 
will provide users with support for content-based retrieval, queries with 
approximate answers, data mining capabilities, and full data interoperability.

This talk will present a grand tour of a wide variety of next generation 
information systems, highlight their characteristics, and introduce a number 
of new research projects that address these challenges.