SIGMOD/PODS JOINT CALL FOR PAPERS
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ACM SIGMOD/PODS '98 Joint Conference
June 1-4, 1998, Seattle, Washington, USA
http://www.boeing.com/sigmod98/
Message from the General Chairs
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 '98 General Chair
Alberto Mendelzon, PODS '98 General Chair
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(See PODS announcement also.)
SIGMOD '98 CALL FOR PAPERS
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.
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 and Benchmarks
Database Programming Languages Distributed Database Systems
Engineering/Scientific DB 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 Databases 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 3, 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
USA
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.
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, data management technology (e.g., Internet server, push
and information broadcasting, and document management), database
development tools, 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.
Demonstration and Exhibits Program
SIGMOD'98 will host demonstrations of software prototypes from
universities and research laboratories related to database management
systems research and practice. The demonstrations will be featured
during one or more of the breaks and/or receptions this year as well
as during the conference. To submit a demonstration proposal, please
send a 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. Authors of accepted
proposals will be expected to provide their own hardware and software
for the demonstration; network connections will be provided. In
addition, publishers are invited to exhibit books and related
journals.
Tutorial and Panel Program
There will be a series of 1.5 hour tutorial and panel sessions focused
this year on narrowing the gap between the research and industrial
communities. Tutorials and panels addressing real industrial
challenges (including techniques for facilitating technology transfer)
are particularly sought. 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.
Important SIGMOD Dates
Firm deadline for email submission of abstracts of
papers (REQUIRED) in ASCII to sigmod98@almaden.ibm.com: October 27, 1997
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
Conference: June 2-3, 1998
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PODS '98 Call for Papers
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 active databases
complexity and performance evaluation concurrency control
constraint databases data integration and
interoperability
data mining data models
database programming languages database updates
databases on Internet and Intranet deductive databases and knowledge bases
distributed databases heterogeneous databases
integrity and security logic in databases
multimedia databases object-oriented databases
OLAP query languages
real-time databases semi-structured data
spatial and temporal databases transaction management
views and warehousing
Paper Submission
Submissions of extended abstracts can be sent, in twelve copies, to
one of the following two addresses, to be received before the deadline
of 17 November 1997:
Jan Paredaens Dan Suciu
University of Antwerp (UIA) AT&T Labs-Research
Universiteitsplein 1 180 Park Avenue, Rm. B294
B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium Florham Park, NJ 07932-0971, USA
E-mail: pods98@uia.ua.ac.be E-mail: suciu@research.att.com
Tel: +32-3-8202409 Tel: +1-973-3608601
Fax: +32-3-8202421
No electronic submissions will be accepted.
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.
BEST NEWCOMER AWARD: An award will be given to the best submission, as
judged by the program committee, written solely by authors who have
never
published in earlier PODS proceedings.
BEST PAPER AWARD: There will also be an award for the best of all papers
submitted, as judged by the program committee.
The program committee reserves the right to give both awards to the same
paper, not to give an award, or to split an award among several papers.
Papers authored or co-authored by program committee members are not
eligible for an award.
Important PODS dates:
Paper submission deadline: 17 November 1997
Notification of acceptance: 9 February 1998
Camera-ready copy due: 14 March 1998
Symposium: 1-3 June 1998
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SIGMOD '98 Conference Organization
General Chair: Pamela Drew, Boeing
Program Chair: Laura Haas, IBM Almaden
Demonstrations Chair: Lois Delcambre, Oregon Graduate Institute
Exhibits Chair: Ali Bahrami, Boeing
Industrial Program Jose Blakeley, Microsoft
Co-Chairs: Alejandro Buchmann, T.H. Darmstadt
Roger King, University of Colorado
Local Arrangements: Mike 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 '98 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
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
S. 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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PODS '98 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
PODS '98 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