[net.general] CALL FOR PAPER VLDB86

takeda@kddlab.UUCP (Manabu Takeda) (07/15/85)

                      CALL FOR PAPERS


               12th International Conference

                             on

                   Very Large Data Bases

                        KYOTO, JAPAN

                     August 25-28, 1986






THE CONFERENCE

VLDB Conferences are  intended  to  identify  and  encourage
research, development and applications of database  systems.
The Twelfth VLDB Conference will bring together  researchers
and  practitioners  to  exchange  ideas.   We  are eager for
papers on new concepts, new ideas and new  research  results
having  to  do with databases  and knowledge  bases.  We not
only solicit, but seek and encourage papers describing  work
in  which an implemented  system embodies a new concept. All
submitted papers will be read by the Program  Committee.

TOPICS

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

        Data Models
        Database Theory
        Database Design Methodology and Tools
        Distributed Databases
        Query Optimization
        Concurrency Control
        User Interfaces
        Database Hardware
        Data Organization
        Performance
        Security Integration of Logic and Database
        Knowledge-Base Systems
        Object-Model Representation
        Engineering Databases
        Office Information Systems
        Multi -media Databases




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TO SUBMIT YOUR PAPERS

Five  copies of double-spaced manuscript  in English  up  to
5000 words should be submitted by February 15,1986 to one of
the Program  Committee Chairpersons.

        Setsuo Ohsuga
        University of Tokyo
        4-6-1,Komaba,Meguro-ku
        Tokyo 153
        Japan


        Wesley Chu
        Computer  Science Dept.
        UCLA
        Los Angeles,CA 90024
        USA


        Georges Gardarin
        INRIA
        Domaine de Voluceau Rocquencourt
        B.P. 105-78153 Le Chesnay Cedex
        France


IMPORTANT DATES

        PAPERS DUE :                  February 15,1986
        NOTIFICATION  OF ACCEPTANCE : April 30,1986
        CAMERA READY COPIES DUE :     May 30,1986


Honourable Chairperson

        Dr. Tosio Kitagawa
        Fujitsu, JAPAN


General Conference Chairperson

        Prof. Yutaka Ohno
        KYOTO University, JAPAN


Steering Committee Co-Chairpersons

        Prof. S.Bing Yao
        Maryland University, USA


        Dr. Vincent  Lum
        IBM, West Germany



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Far East Conference Chairperson

        Prof. Shixuan Sa
        People's University of China, China


American Conference Chairperson

        Dr. Eugene Lowenthal
        NCC,USA


European Conference  Chairperson

        Prof. G.Schlateter
        Hagen University, West Germany


Japanese Executive  Committee Chairperson

        Prof. Hirotaka Sakai
        Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan


PROGRAM  COMMITTEE

     FAR EAST COMMITTEE:

             Setsuo Ohsuga, Chairperson
             University of Tokyo, Japan


             Setsuo Arikawa
             Kyushu  University, Japan


             Hiroshi Arisawa
             Yokohama national University, Japan


             C.C. Chang
             National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan


             Koichi Furukawa
             ICOT, Japan


             Ryosuke Hotaka
             University of Tsukuba, Japan


             Yahiko Kambayashi
             Kyushu University, Japan



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             Sukho Lee
             Seoul National University, Korea


             Leszek Maciaszek
             University of Wollongong, Australia


             Yoshifumi Masunaga
             University of Library & Information Science, Japan


             Takao Miura
             Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Japan


             T. V. Prabhakan
             Indian Institute of Technology, India


             Chen Qiming
             National Bureau of Surveying & Mapping of China, China


             K. P. Tan
             National University of Singapore, Singapore


             Syusuke Uemura
             Electrotechnical Laboratory, Japan



             AMERICAN COMMITTEE:


             Wesley Chu, Chairperson
             UCLA, USA


             P. Bruce Berra
             Syracuse University, USA


             Robert Brown
             Hughes Aircraft, USA


             Arvola Chan
             Computer Corporation of America, USA






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             Dan Fishman
             Hewlett-Packard Labs., USA


             Antonio Furtado
             Pontificia Universidade Catolica, Brazil


             Alan R. Hevner
             University of Maryland, USA


             David Hsiao
             U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, USA


             Fred Lochovsky
             University of Toronto, Canada


             Guy Lohman
             IBM Research Laboratory, USA


             Hector Garcia Molina
             Princeton University, USA


             Frank Olken
             Lawrence Berkeley Lab., USA


             Kamran Parsaye
             Intelliware, USA


             Kenneth C. Sevcik
             University of Toronto, Canada


             Arie Soshani
             Lawrence Berkely Lab., USA


             Toby Teorey
             University of Michigan, USA


             Gio Wiederhold
             Stanford University, USA


     EUROPEAN COMMITTEE:



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             Georges Gardarin, Chairperson
             INRIA, France


             Michel Adiba
             Universite de Grenoble, France


             Peter M. G. Apers
             Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands


             Janis Bubenko
             University of Stockholm, Sweden


             Stefano Ceri
             Politecnico di Milano, Italy


             Peter Dadam
             IBM, West Germany


             Mishbah S. Deen
             University of Aberdeen, UK


             Robert Demolombe
             Onera-Cert-Deri, France


             Peter J. H. King
             Birbeck College (Univ. of London), UK


             Alain Pirotte
             Philips & Mble  Ass. Research Laboratory, Belgium


             Joachim W. Schmidt
             University of Frankfurt, West Germany


             Michiel Scholl
             INRIA, France


             Fabio Schreiber
             Universita Degli Studi di Parma, Italy






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             Heinz Schweppe
             Siemens Ag, West Germany


             Constantino  Thanos
             IEI/CNR, Italy


             Herbert Weber
             University of Dortmund, West Germany


Advisor

        Toshiyasu L. Kunii
        University of Tokyo, Japan


Local Arrangement Committee Co-Chairpersons

        Kiyoshi Agusa
        Kyoto University, Japan


        Takao Miura
        Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Japan


Chief Proceedings Editor

        Yahiko Kambayashi
        Kyushu University, Japan


Publicity Committee Chairperson

        Yoshioki Ishii
        Software AG of Far  East, Japan


Treasurer Committee Chairperson

        Yoshikazu Tezuka
        Osaka University, Japan


Tutorial Committee Chairperson

        Isamu Kobayashi
        Sanno Institute of Business
        Adminisrtation,Japan





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SPONSORS:

        Very Large Data  Base  Endowment
        IFIP
        INRIA
        Information Processing Society of Japan



















































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