(DBWORLD) Call for Papers for ARTDB-97

Sten Andler (sten.andler@ida.his.se)
Sat, 1 Feb 1997 17:51:23 -0600 (CST)

To colleagues interested in Active, Real-Time, or Temporal Databases:

As a follow-up on the success of ARTDB-95, we are arranging a Second
International Workshop on Active, Real-Time, and Temporal Database
Systems, ARTDB-97, in connection with ICECCS'97 in Como Italy. The
workshop is held September 8-9, 1997, and the deadline for submitting
papers is April 15, 1997.

We appreciate your help in disseminating this announcement by posting
it or forwarding it to the appropriate fora.

Regards,

Sten and Jvrgen
Workshop organizers

Attachment: Official CFP for ARTDB-97

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ARTDB-97

The Second International Workshop on
Active, Real-Time and Temporal Database Systems
September 8-9, 1997
In connection with ICECCS'97, Como, Italy

http://www.his.se/ida/artdb97/

Sponsored by the University of Skovde, Sweden

In cooperation with the IEEE CS Technical Committees
on Real-Time Systems and Complexity in Computing

Scope
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The areas of active, real-time, and temporal databases have seen
tremendous growth in the last few years. Availability of rules/triggers
as part of database functionality is changing the way databases are
modeled and applications are written. The functionality supported by
active database systems is meant to meet the requirements of a number
of emerging applications (such as workflow, air traffic control, CIM,
network management, and stock trading) where correctness of execution
is based not only on transaction semantics, but also on the timeliness
of the result. Hence, the integration of active functionality, with
temporal and real-time constraints seems to be the next logical step.
Both active functionality, rule based execution, and real-time
capability are crucial for the support of time-critical and embedded
applications.

Active database systems typically support event-based rules and
provide a uniform mechanism for supporting many traditional
capabilities as well as new ones. Real-time and temporal database
systems, on the other hand, support various types of timing constraints
in addition to transaction semantics.

A number of open issues need to be resolved in order to combine active,
real-time and temporal capability. Introducing rules and triggers into a
real-time database increases the complexity of transactions,
predictability, scheduling etc. Temporal aspects on data validity
complicates the matter even more. Although extensive research has been
carried out in these areas, only a limited number of proposals have been
made to integrate active, real-time and temporal capabilities. It seems
timely for these research communities to again get together to identify
and share research results as well as chart new directions.

Paper Submission
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We strongly encourage submissions that address those issues reflecting
problems associated with incorporating i) active functionality,
ii) real-time constraints, and iii) temporal constraints into a single
database system. We welcome submissions that address research
and development in these areas (especially where the areas overlap), or
propose new approaches suitable for meeting the demands that
characterize systems of the next generation.

Suggested topics and issues in the framework of active, real-time and
temporal database systems include, but are not limited to:

- Design and system architecture
- Event specification and handling
- Transaction constraint modeling
- Data validity
- Transaction scheduling and concurrency control
- Representation techniques
- Applications
- Distribution and replication

Contributions of original papers may be submitted electronically, and
should not exceed 20 double spaced pages or 5000 words. The cover page
should include the title, name and affiliation of the author(s),
contact address, email, fax and telephone. Alternatively, 5 hardcopies
of the paper may be submitted by mail. Receipt of submissions will be
acknowledged by email.

Electronic submissions should be in a device-independent PostScript
format following the Adobe Document Structuring Conventions (ADSC), and
made available by email. If compression is used (using 'compress'
only), the contents must be properly encoded (using 'uuencode' only).

Electronic submissions should be sent by email to: artdb97@ida.his.se,
hardcopy submissions should be mailed to:

ARTDB-97
Sten F. Andler/Jorgen Hansson
University of Skovde
Department of Computer Science
Box 408
S-541 28 Skovde, Sweden

Proceedings
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Accepted papers will be printed in the workshop proceedings. Formatting
papers using LaTeX will facilitate this process. It is intended to publish
the proceedings in the Springer series "Lecture Notes in Computer Science."

Workshop Format
---------------
The workshop is a 2-day workshop in connection with the Third IEEE
International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems
(ICECCS'97), see http://www.elet.polimi.it/iceccs97/ for details.

Important Dates
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SUBMISSION DEADLINE: April 15, 1997

Notification of acceptance: June 15, 1997
Camera ready copies: August 1, 1997
Workshop: September 8-9, 1997

Organizing Committee
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Sten F. Andler, Department of Computer Science, University of Skovde
Jorgen Hansson, Department of Computer Science, University of Skovde

Email: artdb97@ida.his.se

Phone: +46 (0)500 464713/464720
Fax: +46 (0)500 464725

Program Committee
-----------------
Brad Adelberg, Northwestern University, USA
Azer Bestavros, Boston University, USA
Sharma Chakravarthy, University of Florida, USA
Anindya Datta, University of Arizona, USA
Wolfgang Halang, Fernuniversitaet, Hagen, Germany
Young-Kuk Kim, Chungnam National University, Korea
Kam-yiu Lam, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Kwei-Jay Lin, University of California, Irvine, USA
C. Douglass Locke, Lockheed Martin Corporation, USA
Al Mok, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Rajkumar Ragunathan, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Krithi Ramamritham, University of Massachusetts, USA
Tore Risch, Linkvping University, Sweden
Timos Sellis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Sang H. Son, University of Virginia, USA
John A. Stankovic, University of Virginia at Amherst, USA
Alexander D. Stoyenko, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
Ozgur Ulusoy, Bilkent University, Turkey
Paulo Verissimo, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Philip S. Yu, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
Wei Zhao, Texas A&M University, USA

Conference Patrons
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Lars-Erik Johansson, Vice-chancellor, University of Skovde
Stig Emanuelsson, Head of Computer Science Dept, University of Skovde

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