The 16th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling - ER'97
3-6 November, 1997 Los Angeles, California, USA
http://osm7.cs.byu.edu/ER97
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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
ER'97 returns to UCLA, the site of the first ER Conference in 1981.
To mark this event, a special symposium, Conceptual Modeling:
Historical Perspectives and Future Directions, will be held on the
Sunday prior to the conference and open to all ER'97 registrants.
The symposium will be summarized at an extra pre-conference panel
discussion on Monday evening. Both the symposium and the panel
will be chaired by Dr. Peter P. Chen, originator of the Entity-
Relationship model.
The program for ER'97 has been designed specifically to appeal to
consultants and information systems professionals outside the
computer industry, as well as information technology academics and
researchers in computer-company laboratories. To this end, three
conference sessions are devoted entirely to presentations by
leading researchers based in industry.
The keynote speakers for ER'97 were both active conceptual modelers
early in their careers. Dr. Alan G. Merten is currently the
president of George Mason University, and Dr. Michael L. Brodie is
a senior staff scientist at GTE Laboratories.
Four half-day tutorials by internationally-known experts will be
offered on the day prior to the conference. In addition, four
workshops on topics of current interest will be offered immediately
following the conference. Contact the appropriate organizer if you
are interested in participating in any of these workshops.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Michael L. Brodie Alan G. Merten
Senior Staff Scientist President
GTE Laboratories, Incorporated, USA George Mason University
PRECONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM
Conceptual Modeling: Historical Perspectives and Future Directions
Contact: Mark Foresti (forestim@rl.af.mil)
Mike McNeil (mmcneil@bbn.com)
Leah Wong (wong@cod.nosc.mil)
Peter Chen (chen@bit.csc.lsu.edu)
WORKSHOPS
There will be four workshops held simultaneously on Thursday,
November 6 and continuing Friday, November 7. Workshops require an
additional registration fee.
Workshop 1: Conceptual Modeling in Multimedia Information
Contact: Carlo Meghini (meghini@iei.pi.cnr.it)
The availability of non-textual ("multimedia") documents has
given a new twist to information retrieval research,
unfortunately setting even farther in the future the time in
which generalized, automatic indexing methods will allow
answering of content-based queries. Conceptual modeling and
knowledge representation methodologies offer a promising
approach to this problem.
Workshop 2: Strategies for Collaborative Modeling and Simulation
(Second International Workshop)
Contact: Albert M. Selvin (selvin@nynexst.com)
While offering rigor, clarity, and manageability, many approaches
to modeling require non-specialists to learn arcane symbols or
terminology in order to participate in the modeling activity.
This workshop will explore methods of enabling non-specialists to
directly participate in the building, interpretation, and
"owning" of the models they use in system design and
implementation.
Workshop 3: Cognition and Conceptual Modeling
Contact: Jeffrey Parsons (jeff@salmon.busi.mun.ca)
Cognition is the branch of cognitive psychology that seeks to
understand thought processes and the structure of knowledge.
This workshop will focus on using cognition to understand
existing conceptual modeling techniques, to guide the design of
new techniques, and to provide criteria for evaluating
techniques and methods.
Workshop 4: Behavioral Models and Design Transformations: Issues
and Opportunities in Conceptual Modeling
Contact: Stephen W. Liddle (liddle@byu.edu)
Researchers are devoting increasingly more energy to the problems
of behavioral modeling in conjunction with traditional conceptual
data modeling. The goals of this workshop are to better
understand theoretical aspects of behavioral models, and to use
that understanding to suggest transformations that would be
helpful in the design of active systems.
TUTORIALS
There will be four half-day tutorials held Monday, November 3.
Tutorials require an additional registration fee.
Tutorial 1: OML: A Metamodel and Notation for a Pure Object-
Oriented Software Development Environment
Contact: Brian Henderson-Sellers (brian@csse.swin.edu.au)
Modeling an O-O system is facilitated by a sound meta-model and
an accompanying notational tool which fully represents the pure
object-oriented ideas. Participants will learn how to apply
the notation in a business environment, and why meta-modeling
is important as an underpinning for notations and methodologies.
For system developers, analysts, and designers.
Tutorial 2: A Roles, Relationships & Responsibilities Model for
Developing Workflow Applications
Contact: Sidney Decker (sidney.decker@kpmg.com)
A pragmatic approach to business solution design is presented
which leads to component-based cooperative processing
applications particularly well-suited to web-based commerce.
The methodology expands the concept of implementation
flexibility and respect for legacy systems in harmony with
component-based architecture and message-based distribution.
For practitioners and researchers.
Tutorial 3: A Rapid, Metamodel-Based Methodology for Information
Systems Modeling
Contact: David Kerner (bizmodel@prodigy.com)
A unique approach to information systems modeling is presented
based on a generic model that is customized to the management
strategies of the organization. The model can be used to help
a business to better utilize its resources, to predict the
impact of strategic direction on information technology, to
insure correct measurement of Critical Success Factors, and to
identify out-of-control data. For practitioners.
Tutorial 4: Object-Role Modeling
Contact: Gordon C. Everest (everest@csom.umn.edu)
ORM is a richer, more expressive methodology than E-R modeling.
It provides a more effective, more understandable presentation
of a data model to non-technical end users while eliminating
the need to distinguish entities and attributes or to know
anything about normalization. Limitations of E-R modeling are
identifed and ORM's ability to overcome many of them is shown.
Hands-on exercises help to develop superior data modeling
skills. For practitioners and researchers.
INVITED TALKS
Sridhar Iyengar J. Patrick Thompson
Unisys Fellow Program Manager
Unisys Corporation, USA Microsoft Corporation, USA
and
John Sweitzer
Consulting Engineer
IBM Corporation, USA
SPONSORED BY the ER Institute and UCLA in cooperation with ACM/SIGMOD
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HOTEL RESERVATION FORM
(Reservation Deadline: Oct. 12, 1997)
ER'97 accommodations will be provided by the DoubleTree
Hotel, conveniently located in Westwood. For the special
conference rate, please book before Oct. 12, 1997 and
mention ER '97. Please complete all the information
(type or print), and mail directly to the hotel. If
faxing or phoning reservation, please mention ER '97.
Accommodation desired:
[ ] Single $89 [ ] Double $89
Sales and occupancy taxes are extra.
Check-in is after 15:00, check-out is before 12:00
noon
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A block of rooms has been reserved until Oct. 12,
1997. After this date, room reservations will be
accepted on a space available basis and at a rate of
$94. Please REGISTER EARLY, or there is a risk you
may not get a room. One night's deposit is required
with each reservation. A valid major credit card
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Mail to: Double Tree Hotel-Los Angeles/Westwood
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The 16th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling - ER'97
November 2 - 7, 1997 Los Angeles, California
http://osm7.cs.byu.edu/ER97
Registration Form
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CONFERENCE FEES
ER'97 Fees Before Sept. 30 After Sept. 30
ACM Members $375 $425
Non-members $425 $475
Full-time students* $115 $140
Tutorials
Per session $150 $200
Full-time students $75 $100
Workshops $50 N/A
(by invitation only)
All prices are quoted in US dollars, and all payments should be
made in that currency.
Conference registration includes admission to all sessions, a copy
of the conference proceedings, continental breakfasts each day,
coffee breaks, lunches, and the conference banquet.
Tutorials and workshop fees include lecture notes and coffee breaks.
*The student registration fee does not include proceedings, banquet
or lunches. Proof of full-time student status is required. You
may submit a photocopy of your student ID card or a letter signed
by your advisor.
Mail or fax the form below to:
Hua Yang
c/o Prof. Wesley W. Chu
ER '97
3731 Boelter Hall
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA USA 90095-1596
Inquiries may be directed to Hua Yang by
email: hua@cs.ucla.edu,
telephone: 310-206-0068 or
fax: 310-825-2273
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ER'97 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
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ADVANCE PROGRAM
Sunday, November 2:
09:30 - 17:30 Preconference Symposium: Conceptual Modeling:
Historical Perspectives and Future Directions
(Mark Foresti, Mike McNeil, Leah Wong, Peter Chen)
Symposium Sessions:
(a) Historical Perspectives
(b) Novel Future Directions
(b1) Data Mining and Conceptual Modeling
(b2) Intelligent Agents in Conceptual Modeling
(b3) Multi-Perspective Active Model for Global Under-
standing, Communication, and Information Management
(b4) Other Unconventional Applications and Linkages
Monday, November 3:
08:00 - 12:00 Tutorial 1: OML: A Metamodel and Notation for a Pure
Object-Oriented Software Development
Environment (Brian Henderson-Sellers)
Tutorial 2: A Roles, Relationships & Responsibilities
Model for Developing Workflow Applications
(Sidney Decker)
13:30 - 17:30 Tutorial 3: A Rapid, Metamodel-Based Methodology for
Information Systems Modeling (David Kerner)
Tutorial 4: Object-Role Modeling (Gordon C. Everest)
19:00 - 22:00 Panel 1: Conceptual Modeling: Historical Perspectives
and Future Directions
(Peter Chen, Chair)
Tuesday, November 4:
08:00 - 08:30 Welcome (Wesley Chu)
08:30 - 10:00 Keynote 1: From Conceptual Modeler to University
President (Alan G. Merten, President,
George Mason University, USA)
10:30 - 12:00 Paper Session 2a: Automated Design
An Ontology for Database Design Automation
V.C. Storey (Georgia State University, USA),
H. Ullrich (University of Rochester, USA) &
S. Sundaresan (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Exploiting Domain Knowledge During the Automated Design
of Object-Oriented Databases
M. Lloyd-Williams (University of Sheffield, UK)
Intelligent Support for Retrieval and Synthesis of
Patterns for Object-Oriented Design
S. Purao & V.C. Storey (Georgia State University, USA)
10:30 - 12:00 Paper Session 2b: Temporal Modeling
A Conceptual Development Framework for Temporal
Information Systems
I. Petrounias (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)
Temporal Features of Class Populations and Attributes
in Conceptual Models
D. Costal, A. Olive & M-R. Sancho (Universitat Politecnica
de Catalunya, Spain)
Managing Schema Evolution Using a Temporal Object Model
I.A. Goralwalla, D. Szafron, M.T. Ozsu (University of
Alberta, Canada) & R.J. Peters (University of Manitoba, Canada)
13:30 - 15:00 Invited Talk 1: Distributed Object Repositories --
Concepts and Standards Sridhar Iyengar
(Unisys Corporation, USA)
15:30 - 17:00 Paper Session 4a: Languages
Extended SQL Support for Uncertain Data
D. Dey & S. Sarkar (Louisiana State University, USA)
Conceptual Queries Using ConQuer-II
A.C. Bloesch (InfoModelers Inc., USA) &
T.A. Halpin (The University of Queensland, Australia)
Transaction-Based Specification of Database Evolution
L. Bkgaard (the Aarhus School of Business, Denmark)
15:30 - 17:00 Paper Session 4b: Activity Modeling
Well-Behaving Rule Systems for Entity-Relationship and
Object-Oriented Models
K-D. Schewe (Technical University of Clausthal, Germany)
Behavior Consistent Refinement of Object Life Cycles
M. Schrefl (University of Linz, Austria) &
M. Stumptner (Technische Universität Wien, Austria)
ActivityFlow: Towards Incremental Specification and
Flexible Coordination of Workflow Activities
L. Liu (University of Alberta, Canada) &
C. Pu (Oregon Graduate Institute, USA)
17:00 - 19:00 Reception
Wednesday, November 5:
08:30 - 10:00 Keynote 2: Silver Bullet Shy On Legacy Mountain:
When Neat Technology Just Doesn't Work
or
Miracles To Save The Realm: Faustian
Bargains Or Noble Pursuits
Michael L. Brodie (Senior Staff Scientist,
GTE Laboratories Inc.)
10:30 - 12:00 Paper Session 6a: Applied Modeling
A Multi-Level Architecture for Representing Enterprise
Data Models
D. Moody (Simsion Bowles & Associates, Australia)
A Data Model for Customizing DB Schemas Based on
Business Policies
J. Sekine, A. Kitai, Y. Ooshima & Y. Oohara (NTT
Information and Communication Systems Laboratories, Japan)
Explaining Conceptual Models -- An Architecture and
Design Principles
H. Dalianis & P. Johannesson (Stockholm University and
the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
10:30 - 12:00 Paper Session 6b: Object-Oriented Modeling
Extending an Object-Oriented Model: Multiple Class Objects
T. Hruska & P. Kolencik (Technical University of Brno,
Czech Republic)
A Formal Approach to Metamodeling: A Generic
Object-Oriented Perspective
V.B. Misic (University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia) &
Simon Moser (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)
Object-Oriented Modeling with Associations and Roles
W.W. Chu & G. Zhang (UCLA, USA)
13:30 - 15:00 Paper Session 7a: Theoretical Issues in Modeling
Property Covering: A Powerful Construct for Schema
Derivations
A. Analyti (Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas,
Greece), N. Spyratos (Universite de Paris-Sud, France) &
P. Constantopoulos (Foundation for Research and
Technology-Hellas & University of Crete, Greece)
Inheritance Graph Hierarchy Construction Using Rectangular
Decomposition of a Binary Relation and Designer Feedback
M.M. Gammoudi, J.D. Mendes & W.S. Pinto
(Universidade Federal do Maranhao, Brazil)
Towards an Object Database Approach for Managing Concept
Lattices
K. Waiyamai & L. Lakhal (Universite de Clermont, France)
13:30 - 15:00 Paper Session 7b: Experience and Applications
(Industry Paper Session)
An Experience of Integration of Conceptual Schemas in the
Italian Public Administration
C. Batini & G. Longobardi (AIPA -- Information System
Authority for the Public Administration, Italy) &
S. Fornasiero (Andersen Consulting)
Application-Oriented Design of Behavior:
A Transformational Approach using RADD
M. Albrecht, M. Altus & M. Steeg
15:30 - 17:00 Paper Session 8a: Distributed Systems
A Java-Based Framework for Processing Distributed Objects
D. Wu, D. Agrawal, A.E. Abbadi & A. Singh
(University of California at Santa Barbara, USA)
Fragmentation Techniques for Distributing
Object-Oriented Databases
E. Malinowski & S. Chakravarthy (University of Florida, USA)
An Agent-Based Mobile System
N. Pissinou, K. Makki, M. Hong, L. Ji & A. Kumar
(University of Southwestern Louisiana, USA)
15:30 - 17:00 Panel 2: Is the Future of Conceptual Modeling
Bleak or Bright?
19:00 - 22:00 Banquet
Thursday, November 6:
08:30 - 10:00 Invited Talk 2: Successful Practices in Developing
a Complex Information Model
J. Patrick Thompson (Microsoft Corp., USA)
and John Sweitzer (IBM Corp., USA)
10:30 - 12:00 Paper Session 10a: Integration
Resolving Constraint Conflicts in the Integration of
Entity-Relationship Schemas
M.L. Lee & T.W. Ling (National University of Singapore)
A Formal Framework for ER Schema Transformation
P. McBrien & A. Poulovassilis (King's College London, UK)
A Generative Approach to Database Federation
U. Hohenstein & V. Plesser (Siemens AG, Germany)
10:30 - 12:00 Paper Session 10b: Tools
A Virtual Reality Interface to an Enterprise Metadatabase
L.W. Yee (The University of Hong Kong) &
C. Hsu (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)
A Fully Flexible CAME in a CASE Environment
A.N.W. Dahanayake, H.G. Sol & J.L.G. Dietz
(Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
A Rapid Development Model for MetaCASE Tool Design
G. Maokai, L. Scott, Y. Xiao & R. Offen
(Macquarie University, Australia)
13:30 - 15:30 Workshops (titles are listed above)
16:00 - 18:00 Workshops (continued)
Friday, November 7:
Continuation of Workshops
Note: Actual workshop schedules for Friday are determined by each
individual workshop. Some may continue into the afternoon. Check
with the workshop chair for the actual schedule of the workshop
you are interested in.
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