VLDB'94 Conference Announcement and Preliminary Call for Papers 20th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases Santiago - Chile September 12-15, 1994 Scope ===== A distinguished history of 20 years has established VLDB at the center of the international data base community. It is one of the oldest established forums of discussion in the international database community and, without doubt, one of the most eminent. VLDB'94 is to take place in Santiago, Chile, a hospitable modern capital city landmarked by the Mapocho river and the impressive heights of the Andes mountains. We invite you to submit papers reporting recent research results in the general field of databases. In addition, to mark the 20th anniversary of VLDB special efforts are being made to further the goal of leading in reporting and stimulating new research directions. To this purpose, we solicit papers and panel proposals on speculative and futuristic topics. We also encourage papers on novel and challenging applications of database technology in designing and building complex information systems. A new aspect of the conference is the industrial cases program. We encourage submission of papers describing work of significant interest to industry, particularly in areas providing interesting directions for the development of databases. We seek to provide a forum to discuss experiences in applying databases to real life situations. In the evaluation of papers submitted to this program, the committee will consider novelty, technical quality and the value of reported results to developers of information systems. A high-quality tutorial program will be offered in both English and Spanish. Topics of Interest ================== The topics of interest include but are not limited to: Extended Relational Databases Database Languages Object Oriented Databases Data Models and Database Design Knowledge Base Management Systems Data Consistency, Integrity and Security Temporal and Spatial Databases Optimization and Performance Multimedia Databases Concurrency and Transaction Management Heterogeneous Databases Storage Management Engineering and Scientific Databases Persistent Object Systems Parallel and Distributed Databases Architectures Text Databases Implementation Issues Graphical Query Languages User Interfaces Paper Submission ================ Six copies of original papers not exceeding 5000 words (double spaced pages, including keywords) should be submitted by the 23th of February 1994, to the appropriate regional program chair: North-american Program Chair: European Program Chair: ----------------------------- ----------------------- Carlo Zaniolo Matthias Jarke USA Germany Computer Science Department RWTH-Aachen University of California, Los Angeles Informatik V, Ahornstr. 55 405 Hilgard Avenue, CA 90024 52074 Aachen, Germany e-mail: zaniolo@cs.ucla.edu email: jarke@informatik.rwth-aachen.de tel: (+1 310) 825 8137 tel: (+49 241) 80 21501 fax: (+1 310) 825 2273 fax: (+49 241) 80 21529 Latin-America, Pacific Basin and Far-East Program Chair: --------------------------- Jorge Bocca Chile (Latin-American region) (Other regions) Depto. de Ciencias de la Computacion School of Computer Science Universidad de Chile University of Birmingham Blanco Encalada 2120 Edgbaston Santiago Birmingham B15 2TT Chile United Kingdom e-mail: jbocca@dcc.uchile.cl e-mail: J.B.Bocca@cs.bham.ac.uk tel: (+56 2) 689 2736 tel: (+44 21) 414 3711 fax: (+56 2) 689 5531 fax: (+44 21) 414 4281 Tutorials ========= Tutorial proposals should be sent by air-mail, fax or e-mail to one of: Alberto Mendelzon Ricardo Baeza-Yates Canada Chile CSRI Depto. de Ciencias de la Computacion University of Toronto Universidad de Chile Toronto Blanco encalada 2120 Canada M5S 1A1 Santiago, Chile e-mail: mendel@db.toronto.edu e-mail: rbaeza@dcc.uchile.cl tel: (+1 416) 978-2952 tel: (+56 2) 689 2736 fax: (+1 416) 978-4765 fax: (+56 2) 689 5531 Some suggested, but not exclusive, tutorial topics are: multimedia data management, scientific databases, geographic information systems, user interfaces and visualization, object-oriented analysis and design, active databases, transaction processing, distributed object management, persistent object systems, database programming languages, standards and technology integration, etc. Industrials Cases ================= The VDLB Conference will set up for the first time a section devoted to the discussion of experiences of commercial use of Databases in industry, including the discussion of new leading products. Authors are requested to submit their papers within the dates and format established for the rest of the conference, except that papers should be submitted to one of the following members of the Industrial Cases program committee: Jose A. Blakeley Felipe Carino Jr. USA USA Texas Instruments NCR/Teradata Corporation 13510 N. Central Expressway, MS 238 100 N. Sepulveda Blvd Dallas, Texas 75243 El Segundo, CA 90245 e-mail: blakeley@csc.ti.com email: Felipe.Carino@ElSegundoCA.ncr.com tel: (+1 214) 995 0362 tel: (+1 310) 524 7026 fax: (+1 214) 995 0304 fax: (+1 310) 524 0015 Guillermo Lois Ivan Tabkha (Chair) Sweden Chile IBM Nordic Lab Depto. de Ciencias de la Computacion BOX 962, 181 09 Lidingo, Sweden Universidad de Chile Lidingo, Sweden Blanco Encalada 2120 e-mail: gmolois@ldgvm1.vnet.ibm.com e-mail: ivan@dcc.uchile.cl tel: (+46 8) 636 6342 tel: (+56 2) 689 2736 fax: (+46 8) 767 4929 fax: (+56 2) 689 5531 Panels ====== Proposals for panel sessions should be sent to: Ron Morrison Computer Science United Kingdom University of St. Andrews St. Andrews - Fife KY16 9SS United Kingdom e-mail: ron@dcs.st-and.ac.uk tel: (+44 33) 463 254 fax: (+44 33) 463 278 Important Dates =============== Paper, Panel, Tutorial and Industrial Cases Submissions:....................... 23 February, 1994 Notification of Acceptance:......................... 25 April, 1994 Conference:......................................... 12-15 September, 1994 Local Organization Committee ============================ General Chair: Organization Chair: ------------- ------------------- Jorge Olivos Patricio Poblete Chile Chile Depto. de Ciencias de la Computacion Depto. de Ciencias de la Computacion Universidad de Chile Universidad de Chile e-mail: jolivos@dcc.uchile.cl e-mail: ppoblete@dcc.uchile.cl Organization Vice-Chair: ------------------------ Ivan Tabkha Depto. de Ciencias de la Computacion Chile Universidad de Chile e-mail: ivan@dcc.uchile.cl Conference Officers =================== Geographical Chairs: ------------------- Europe North-America Latin-America, ------ ------------- Pacific Basin and Far-East -------------------------- Mike Freeston Mario Schkolnick Jorge Vidart ECRC IBM U. de la Republica Germany USA Uruguay Treasurer VLDB Foundation Representative Publicity -------- ------------------------------ --------- Nancy Hitschfeld Erich Neuhold Keith Jeffery Universidad de Chile IPSI SERC/RAL Chile Germany United Kingdom Corporate Sponsors ================== ORACLE, SISTECO, SYBASE, SYNAPSIS, UNISYS. Supporters ========== CHILEAN COMPUTER SCIENCE SOCIETY, CONICYT, CORREOS de CHILE, UNIVERSITY of CHILE, UNIVERSITY of BIRMINGHAM, SERC(UK). Social Program ============== CONFIATUR Francisco Noguera 201 Santiago, Chile tel and fax: (+56 2) 234 1696 For further information, please contact any member of the local organization committee by e-mail, fax, or mail. There is also a VLDB database server accessible through our local Internet Gopher service at gopher.dcc.uchile.cl. The local organization full address is: VLDB'94 Conference Departamento de Ciencias de la Computacion Universidad de Chile Blanco Encalada 2120 Santiago, Chile e-mail: vldb94@dcc.uchile.cl tel: (+56 2) 689 2736 fax: (+56 2) 689 5531 .