CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
International Symposium on
Digital Media Information Base
(DMIB'97)
Nara-ken New Public Hall, Nara, Japan, November 26-28, 1997
Sponsored by: Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)
Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture (Mombusyo)
Supported by: Nara Convention Bureau
In cooperation with:
Scientific Research on Priority Areas (Research and Development
of Advanced Database Systems for Integration of Media and User
Environments)
Kyoto/Japan ACM SIGMOD
Information Processing Society of Japan
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* Program *
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(Short papers are marked with *)
---------------------<<<Wednesday, November 26, 1997>>>-----------------------
9:30 --
Registration
10:10 -- 10:40 Room A
[Opening Address]
- Yasuyuki Yamada (President, NAIST)
- Shunsuke Uemura (Symposium Chair; NAIST)
- Masatoshi Yoshikawa (Program Committee Chair; NAIST)
10:40 -- 11:30 Room A
[Session 1: Invited Talk I]
- Digital Library and InterMedia Technologies for Universal Access
Y. T. Chien (National Science Foundation)
11:30 -- 13:00 Lunch
13:00 -- 14:30 Room A
[Session 2A: Databases for Virtual Space]
- The Block-World Data Model for the Realization of Three-Dimensional
Virtual Work Space
Yoshifumi Masunaga (University of Library and Information Science)
- Authoring and Retrieval of Digital Assets for Virtual Studio Systems
Yutaka Kidawara (Kobe Research Center, TAO), Sawa Fumi, Miki Kawauchi
and Katsumi Tanaka (Kobe University)
- Use of Object Co-Existence Relationships for Generation of Virtual
Hypermedia Maps
Takashi Kuroda, Hiroki Takakura (Kyoto University),
Masatoshi Arikawa (Hiroshima City University)
and Yahiko Kambayashi (Kyoto University)
13:00 -- 14:30 Room B
[Session 2B: Advanced Object-Oriented Databases]
- Specification of Intentional Multimedia Presentations using an
Object-Oriented Database
Herve Martin (LSR-IMAG)
- Classification of Late Roman Bronze Coins Using an Object-Oriented
Database
Thomas Birke, Matthias Wagner and Werner Kiessling
(Universitaet Augsburg)
- The View Table Approach to Manage Soft Constraints on Complex Object
Tetsuro Kakeshita (Saga University)
14:30 -- 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 -- 16:45 Room A
[Session 3A: Multimedia Data Management]
- Selective Progressive Image Transmission Using Diagonal Sampling technique
Ji-Han Jiang, Chin-Chen Chang (National Chung Cheng University) and
Tung-Shou Chen (National Chin-Yi Institute of Technology)
- An Adaptive Spatio-Temporal Data Management for Highly Interactive
Environment
Atsuki Naka, Naoki Saiwaki and Shogo Nishida (Osaka University)
- Semantic Representation of Video Content based on Prototype-Instance Model
Kuniaki Uehara and Naoaki Horiuchi (Kobe University)
- Flexible Play Back Facilities for Distance Education *
Kaoru Katayama (Kyoto University), Osami Kagawa (Hiroshima Denki
Institute of Technology), Yasuhiro Kamiya and Yahiko Kambayashi
(Kyoto University)
15:00 -- 16:30 Room B
[Session 3B: Information Filtering and Browsing]
- Incremental Clustering for Dynamic Information Filtering
Noriaki Horii and Kuniaki Uehara (Kobe University)
- Semantics of Incomplete Database for Global Query Processing
Shingo Otsuka and Nobuyoshi Miyazaki (Chiba Institute of Technology)
- A Method for Retrieving Relevant Entries of Molecular Biology Databases
using Word Co-occurrence Frequency *
Yoshihisa Kawamoto, Akihiro Inoue, Yoshihiko Tamada, Hideo Matsuda,
Michio Nakanishi, Akihiro Hashimoto (Osaka University)
- Functions of a Browsing Navigator *
Toshihiro Kakimoto (Fujitsu Lab.) and Yahiko Kambayashi (Kyoto
University)
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9:15 -- 11:45 Noh-gaku Hall
[Session 4: Invited Talk II]
- TERC+: A Temporal Conceptual Model
Christine Parent, Stefano Spaccapietra and Esteban Zimanyi
(Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne)
- Distributed Information Mediation and Query Processing in a CORBA
Environment
Stanley Y. W. Su and Tsae-Feng Yu (University of Florida)
- -- Deductive Object-Oriented Databases -- Technology, Products,
Applications: where are we?
Jean-Marie Nicolas (Next Century Media, Inc.)
11:45 -- 13:15 Lunch
13:15 -- 15:00 Room A
[Session 5A: Video Databases]
- New Indexing Method for Content-Based Video Retrieval and Clustering for
MPEG Video Database
Zaher Aghbari, Kunihiko Kaneko and Akifumi Makinouchi
(Kyushu University)
- Clustering and Authoring of Video Shots Using Hybrid-type Self-Organizing
Maps
Kenji Hatano, Toshiyuki Kamei and Katsumi Tanaka (Kobe University)
- Exploiting Data Structuration in a High Performance Video Server for TV
archives
Ahmed Mostefaoui (Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon)
- Querying Virtual Videos Using Path and Temporal Expressions *
Rafael Lozano and Herve Martin (Laboratoire Logiciels
Systemes Reseaux - IMAG)
13:15 -- 15:00 Room B
[Session 5B: Query Processing]
- An Efficient Indexing Scheme for Temporal Joins in Relational Environment
Chin-Chen Chang and Chin-Feng Lee (National Chung Cheng University)
- A Parallel Optimistic Dynamic Optimization of Discrimination Networks for
Active Databases
Jun Miyazaki and Haruo Yokota (Japan Advanced Institute of Science
and Technology)
- Implementation and Evaluation of Parallel Relational Query Processing
Using Transposed Files on Shared Memory Multiprocessors
Seigo Muto, Takayuki Tamura, Miyuki Nakano and Masaru Kitsuregawa
(Tokyo University)
- A Dynamic Parallel Query Scheduling for Distributed Shared Persistent
Object Stores *
Yun Jiang (Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts),
Guoren Wang (North Eastern University) and Akifumi Makinouchi
(Kyushu University)
15:00 -- 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 -- 17:10 Noh-gaku Hall
[Session 6: Invited Talk III]
- Searching Multimedia Databases by Content
Christos Faloutsos
(Carnegie Mellon University and University of Maryland)
- Design and Implementation of Continuous Media Servers
Shahram Ghandeharizadeh (University of Southern California)
17:20 -- 17:50 Noh-gaku Hall
Noh (Komparu School "Hatsuyuki")
18:00 -- 20:00 Reception Hall
Reception
---------------------<<<Friday, November 28, 1997>>>-----------------------
9:15 -- 11:45 Noh-gaku Hall
[Session 7: Invited Talk IV]
- Views of Text
Frank Tompa (University of Waterloo)
- Indexing Documents for Queries on Structure, Content, and Attributes
Ron Sacks-Davis, Tuong Dao, James Thom and Justin Zobel (RMIT)
- Data Mining in Temporal, Spatial, and Textual Databases
Willi Kloesgen (GMD)
11:45 -- 13:15 Lunch
13:15 -- 14:30 Room A
[Session 8A: Document Databases]
- Integrated Querying and Restructuring of the World Wide Web and Databases
Atsuyuki Morishima and Hiroyuki Kitagawa (University of Tsukuba)
- The Development of a Document Digitizing System: The ``Information
Factory''
Toshiyuki Kamiya, Hideaki Daimon, Satoshi Segawa, Noboru Nakajima,
Kazuo Ishida and Misa Namiuchi (NEC)
- Dynamic Properties of Attributes for Structured Documents Access *
Franck Fourel, Philippe Mulhem and Marie-France Bruandet (CLIPS-IMAG)
13:15 -- 14:30 Room B
[Session 8B: Mobile Databases and Transaction Management]
- Relocation Decision Policies for Mobile Replicas
Budiarto, Kaname Harumoto, Masahiko Tsukamoto and Shojiro Nishio
(Osaka University)
- Energy-Efficient Index Replication for Wireless Data Broadcasting *
Yon Dohn Chung and Myoung Ho Kim (Korea Advanced Institute of
Science and Technology)
- On Unifying Message and Transaction Management for Collaborative Design
Work *
Mizuho Iwaihara, Sozo Inoue and Hiroki Matsuo (Kyushu University)
- Using OCP to Build Flexible Coordination Protocols: A Transactional
Multimedia Application *
Tong Zhou, Calton Pu and Ling Liu (Oregon Graduate Institute)
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* Organization *
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Symposium Chair: Shunsuke Uemura (NAIST, Japan)
Steering Committee
Chair: Yahiko Kambayashi (Kyoto U., Japan)
Masaru Kitsuregawa (U. of Tokyo, Japan)
Akifumi Makinouchi (Kyushu U., Japan)
Yoshifumi Masunaga (ULIS, Japan)
Shojiro Nishio (Osaka U., Japan)
Katsumi Tanaka (Kobe U., Japan)
Program Committee
Chair: Masatoshi Yoshikawa (NAIST, Japan)
Hirofumi Amano (Kyushu U., Japan)
Masatoshi Arikawa (Hiroshima City U., Japan)
Rudolf Bayer (TU Muenchen, Germany)
Klaus Dittrich (Universitaet Zuerich, Switzerland)
Tetsuya Furukawa (Kyushu U., Japan)
Shuuji Harashima (Toshiba, Japan)
Ushio Inoue (NTT Data, Japan)
Hiroshi Ishikawa (Fujitsu Laboratories, Japan)
Yoshiharu Ishikawa (NAIST, Japan)
Tetsuro Kakeshita (Saga U., Japan)
Norio Katayama (NACSIS, Japan)
Hiroyuki Kitagawa (U. Tsukuba, Japan)
Yasushi Kiyoki (Keio U., Japan)
Isao Kojima (ETL, Japan)
Takeo Kunishima (NAIST, Japan)
Yasushi Ogawa (Ricoh, Japan)
Eitetsu Oomoto (Kyoto Sangyo U., Japan)
Ron Sacks-Davis (RMIT, Australia)
Keizo Saisho (NAIST, Japan)
Shinji Shimojo (Osaka U., Japan)
Keishi Tajima (Kobe U., Japan)
Hiroki Takakura (Kyoto U., Japan)
Hiroyuki Tarumi (Kyoto U., Japan)
Frank Tompa (U. of Waterloo, Canada)
Masahiko Tsukamoto (Osaka U., Japan)
Kunitoshi Tsuruoka (NEC, Japan)
Haruo Yokota (JAIST, Japan)
Organizing Committee Chair: Keizo Saisho (NAIST, Japan)
Yoshiharu Ishikawa (NAIST, Japan)
Takeo Kunishima (NAIST, Japan)
Hiroki Takakura (Kyoto U., Japan)
Kiyokatsu Imade (NAIST, Japan)
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* Registration *
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DMIB 97 Registration Form
Please type and return this form by FAX or by air mail to :
Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd. International Travel, Osaka Branch
c/o Nikko Bldg. 7F, 2-11-8, Sonezaki, Kita-ku, Osaka 530, JAPAN
Phone: +81-6-313-6868
Fax: +81-6-314-1601
E-mail: intlosa@tabi.knt.co.jp
Name: Mr. Ms. Dr. Prof. / /
(given, first name)(middle initial)(family, last name)
Section/Department:
Affiliation:
Address:
(country)
Phone:(from country code)
Fax: (from country code)
E-Mail:
Accompanying Person(s): Mr. Ms. / /
(given, first name)(middle initial)(family, last name)
REGISTRATION FEE
on or before on or after
Oct. 31, 1997 Nov. 1, 1997
Ordinary 30,000Yen 35,000Yen x person(s) = Yen
Student 8,000Yen 10,000Yen x person(s) = Yen
Sub Total = Yen (A)
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
Your chosen Hotel Code (ex. A-1 Nara Hotel Single) 1st choice: 2nd choice:
I will share a room with (if not accompanying person)
Period of Stay: Check-in Date for night(s)
Hotel Deposit: Yen per person x person(s) = Yen (B)
GRAND TOTAL (A) + (B) = Yen (C)
PAYMENT
□ Please charge the above total to my credit card.
Record of Charges
Total Amount: Yen (C)
Type of Card: □Visa □Master Card □American Express
Credit Card Number:
Expiration Date: (Month) (Year) 19
Holder's Name: (in block letters)
Holder's Signature:
□ I am enclosing an international cheque or money order of the above
total amount in Japanese Yen, payable to Kinki Nippon Tourist Co.,
Ltd. (Personal cheques will not be accepted.)
□ I/We have remitted the above grand total of Yen on (date) through
(bank name) to the account of DMIB 97 at Sanwa Bank
Ltd. Osaka Ekimae Branch (Account No. 067-5243621). (Please send a
copy of the receipt of the remmittance for our reference.)
Date: Signature:
This application will be valid when you receive confirmation from
Kinki Nippon Tourist. For avoidingmistakes in the form, please inform
us the above information except credit card information by e-mail
(intlosa@tabi.knt.co.jp) when you send the above form by fax. You
can also ask for reservation of hotels and/or domestic travel
before/after the conference. For deatails, contact KNT staffs by
e-mail (intlosa@tabi.knt.co.jp).
Cancellation:
In the event of canceling registrations, written notice should be sent
to KNT via post, fax or E-mail. The registration fee is refundable,
except 2,000Yen for charge.
In the event of canceling hotel reservations, written notice should be
sent to KNT via post, fax or telex. Hotel deposit will be refunded
after deducting cancellation fees and the bank remittance charge and
commissions.
If the notice reached KNT Cancellation Fee
Up to 10 days before the first night of stay No cancellation fee
9-2 days before 50% of the room charge
One day before or no notice given 100% of the room charge
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DMIB97
REGISTRATION AND HOTEL RESERVATION
OFFICIAL TRAVEL AGENT
Kinki Nippon Tourist Co.,Ltd.(KNT), International Travel, Osaka has
been appointed as the official travel agent for the Symposium. KNT
will handle registrations as well as hotel reservations for all
participants. All correspondence regarding registrations and hotel
reservations should be addressed to:
Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd. International Travel, Osaka Branch
Nikko Bldg. 7F, 2-11-8, Sonezaki, Kita-ku, Osaka 530, Japan
Phone: 81-6-313-6868 Fax: 81-6-314-1601
E-mail: intlosa@tabi.knt.co.jp
REGISTRATION FEE
Ordinary registration fee for the symposium is 30,000Yen for
registrations received on and before October 31, 1997, and 35,000Yen
after November 1, 1997. As for students registration, it is 8,000Yen on
and before October 31, and 10,000Yen after November 1, 1997. These
registration fees include entry to the symposium and a copy of the
proceedings. Ordinary registration fee also includes reception, while
students registration fee doesn't. As for reception for students and
for accompanying persons, another 7,000Yen is required. We accept the
registrations for reception for students and for accompanying persons
on the days of the symposium.
In the event of canceling registrations, written notice should be sent
to KNT via post, fax or E-mail. The registration fee is refundable,
except 2,000Yen for charge.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
Rooms have been reserved between November 24 and 28, 5 nights at the
following hotels: Nara Hotel (5 min. by taxi from Kintetsu Nara
Station), Hotel Sunroute Nara (10 min. walk from Kintetsu Nara
Station), and Nara Three M Hotel (3 min. walk from Kintetsu Shin Omiya
Station). We also reserve Hotel Fujita Nara (5 min. walk from
Kintetsu Nara Station) between Nov. 26 and 28, 3 nights.
For informations about room types or charges, see HOTEL CODES TABLE.
SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATIONS AND HOTEL RESERVATIONS
Reservations should be made by completing and returning the
enclosed Registration Form, which should be sent to KNT by fax or by
e-mail no later than October 31, 1997. For avoiding mistatakes in the
form, please also inform us the information except credit card
information by e-mail. After Novermber 1, there is no guarantee for
hotel reservations, since Nara is busy with conference visitors and
tourists in November. No reservations will be confirmed without
registration fee and hotel deposit of 15,000Yen.
KNT shall send a registration and hotel confirmation slip with all
necessary information to the applicants after having made conference
registration and hotel reservations.
Hotel reservations are processed on the first-come first-served
basis. If the hotel of your choice is fully booked, another hotel
will be automatically applied.
Payment for both registration and hotel reservations should be made
in Japanese Yen by Credit Card ( VISA, Master Card and American
Express are available ) or by bank check payable to Kinki Nippon
Tourist Co., Ltd or by bank transfer. As for bank transfer, it should
be made to the account below. A copy of the receipt of the bank
remittance should be attached to the registration form. Please note
that the bank charge for remittance must be born by the applicants.
Account Name: DMIB 97
Account Number: 067-5243621
Bank: Sanwa Bank, Osaka Ekimae Branch
CANCELLATION OF HOTEL RESERVATIONS
In the event of canceling hotel reservations, written notice should be
sent to KNT via post, fax or telex. Hotel deposit will be refunded
after deducting cancellation fees and the bank remittance charge and
commissions.
If the notice reached KNT Cancellation Fee
Up to 10 days before the first night of stay No cancellation fee
9-2 days before 50% of the room charge
One day before or no notice given 100% of the room charge
ACCESS TO THE MEETING CITY, NARA
The easiest way to NARA is to take a direct flight to Kansai
Airport(KIX), where the following transportations are available to
downtown Nara. Another international airport Narita/Tokyo is far from
Nara and the way of coming to Nara is complicated with all of your
heavy baggage, we do not recommend to use this airport for your
information.
AFTER ARRIVING AT KANSAI AIRPORT:
1. Airport limousine buses for NARA are available (90 minutes ride)
depart from bus stop No.9. The buses for Nara depart almost every one
hour between the hours of 07:40 to 20:40 (No operation on 09:40,
11:40). They first arrive at Ichinomoto, Nara Hotel, Kintetsu Nara
Station, then to JR Nara Station. The bus fare is JPY1,800.
2. There is another way to Nara which is to take airport limousine
buses for "Kintetsu Uehonmachi" depart from bus stop No.7. Services
are available every 30 minutes from 6:20 to 22:00. The journey takes
about 60 minutes. From Uehommachi, take a Kintetsu express or rapid
train for Nara (30-35 minutes ride) available quite frequently from
the hours of 06:44 to 23:43 on weekdays, 07:12 to 23:43 on weekends.
GENERAL INFORMATION
PASSPORT & VISA
All foreign visitors wishing to enter Japan must have a valid
passport. Visas will also be required for participants coming from
most eastern European countries, the People's Republic China, etc. For
further information, participants are recommended to consult with
their carrier, local travel agencies or the nearest Japanese
diplomatic mission.
VACCINATIONS
No vaccinations are necessary, unless a visitor comes from an area
infected with cholera.
CLIMATE
At the time of year in which the Symposium will be held in Nara, the
average temperature is 10.6 C or 51 F (Max.16.2 C or 61.1 F, Min. 5.8
C or 42.4 F).
FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE & BANKING
The local currency is Japanese Yen. Major foreign currencies such as
U.S. Dollars, Deutsche Marks, French & Swiss Francs and Pounds
Sterling can be changed at the airport or authorized banks. It is
possible that you may have trouble in changing money into local
currency if you bring other than main international currencies.
Banking hours are 9:00 to 15:00, Monday through Friday except National
Holidays.
INSURANCE
All Symposium participants are strongly advised to carry the proper
travel and health insurance, as the conference committee cannot accept
liability for any accidents or injuries that may occur at the
Conference. Please consult your travel agency regarding the matter.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Please consult our World-Wide Web pages, the URL is:
http://db-www.aist-nara.ac.jp/DMIB97/
HOTEL CODES TABLE
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Hotels Room Type Charges Hotel Location
(Yen) Codes
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Single 16,700 A-1 5 min. by taxi from
Nara Hotel Twin 16,100 A-2 Kintetsu Nara Station
Twin/Single Usage 28,800 A-3
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Single 14,500 B-1 5 min. walk from
Hotel Fujita Nara Twin 11,500 B-2 Kintetsu Nara Station
Twin/Single Usage 19,500 B-3
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Hotel Sunroute Nara Single 9,800 C-1 10 min. walk from
Kintetsu Nara Station
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Nara Three M Hotel Single 10,000 D-1 3 min. walk from Kintetsu
Twin 9,200 D-2 Shin Omiya Station
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Above all rates are per person per night including breakfast and
service charge. Please note that government tax will be additionally
charged to the above amount when you check out at the hotel.
Hotel Fujita Nara is available only between Nov. 26 and 28, 3 nights.
All other hotels are available between Nov. 24 and 28, 5 nights.
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