Welcome to CID
Data Science is a recent discipline. The National Institute for Science and Technology for Data Science (INCT-CiD) intends to be reference in Brazil in this new field. The INCT-CiD concentrates its efforts in the following research areas: data management; data analysis; and analysis of complex networks. In each of these lines of investigation, the institute will evaluate algorithms, techniques, and models in the development of science data. By concentrating its efforts in these fundamental aspects, INCT-CiD aims at structuring the discipline in Brazil. We intend to form the basis for advances in the area, by producing scientifically sound results on which the industry may develop high quality products and find qualified personnel to meet its demands. Complementarily, interdisciplinary graduate programs, as the one in Computational Modeling offered by LNCC, have the potential to boost data science as the focus of human resource training, given the existing integration between mathematics, modeling and computing areas. It is expected, therefore, that the INCT-CiD should also collaborate with the training of researchers and scientists to act as data professionals.