(DBWORLD) ICDE98 Call for Participation - early registration deadline approaching

George Karabatis (georgek@bellcore.com)
Tue, 13 Jan 1998 17:36:20 -0500

The 14th International Conference on
Data Engineering
(ICDE`98)

February 23 - 27, 1998
Adam's Mark Hotel, Orlando, Florida, USA

Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society
with support from
ORACLE Corporation

ICDE`98 Web Site: http://gump.bellcore.com:8000/icde98/

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Included in this email:

1. Program Highlights
2. Conference Registration Form (early registration deadline is Jan. 16, 1998)
3. Hotel Accommodation information

Please visit the ICDE`98 Web site for more details regarding the technical
program, conference banquet, Orlando, etc.

------------============== PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS ===========----------

Keynote Addresses:
- Databases: The Next Generation
(Andrew Mendelsohn, Oracle Corporation)
- Safeguarding and Charging for Digital Information
(Hector Garcia-Molina, Stanford University)

Research Sessions:
- Semistructured Data
- Mobile and Disconnected Database Operations
- Parallel Database Systems
- Queries and Views
- Recovery and Buffer Management
- Spatial and Temporal Databases
- Indexing in Data Warehousing
- Video and Image Databases
- Architectural Issues in Data Mining Systems
- Cooperation and Workflow Management
- Access Structures
- Association Rules and Dependencies
- Concurrency Control
- Query Processing in Spatial Databases
- Mining of Association Rules
- Server-based Database Systems
- Visual Databases and Visualization of Multimedia Data
- Management of Objects

Industry Sessions:
- Database Engines
- Data Mining
- OLAP and Data Warehousing
- Multimedia and Workflow Systems
- The Web and Databases

Panel Sessions:
- WWW and the Internet - Did We (the Database Community) Miss the Boat?
- Data Warehousing Lessons From Experience
- Migrating Legacy Databases and Applications
- Future Directions in Database Research

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-------------========== ICDE `98 Registration Form ==========----------
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Last Name:............................... First Name:...........................

Affiliation:....................................................................

Mailing Address: ...............................................................

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E-mail:.........................................................................

Tel:.................................... Fax:...................................

IEEE CS Member No.:.............................................................

I. Conference Registration

Advance (before Jan. 16, 1998) Late/On-Site registration
Member: $380 Member: $455
Non-member: $475 Non-member: $560
Student: $100 Student: $100

For student registration fee, this form must be signed by the student's advisor.

Advisor's name:.............................................

Advisor's affiliation:......................................

Advisor's signature:........................................

II. Tutorial Registration

(1) Full Day Tutorials
Advance (before Jan. 16, 1998) Late/On-Site registration
Member: $250 Member: $300
Non-member: $310 Non-member: $400

(2) Half Day Tutorials
Advance (before Jan. 16, 1998) Late/On-Site registration
Member: $130 Member: $180
Non-member: $160 Non-member: $225

Please check the tutorial(s) you plan to attend:

....1(full) Workflow Management: Technology, Experiences, and Research Issues

....2(half) Dissemination-Based Information Systems

....3(half) Uncertainty Management in Database and Knowledge Base Systems

....4(full) Distributed Multimedia Information Systems

....5(full) Recent trends in Transaction Processing and Client Server Computing

....6(half) Decision Support Technologies: OLAP, Data Warehousing, and Data Mining

....7(half) Databases and Mobile Computing

III. Banquet Price: $45 per person (not included in conference fee).

Please reserve ........ banquet tickets (non-vegetarian)

Please reserve ........ banquet tickets (vegetarian)

IV. Payment
Conference Fee :.........

Number of full day tutorials ..... X $..... :.........

Number of half day tutorials ..... X $..... :.........

Please reserve ..... banquet ticket(s) X $45 :.........
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Total Amount: $.........

We accept checks or Credit Cards (VISA, Mastercard, American Express,
Diners Club).

If you pay by check, please make it payable to "Data Engineering 98".
The money should be withdraw-able from a US bank.

If you pay by Credit card, please provide the following:

VISA:.... MC:.... AMEX:.... Diners Club:....

Credit Card Number:.............................Expiration Date (mm/yy):......

For VISA or MasterCard holders, please indicate your 5-digit zip code:........

Cardholder's name:..........................Signature:........................

Mail, email, or fax this form with your payment to:

Prof. Vijay Atluri
MS/IS Department
Rutgers University
180 University Avenue
Newark, NJ 07102
USA

Phone: +1-973-353-1642
Fax: +1-973-353-5003
Email: atluri@andromeda.rutgers.edu

For further information concerning ICDE `98 Registration please contact
Prof. Vijay Atluri at the above address.

Cancellations/Refunds: The deadline to cancel your registration and receive
a refund is Monday, February 9, 1998. After this day no refunds will be given.
A handling and processing fee equal to 10% of your payment will be deducted
from the refund.

------------============== HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS ===========----------

ADAM'S MARK ORLANDO AT THE FLORIDA MALL
1500 Sand Lake Road
Orlando, FL 32809
(407)859-1500 or
1-800-231-7883

Special Conference Rates:

Single/Double $102 plus sales/room tax (currently 11%)

These special rates apply at least three day prior to and after the
conference.

Please identify yourself as attending the 1998 Data Engineering
Conference. These rates are negotiated specifically for the 1998 Data
Engineering Conference and are available on a space available basis
until January 30, 1997 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Therefore,
we encourage you to make your reservation at your earliest
convenience. (After the cut-off date, rates can fluctuate.)

The Adams Mark Hotel is conveniently situated just moments from all of
Orlando's renowned attractions and, best of all, the Adam's Mark is
connected to one of Florida's largest and most fashionable shopping
center, the Florida Mall. Guests can stroll through the art-deco
styled lobby into the hustle-bustle of over 200 shops and restaurants,
making the hotel location unlike any other in the area.

Adams Mark is located:
Six miles from Orlando International Airport
Six miles from Sea World
Six miles from Universal Studios
Five miles from the Orlando Orange County Convention Center
Fifteen miles from the Walt Disney Resort area.

Tickets for these and other attractions can be purchased at the hotel
- some at a discount. Low-cost transportation can be arranged by the
Hotel.

Special Note: While in Orlando, do not miss the Morse Gallery in
Winter Park, which has the largest collection of Louis Comfort Tiffany
glass/art in the nation.

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