CATEGORICAL INFORMATICS, INC. — Department of Commerce SBIR Phase I: 9.01.01.73-R

CATEGORICAL INFORMATICS, INC. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Commerce.

Amount
$100,000
Agency
Department of Commerce · National Institute of Standards and Technology
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
9.01.01.73-R
NAICS
Place of performance
MA
Period
2015-10-01 → 2016-03-31

Description

Categorical theory has recently been successfully applied to translate information from one computer system to another. Researchers at MIT have developed a prototype software tool based on category theory for solving information-integration programs. The tool has successfully solved small-scale information-integration problems including a problem identified by NIST about enriching the manufacturing service capability of a distributed supply chain with additional 3rd party information. The goal of this Phase I is to transition MIT’s tool from an academic project to a commercial software project and to demonstrate that the enhanced tool can be used to solve manufacturing-related information-integration problems identified by NIST.