wodd@cs.concordia.ca (WORKSHOP ON DEDUCTIVE DATABASES conference) (05/24/91)
********************************* CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION Workshop on DEDUCTIVE DATABASES ********************************* in conjunction with International Logic Programming Symposium (ILPS '91), October 28-31, 1991 San Diego, California, USA The central aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers working on different aspects of deductive databases and logic programming. Recent years have witnessed a substantial amount of research into various aspects in these areas giving rise to new technologies. This workshop will emphasize applications of these technologies as well as implementations of systems. In addition, we strongly encourage papers describing new directions, some of which are listed below. The following is a non-exclusive list of topics of interest to this workshop. Query Languages Constraint Logic Programming Query Processing Methods Negation Query Optimization Quantitative Deductive Databases Updates Probabilistic Deductive Databases DATALOG Extensions Integration of Deductive and OODBs Temporal Reasoning Higher-Order Constructs Integrity Constraints Intensional Query Answering Complexity and Expressibility Applications Implementations The workshop will be informal in character, close interaction being the major aim. The format will be 20-30 minute presentations with adequate time for questions and discussions. The workshop will be held immediately following the conference and the duration will be decided by the extent of interest. Tentatively, it is planned for a half-day and may extend up to a day. The exact time as well as the program of the workshop will be announced subsequently. SUBMISSIONS: Submissions should present ORIGINAL research not published elsewhere. Papers describing work in progress are also encouraged. Please submit 5 copies of an EXTENDED ABSTRACT (maximum 8 double spaced pages) by AUGUST 15, 1991. The authors' email address(es) must appear on the front page of the submission. Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by OCTOBER 1, 1991. In addition, panel proposals are also welcome and are subject to the same deadlines. Submissions will be reviewed by: Francois Bry (ECRC, Germany) Edward Chan (Waterloo University, Canada) Hector Hernandez (New Mexico State University, USA) Alberto Mendelzon( University of Toronto, Canada) and the workshop organizer: Laks V.S. Lakshmanan Department of Computer Science Concordia University H 961 - 18 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd West Montreal, PQ CANADA H3G 1M8 Phone: (514) 848 - 3018 Fax : (514) 848 - 2830 email: laks@maxwell.concordia.ca OR laks%maxwell.concordia.ca@relay.cs.net Submissions as well as panel proposals should be mailed to the above address. The workshop is open for attendance to all ILPS '91 registrants. However, in order to facilitate close interaction, we would like to limit the number of participants to 40. If you are interested in participating in the workshop, please send email to: daniel@concour.cs.concordia.ca. For further information on the workshop, please contact the organizer or send email to: wodd@concour.cs.concordia.ca. *********************//*********************