(DBWORLD) Ideas '98 CFP - Reminder

M.S.Jackson (cm1914@sund.scit.wlv.ac.uk)
Thu, 9 Oct 1997 06:02:03 +0100 (BST)

INTERNATIONAL DATABASE ENGINEERING
AND
APPLICATIONS SYMPOSIUM
1998

Location: Cardiff, Wales, U.K.
July 8th. - 10th. 1998

CALL FOR PAPERS

IDEAS `98 CFP available at:
http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ideas98

Bringing together database technology users, providers
and researchers to address the problems of engineering
modern database solutions to new and demanding
applications.

Aims
The aim of this Symposium is to address the engineering
and application aspects of databases. This is in response
to the increasing demands placed on related theories and
technologies resulting from the widening scope of
database solutions within all forms of enterprise. In
particular, we wish to focus on the engineering of
database deployments which exploit theories and
technologies from complementary areas, such as
information retrieval, multi- and hyper-media, human
interfaces to databases and communications.

Accordingly, the Symposium will be structured to address
current issues (see topics listed below), relating to
advanced applications, interfaces to databases and
database engineering.

The Symposium will provide an international forum for
technical discussion of Database Engineering and
Application issues faced by the various communities,
including technology providers, users and researchers, in
the areas of database and the complementary technologies
of IR, multi- and hyper-media, HCI, and communications.
It will thus foster closer interaction between these
communities by providing an excellent opportunity for
academics and industrialists to meet, discuss ideas,
debate current developments and look to the future. We
therefore invite participants from government, computer
and user industries, and academia to share ideas and
experiences.

We invite quality papers describing original ideas and
new results on applied technological and theoretical
aspects of Database Engineering and Applications. In
particular we welcome submissions describing work on
integrating new technologies into products and
applications, on experiences with standard and novel
techniques, and on the identification of unsolved issues
that pose challenges to and require attention by the
research community. We consider this conference to be a
unique and important forum to discuss experiences in
applying DBMSs to real-life situations among
practitioners, and between practitioners and researchers.

In the evaluation of the papers submitted, the programme
committee will consider novelty, technical quality, the
value of reported results to developers and users of
information systems, experiences relating to
implementation and application of database engineering
and the depth of challenges to researchers. The
proceedings will be published by the IEEE press. Authors
may consult
http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ideas98/IEEE_Guidelines.htm
for layout details.

Papers are invited on, but not restricted to, the
following topics:

Database engineering, including:
requirements engineering;
data/conceptual/enterprise modelling;
database design theory, tools and methods;
integration of database with complementary
technologies (IR, hyper- and multi-media, HCI,
communications);
performance modelling, evaluation, benchmarks,
complexity and optimisation;
transaction engineering and processing;
data distribution and replication;
formal methods for database engineering;
highly available large-scale systems;
real-time and scientific databases;
legacy systems re-engineering;
database programming languages.

New and demanding applications:
electronic commerce;
WWW and database management system interaction;
CSCW;
CIM;
CASE;
CAI;
data warehousing and data mining;
large database applications;
applications on parallel and distributed systems;
databases in the humanities;
digital libraries;
engineering and scientific databases;
document databases;
office information systems;
social/governmental information systems;
applications of temporal, spatial, GIS, image,
video, and multimedia databases;
information systems to support virtual
organisations.

User interfaces to databases, including:
intelligent user interfaces;
direct manipulation interfaces;
graphical and VR interfaces;
hypertext/hypermedia;
natural language interfaces;
speech user interfaces;
interfaces for data mining and knowledge discovery;
user studies; query formulation.

The symposium also invites authors and developers to
submit shorter poster papers and software demonstrations.
Normally these will describe work in progress.

Important Dates

Papers
Deadline for submission: December 17, 1997
Notification to author: February 20, 1998
Final Paper due: March 27, 1998

Posters, Software Demos:
Deadline for submission: January 16, 1998
Notification to author: February 20, 1998
Final Paper due: March 27, 1998

Submission Instructions:
Original papers of approximately 5,000 words are invited.
Keywords denoting topics addressed should be supplied.
The primary focus is on high-quality original unpublished
research, case studies and implementation experiences.
Papers on implemented systems, from research prototypes
to advanced industry projects, are strongly solicited.
For poster papers or demos, a 1000 words outline should
be sent. We encourage submissions of papers discussing
industrial research and development.

Submissions may be sent on paper or alternatively
electronically as a postscript file.

Authors who wish to submit papers electronically are
asked to read the IEEE guidelines for producing device
independent postscript files at
http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ideas98/IEEE_Guidelines.htm

Papers should be emailed to J.Shao@cs.cf.ac.uk

Authors wishing to submit hard copy should send four
copies of their paper, poster or proposal for a software
demonstration to:
Dr J. Shao
Ideas '98
Department of Computer Science,
University of Wales, Cardiff,
PO Box 916,
Cardiff, CF2 3XF,
UK.

All submissions must arrive on or before the relevant
deadline date. Each paper will be refereed by three
members of the programme committee.

Advance notification of an intention to submit is welcomed.

Addresses
Electronic mail:
J.Shao@cs.cf.ac.uk

WWW page:
http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ideas98

Regular Mail:
Ideas '98
Department of Computer Science, University of Wales,
Cardiff
PO Box 916,
Cardiff, CF2 3XF,
UK.

Programme Committee
Michel Adiba (Grenoble University)
Ken Barker (University of Manitoba)
Tom Carnduff (UWIC, Cardiff)
Andre Clouatre (Universite de Montreal)
Bruce Croft (University of Massachusetts)
Ron Daniel Jr. (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Lois Delcambre (Oregon Graduate Institute)
Nevenka Dimitrova (Philips Research Labs)
Bipin C. Desai (Concordia University) Co-chair
Andrzej Duda (IMAG-LSR)
Barry Eaglestone (University of Bradford) Co-chair
Claude Frasson (Universite de Montreal)
Carole Goble (University of Manchester)
Alex Gray (University of Wales, Cardiff)
Bill Grosky (Wayne State University)
Venkat N. Gudivada (Dow Jones)
Mike Jackson (University of Wolverhampton)
Yahiko Kambayashi (Kyoto University)
Jessie Kennedy (Napier University)
V. S. Laksmanan(Concordia University)
Ted Lawson (University of Wales, Cardiff)
Ghislain Levesque (Universite de Quebec a Montreal)
Rokia Missaoui (Universite de Quebec a Montreal)
Pardo Mustillo(Nortel)
Randal J. Peters (University of Manitoba)
Vijay Raghavan (University of S. Louisiana)
Zbigniew W Ras (University of North Carolina)
Norman Revell (Middlesex University)
Peter Revesz (University of Nebraska at Lincoln)
Mick Ridley (University of Bradford)
Manas Saks Ena (Concordia University)
Jianhua Shoa (University of Wales, Cardiff)
Roger Tagg (Massey University)
Eero Tervonen (CERN/PPE)
Mark Wallace (Imperial College)
Vlad Wietrzyk (Macquarie University)

Steering Committee
Lois Delcambre, (Oregon Graduate Institute)
Bipin C. Desai (Concordia University) Chair
Barry Eaglestone (University of Bradford)
W. Alex Gray, (University of Wales, Cardiff)
Rokia Missaoui (Universite de Quebec a Montreal)

Organising Committee
Bipin C. Desai (Concordia University) Proceedings Chair
Barry Eaglestone (University of Bradford) Co-Organising chair
Nick Fiddian (University of Wales, Cardiff)
Alex Gray (University of Wales, Cardiff)
Mike Jackson (University of Wolverhampton) Publicity chair
Ted Lawson (University of Wales, Cardiff)
Jianhua Shoa (University of Wales, Cardiff) Co-organising chair/treasurer

Symposium Location 1998

Ideas '98 will be held at the University of Wales,
Cardiff, U.K. Cardiff is the capital city of Wales.

Wales is a distinctive part of Britain. Its strong
character stems from its landscape, history and culture.
It is located on the western shore of Britain, separated
from Ireland by the Irish Sea. Most of Wales's industry
and population of 2.89 million is concentrated in the
south-east, around the capital city of Cardiff. The
remainder of Wales is predominantly rural (facts and
figures about Wales). It is one of Britain's most popular
holiday destinations, tourism playing a very important
part in its economy.

Cardiff is a modern capital city which enjoys a quality
of life which is the highest of any established
university city in England and Wales, according to
independent research which looked at factors such as cost
of living, crime rate, housing and shopping facilities.

Cardiff's size (population 300,000) together with its
status as a capital city, ensures that it has plenty to
offer without suffering from disadvantages such as high
prices or overcrowding. As one of Europe's youngest
capitals, its cosmopolitan nature affords something for
everyone, from the excitement of the city centre itself,
to the peace and quiet of the surrounding countryside.

Cardiff benefits from excellent road and rail links with
Britain's other major towns and cities. London, for
example, is only 100 minutes away by train, and the M4
links both the west and south of England, as well as west
Wales. Travel to the Midlands and the North is equally
convenient; the journey by road from Birmingham, for
instance, taking only 2 hours. The main coach and railway
stations are both centrally placed, and Cardiff also
boasts an international airport.

The University of Wales, Cardiff is one of Britain's
major civic universities. It has a history of service and
achievement which dates back to the establishment of the
University of South Wales and Monmouthshire in 1883. It
has its own Royal Charter and has virtual autonomy as the
largest constituent part of the federal University of
Wales. The University is located in and around the
Portland stone buildings, parks and tree-lined avenues
that form Cardiff's magnificent civic centre.

Cardiff has 25 departments and schools organised into
five faculties: Business Studies and Law; Engineering and
Environmental Design; Health and Life Sciences;
Humanities and Social Studies; and Physical Sciences.
There are now over 13 000 undergraduate and postgraduate
students drawn from throughout Wales, the rest of the UK,
and from overseas. Its size enables Cardiff to sustain
large departments in all the main subject areas, and
several degree schemes are unique within the University.

The Symposium banquet will take place in one of Cardiff's
oldest landmarks Cardiff Castle.

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