The research group in database modeling, transactions, and data analysis (DATA Group) was created in 2000, supported by the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics (IME) and the Bioinformatics Center (BIOINFO) of the University of Sao Paulo (USP). The DATA Group has conducted research and developed applications in database integration; design and implementation of business processes, scientific workflows, and databases; data warehouses; asynchronous transactions; and information retrieval. The DATA group has supported database systems courses for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as promoted seminars, guest lectures, and presentations related to database systems.