Forwarded message from [lenzerini@assi.dis.uniroma1.it] sent originally on Wed, 20 Oct 1999 15:50:07 +0200: : Please take our apologies if you receive this message more than once. : : =========================================================================== : : CALL FOR PAPERS : : SIGMOD / PODS 2000 : Dallas, Texas : May 14-19, 2000 : : PODS 2000- 19th ACM SIGMOD-SIGACT-SIGART Symposium on Principles of : Database Systems : : Topics: : : Suggested topics include the following (this list is not exhaustive and : the order does not reflect priorities): : : Access Methods and Physical Design : Complexity and Performance Evaluation : Concurrency Control : Transaction Management : Integrity and Security : Data Models : Logic in Databases : Query Languages : Query Optimization : Database Programming Languages : Database Updates : Active Databases : Deductive Databases and Knowledge Bases : Object-oriented Databases : Multimedia Databases : Spatial and Temporal Databases : Constraint Databases : Real-time Databases : Distributed Databases : Data Integration and Interoperability : Views and Warehousing : Data Mining : Databases and Information Retrieval : Semistructured Data and XML : Information Processing on the Web : Databases in E-commerce : Databases and Workflows : : Submission format: : : Titles and short abstracts: this year, authors are required to submit a : paper title and short abstract about 100 words before submitting their : paper (see the important dates below). : : Papers: The address, telephone number, FAX number, and e-mail address of : the contact author should appear on the title page of the submission. : Submissions should be limited to 10 pages (with font size at least 11 : pts) : and may consist of extended abstracts. Each submission 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. : : Submission Instructions: : : Paper titles and short abstracts (about 100 words) should be received by : the PC Chair on or before November 2, 1999. Papers are due on November : 8, : 1999. These are firm deadlines. There will be no exceptions. : : Electronic and hard copy submissions are accepted. Note that for : accepted : papers, an electronic version of the final paper is required by the : camera-ready copy due date. : : Electronic submission at http://www.seas.smu.edu/sigmod2000/ of both : short : abstracts and papers is strongly preferred. : : Hardcopy submissions: If an electronic submission is not possible, send : one copy of the short abstract and 16 copies of the paper to the Program : Chair (see address below). : : Program Chair: : : Georg Gottlob : gottlob@dbai.tuwien.ac.at : Institut fuer Informationssysteme : TU Wien : Paniglgasse 16 : A-1040 Wien, AUSTRIA : : Program Committee: : : S. Abiteboul, INRIA, France : Y. Breitbart, Bell Labs, USA : S. Davidson, Univ. of Pennsylvania, USA : T. Eiter, TU Wien, Austria : G. Gottlob, TU Wien (Chair), Austria : R. Hull, Bell Labs, USA : G. Lausen, Univ. of Freiburg, Germany : M. Lenzerini, Univ. of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy : L. Libkin, Bell Labs and INRIA, USA & France : T. Milo, Tel Aviv University, Israel : Z.M. Ozsoyoglu, Case Western Reserve Univ. USA : D. Saccá, University of Calabria and ISI-CNR, Italy : H.-J. Schek, ETH Zurich, Switzerland : J. Ullman, Stanford University, USA : J. Van den Bussche, Univ. of Limburg, Belgium : M. Y. Vardi, Rice University, USA : : Important Dates: : : November 2 - Paper titles and short abstracts due. : November 8 - Papers due. : February 8 - Notification about acceptance/rejection. : March 5 - Camera-ready due.

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