(DBWORLD) RIDS '97 Call for participation and Advance Program

Mikael Berndtsson (mikael.berndtsson@ida.his.se)
Mon, 9 Jun 1997 10:47:23 -0500 (CDT)

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

3rd International Workshop on
Rules In Database Systems (RIDS '97)
June 26-28, 1997
University of Skovde, Sweden

http://www.his.se/ida/~spiff/RIDS97/


Scope
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Following the success of RIDS '93 (1st International Workshop on
Rules In Database Systems), and RIDS '95, the successor RIDS '97
will once again bring together researchers working on both
theoretical and practical aspects of rules in database systems.

The advanced program is included below. Registration form can be
obtained via our www server: http://www.his.se/ida/~spiff/RIDS97/

ADVANCE PROGRAM

Wednesday, June 25
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20:00 - 21:30 Welcome Reception at Hotel Majoren
The registration desk will be open.

Thursday, June 26
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8:30 - 9:00 Registration
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome
9:15 - 10:00 Session 1 - Deductive Databases

Deductive Object-Oriented Database Systems: A Survey
Pedro Sampaio, University of Manchester, UK
Norman Paton, University of Manchester, UK

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00 Session 2 - Updates in Deductive Database Systems

Integrating Dynamic Aspects into Deductive
Object-Oriented Databases
Wolfgang May, University of Freiburg, Germany
Christian Schlepphorst, University of Freiburg, Germany
Georg Lausen, University of Freiburg, Germany

FOLRE: a Deductive Database System for the Integrated
Treatment of Updates
E. Mayol J.A. Pastor, Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya,
Catalonia
E. Teniente, Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya, Catalonia
T. Urpi, Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya, Catalonia

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Session 3 - Active Database System Architecture

A Tour on the TriGS Active Database System - Architecture
and Implementation
Gerti Kappel, University of Linz, Austria
Robert Hiebl, University of Linz, Austria
Stefan Rausch-Schott, University of Linz, Austria
Werner Retschitzegger, University of Linz, Austria

An Introduction to the TriggerMan Asynchronous Trigger
Processor
Eric Hanson, University of Florida, USA
Samir Khosla, Informix Software Corporation, USA

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 - 15:45 Session 4 - Events in Workflow Management

Logging and Post-Mortem Analysis of Workflow Executions
based on Event Histories
Andreas Geppert, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Dimitrios Tombros, University of Zurich, Switzerland

15:45 - 17:15 Session 5 - Industrial Presentations
Title of talk: to be announced
Matthijs Galesloot, USoft

Title of talk: to be announced
Olof Jansson, Ericsson Infocom, Sweden
Morgan Brunzell, Ericsson Infocom, Sweden

Friday, June 27
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9:15 - 10:00 Session 6 - Rule Modelling and Simulation

Rule Modelling and Simulation in ALFRED
Markus Schlesinger, University of Bern, Switzerland
G. Loerincze, University of Bern, Switzerland

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00 Session 7 - Rule Confluence

Using the Properties of Datalog to Prove Termination and
Confluence in Active Databases
Sara Comai, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Letizia Tanca, University of Verona, Italy

On Confluence Property of Active Databases with Meta-Rules
Xianchang Wang, University of Alberta, Canada
Jia-Huai You, University of Alberta, Canada
Li Yan Yuan, University of Alberta, Canada

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Session 8 - Rule Termination Analysis

An Implenentation and Evaluation of the Refined Triggering
Graph Method for Active Rule Termination Analysis
M. Tschudi, Arizona State University, USA
S. Urban, Arizona State University, USA
S. Dietrich, Arizona State University, USA
A. Karadimce, Arizona State University, USA

Investigating Termination in Active Database Systems
with Expressive Rule Languages
Anca Vaduva, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Stella Gatziu, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Klaus R. Dittrich, University of Zurich, Switzerland

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:00 Session 9 - Rule Testing and Validation

On Control Flow Testing of Active Rules in
a Declarative Object-Oriented Framework
Hon Wai Rene Chan, Arizona State University, USA
Suzanne Dietrich, Arizona State University, USA
Susan Urban, Arizona State University, USA

Validating Active Rules by Planning
Piero Fraternali, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Ernest Teniente, Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya, Catalonia
Toni Urpi, Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya, Catalonia

19:00 Workshop Dinner

Saturday, June 28
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9:15 - 10:00 Session 10 - Active Database System Design

ACTIVE-DESIGN: A Generic Toolkit for Deriving Specific
Rule Execution Models
Mokrane Bouzeghoub, University of Versailles
Francoise Fabret, INRIA, Rocquencourt, France
Francois Llirbat, INRIA, Rocquencourt, France
Maja Matulovic, INRIA, Rocquencourt, France
Eric Simon:, INRIA, Rocquencourt, France

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:40 Session 11 - Moderated Discussion

The Future of Rules in DBMS: Is There Anything Left?
Moderator Prof. Klaus R. Dittrich, University of Zurich.

11:40 - 11:45 Bye and end of workshop
11:45 Lunch

Organizing Committee
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Andreas Geppert, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Mikael Berndtsson, University of Skovde, Sweden

Program Committee
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Mokrane Bouzeghoub, France Andreas Geppert, Switzerland
Alex Buchmann, Germany Martin Kersten, Netherlands
Stefano Ceri, Italy Brian Lings, UK
Sharma Chakravarthy, USA Peter Lockemann, Germany
Umesh Dayal, USA Norman Paton, UK
Oscar Diaz, Spain Tore Risch, Sweden
Klaus R. Dittrich, Switzerland Timos Sellis, Greece
Suzanne Embury, UK Eric Simon, France
Narain Gehani, USA Howard Williams, UK

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