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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2004. Statistical Analysis of Massive Data Streams: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11098.
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i STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF MASSIVE DATA STREAMS Proceedings of a Workshop Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS Washington, D.C. www.nap.edu

ii THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20001 NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose mem- bers are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This study was supported by the National Security Agency (Grant #MDA904–02–1–0114), the Office of Naval Research (Grant #N00014– 02–1–0860), and Microsoft (Grant #2327100). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project. International Standard Book Number 0-309-09308-2 (POD) International Standard Book Number 0-309-54556-0 (PDF) Additional copies of this report are available from the National Academies Press,500 Fifth Street, N.W., Lockbox 285, Washington, DC 20055; (800) 624–6242 or (202) 334–3313 (in the Washington metropolitan area); Internet, http://www.nap.edu Copyright 2004 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America COVER ILLUSTRATIONS: The terms “data streams” and “data rivers” are used to describe sequences of digitally encoded signals used to represent information in transmission. The left image is of the Oksrukuyik River in Alaska and the right image is an example of a crashing wave, similar to the largest recorded tsunami on Siberia's Kamchatka Peninsula. Both images illustrate the scientific challenge of handling massive amounts of continuously arriving data, where often there is so much data that only a short time window's worth is economically storable. The Oksrukuyik River photo is courtesy of Karie Slavik of the University of Michigan Biological Station; the tsunami photo is cour- tesy of the U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command and was obtained from its Web site. Both images are reprinted with per- mission.

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iv COMMITTTEE ON APPLIED AND THEORETICAL STATISTICS EDWARD J.WEGMAN, Chair, George Mason University DAVID BANKS, Duke University ALICIA CARRIQUIRY, Iowa State University THOMAS COVER, Stanford University KAREN KAFADAR, University of Colorado at Denver THOMAS KEPLER, Duke University DOUGLAS NYCHKA, National Center for Atmospheric Research RICHARD OLSON, Stanford University DAVID SCOTT, Rice University EDWARD C.WAYMIRE, Oregon State University LELAND WILKINSON, SPSS, Inc. YEHUDA VARDI, Rutgers University SCOTT ZEGER, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health Staff BMSA Workshop Organizers Scott Weidman, BMSA Director Richard Campbell, Program Officer Barbara Wright, Administrative Assistant Electronic Report Design Sarah Brown, Research Associate Meeko Oishi, Intern

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF REVIEWERS v ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF REVIEWERS This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the Report Review Committee of the National Research Council (NRC). The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report: Amy Braverman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Ron Fedkiw, Stanford University David Madigan, Rutgers University Jennifer Rexford, AT&T Laboratories Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations, nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. Responsibility for the final content of this CD report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

PREFACE AND WORKSHOP RATIONALE vi Preface and Workshop Rationale On December 13 and 14, 2002, the Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics of the National Research Council conducted a two-day workshop that explored methods for the analysis of streams of data so as to stimulate further progress in this field. To encourage cross-fertilization of ideas, the workshop brought together a wide range of researchers who are dealing with massive data streams in different contexts. The presentations focused on five major areas of research: atmospheric and meteorological data, high-energy physics, integrated data systems, network traffic, and mining commercial streams of data. The workshop was organized to allow researchers from different disciplines to share their perspectives on how to use statistical methods to analyze massive streams of data, so as to stimulate cross-fertilization of ideas and further progress in this field. The meeting focused on situations in which researchers are faced with massive amounts of data arriving continually, making it necessary to perform very frequent analyses or reanalyses on the constantly arriving data. Often there is so much data that only a short time window's worth may be economically stored, necessitating summarization strategies. The overall goals of this CD report are to improve communication among various communities working on problems associated with massive data streams and to increase relevant activity within the statistical sciences community. Included in this report are the agenda of the workshop, the full and unedited text of the workshop presentations, and biographical sketches of the speakers. The presentations represent independent research efforts on the part of academia, the private sector, federally funded laboratories, and government agencies, and as such they provide a sampling rather than a comprehensive examination of the range of research and research challenges posed by massive data streams. In addition to these proceedings, a set of more rigorous, technical papers corresponding to the workshop presentations has also been published separately as a 2003 special issue of the Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics. This proceedings represents the viewpoints of its authors only and should not be taken as a consensus report of the Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications or the National Research Council.

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Massive data streams, large quantities of data that arrive continuously, are becoming increasingly commonplace in many areas of science and technology. Consequently development of analytical methods for such streams is of growing importance. To address this issue, the National Security Agency asked the NRC to hold a workshop to explore methods for analysis of streams of data so as to stimulate progress in the field. This report presents the results of that workshop. It provides presentations that focused on five different research areas where massive data streams are present: atmospheric and meteorological data; high-energy physics; integrated data systems; network traffic; and mining commercial data streams. The goals of the report are to improve communication among researchers in the field and to increase relevant statistical science activity.

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