(DBWORLD) ADBIS'97 Call for Participation

Boris Novikov (borisnov@acm.org)
Thu, 03 Jul 1997 12:39:14 +0400

Call for Participation

First East-European Symposium on Advances in Databases and
Information
Systems
ADBIS'97

St.-Petersburg (Russia), September 2 - 5, 1997

In cooperation with the ACM SIGMOD
Sponsored by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Hosted by University of St.-Petersburg

The latest information about ADBIS is available on WWW at:

http://www.niimm.spb.su/~borisnov/ADBIS97/adbis97CfPart.html

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Aims and Scope
Topics
Technical Programme
Location and Venue
Travel and Accommodation
Registration
How to reach local organizers
Important Dates
Organizational bodies

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Aims and Scope

The East European Symposium on Advances in Databases and Information
Systems (ADBIS) - a series of annual high quality international
conferences
- will provide a forum for the exchange of scientific achievements
between
the research communities of Eastern Europe and the rest of the world in
the
area of databases and information systems. It continues and consolidates

the series of ADBIS workshops organized by the Moscow ACM SIGMOD Chapter

and the East-West Database workshops. The new annual Symposium will be
hosted by different countries of the Eastern Europe including the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Ukraine (this

list is open and only indicates an immediate possibility of the
countries
to host the Symposium).

The symposium will consist of regular sessions with technical
contributions
reviewed and selected by an international program commitee, invited
talks
by leading experts, tutorials, and special sections like industrial
programs and posters on ongoing research projects in Eastern European
countries.

ACM SIGMOD will actively support the organization of the Symposia and
warrant the high quality of the program. The Moscow ACM SIGMOD Chapter
serves as a focal point of the event. The organizers have the ambition
to
make the ADBIS Symposium the premier database and information systems
conference in Eastern Europe, to increase interaction and collaboration
between researchers from East and West and to provide an internationally

recognized tribune for the presentation of research.

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Topics

The ADBIS97 Symposium focuses on emerging and innovative approaches
through which advanced information systems (IS) and system-level
functions
can be developed within the distinct frameworks. New large- and
middle-scaled IS components, their performance issues, their
reliability,
their architectures and applications, and progress in their design,
implementation and deployment technologies will continue to be
emphasized.

Additionally, the symposium addresses to the uprising subjects and
topics.
Among which are the emerging theories, computational principles,
technologies and architectures within which novel principles and
techniques
can be developed and applied to address practical issues for large- and
middle-scaled information systems, such as integrity constraints,
consistency, performance, object management, interoperability,
cooperative
systems, transaction management, distributed computations, client-server

systems, etc.

The topics include, but not limited to, the following:

* Object-oriented and computational models
* Ontological modeling and specification
* Enterprise Modeling
* Requirements engineering
* Design engineering
* Re-engineering and legacy systems
* Methodologies and tools
* Activity modeling and advanced transaction and workflow models
* Data Warehousing
* Parallel and distributed databases
* Deductive and object-oriented databases
* Data mining, knowledge discovery and knowledge bases
* Interfaces to databases and information systems
* Novel database application areas
* Scientific databases and information systems
* Large area information systems on the Internet (based on WWW,
CORBA,
Java technologies)
* Multimedia information systems
* Interoperable, heterogeneous environments and systems
* Semantic interoperability, megaprogramming and reuse

The ADBIS workshops have provided special sections to Russian Basic
Research Foundation (RBRF) contributions as well Ph.D students
contributions over the past few years. Selected presentations and
contributions are continue to be identified for development into full
proceedings papers.

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Technical Program

The technical program will include keynote, tutorials, invited and
regular
talks, poster session, and RFBR grant holders track: "Information
Systems
for Science" and will be available later. A preliminary version of the
program, for some reasons in PostScript format, can be found at:

http://www.ipi.ac.ru/sigmod/adbis/adbis97/program.ps

Please note that this version of the program will be re-scheduled.

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Location and Venue

The symposium will be held in St.-Petersburg, the second largest city
and
former capital of Russia. Founded by Peter the Great, this city was
international in spirit from the very beginning and is very different
from
other Russian cities.

Saint-Petersburg is a very beautiful city. It is a city of numerous
sights:
magnificent
architectural ensembles, granite embankments, large squares, broad
symmetrical avenues. Monuments, museums, exhibition halls, parks and
gardens. Many outstanding architects took part in the designing and
construction of the city. The oldest and the most striking building are
the
Peter and Paul fortress and the Admiralty. One of the most beautiful
places
is the Palace Square with the remarkable world's tallest monolith the
Alexander column. The first thing you should visit in Saint-Petersburg
is
the Hermitage - the world famous museum. The city is exceptionally rich
in
monuments, the best being the monument to the founder of the city, Peter
I
on the Neva embankment which is called "The Bronze Horseman".

You can have a look at the suburbs. It will take you an hour to reach
Peterhof, the residence of Russian tsars. The history of Peterhof goes
back
to the early XVIII century when it was built as a monument to the
victories
by Russia to find an outlet to the Baltic. All the ornamentation of the
ensembles is permeated with the idea of glorifying the country's naval
power. It was executed by the most prominent architects, sculptors and
fountain builders. Not far from Saint-Petersburg is situated another
town -
Tsarskoye selo where you can visit the Great Catherine's Palace built by

Rastrelli. This town is also famous by its park which is very beautiful
in
autumn.

The best season to visit St.-Petersburg is June. In September the
weather
is not stable, the temperatures may vary in a wide range of 5-20 C
(40-70
F). Rains are very probable.

You can obtain more detailed information about St.-Petersburg here.

The conference venue is the main building of University of
St.-Petersburg.
It is one of the oldest buildings in the city, constructed by Domenico
Trezzini, Italian architect invited by Peter the Great, in the beginning
of
18-th century. It is located in walking distance from major city
sightseeing's, including the Hermitage.

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Travel and Accommodation

Airlines

St.-Petersburg has air connections with major European cities, provided
by
several airline vendors. Although the number of flights is significantly

less than to Moscow, we do not recommend flights via Moscow unless you
have
special reasons to visit Moscow.

Money

When travelling to Russia, you'll need cash. Credit cards are accepted
only
in few restaurants, shops, and banks. In most places you cannot pay with

credit card. Normally the payment should be in Russian currency
(rubles),
but sometimes US dollars are accepted.

The exchange rate is currently about 5780 rbl for US$1, it is subject to

small changes, and may be slightly different in different banks. Several

currency exchange offices are available in daytime.

IMPORTANT. Never change money in the street. Several people may suggest
you
this service, please AVOID THEM - it is dangerous. Use official exchange

bureau instead.

Visa support

In most cases you'll need Russian visa to visit Russia. Tourist visa
support (necessary for Russian consulates over the world) can be
obtained
from travel agencies (listed below). Please contact one of these
agencies
directly - this will save you both time and money.

Ground transportation

The St.-Petersburg airport is located relatively close to the city.
There
are two terminals, Pulkovo-1 and Pulkovo-2, for domestic and
international
flights, respectively.

>From Pulkovo-2 you can reach your hotel with one of three methods:

1. Book transfer from Cosmos travel agency in a pack with visa support

and hotel reservation. The price is $35 from airport and $25 to
airport. We recommend this method.
2. Book a taxi via special desk in the arrivals hall of the terminal.
The
taxi may cost about $40.
3. Use public transportation services. Bus No 13 will bring you to the

nearest metro (underground) station "Moskovskaya".

IMPORTANT. In the airport, several people will suggest you taxi service,

please avoid them - non-official taxi are more expensive (about $50) and

sometimes are not safe. When using taxi in the city, use only cars
clearly
marked as taxi. Do not use taxis which already has passengers, this is
common practice, but it it not safe.

A shuttle bus will be provided from hotel "Sovetskaya" to the conference

venue.

Hotel reservation

Hotel may be booked from the travel agencies (which provide significant
discounts) together with visa support:

Cosmos

Provides visa support, hotel reservation, and transfer from airport (if
requested). Various hotels are available, in the price range $40 - $300
per
night.

We strongly recommend to get a service pack from them, which includes
visa
support, transfer from/to airport, and hotel reservation. The transfer
in
optional, but we recommend to include it, because the cost is less than
regular taxi from airport.

Optionally, they can provide a city tour ride with a guide in the same
pack.

We recommend to ask them for hotel "Sovetskaya" (price range, if booked
via
this agency, is $40-$65). If you prefer more expensive hotel, our
recommendation is five-star "Astoria", located in walking distance from
conference venue. The prices in Astoria, when booked via this agency,
are
$180-$200 per night.

The address of travel agency is:

35, 2nd Line Vasilievsky Island
Saint Petersburg 199053, RUSSIA
Tel: +7 (812) 327-7256
Fax: +7 (812) 327-7429
E-mail: cosmos@infopro.spb.su

They can also provide tickets to theatres and other tourist services.

Sindbad Travel

Provides visa support and low-budget accommodation ($19 per night) in
"an
international student's hostel".

They are located at:

3rd Sovetskaya Ulitsa, 28, St. Petersburg, 193036, Russia
tel: +7 (812) 327-8384 fax: + 7 (812) 329-8019
e-mail: sindbad@ryh.spb.su

Their postal address is:

(to Russia via Finnish post)
Sindbad Travel
PO Box 8, SF-53501
Lappeenranta, Finland

Participants from Russia may also book one of the following hotels
(please
contact the hotel directly):

Neva

The prices start from 180000 rbl per night.

191187, Chaykovskogo, 17
tel: (812) 278 0504
fax: (812) 273 2593

Rus'

The prices start from 115000 rbl per night.

191104, Artilleriyskaya, 2
tel: (812) 273 4683
fax: (812) 279 3600

Researchers working in institutions of RAS may also book hotel complex
of
St.-Petersburg scientific centre:

Nauka

194017, Engelca Prospekt 65, tel. (812) 553 8455
191186 Millionnaya ul. 27, tel. (812) 312 3156, fax (812) 315
8458

They are going to change prices soon, new prices are not known yet.

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Registration

To attend the symposium, in general you need to do the following:

1. Obtain visa support, book hotel (see accommodation for method of
doing
this in one shot), and then get visa from nearest Russian
consulate;
2. Send the filled registration form (below), please send the form
before
August 20, 1997 (note that this form is not necessarily should be
accompanied by payment of fees);
3. Pay applicable registration fee, using one of two methods described

below.

Fees

The regular Symposium fee US $210
ACM and/or ACM SIGMOD members US $190.
Student's fee US $50
RFBR grantees free
In addition, limited number of discounts are available for participants
from East Europe, CIS states, and Russia. The discounts are applicable
only
to persons actually working in research institutions of these countries.
To
apply for discount, please fill discount request form and send it before

July, 31 to:

borisnov@acm.org

The rate of discounts will be announced later, but most likely it will
be
not less that 50% of appropriate registration fee. The
approval/rejection
of discount requests will be announced to applicants in one week after
arrival of application.

Regular and ACM member registration fees include admission to the
technical
sessions, tutorial, reception, refreshment breaks, and one copy of the
symposium proceedings.

Student fee includes only the technical sessions, proceedings, and
refreshment breaks.

The participation is free for researchers involved in projects supported

by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. Registered RFBR grantees
may
attend all technical sessions and refreshment breaks. The authors will
receive a copy of proceedings (on one-per-paper basis). To participate
in
the reception, RFBR grantees should buy reception tickets.

(Additional) tickets for reception will be available at registration
desk.

Unfortunately, we cannot accept credit cards. Two methods of payment are

available:

* bank transfer (free of charges for us, please) to:
"Boris Novikov" account 849070125
Bank Saint-Petersburg,
Ostrovskogo, 7
St.-Petersburg 191011 Russia
SWIFT: JSBSRU2P

Please specify the purpose of the transfer as:
"ADBIS'97 registration fee"

* by cash at the registration desk.

The payments via bank transfer should arrive before August 20, 1997.

Cancellation policy

The requests to cancel registration will not be accepted.

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ADBIS'97 Registration form

(please fill in and e-mail it before August, 20, 1997 to:

Boris Novikov <borisnov@acm.org>

Name: (First, Middle, Last): __________________________________________

Affiliation: ____________________________________________________

Mailing Address: ________ ________________________________________

City, State, Mail Code/Zip: __________________________________________

Country: ______________________________________________________

Telephone _______________________ Fax _________________________

Email _________________________________________________________

ACM Membership No (if applicable):______________

RFBR grant (Russian participants only):
Name of grantee (if different from participant)____________________

_________________________________________Grant No:_________________

Registration Fee US $ _______________

Method of Payment: _____Bank transfer _____Cash

Hotel reserved via travel agency_________________________________

Arrival date___________________Flight__________________________

Departure date__________________Flight_________________________

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Discount request form

(Applicable only for participants from East Europe, CIS states, and
Russia.
The discounts are applicable only to persons actually working in
research
institutions of these countries. To apply for discount, please fill
discount request form and send it before July, 31 to:

borisnov@acm.org

The approval/rejection of discount requests will be announced to
applicants
before August 8, 1997.

Full name:

Country:

E-mail address:

Affiliation (institution, position, etc.):

Major research interests:

Grants:

Recent scientific publications (not more than 4):

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How to reach local organizers

Please send your questions and requests to Boris Novikov
<borisnov@acm.org>

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Important Dates

Full papers by email for Symposium June 15
Symposium September 2 - 5
Final version of paper for the
proceedings October 30

Organizational bodies

General Co-Chairs

Mikhail Alfimov

Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Leninsky prosp. 32a, 117334 Moscow

Leonid Kalinichenko

Institute for Problems of Informatics
Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
Vavilov str., 30/6, 117900, Moscow
Phone: (095) 237-20-31
e-mail: leonidk@synth.ipi.ac.ru

Yuri Zhuravlev

Computing Center RAS
Vavilov str., 40, 117967, Moscow
Phone: (095) 135-24-89

Organizational Committee

Juris Borzovs (Latvia)
Albertas Caplinskas (Lithuania)
Ahto Kalja (Estonia)
Tadeusz Morzy (Poland)
Pavol Navrat (Slovakia)
Jaroslav Pokorny (Czech Republic)
Anatoly Stogny (Ukraine)
Tatjana Welzer (Slovenia)

Program Committee Co-Chairs

Rainer Manthey (Germany)

Viatcheslav Wolfengagen (Russia)
e-mail: vew@jmsuice.msk.ru

Program Committee

Suad Alagic (Wichita State University, USA)
Yuri Breitbart (Bell Laboratories - Lucent Technologies, USA)
Nikolay Emelyanov (Institute for Systems Analysis, RAS, Russia)
Janis Grundspenkis (Riga Technical University, Latvija)
Remigijus Gustas (Kaunas Technical University, Lithuania)
Leonid Kalinichenko (Inst. for Problems of Informatics RAS, Russia)
Hannu Kangassalo (University of Tampere, Finland)
Wolfgang Klas (University of Ulm, Germany)
Mikhail Kogalovsky (Institute for Market Economy, RAS, Russia)
Sergey Kuznetsov (Institute for Systems Programming, RAS, Russia)
Peri Loucopoulos (UMIST, Manchester, UK)
Florian Matthes (University of Hamburg, Germany)
Yannis Manolopoulos (Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece)
Ron Morrison (St.-Andrews University, Scotland)
Tadeusz Morzy (Tech. Uniersity of Poznan, Poland)
Pavol Navrat (Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, Slovakia)
Nikolay Nikitchenko (Kiev University, Ukraine)
Priit Parmakson (Concordia International University Estonia, Tallinn)
Colette Rolland (Sorbonne, France)
Silvio Salza (University of Rome, Italy)
Julius Stuller (Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha)
Kazimierz Subieta (Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of
Sciences, Warsaw)
Bernhard Thalheim (Tech. University of Cottbus, Germany)
Benkt Wangler (Stockholm University/Royal Institute of Technology,
Kista,
Sweden)
Tatjana Welzer (University of Maribor, Slovenia)
Alexandre Zamulin (Inst. of Informatics Systems, Novosibirsk, Russia)
ACM SIGMOD Advisor
Marek Rusinkiewicz (MCC, USA)
European Coordinator
Johann Eder (Klagenfurt University, Austria)

A welcome

We welcome your contribution to this new symposium. We are confident you

will find exciting and thoughtful discussions of principles and
practices
of future information systems, innovative information technologies and
presentations. We hope and belive that the Symposium will assist you to
pursue the choice of forward-looking testbeds.

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