From raghu@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu Fri Dec 1 10:36:33 1995 Received: from ricotta.cs.wisc.edu by sea.cs.wisc.edu; Fri, 1 Dec 95 10:36:28 -0600; AA21117 Date: Fri, 1 Dec 95 10:36:26 -0600 From: (DBWORLD) Dino Pedreschi Message-Id: <9512011636.AA26483@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu> Received: by ricotta.cs.wisc.edu; Fri, 1 Dec 95 10:36:26 -0600 To: dbworld@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu **** Apologies if you receive this message more than once **** *************************************************************** International Workshop on LOGIC IN DATABASES: LID'96 San Miniato, Pisa Italy 1-2 July 1996 *************************************************************** PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS The aim of the workshop is to identify and promote logic-based methods and techniques most relevant to the design and development of the next-generation of information systems. Toward this goal, the workshop will bring together experts in the areas of databases, computational logic, and intelligent information systems. The scope of the workshop includes, but is not restricted to, technical advances in the following areas: * Actions, agents and active rules in logic and databases * Temporal and spatial reasoning in logic and databases * Uncertainty and approximate reasoning * Non-deterministic queries, expressiveness of query languages, non-monotonic reasoning in deductive databases * Applications: knowledge discovery and semantic integration in heterogeneous databases. Contributions are solicited that stress the usability, simplicity and efficiency of logic-based solutions to relevant problems in the mentioned areas. The program will also comprise invited talks and panel discussions, featuring leading experts in the area. LOCATION San Miniato---a medieval town on the rolling hills between Florence and Pisa---is reachable by train from either city (and from Pisa airport) in 30 minutes. The beautiful surroundings, saturated with art and history, and the workshop location, with its recently restored Benedictine cloister, offer a congenial milieu for scientific discussion and the exchange of ideas. PAPER SUBMISSION Papers should be sent to either program co-chair by 1 April, 1996. Electronic submissions in PostScript version are encouraged. It is intended to have the proceedings published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission: 31 March, 1996 Notification of acceptance: 13 May, 1996 Camera-ready paper: 9 June, 1996 WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS Dino Pedreschi Carlo Zaniolo Universita' di Pisa Univ. of California at Los Angeles Dipartimento di Informatica Computer Science Department Corso Italia 40 405 Hilgard Avenue 56125 Pisa, Italy Los Angeles, California, 90024, USA E-mail: pedre@di.unipi.it E-mail: zaniolo@cs.ucla.edu Phone: +39 (50) 887252 Phone: +1 (310) 825 8137 Fax: +39 (50) 887226 Fax: +1 (310) 825 2273 PROGRAM COMMITTEE P. Asirelli (IEI-CNR, Italy) M. Boehlen (Univ. Aalborg, Denmark) A. Bonner (Univ. Toronto, Canada) J. Chomicki (Kansas State Univ., USA) H. Decker (Siemens, Germany) U. Geske (GMD, Germany) M. Gelfond (UTEP, USA) F. Giannotti (CNUCE-CNR, Italy) G. Gottlob (TU Wien, Austria) S. Grumbach (INRIA, France) R. Kowalski (Imperial College, UK) L.V.S. Lakshmanan (Concordia Univ., Canada) I.S. Mumick (AT&T Bell Labs, USA) K. Ross (Columbia Univ., USA) D. Sacca' (Univ. Calabria, Italy) F. Sadri (Univ. North Carolina, USA) S. Sripada (ECRC, Germany) D. Srivastava (AT&T Bell Labs, USA) V.S. Subrahmanian (Univ. Maryland, USA) O. Shmueli (Technion, Israel) L. Tanca (Univ. Verona, Italy) S. Tsur (Argonne Nat. Labs, USA) F. Turini (Univ. Pisa, Italy) J. Ullman (Stanford Univ., USA) V. Vianu (UCSD, USA) J. Widom (Stanford Univ., USA) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE M. Carboni (CNUCE-CNR, Italy) S. Contiero (Univ. Pisa, Italy) G. Manco (CNUCE-CNR, Italy) C. Renso (Univ. Pisa, Italy) E. Ricciardi (IEI-CNR, Italy) S. Ruggieri (Univ. Pisa, Italy) SPONSORS LID'96 is being organized under the aegis of the Commission of the European Communities---EC-US Cooperative Activity ECUS033, and the NSF IRI program, and with the patronage of Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Universit\`a di Pisa, CNUCE-Institute of CNR, Area di Ricerca di Pisa del CNR, Area "Logic-Based Databases" of Compulog-Net. WEB http://www.di.unipi.it/LID96/info.html --------------------LaTex version--Cut here------------------- \documentstyle{article} \topmargin 0pt \advance \topmargin by -\headheight \advance \topmargin by -\headsep %\textheight 8.9in \textheight 9.5in \oddsidemargin 0pt \evensidemargin \oddsidemargin \marginparwidth 0.5in \textwidth 6.8in \renewcommand{\i}[1]{{\it #1 \/}} \begin{document} \thispagestyle{empty} \begin{center} {\sc Preliminary Call For Papers}\\[3ex] {\large\bf International Workshop on Logic in Databases}\\[2ex] {\Large\bf LID'96 }\\[2ex] {\large\it July 1-2, 1996, San Miniato, Pisa, Italy} \end{center} \vspace{.2in} \medskip \begin{minipage}[t]{2.40in}% first column \newcommand{\itemskip}{\bigskip\bigskip\bigskip} \small %\parskip 4pt {\bf Workshop Co-Chairs:} \\[2mm] Dino Pedreschi\\ Dipartimento di Informatica\\ Universit\`a di Pisa\\ Corso Italia 40, 56125 Pisa, Italy.\\ {\tt pedre@di.unipi.it}\\ Phone: +39 (50) 887252\\ Fax: +39 (50) 887226\\[2mm] Carlo Zaniolo\\ Computer Science Department\\ Univ. of California at Los Angeles\\ 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles CA 90024\\ {\tt zaniolo@cs.ucla.edu}\\ Phone: +1 (310) 825 8137\\ Fax: +1 (310) 825 2273\\[2mm] {\bf Program Committee:} \\[1mm] P.\ Asirelli, \i{IEI-CNR, Italy}\\ M.\ Boehlen, \i{Univ.\ Aalborg, Denmark}\\ A.\ Bonner, \i{Univ.\ Toronto, CA}\\ J.\ Chomicki, \i{Monmouth Univ., USA}\\ H.\ Decker, \i{Siemens, Germany}\\ U.\ Geske, \i{GMD, Germany}\\ M.\ Gelfond, \i{UTEP, USA}\\ F.\ Giannotti, \i{CNUCE-CNR, Italy}\\ G.\ Gottlob, \i{TU Wien, Austria}\\ S.\ Grumbach, \i{INRIA, France}\\ R.\ Kowalski, \i{Imperial College, UK}\\ L.V.S.\ Lakshmanan, \i{Concordia Univ., CA}\\ I.S.\ Mumick, \i{AT\&T Bell Lab., USA}\\ K.\ Ross, \i{Columbia Univ., USA}\\ D.\ Sacc\`a, \i{Univ.\ Calabria, Italy}\\ F.\ Sadri, \i{Univ.\ North Carolina, USA}\\ O.\ Shmueli, \i{Technion, Israel}\\ S.\ Sripada, \i{ECRC, Germany}\\ D.\ Srivastava, \i{Univ.\ Wisconsin, USA}\\ V.S.\ Subrahmanian, \i{Univ.\ Maryland, USA}\\ L.\ Tanca, \i{Univ. Verona, Italy}\\ S.\ Tsur, \i{Argonne Nat.\ Labs, USA}\\ F.\ Turini, \i{Univ. Pisa, Italy}\\ J.\ Ullman, \i{Stanford Univ., USA}\\ V.\ Vianu, \i{UCSD, USA}\\ J.\ Widom, \i{Stanford Univ., USA}\\[2mm] {\bf Organizing Committee:} \\[1mm] M. Carboni, \i{CNUCE-CNR, Italy}\\ S. Contiero, \i{Univ.\ Pisa, Italy}\\ G. Manco, \i{CNUCE-CNR, Italy}\\ C. Renso, \i{Univ.\ Pisa, Italy}\\ E. Ricciardi \i{IEI-CNR, Italy}\\ S. Ruggieri, \i{Univ.\ Pisa, Italy} \end{minipage} \hskip .20 in \begin{minipage}[t]{3.90in}% second column %\small \parskip 4pt The aim of the workshop is to identify and promote logic-based methods and techniques most relevant to the design and development of the next-generation of information systems. Toward this goal, the workshop will bring together experts in the areas of databases, computational logic, and intelligent information systems. The scope of the workshop includes, but is not restricted to, technical advances in the following areas: \begin{itemize} \item Actions, agents and active rules in logic and databases \item Temporal and spatial reasoning in logic and databases \item Uncertainty and approximate reasoning \item Non-deterministic queries, expressiveness of query languages, non-monotonic reasoning in deductive databases \item Applications: knowledge discovery and semantic integration in heterogeneous databases. \end{itemize} Contributions are solicited that stress the usability, simplicity and efficiency of logic-based solutions to relevant problems in the mentioned areas. The program will also comprise invited talks and panel discussions, featuring leading experts in the area.\\[2mm] {\bf Location}. San Miniato---a medieval town on the rolling hills between Florence and Pisa---is reachable by train from either city (and from Pisa airport) in 30 minutes. The beautiful surroundings, saturated with art and history, and the workshop location, with its recently restored Benedictine cloister, offer a congenial milieu for scientific discussion and the exchange of ideas. \\[2mm] {\bf Paper Submission}. Papers should be sent to either program co-chair by {\bf 31 March, 1996}. Electronic submissions in PostScript version are encouraged. It is intended to have the proceedings published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.\\[2mm] {\bf Sponsors}. LID'96 is being organized under the aegis of the Commission of the European Communities---EC-US Cooperative Activity ECUS033, and the NSF IRI program, and with the patronage of Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Universit\`a di Pisa, CNUCE-Institute of CNR, Area di Ricerca di Pisa del CNR, Area ``Logic-Based Databases'' of Compulog-Net.\\[2mm] {\bf Web.}\ \ \ \ {\tt http://www.di.unipi.it/LID96/info.html} \begin{center}\em \begin{tabular}{ll} {\bf Important Dates}\\ Paper submission: & 31 March, 1996\\ Notification of acceptance: & 13 May, 1996\\ Camera-ready paper: & 9 June, 1996\\ \end{tabular} \end{center} \end{minipage} \end{document} ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The dbworld alias reaches many people, and should only be used for messages of general interest to the database community. 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The volume contains 4 invited papers, 11 revised full papers from a total of 22 submissions, and two short summaries; the moderated session and the closing session. AUTHORS M. Berndtsson and J. Hansson (Eds.) TITLE Active and Real-Time Database Systems (ARTDB-95) ORDER INFORMATION Springer-Verlag London Ltd., Sweetapple House, Catteshall road, Tel: +44-01483-418822 Godalming, Fax: +44-01483-415151 Surrey. GU7 3DJ Email: {alex, sarah, postmaster}@svl.co.uk Price: #37.00 (UK) Soft cover, 266 pages ISBN 3-540-19983-7 CONTENTS ======== Invited Talks ------------- Ten Years of Activity in Active Database Systems: What Have We Accomplished? U. Dayal Optimizing Active Database Transactions: A New Perspective F. Llirbat and E. Simon A Case for Better Language and Compiler Support for Real-Time Database Systems A. D. Stoyenko and T. J. Marlowe The Origin of TCs K. Ramamritham Paper Presentations ------------------- Time Issues in Advanced Workflow Management Applications of Active Databases H. Jasper, O. Zukunft and H. Behrends Optimization of Active Rules with Parallelism C. Collet and J. Machado Object Oriented Real-Time Database Design and Hierarchical Control Systems M. L. B. Perkusich, A. Perkusich and U. Schiel Temporal Conditons with Retroactive and Proactive Updates M. Deng, A. P. Sistla and O. Wolfson Issues in Active Real-Time Databases M. Berndtsson and J. Hansson On Providing Soft and Hard Real-Time Capabilities in an Active DBMS H. Branding and A. P. Buchmann An Algorithm for the Analysis of Termination of Large Trigger Sets in an OODBMS T. Weik and A. Heuer A Uniform Model to Express the Behaviour of Rules with Different Semantics S. Comai, P. Fraternali, G. Psaila and L. Tanca An Efficient Real-time Optimistic Concurrency Control Protocol K-W. Lam, K-Y Lam and S-L. Hung Data Placement, Logging and Recovery in Real-Time Active Databases R. M. Sivasankaran, K. Ramamritham, J. A. Stankovic and D. Towsley An Evaluation of Network Access Protocols for Distributed Real-Time Database Systems V. Ulusoy Moderated Session and Closing Session ------------------------------------- System Issues in Supporting Active Real-Time Databases S. H. Son Wrap-up Statement A. P. Buchmann --Mikael Berndtsson and Jvrgen Hansson General Co-Chairs, ARTDB-95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The dbworld alias reaches many people, and should only be used for messages of general interest to the database community. 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The Dean manages the College's budget and works with faculty and administrators across the university to deliver rigorous academic programs, attract high quality faculty, and support research efforts. The Dean will be expected to assist in developing new and existing strategic partnerships with industry and government agencies. The College of Engineering consists of 1,220 undergraduates, 370 graduate students and 45 faculty in the disciplines of chemical, electrical, and mechanical engineering, computer science, and engineering management. In addition to the College of Engineering, UMBC includes the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Division of Continuing Education. The university offers more than 40 programs at the master and doctorate levels. The total enrollment of the university exceeds 11,500 undergraduate and graduate students. UMBC's faculty has $31.5M in contract and grant dollars in 1995. For further information refer to the campus Web page at . Candidates must be experienced academic leaders, recognized researchers and scholars with an earned doctorate, whose accomplishments qualify them for appointment at the rank of professor in an academic department. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. The appointment will be effective on or before July 1, 1996. Please send statement of interest, curriculum vitae, and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of five references to: Dean of the College of Engineering Search Committee, c/o Provost's Office, UMBC, 5401 Wilkens Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21228. For full consideration, materials should be submitted before December 15; consideration of applications will continue until the position is filled. UMBC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. ___________________________________________________________________________ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY (UMBC). A dynamic research university, UMBC places special focus on undergraduate education and on research in the sciences, technology and policy. We offer undergraduates 27 majors ranging from the sciences and engineering to the arts and humanities, plus 12 pre-professional and allied health programs, and 4 certificate programs. The Graduate School offers 27 master's and 18 doctoral programs. Unique to UMBC are its state-of-the art centers for imaging research and structural biochemistry; its Shriver Center for learning and service; its Center for Health Program Development and Management, and its Howard Hughes Medical Institute research laboratory. UMBC enrolls an ethnically diverse student body including about 10,000 undergraduate and 1,600 graduate students. They come from 45 states and 80 foreign countries. Over 2,200 students live on campus. There are over 700 full-time and adjunct faculty members, who are committed to undergraduate teaching. Last year, their research programs attracted over $31 million in contracts and grants. THE COMMUNITY. UMBC is centrally located in the Baltimore-Washington corridor, which has a population of 2 million. It is 10 miles from Baltimore's Inner Harbor, 32 miles from Washington, DC, and 4 miles from BWI airport. UMBC is located on a 500-acre suburban campus in Catonsville. It includes 34 major buildings enclosed by a 2-mile elliptical drive. The Atlantic Ocean beaches are a 2 1/2 hour drive to the east, and on a clear day, one can see the Chesapeake Bay from UMBC's Library tower. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The dbworld alias reaches many people, and should only be used for messages of general interest to the database community. Requests to get on or off dbworld should go to listproc@cs.wisc.edu. to subscribe send subscribe dbworld Your Full Name to unsubscribe send unsubscribe dbworld to change your address send an unsubscribe request from the old address send a subscribe request from the new address to find out more options send help ------------------------------------------------------------------------FOOTER- From raghu@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu Fri Dec 1 15:25:06 1995 Received: from ricotta.cs.wisc.edu by sea.cs.wisc.edu; Fri, 1 Dec 95 15:25:01 -0600; AA26357 Date: Fri, 1 Dec 95 15:25:00 -0600 From: smadnick@MIT.EDU (Stuart Madnick) Message-Id: <9512012125.AA26978@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu> Received: by ricotta.cs.wisc.edu; Fri, 1 Dec 95 15:25:00 -0600 To: dbworld@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Information Technologies Group Sloan School of Management Position Announcement The Information Technologies Group of the MIT Sloan School of Management is seeking candidates for a tenure track faculty position. Candidates should have strong research interests in technical, behavioral, or managerial issues related to the use of information technology in organizations. Research interests could include areas such as telecommunications, impact of technology on organizations, computer-supported cooperative work, databases, information economics, software engineering management, human-computer interaction, or knowledge- based systems. Applicants for faculty positions need to have a substantive background in information technology or applications, but need not feel that their research must fit into any narrow area. They should have a Ph.D. or prospects for completing the degree by Fall 1996. A variety of MIT research centers and initiatives, including the Center for Information Systems Research (CISR), the Center for Coordination Science (CCS), Inventing the Organizations of the 21st Century Initiative, and the Total Data Quality Management (TDQM) Research Program, provide attractive opportunities for research and contact with the business community. Classes are primarily graduate level, and the students capable and responsive. Applicants for this position should have three letters of recommendation sent directly to the address below. In addition, an application must include two copies of each of the following: * A one-page cover letter, highlighting research interests * A full curriculum vitae * Selected recent research papers (or dissertation proposal for applicants who are doctoral candidates) Please include a self-addressed envelope, so we can notify you when your application is received. Applications and recommendations must be received by January 15, 1996. We cannot assure full consideration to late or incomplete applications. Send application packages to: IT FACULTY RECRUITING c/o Professor Stuart Madnick MIT Sloan School of Management Room E53-320 Cambridge, MA 02139 MIT is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly encourage applications from women and members of minority groups. Sloan School web page is at http://web.mit.edu/sloan/www/ IT Group web page is at http://web.mit.edu/sloan-it/www/ ------- End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The dbworld alias reaches many people, and should only be used for messages of general interest to the database community. 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Adam Yelena Yesha Rutgers University CIMIC UMBC/NASA CESDIS Newark, NJ 07102 Baltimore, MD 21228 adam@adam.rutgers.edu yeyesha@cs.umbc.edu (201) 648-5239 (410) 455-3542 Advisory Board Al Aho, Columbia Univ. Dan Atkins, Univ. of Michigan Milton Halem, GSFC-NASA Don Tiedeman, AT&T Jim Flanagan, Rutgers University Editorial Board S. Abiteboul, Stanford University P. Aigrain, Universite Paul Sabatier, France P. Buneman, University of Pennsylvania D. Choy, IBM Almaden Research Center U. Dayal, HP R. Jain, UC-San Diego P. Kanellakis, Brown University D. Maier, Oregon Graduate Institute A. McCray, The National Library of Medicine A. Mendelzon, University of Toronto, Canada S. Naqvi, Bellcore E. J. Neuhold, GMD-IPSI, Germany C. Pu, Oregon Graduate Institute E.A. Rundensteiner, University of Michigan J. Slonim, IBM Centre for Advanced Studies, Canada T. Smith, UC-Santa Barbara S. Sugimoto, Univ. of Lib. Info. Sc., Japan H. Wactlar, Carnegie Mellon University SCOPE AND THEME Advances in computing and networking technology are enabling people to interact with one another and information servers on a daily basis and on a global scale. Networked information services have become essential to the functioning of organizations and they are providing a rapidly increasing number of educational, entertainment, and merchandizing functions to the average citizen. Digital content, that is, information in multimedia digital form, is an essential component of the new information age. Digital content can be used in different contexts and can be easily transformed into different formats. The initial users and creators of digital content were researchers, educators, and business people. As more traditional content such as books, magazines, and newspapers becomes digitized, the use of electronic information will spread through all sectors of society. The confluence of these trends and technological advances has created a nascent concept that has been given the name Digital Libraries. A digital library may be viewed as distributed electronic collections of digital objects that cover a wide range of fields of human endeavor including art, music, medicine, science, movies, videos, books, product literature, newspapers, brochures and catalogs. These collections are linked together by global networks and made available electronically to the public in the appropriate medium such as voice, video, images, or text. Authors, publishers, and other content providers are strongly interested in participating in digital libraries. Government agencies are interested in making their content available to wider sections of the public. Proposals are being investigated for conducting electronic commerce based on digital libraries. AIMS The aim of the journal is to advance the theory and practice of acquisition, definition, organization, management and dissemination of digital information via global networking. In particular, the journal will emphasize technical issues in digital information production, management and use, issues in high-speed networks and connectivity, inter-operability, and seamless integration of information, people, profiles, tasks and needs, security and privacy of individuals and business transactions and effective business processes in the Information Age. The journal seeks high quality research papers that present original theoretical results, algorithms, or approaches, as well as empirical and experimental studies related to the following areas: Agent technology for information filtering, location and dissemination; targeted information delivery systems; personal information delivery and filtering, discovery of new information and sources of new information. Acquisition of digital information; authoring environments for digital objects; digitization of traditional content. Security and privacy, digital timestamping, digital signatures, digital watermarks, notarization and authentication systems. Information organization, storage and management, archival of information, subscription management and issues in recency of information. Interoperability of different digital objects, multimodal presentations, cross-platform interoperability. Information navigation, intelligent surfing and browsing, automatic browsing index creation, resource discovery through opinion indexing, search by content, semantic searching, smart indexing and search technology. User interfaces for digital objects, design of user interfaces for universal access, multimedia user interfaces, interfaces for handicapped users, adaptive user interfaces. Electronic commerce, virtual banking, electronic financial transactions. Economics of Digital Libraries, intellectual property issues, billing systems, universal access and tariffs. The journal will be published quarterly, with each issue consisting of approximately 80 pages in two-column format. The first issue will appear in Summer 1996. In addition, once a year a special issue focusing on emerging information technologies will be published. SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS Electronic submission is encouraged to speed up the process (for details please send email to dlib@adam.rutgers.edu). For hard copy submission, please mail five copies to: Prof. Nabil R. Adam CIMIC Rutgers University Newark, NJ 07102 adam@adam.rutgers.edu (201) 648-5239 Once a paper has been accepted, its abstract will be posted on the internet together with its expected publication date. Accepted papers may appear in electronic form once the copyright issue has been resolved. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Personal and institutional subscriptions will be available at a specially reduced rate. 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