robert@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Robert Evans) (06/28/88)
BNCOD-6, University College Cardiff, July 11th-13th
Sixth British National Conference on Databases
Some places are still available for this conference. The cost is 145 pds
for BCS members and people from academic institutions or 170 pds for others.
An extra charge of 25 pds may be made for late bookings.
Booking forms are available from Nick Fiddian, Alec Gray and Robert Evans,
Dept of Computing Maths, U.C. Cardiff, Cardiff, CF2 4AG, Tel +44 (0) 222 874000
extensions 5533, 5532 and 5518.
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
Monday 11th July 1988
10am-12.30 Registration
Lunch
Conference Begins
14.00-14.15 Opening Address by Principal, A.F. Trotman-Dickenson
Invited Paper
Chairman: Prof R F Churchhouse
14.15-15.30 "Distributed Databases: Future Developments"
R McCord, RTI, California
Tea
Theme: Object-oriented databases
Chairman: Prof P King
16.00-16.45 "An object-oriented interface to an IPSE database"
A W Brown, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
16.45-17.30 "KBZ: An object-oriented approach to the specification
and management of knowledge bases"
Elizabeth Oxborrow and H M Ismail, University of Kent
* Reception and Dinner (18.30-19.45 and 20.00) *
Tuesday 12th July
Invited Paper
Chairman: Prof M Shave
9.30-10.45 "Database support in designing office systems"
G Bracchi and M G Fugini, Politecnico di Milano &
Universita di Brescia
Coffee
Theme: Temporal databases
Chairman: Prof P Stocker
11.15-12.00 "HQL: An Historical Query Language"
R Sadeghi, W B Samson & M S Deen, Oracle UK, Dundee College
of Technology and Keele University
12.00-12.45 "Temporal Management in an Extended Relational DBMS"
P Noblecourt, C Rolland & J Y Lingat, University of Paris
Lunch
Theme: Temporal Databases (cont'd)
Chairman: Prof H Williams
14.00-14.45 "An implementation of database alerters for Health
District Management"
A Blue, B M Brown and W A Gray, University College Cardiff
14.45-15.30 "Keeping Time in a Music Database"
B M Eaglestone, University of Bradford
Tea
Panel session
Chairman: G C H Sharman
16.00-17.30 Panel Discussion on 4GLs
* Civic Reception and Conference Dinner at Cardiff Castle *
Wednesday 13th July
Invited Paper
Chairman: Dr K Jeffrey
9.15-10.30 "From database systems to multi-database systems -- why and
how?"
W Litwin, INRIA, France
Coffee
Theme: Alternative Database Models
Chairman Dr P Gray
11.30-11.45 "The universal triple machine: a reduced instruction set
database manager"
G C H Sharman and N Winterbottom, IBM UK Ltd
11.45-12.30 "FDL: an intergration of the functional data model and the
functional computational model"
A Poulovassilis, Birkbeck College.
Lunch
* Conference Ends. *
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Robert Evans, Dept of Computing Maths, University College Cardiff,
PO Box 78, Cardiff, Wales, UK, CF1 1XL. Tel: +44 (0)222 874000 x 5518
E-mail: R.Evans@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk UUCP: R.Evans@cf-cm.UUCP