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Message from General Chairs for 1998
The ACM SIGMOD/PODS Joint Conference aims at fostering close
collaboration
between the theoretical and applied database communities. As we near
the dawn of the next century, database technology remains essential, and
continues to rapidly evolve as more complex and massive information
management requirements emerge. Our society can benefit greatly from the
full maturation of database technology, and we hope that the
collaboration that will result from this joint conference will play a
seminal role in stimulating this process. We encourage you to play a
part in this important event.
The PODS and SIGMOD conferences have separate program committees and
will have separate proceedings. Authors must submit their papers to the
conference that they feel is most appropriate for their work. We
recommend that theoretical papers be submitted to PODS and applied ones
to SIGMOD. The same paper or different versions of the same paper should
not be submitted to both conferences simultaneously. The two conferences
will overlap for two days, but each conference will have a separate
third day without overlap. There will be only one registration process
for the joint, four-day conference. Attendees will receive both
proceedings and be encouraged to attend sessions in both conferences.
Some of the technical events, the lunches, and the outing will be joint
events.
Once again, you are invited to participate in what we plan to be an
exciting and enriching event for 1998 in Seattle, Washington.
Sincerely,
Pamela Drew, SIGMOD General Chair
Alberto Mendelzon, PODS General Chair
SIGMOD/PODS '98 Preliminary Call for Papers
Seventeenth ACM SIGACT-SIGMOD-SIGART
Symposium on Principles of Database Systems (PODS)
Seattle, Washington, June 1-3, 1998
The symposium will focus on new developments in the fundamental aspects
of databases. Original research papers on the theory, design,
specification, or implementation of databases are solicited. Papers
emphasizing new topics or foundations of emerging areas are especially
welcomed.
Topics of Interest
Suggested topics include the following (this list is not exclusive):
access methods and physical design
heterogeneous databases
active databases
integrity and security
complexity and performance evaluation
logic in databases
concurrency control
multimedia databases
constraint databases
object-oriented databases
data integration and interoperability
OLAP
data mining
query languages
data models
real-time databases
database programming languages
semi-structured data
database updates
spatial and temporal databases
databases on Internet and Intranet
transaction management
deductive databases and knowledge bases
views and warehousing
distributed databases
Paper Submission
Submissions of extended abstracts can be sent to one of the following
two addresses, to be received before the deadline of November 17, 1997.
Jan Paredaens
University of Antwerp (UIA)
Universiteitsplein 1
B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium
E-mail: pareda@uia.ua.ac.be
Tel: +32-3-8202409
Fax: +32-3-8202421
Dan Suciu
AT&T Labs-Research
180 Park Avenue, Rm. B294
Florham Park, NJ 07932-0971, USA
E-mail: suciu@research.att.com
Tel: +1-973-3608601
The address, telephone number, FAX number, and e-mail address of the
contact author should be given on the title page of the submission. A
limit of 10 pages is placed on submissions. Font size should be at least
10 points. The abstract must provide sufficient detail to allow the
program committee to assess its merits and should include appropriate
references to and comparisons with the literature. It is recommended
that each submission
begin with a succinct statement of the problem a summary of the main
results, and a brief explanation of their significance and relevance to
the conference, all suited for the non-specialist. Technical development
of the work, directed to the specialist, should follow. If the authors
believe more details are necessary to substantiate the main claims of
the paper, they may include a clearly marked appendix to be read at the
discretion of the committee.
Important PODS dates:
Paper submission deadline:November 17, 1997
Notification of acceptance: February 09, 1998
Camera-ready copy due: March 07, 1998
Symposium: June 1-3, 1998
Conference Organization
General Chair: Alberto Mendelzon, University of Toronto
Program Chair: Jan Paredaens, University of Antwerp
Proceedings Chair: Latha Colby, Red Brick Systems
Publicity Chair: Jan Van den Bussche, University of Limburg
Program Committee:
Christos Faloutsos, University of Maryland
Georg Gottlob, TU Wien
Laks Lakshmanan, Concordia University
Leonid Libkin, Bell Laboratories
Heikki Mannila, University of Helsinki
Rajeev Motwani, Stanford University
Ken Ross, Columbia University
Dan Suciu, AT&T Labs
Moshe Vardi, Rice University
Gerhard Weikum, University of Saarland
1998 ACM SIGMOD
International Conference on Management of Data
Seattle, Washington, June 2-4, 1998
The 1998 ACM-SIGMOD Conference will bring together researchers,
practitioners, developers and users to explore new concepts, tools, and
techniques for database management systems. The conference will provide
a forum for the dissemination of original research contributions as well
as contributions related to practical system design, implementation, and
evaluation. The conference will also feature panel sessions, tutorials,
exhibits, demonstrations and a significant industrial track highlighting
DBMS research and technology. Additional 1998 SIGMOD/PODS information
may be obtained at http://www.boeing.com/sigmod98/
Topics of Interest
The major topics of interest include but are not limited to:
Active Databases
Access Methods and Data Structures
Authorization and DB Security
Constraint and Rule Management
Data Models
Database Design
Database Mining and OLAP
Database Performance, Benchmarks and Tuning Techniques
Database Programming Languages
Distributed Database Systems
Engineering and Scientific Database Systems
Extensible Database Systems
Heterogeneous Database Systems
Imprecise and Uncertain Information
Information Retrieval and Database
Legacy Databases
Logic and Databases
Mobile Computing and Database
Multimedia Database Systems
Object-Oriented Database Systems
Parallel Database Systems
Query Languages
Query Processing and Optimization
Real-Time Database Systems
Spatial and Temporal Database Systems
Tertiary Storage for Database Data
User and Application Interfaces
Workflow and Databases
World-Wide Web and Databases
We strongly encourage submission of papers and participation from the
entire international community of database researchers and
practitioners. We also strongly encourage submission of papers that
propose new approaches to topical areas for which current solutions are
deemed inappropriate. Such papers, while perhaps not as fully developed,
can nonetheless provide new technical directions to the field.
Submission Guidelines:
All submissions (including technical papers, panels, demos, tutorials
and industrial submissions) must be received by November 03, 1997.
Submissions should be sent to the program chair:
Laura M. Haas
IBM Almaden Research Center, K55/B1
650 Harry Road
San Jose, CA 95120-6099
e-mail: sigmod98@almaden.ibm.com
phone: 408-927-1722 fax: 408-927-3215
Research Papers
Please submit six copies of an original manuscript to the program chair.
All submissions should be less than 25 pages, double-spaced, in no
smaller than 10 point font (and with normal margins). The address,
telephone number, FAX number, and electronic address of the contact
author should be given on the title page of the submission. In addition,
you must submit to the program chair by electronic mail a PLAIN ASCII
file (no postscript, no LaTex) containing the title of the paper, the
authors, and an abstract of 250 words or less by October 27, 1997. All
authors of accepted papers will be expected to sign copyright release
forms, and one author of each accepted paper will be expected to present
the paper at the conference. Proceedings will be distributed at the
conference, and will be subsequently available for purchase through the
ACM. For current and detailed submission instructions please follow
directions in
http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/sigmod98/sigmodcfp.html#research
SIGMOD Industrial Track
Plans for the conference include a continued emphasis on the SIGMOD
industrial program. To this end, SIGMOD solicits submissions focusing
on industrial experience with databases, database systems, and other
data-related technologies. Solicited topics include technical
innovations in commercial database products, as well as novel
application of databases or database technology in industrial settings.
Actual case studies from practitioners emphasizing applications,
database technology, system deployment, organizational ramifications, or
business impact are especially welcomed. Submissions should take the
form of an extended abstract (2 pages maximum) and should be sent to the
program chair by the regular paper deadline. These submissions will be
forwarded to the Industrial Track Co-Chairs and evaluated by the
Industrial Committee. Authors of accepted submissions will be invited
to speak in the Industrial Track of the conference and to have their
extended abstract (or an expanded version) included in the SIGMOD
conference proceedings. For current and detailed submission instructions
please follow directions in
http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/sigmod98/sigmodcfp.html#industrial
Demonstration and Exhibits Program
SIGMOD'98 will feature demonstrations of software prototypes from
universities and research laboratories related to database management
systems research and practice. To submit a proposal, please send
project/system description of up to 5 pages to the program chair by the
regular paper deadline. Submissions will be forwarded to the
Demonstrations Chair for evaluation. Descriptions of accepted
demonstrations will appear in the proceedings. In addition, publishers
are invited to exhibit books and related journals. For current and
detailed submission instructions please follow directions in
http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/sigmod98/sigmodcfp.html#demos
Tutorial and Panel Program
There will be a series of 1.5 hour tutorial and panel sessions focused
on issues relevant to researchers and/or practitioners of DBMS
technology. Each panel or tutorial proposal should include a one-page
description of the subject matter, the name of the organizer, and for
panels, a list of proposed panelists. Descriptions of accepted
submissions will appear in the proceedings. Submissions should be
addressed to the program chair who will forward them to the appropriate
chair for evaluation. For current and detailed submission instructions
please follow directions in
http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/sigmod98/sigmodcfp.html#panels
Important SIGMOD Dates
Firm deadline for abstracts of papers (REQUIRED) October 27, 1997
(Follow directions in
http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/sigmod98/sigmodcfp.html#research)
Firm deadline for ALL submissions (email submissions NOT accepted):
November 03, 1997
Notification of acceptance/rejection: January 30, 1998
Camera-ready copies due: March 07, 1998
Organizing Committee
General Chair: Pam Drew, Boeing
Program Chair: Laura Haas, IBM
Demonstrations Chair: Lois Delcambre, Oregon Graduate Institute
Exhibits Chair: Ali Bahrami, Boeing
Industrial Program Co-Chairs:
Roger King, University of Colorado
Jose Blakeley, Microsoft
Alejandro Buchmann, T.H. Darmstadt
Local Arrangements: Mark Crandall, Boeing Library
Panels Chair: Michael Brodie, GTE
Proceedings Editor: Ashutosh Tiwary, Boeing
Publicity Chair: Prabhu Ram, Boeing
Registration: Lyman Do, Oregon Graduate Institute
Tutorials Chair: Markus Tresch, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
(ETH)
Treasurer: Christoph Bussler, Boeing
SIGMOD Program Committee:
Rafael Alonso, Sarnoff Labs
Catriel Beeri, Hebrew University
Azer Bestavros, Boston University
Paul Brown, Informix
Surajit Chaudhuri, Microsoft
Chin-Wan Chung, KAIST
Umeshwar Dayal, HP Labs
Klaus Dittrich, University of Zurich
Asuman Dogac, Middle Eastern Technical University
Amr El Abbadi, University of California Santa Barbara
Shel Finkelstein, SunSoft
Shahram Ghandeharizadeh, University of Southern California
Paul W. P. J. Grefen, University of Twente
Theo Haerder, University of Kaiserslautern
Ralf Hartmut Gueting, Fernuniversitaet Hagen
Eric Hanson, University of Florida
Joseph Hellerstein, University of California Berkeley
Donald Kossmann, University of Passau
Yannis Ioannidis, University of Wisconsin and University of Athens
Alon Levy, AT&T Research
Bruce Lindsay, IBM
Miron Livny, University of Wisconsin
David Lomet, Microsoft
Frank Manola, Object Services and Consulting
Meral Ozsoyoglu, Case Western Reserve University
Kotagiri Ramamohanarao, University of Melbourne
Rajeev Rastogi, Bell Labs (Lucent)
Elke Rundensteiner, University of Michigan
Marek Rusinkiewicz, MCC
Giuseppe Santucci, University di Roma 1
Sunita Sarawagi, IBM
Donovan Schneider, Red Brick
Praveen Seshadri, Cornell University
Seshadri, IIT Bombay
Amit Sheth, University of Georgia
Keishi Tajima, Kobe University
Anthony Tomasic, INRIA
Patrick Valduriez, INRIA
Dirk van Gucht, University of Indiana
Jennifer Widom, Stanford University
Yelena Yesha, CESDIS and University of Maryland, Baltimore
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