[comp.databases] Int'l Conf. on Database Theory

vgucht@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (02/11/88)

			   CALL FOR PAPERS
				   
			      ICDT 1988
				   
	     International Conference on Database Theory
				   
		    August 31 - September 2, 1988

			   Bruges, BELGIUM

The conference is intended to provide a European forum for the international
research community working on theoretical issues related to database systems.
It is organized by the University of Antwerp and will be held in the Novotel
in Bruges, Belgium.

TOPICS

Major themes to be covered are (this is not meant to be an exclusive list):

	- Artificial Intelligence
	- Complexity and Optimization
	- Concurrency Control
	- Data Models
	- Deductive Databases
	- Dependencies and Control
	- Distribution and Parallelism in DBS
	- Incomplete Information
	- Logic in DBS
	- Query Languages
	- Updates and Transactions


PAPERS

Authors should submit six copies of a full draft paper before March 1, 1988
to one of the following addresses:

	Jan Paredaens				Dirk Van Gucht
	Computer Science Department		Computer Science Department
	Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen	Lindley Hall 101
	Universiteitsplein 1			Indiana University
	B-2610 Wilrijk				Bloomington, IN 47405
	Belgium					USA
	prlb2!uiag!pareda			vgucht@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu

Authors will be notified of the program committee decision on their papers by
May 8, 1988. Final versions are due June 15, 1988. Proceedings are published
by Springer-Verlag and will be available at the conference.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

	F. Bancilhon, INRIA, Paris, France
	J. Biskup, Universitaet Dortmund, FRG
	W. De Jonge, Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
	M. Gyssens, Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen, Belgium
	R. Hull, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
	G. Jaeschke, IBM, Heidelberg, FRG
	P. Kanellakis, Brown University, Providence, USA
	P. Larson, University of Waterloo, Canada
	M. Ozsoyoglu, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA
	J. Paredaens, Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen, Belgium
	D. Sacca, CRAI, Rende, Italy
	D. Van Gucht, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information please contact J. Paredaens or D. Van Gucht.