root@nova.kuis.kyoto-u.junet (02/13/89)
Call for Papers
The First International Conference
on Deductive and Object-Oriented Databases (DOOD89)
Kyoto, Japan December 4-6, 1989
Sponsored by: Advanced Software Technology & Mechatronics Research Institute
of Kyoto (ASTEM RI/Kyoto)
Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ)
Supported by: ECRC, ICOT, INRIA, MCC
in cooperation with: ACM SIGMOD, IEEE CS
Location: Conference Hall of the Science Center Bldg. in Kyoto Research Park
Aim:
Deductive databases and object-oriented databases are at the forefront
of research in next generation intelligent database systems. Object-oriented
programming and design methodologies hold great promise in reducing the
complexity of very large software systems in such domains as computer-aided
design and manufacturing, integrated office information systems, and artificial
intelligence. Object-oriented database systems will enhance the programmer/user
productivity of such systems. Research in deductive databases is aimed at
discovering efficient schemes to uniformly represent assertions and deductive
rules, and to respond to highly expressive queries against the knowledge base
of assertions and rules, and to check for the validity of knowledge. As
for logic programming, logic has provided the basis for this area of research
and nowadays there are strong interactions between these two fields. Recently,
research has been aimed at integrating the object-oriented paradigm and
rule-based deduction to provide a single powerful framework for intelligent
database systems.
The primary objective of this conference is to provide a common forum of
technical discussions between researchers in deductive databases and
object-oriented databases, thereby accelerating the integration of the
technical outputs of these two areas of research. We expect the conference
to be continued on an annual basis with sponsorship from major next-generation
computer projects around the world, such as ECRC, ICOT, INRIA, and MCC.
Topics included:
The conference will address new developments in theoretical and practical
aspects of deductive databases (DD), object-oriented databases (OOD), and
the integration of these two disciplines. Papers are solicited which describe
original and novel research within this framework. The following is a partial
list of topics of interest.
Integrating Logic and Object Paradigms
Concurrent Logic/Object Programming
Integrity Enforcement in DOOD
Artificial Intelligence Techniques in DOOD
Query Languages and Query Optimization
Advanced User Interface to DOOD Systems
Operational DOOD Systems
Integration of DOOD with Programming Languages
Formalization of the Object-Oriented Concepts
Performance of DOOD Systems
Applications of DOOD Systems
Consistency Checking in DOOD
Instructions: Authors should submit five (5) copies of a full paper to one
of Program Committee Chairpersons by May 1, 1989. Papers should be no
longer than 20 typewritten (double spaced) pages in English. The Author
Name(s) and Affiliation(s) should appear on the cover sheet.
Program Committee Chairpersons:
[American]
Won KIM
MCC
3500 West Balcones Center Drive
Austin, Texas 78759
U.S.A.
Computer Mail: kim@mcc.com
[European]
Jean-Marie NICOLAS
ECRC
Arabellastr. 17
8000 Munich 81
FR Germany
Computer Mail: jmn@ecrcvax.uucp
[Far East]
Shojiro NISHIO
Dept. of Information and Computer Sciences
Faculty of Engineering Science
Osaka University
Toyonaka, Osaka, 560 Japan
Computer Mail: nishio%osaka-u.junet@RELAY.CS.NET
Important Dates:
May 1, 1989 Deadline for paper submission
August 1, 1989 Notification of acceptance
September 25, 1989 Final version due
November 1, 1989 Deadline for advanced registration
The Organization of Committees
General Chairperson: Yutaka Ohno (ASTEM RI/Kyoto)
Steering Committee Chairperson: Jack Minker (U. of Maryland)
Organizing Committee Vice-Chairperson: Yahiko Kambayashi (Kyushu U.)
Executive Committee Chairperson: Akifumi Makinouchi (Fujitsu)
Executive Committee Vice-Chairperson: Koichi Furukawa (ICOT)
Local Arrangement and Finance Chairperson: Kiyoshi Agusa (Kyoto U.)
Program Committee Members:
[American]
Hong-Tai Chou (MCC)
Umeshwar Dayal (CCA)
Dan Fishman (HP)
Yannis Ioannidis (U. of Wisconsin)
Roger King (U. of Colorado)
Frederik Lochovsky (U. of Toronto)
John Mylopoulos (U. of Toronto)
D. Stott Parker (UCLA)
Yehoshua Sagiv (Hebrew U.)
Oded Shmueli (Technion)
Satish Thatte (TI)
Allen Van Gelder (UC Santa Cruz)
Moshe Y. Vardi (IBM Almaden)
Carlo Zaniolo (MCC)
Stanley Zdonik (Brown U.)
[European]
Serge Abiteboul (INRIA)
Michel Adiba (U. of Grenoble)
Peter M. Apers (U. of Twente)
Malcom Atkinson (U. of Glasgow)
Francois Bancilhon (Altair)
Rudolf Bayer (TUM)
Catriel Beeri (Hebrew U.)
Stefano Ceri (Politecnico di Milano)
Robert Demolombe (ONERA-CERT)
Klaus R. Dittrich (U. of Karlsruhe)
Johann C. Freytag (ECRC)
Georges Gardarin (INRIA)
Alain Pirotte (Philips)
Joachim W. Schmidt (U. of Frankfurt)
Dionysios Tsichritzis (U. of Geneva)
Laurent Vieille (ECRC)
[Far East]
Hirofumi Katsuno (NTT)
Yoshifumi Masunaga (U. of LIS)
Takao Miura (Sanno I. of Business)
Nobuyoshi Miyazaki (Oki)
Setsuo Ohsuga (U. of Tokyo)
In-Sup Paik (DACOM of Korea)
Shixuan Sa (People's U. of China)
Ron Sacks-Davis (RMIT, Melbourne)
Katsumi Tanaka (Kobe U.)
Yuzuru Tanaka (Hokkaido U.)
Yoshihisa Udagawa (Mitsubishi)
Kazumasa Yokota (ICOT)
Masatoshi Yoshikawa (Kyoto Sangyo U.)
Requests for further information should be addressed to:
Prof. Kiyoshi AGUSA
c/o ASTEM RI/Kyoto
9F Asahi-Bldg., Oike Yanaginobanba
Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, 604 Japan
Phone:+81-75-256-1677
Telex:5423115ENG KU J
Fax: +81-75-256-1670
(bitnet) agusa@jpnkyoto
(junet) agusa@astem.junet
or
[DOOD89 Secretary Address]
Ms. Ikuko MIYAZAKI
Manager, Marketing Division
Science Center International Corp.
17 Chudoji Minami-machi
Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, 600 Japan
Phone:+81-75-322-7888
Fax: +81-75-322-5348