Second International Baltic Workshop on DB and IS
                       June 12-14. 1996
                       Tallinn, Estonia

ORGANIZED by:

Institute of Cybernetics 
Tallinn Technical University
CIDEC of the Estonian Universities

SPONSORED by:

Estonian Informatics Fund
Baltic Fund of VLDB Endowment


OBJECTIVE

This workshop is continuing a series of  bi-annual
Baltic workshops on databases and information systems.
The previous workshop was held in Lithuania in 1994.

The Baltic workshops are thought as an international 
forum for technical  discussion among
researchers and developers of  database and information systems.
The aim of the workshop  is to consolidate views as well as
to enhance communication between the database researchers 
and the community that uses database systems for building
 information systems. 

The objective of the workshop is to bring together researchers as 
well as practitioners and PhD students in the field of database research
that will improve the construction of future information systems.
 On the other hand,
the workshop is giving opportunities to developers, users and researchers
of advanced IS technologies to present their work and to exchange
their ideas and at the same time providing a feedback for database community.

The word Baltic in the workshop title has twofold meaning:
first, it indicates 
three Baltic States rapidly developing their infrastructure IS on
the basis of advanced DB and IS technologies; second, it points to the
Baltic Sea which does not only separate but also can join different
countries as well as research communities in these countries to give them
opportunities to exchange ideas and to trigger collaborations.

STRUCTURE AND TOPICS OF INTEREST

The workshop language is English (talks as well as publications).
The workshop is planned to include two main tracks:
traditional research track and
advanced technology track. To activate and motivate PhD students the
workshop programme will be preceeded by  one-day Doctoral Consortium
chaired by  invited professors.


RESEARCH TRACK

Academic researchers are invited to submit extended abstracts describing
their research activities.
Major research topics for the workshop will include,
 but are not limited to:
- Foundations of databases
- Logic and databases
- Object-oriented, deductive and active databases
- Client-Server and open networked database systems
- Distributed database techniques and interoperability
- Information System modeling
- Linguistic components of IS
- Information System and Data Communication security
- Knowledge Bases
- Hypertext Interface for IS
- Requirements Engineering for IS
- Integrated IS
- Information management economics

TECHNOLOGY TRACK

The purpose of the Technology Track is to  provide opportunities 
for developers, users, and researchers 
to communicate and collaborate in advancing database
applications and IS technologies. 
Solicited topics include novel application
of databases or database technology in
infrastructure settings.  Actual case
studies from practitioners emphasizing applications,
database and IS technology,
system deployment, or business impact are especially welcome. 

Developers are invited to submit extended abstracts
describing their latest product innovations.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Database development tools
- IS and AI Technologies
- National information infrastructure development
- Regional and national Infrastructure IS and database applications
- Integrated and interoperable database technologies 
- Telecommunication databases
- Multimedia database applications
- Scientific Applications

DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM

PhD students are invited to submit abstracts describing their current work.
Topics will be in line with the main workshop topics,
and the deadline for abstracts is February 1, 1996. 

SUBMISSION AND REVIEWS OF THE PAPERS

Authors are invited to submit original research
contributions in the form
of extended abstracts at least in 8 pages or full papers that
should not be longer than 12 pages. 
WE ENCOURAGE ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS IN THE
FORM OF POSTSCRIPT, LATEX ETC.  

If hardcopies are submitted, four copies will be required.
Each submitted paper
will be reviewed by at least three programme  committee members.

For further information and electronic submission, please send  email to:
 balt96@cs.ioc.ee

For hardcopy submission, please send to:

Dr. Hele-Mai Haav
Programme Chair BalticDB&IS'96
Institute of Cybernetics
Akadeemia tee 21
EE0026 Tallinn
ESTONIA
Tel: +372 2 527 314
Fax: 372 2 527 901
Email: helemai@cs.ioc.ee

Official publishing of proceedings is planned 
after the workshop in Workshops in Computing Series by Springer.
Preliminary proceedings will be available at the workshop.


ONLINE INFORMATION

This call for papers is available on the web at the URL:

           http://greta.cs.ioc.ee/~balt96

Up-to-date information  will appear here
as it becomes available.
IMPORTANT DATES:

Deadline for papers :              February 1, 1996
Notification of acceptance :       March 15, 1996
Camera-ready papers:               April 15, 1996
Workshop dates:                    June 12-14, 1996
Doctoral Consortium:              June 11, 1996

WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION

Advisory Committee:

Janis Bubenko, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Arne Solvberg, University of Trondheim, Norway

Programme Chair:
Hele-Mai Haav, Institute of Cybernetics, Estonia

Organizing Chair:
Ahto Kalja, Institute of Cybernetics, Estonia

Technology Track:
Tarvi Martens, Institute of Cybernetics, Estonia

Doctoral Consortium:
Jaan Penjam, Tallinn Technical University, Estonia
Diana Sidarkeviciute, Vilnius University, Lithuania

Programme Committee:
Janis Barzdins,  Latvia
Alfs Berztiss,  USA
Sjaak Brinkkemper, The Netherlands
Albertas Caplinskas,  Lithuania
Klaus R. Dittrich, Switzerland
Janis Grundspenkis, Latvia
Hans-Dieter Ehrich,  Germany
Juhani Iivari, Finland
Leonid Kalinichenko, Russia
Peri Loucopulos,  UK
Mihhail Matskin,  Norway
Julie McCann, UK
Jorgen Fischer Nilsson,  Denmark
Bronius Paradauskas,  Lithuania
Jaan Penjam, Estonia
Reind vand de Riet, The Netherlands
Kazimiers Subieta, Japan
Tiit Tammiste, Estonia
Janis Tenteris,  Latvia
Jaak Tepandi,  Estonia
Bernhard Thalheim, Germany
Enn Tyugu,  Sweden
Naoki Yonezaki, Japan
Benkt Wangler,  Sweden

Organizing Committee:
Arvo Ott, Estonia
Merik Meriste,  Estonia
Monika Oit,  Estonia
Leis Paul,  Estonia,
Anne Villems, Estonia,
Hannu Jaakkola,  Finland
Juris Borzovs,Latvia 
Saulius Maskeliunas, Lithuania
Olegas Vasilecas, Lithuania 
Aalo Kukk, Estonia