Forwarded message from [thalheim@informatik.tu-cottbus.de] sent originally on Sat, 22 Jan 2000 15:42:44 +0800 (GMT-8): : Call for participation to : Fundamentals of Information and Knowledge Systems , FoIKS'2000 : February 14 - 17, 2000 : Burg, Spreewald (near Berlin), Germany : : http://www.informatik.tu-cottbus.de/~foiks : : : FoIKS is intended to be a biannual event focussing on theoretical foundations : of information and knowledge systems. It is dealing with any foundational : aspect of information and knowledge systems, e.g. : logical foundations and semantics of data models, : dependency theory, : integrity and security, : temporal aspects, : foundations of information systems design including : web-based information services, : query languages and optimization, : database dynamics, : intelligent agents, : non-monotonic reasoning, : application of non-classical logics, : finite model theory, : deduction, abduction and induction in data and knowledge bases. : : The symposium is intended to be a forum for intensive discussions. For this : reason the time slot of long and short contributions is 60 and 30 minutes, : respectively, followed by 30 and 15 minutes for discussions, respectively. : : In addition, there is a special session for the presentation and discussion : of open research problems. Database and information systems research : discussed : in most conferences is oriented towards hot topics. The old research problems : are remaining still open. In order to discuss these problems conferences need : to have larger slots for discussing issues. Also in this sense, FOIKS aims to : take up the old tradition of the conference series ``Mathematical : Fundamentals of Database Systems'' (MFDBS) which enabled East-West : collaboration in the : field of database theory (Springer LNCS 305, 364, 495). The open problems : session will be based on the open problems collection obtained during : MFDBS. Each participant is asked to contribute to this list or to discuss : the current : situation for the open problems already known. : : For more information, attendance form etc. see : http://www.informatik.tu-cottbus.de/~foiks
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