From owner-theorynt@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU Tue Jun 24 18:32:10 1997 Received: from CS.Stanford.EDU (CS.Stanford.EDU [171.64.64.64]) by robotics.Stanford.EDU (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA29286 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 18:32:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from listserv.nodak.edu (listserv.NoDak.edu [134.129.111.8]) by CS.Stanford.EDU (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id SAA05332; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 18:31:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from listserv (134.129.111.8) by listserv.nodak.edu (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1a) with SMTP id <0.0E5DD750@listserv.nodak.edu>; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 20:27:39 -0500 Received: from LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU by LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8c) with spool id 1477014 for THEORYNT@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 20:27:24 -0500 Received: from listserv (134.129.111.8) by listserv.nodak.edu (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1a) with SMTP id <0.02CCB870@listserv.nodak.edu>; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 20:27:18 -0500 Received: from LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU by LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8c) with spool id 1476847 for THEORY-A@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 20:27:09 -0500 Received: from usc.edu by listserv.nodak.edu (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1a) with SMTP id <0.EC21A680@listserv.nodak.edu>; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 20:26:40 -0500 Received: from pollux2.usc.edu (pollux2.usc.edu [128.125.253.192]) by usc.edu (8.8.4/8.7.2/usc) with ESMTP id SAA10040 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 18:26:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from ierardi@localhost) by pollux2.usc.edu (8.8.4/8.8.4/usc) id SAA07153 for theory-a@listserv.nodak.edu; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 18:26:37 -0700 (PDT) X-Sender: vdbuss@alpha Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Approved-By: Doug Ierardi Approved-By: Theory-A - TheoryNet World-Wide Events Message-ID: Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 18:26:37 PDT Reply-To: Theory-A - TheoryNet World-Wide Events , Jan Van den Bussche Sender: TheoryNet List From: Jan Van den Bussche Subject: PODS'98 CFP (plain text) Comments: To: THEORY-A@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU To: THEORYNT@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU Status: O X-Mozilla-Status: 0000 Content-Length: 4264 *************************** * PODS'98 CALL FOR PAPERS * *************************** Seventeenth ACM SIGACT-SIGMOD-SIGART SYMPOSIUM ON PRINCIPLES OF DATABASE SYSTEMS Seattle, Washington, 1-3 June 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; 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 taken. 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. Each submission should 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 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 CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION Program Chair: Jan Paredaens, University of Antwerp 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 General Chair: Alberto Mendelzon, University of Toronto Proceedings Chair: Latha Colby, Red Brick Systems Publicity Chair: Jan Van den Bussche, University of Limburg