The IMSI main areas of interest are:
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Distributed Information Systems and Web Information Systems, with focus on scalability and efficiency issues.
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Information integration, interoperability of information systems, semantic Web and ontology management.
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Business and Database intelligence systems, with focus on implementation and optimization.
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Management of geographical information, with focus on spatial and spatiotemporal data management techniques.
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Scientific databases and Digital Libraries, with focus on biological / environmental data management, and data preservation and provenance.