Data warehousing is emerging as a key technology for managing the huge amount of data available for decision making. Little attention has been paid to the design and implementation of data warehouses based on multidimensional databases. This special ISI issue is devoted to present papers related both to theoretical and practical aspects of data warehouse design and implementation. We invite authors to submit papers that address the sub-themes described below from a wide range of perspectives.

Particular topics of interest include, but are not limited to :

• Data warehouse conceptual modeling,
• Data warehouse logical modeling,
• Data warehouse physical modeling,
• OLAP query optimization,
• Data warehouse security,
• Multidimensional modeling techniques,
• Data and web warehousing,
• Data warehousing quality evaluation,
• Temporal aspects of data warehouses,
• Implementation issues of data warehouses,
• Experiences with data warehouses.

Authors are invited to submit research contributions representing original, previously unpublished work. Papers, written either in French or in English, should be no more than 5,000 words in length. Referees will consider originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition.

Jacky AKOKA

Isabelle COMYN-WATTIAU

Michel ADIBA, France

Mokrane BOUZEGHOUB, France

Christine COLLET, France

Matthias JARKE, Germany

Manfred JEUSFELD, The Nederlands

Elisabeth METAIS, France

Nicolas PRAT, France

Il-Yeol SONG, USA

Gilles ZURFLUH, France

Paper Submission Deadline : April 15^th, 2002

Notification of acceptance : June 25^th, 2002

Publication : October, 2002.