[mod.ai] Conference - Database Theory 1986 - Program

vardi@wisdom.BITNET (Moshe Vardi) (07/07/86)

             International Conference on Database Theory

                                   PROGRAM


                             MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8

                   Registration and coffee: 8:00am-10:30am

 Session 1. 10:30am-1:00pm. Chairperson: Giorgio Ausiello

   Database Queries and Programming Constructs (Invited Lecture),  Ashok
   K. Chandra (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA)

   Presentation of the Witold Lipski Award to V.S. Lakshmanan.

   Split-Freedom  and  MVD-Intersection:  A   New   Characterization   of
   Multivalued Dependencies Having Conflict-Free Covers, V. S. Lakshmanan
   (Indian Institute of Science, India)

   A Polynomial-time Join  Dependency  Implication  Algorithm  for  Unary
   Multi-valued  Dependencies,  George Loizou (Birkbeck College, Univ. of
   London, UK), P. Thanisch (Lattice Logic, UK)

   Horizontal   Decompositions   Based   on    Functional-Dependency-Set-
   Implications, Paul De Bra (University of Antwerp UIA, Belgium)

                           Luncheon: 1:00pm-2:30pm

 Session 2. 2:30pm-4:00pm. Chairperson: TBA

   Introduction to the Theory of Nested  Transactions,  Nancy  A.  Lynch
   (MIT, USA), Michael Merritt (ATT Bell Laboratories, USA)

   The Cost of Locking, Peter K. Rathmann (Stanford University, USA)

   Update Serializability in  Locking  R.  C.  Hansdah,  L.  M.  Patnaik
   (Indian Institute of Science, India)

                        Coffee Break: 4:00pm-4:30pm.

 Session 3. 4:30pm-6:00pm. Chairperson: John Mylopoulos.

   Restructuring of Semantic Database Objects and  Office  Forms,  Serge
   Abiteboul  (INRIA,  France),  Richard  B.  Hull (University of Southern
   California, USA)

   Entity-Relationship Consistency for  Relational  Schemas,  Johann  A.
   Makowsky, Victor M. Markowitz, N. Rotics (Technion, Israel)

   Unsolvable  Problems  Related  to  the  View  Integration   Approach,
   Bernhard Convent (Universitaat Dortmund, Fed. Rep. of Germany)




                            TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

 Session 4. 9:00am-10:45am. Chairperson: Domenico Sacca`

   Logic Programming and  Parallel  Complexity  (Invited  Lecture),  Paris
   Kanellakis (Brown University, USA)

   Updating Logical Databases Containing Null Values, Marianne  Winslett
   Wilkins (Stanford University, USA)

   Update Semantics under the Domain Closure Assumption, Laurence Cholvy
   (ONERA-CERT-DERI, France)

                        Coffee Break: 10:45am-11:15am

 Session 5. 11:15am-12:45pm. Chairperson: Jan Paredaens

   On the Desirability of Gamma-Acyclic BCNF  Database  Schemes,  Edward
   P.F. Chan, Hector J. Hernandez (University of Alberta, Canada)

   Set Containment Inference, Paolo Atzeni (IASI-CNR, Italy),  D.  Stott
   Parker (UCLA, USA)

   Interaction-Free Multivalued Dependency Sets, Dirk Van Gucht (Indiana
   University, USA)

                          Luncheon: 12:45pm-2:30pm

 Session 6. 2:30pm-4:00pm. Chairperson: TBA

   Efficient Multidimensional Dynamic Hashing for Uniform and Non-Uniform
   Record    Distributions,    Hans-Peter    Kriegel,   Bernhard   Seeger
   (Universitaat Wuerzburg, Fed. Rep. of Germany)

   List  Organizing  Strategies  Using   Stochastic   Move-to-Front   and
   Stochastic   Move-to-Rear   Operations,   B.   John  Oommen  (Carleton
   University, Canada), E. R. Hansen (Lockheed  Missiles  and  Space  Co.,
   USA)

                        Coffee Break: 3:30pm-4:00pm.

 Session 7. 4:00pm-5:30pm. Chairperson: TBA

   A Domain Theoretic Approach to Higher-Order Relations, Peter  Buneman
   (University of Pennsylvania, USA)

   Theoretical   Foundation   of   Algebraic    Optimization    Utilizing
   Unnormalized   Relations,   Marc   H.  Scholl  (Technische  Hochschule
   Darmstadt, Fed. Rep. of Germany)

   Modelling Large Bases of Categorized Data with Acyclic Schemes, F. M.
   Malvestuto (ENEA, Italy)

                           Banquet: 8:00pm-11:00pm




                           WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

 Session 8. 9:00am-10:45am. Chairperson: TBA

   The Generalized Counting Method for Recursive  Logic  Queries  (Invited
   Lecture), Carlo Zaniolo (MCC, USA)

   Some Extensions to the Closed World Assumption in  Databases,  Shamim
   A. Naqvi (MCC, USA)

   Query  Processing  in  Incomplete  Logical  Databases,  Nadine  Lerat
   (Universite` de Paris-Sud, France)

   Filtering Data Flow in Deductive Databases, Michael  Kifer  (SUNY  at
   Stony Brook, USA), Eliezer L. Lozinskii (Hebrew University, Israel)

                        Coffee Break: 11:15am-11:45am

 Session 9. 11:45am-12:45pm. Chairperson: TBA.

   A New Characterization of Distributed  Deadlock  in  Databases,  Ouri
   Wolfson (Technion, Israel)

   Towards Online Schedulers Based on Pre-Analysis Locking, Georg Lausen
   (Technische   Hochschule   Darmstadt,  Fed.  Rep.  of  Germany),  Eljas
   Soisalon-Soininen (University of  Helsinki,  Finland),  Peter  Widmayer
   (Universitaat Karlsruhe, Fed. Rep. of Germany)



                              PROGRAM COMMITTEE

   S.Abiteboul  (France);  G.Ausiello   (Italy),   chairman;   F.Bancilhon
   (France,  USA);  A.D'Atri  (Italy);  M.Moscarini  (Italy); J.Mylopoulos
   (Canada);   J-M.Nicolas   (France,    West    Germany);    J.Nievergelt
   (Switzerland);  C.H.Papadimitriou (Greece, USA); J.Paredaens (Belgium);
   D.Sacca` (Italy);  N.Spyratos  (France);  J.D.Ullman  (USA);  M.Y.Vardi
   (USA).




                                REGISTRATION

   Registration, except for students,  includes  technical  sessions,  one
   copy  of  the  preprints  of  the  proceedings,  luncheons  (Monday and
   Tuesday), banquet (Tuesday), and refreshments during the coffee breaks.
   Student  registration is available to full-time students only, and must
   be documented by a faculty member certification or photocopy of student
   card, and includes the technical sessions, preprints and refreshments.

   Registration fee:
                               Before Aug.15      After Aug.15

   Member of IEEE or EATCS:  Lit. 180000 [ ]    250000 [ ]
                             US $   120  [ ]      165  [ ]
   Nonmember:                Lit. 200000 [ ]    270000 [ ]
                             US $   135  [ ]      180  [ ]
   Student:                  Lit.  75000 [ ]    100000 [ ]
                             US $    50  [ ]       65  [ ]

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                             GENERAL INFORMATION


LOCATION: Conference activities will take place in the headquarters of the
   Italian Research Council, in front of the main campus of the University
   of Rome "La Sapienza":

                   CNR: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
                            Piazzale Aldo Moro 7


MAIL AND MESSAGES: The official mailing address of ICDT'86 is:

                          ICDT'86 c/o Paolo Atzeni
                                  IASI-CNR
                              Viale Manzoni 30
                              00185 Roma Italy

               Telephone (before the conference) +39 (6) 770031
                         (during the conference) +39 (6) 4993379
               Telex: 610076 CNRRM I (Attention: Dr. Atzeni IASI)

   During the conference, participants  can  receive  mail  at  the  above
   address,  but  are suggested to have telephone messages directed to the
   respective hotels.


TRANSPORTATION:  Aeroporto  Leonardo  Da   Vinci,   Fiumicino,   is   Rome
   International  Airport.  ACOTRAL buses leave the airport every 20 or 30
   minutes for the downtown air terminal, located in Via Giolitti, at  the
   main  railway station (Stazione Termini). The hotels are within walking
   distance from the terminal (300mt). ACOTRAL costs Lit.6000 (about US  $
   4.00),  and  tickets must be bought within the airport, before boarding
   the bus. Taxi fare from the airport  to  downtown  is  about  Lit.45000
   (about  US  $  30)  (authorized taxi cabs are yellow and have a license
   number; use only yellow taxis and ask for a receipt).
   Detailed information on how to get to the  conference  site  (1500  mt.
   from the hotels) will be available at the hotels.


BANQUET: The conference banquet will be held at Hotel Columbus, (Via della
   Conciliazione 33, near the Vatican). Vegetarian meals will be available
   only to preregistrants requesting  them.  Additional  tickets  for  the
   banquet will be available at the registration desk for Lit.50000.


TRAVEL INFORMATION: American Express offers various half-day tours of Rome
   every  day,  in  the  morning  and  in  the  afternoon,  for about Lit.
   30000-35000 (US $ 20 -  23),  and  one  or  two  days  tours  to  other
   interesting  locations. Information requests to American Express can be
   sent together with hotel reservations.


CLIMATE: Weather in Rome in September is  quite  warm,  with  temperatures
   between 25 and 30 degrees C (77 - 86 degrees F).


THINGS TO SEE AND TO DO: Anything you like; the decision  problem  may  be
   unsolvable.




   The organizers of ICDT'86 would like to thank the  following  financial
   supporters.
    -  Banca Nazionale del Lavoro
    -  Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
    -  Enidata S.p.A.
    -  Selenia S.p.A.
    -  Universita` di Roma "La Sapienza"