SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE
The international conceptual modeling conferences provide a forum for presenting
and discussing current research and interesting applications in which the major
emphasis is on conceptual modeling. These conferences were originally devoted
to the Entity-Relationship (ER) model, but have long since expanded to consider
all types of semantic data modeling, behavior and process modeling, and object-
oriented systems modeling. The conferences embrace all phases of software
development including analysis, specification, design, implementation,
evolution, and reengineering. Our particular desire for ER'97 is to provide
stimulating presentations and discussions on conceptual modeling that will
interest consultants and information systems professionals outside the computer
industry, as well as information technology academics and researchers in
computer-company laboratories.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Steering Committee Representatives: Stefano Spaccapietra (Chair)
Bernhard Thalheim (Vice Chair)
Peter Chen (ER'97 Liaison)
General Chair: Wesley Chu
Local Arrangements: Alfonso Cardenas
Registration Chair: Hua Yang
AREA LIAISONS
Asia: Arbee Chen Japan: Yahiko Kambayashi
Australia: Igor Hawryszkiewycz Mexico: Alfonso Cardenas
Chile/Central America: Javier Pinto Mid East: Peretz Shoval
Europe: Georges Gardarin South America: Alberto Laender
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Conceptual modeling for: information systems, decision-support systems, office-
information systems, information-retrieval systems, hypertext systems, informa-
tion superhighways, active databases, heterogeneous and federated databases,
business process modeling, knowledge bases, multimedia, user interfaces.
Conceptual modeling in information-system engineering: CASE tools, integrating
application models, rapid prototyping, database administration, database design,
maintenance and evolution, reverse engineering and reengineering, workflow
management. Theoretical foundations of conceptual modeling: extending modeling
concepts, semantics and constraints, query languages, integrating data and
behavior modeling, integrating different types of conceptual models. Other
related topics where conceptual modeling is the major theme.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Five copies of original papers, not exceeding 5,000 words (25 double-spaced
pages), should be submitted to one of the program co-chairs. In addition, a
cover page that includes paper title, author(s), and abstract should be
submitted by email. Papers on technology development should be sent to Embley,
and papers on technology application should be sent to Goldstein.
PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
David W. Embley Robert C. Goldstein
Department of Computer Science Management Information Systems Division
Brigham Young University Faculty of Commerce and Bus. Administration
Provo, Utah 84602 University of British Columbia
USA Vancouver, Canada V6T 1Z2
email: embley@cs.byu.edu email: bob.goldstein@ubc.ca
phone: 801-378-6470 phone: 604-822-8389
fax: 801-378-7775 fax: 604-822-9574
The proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag in Lecture Notes on
Computer Science. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended
versions for possible publication in Data & Knowledge Engineering.
Tutorial proposals should be sent to the tutorial chair:
TUTORIAL CHAIR
Ashok Malhotra email: malhotra@vnet.ibm.com
IBM Thomas. J. Watson Research Center phone: 914-784-6182
P.O. Box 704 fax: 914-784-7455
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
Proposals for industrial presentations should be submitted to the industrial
chair. Presentations may include, but are not limited to, vendor product
presentations, panel sessions with an appeal to practitioners, and papers (not
intended to compete with academic papers) that present case studies or the
application of conceptual modeling techniques in practice.
INDUSTRIAL CHAIR
Douglas M. Tolbert email: Dtolbert@po7.mv.unisys.com
Unisys Corporation phone: 714-380-6606
25725 Jeronimo Road, MS 118 fax: 714-380-5168
Mission Viejo, CA 92691, USA
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper, Panel, and Tutorial Submissions: 8 April 1997
Notification: 17 June 1997
Final Version of Papers: 22 July 1997
VENUE
In 1997, the ER conference returns to its roots at the University of California,
Los Angeles. ER'97 will be held at the UCLA Faculty Center, not far from the
Anderson Graduate School of management where Peter Chen organized the first ER
conference almost twenty years ago.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Peter Apers (The Netherlands), Dinesh Batra (USA), Joachim Biskup (Germany),
Janis A. Bubenko, Jr. (Sweden), Stefano Ceri (Italy), Hock Chuan Chan
(Singapore), Roger H.L. Chiang (Singapore), Carol Chrisman (USA),
Isabelle Comyn-Wattiau (France), Bogdan Czejdo (USA), Pabuddha De (USA),
Yves Dennebouy (Switzerland), Debabrata Dey (USA), Phillip Ein-Dor (Israel),
Ramez Elmasri (USA), Opher Etzion (Israel), Gordon C. Everest (USA),
Jean-Luc Hainaut (Belgium), Terry Halpin (Australia), Igor Hawryszkiewycz
(Australia), Stephen Hayne (USA), Uwe Hohenstein (Germany), Paul Johannesson
(Sweden), Alberto Laender (Brazil), Qing Li (Hong Kong), Tok Wang Ling
(Singapore), Ling Liu (Canada), Guy M. Lohman (USA), Pericles Loucopoulos
(United Kingdom), Leszek A. Maciaszek (Australia), Ashok Malhotra (USA),
Michael V. Mannino (USA), Victor M. Markowitz (USA),
Robert Meersman (Belgium), Takao Miura (Japan), Martin E. Modell (USA),
Renate Motschnig (Austria), John Mylopoulos (Canada), Sham Navathe (USA),
Erich J. Neuhold (Germany), Michael Papazoglou (The Netherlands),
Jeffrey Parsons (Canada), Sudha Ram (USA), James Rumbaugh (USA),
Gunter Saake (Germany), Arie Shoshani (USA), Arne Solvberg (Norway),
Veda C. Storey (USA), Markus Stumptner (Austria), Bernhard Thalheim (Germany),
Alexander Tuzhilin (USA), Yannis Vassiliou (Greece), Carson C. Woo (Canada)
Sponsored by The ER Institute and UCLA in cooperation with ACM/SIGMOD (approval
pending)
MORE INFORMATION: http://osm7.cs.byu.edu/ER97/
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