chomicki@antares.cis.ksu.edu (Jan Chomicki) (08/02/90)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Workshop on DEDUCTIVE DATABASES in conjunction with North American Conference on Logic Programming Oct 29 - Nov 1, 90 Austin, Texas A non-exclusive list of TOPICS: Query Processing Methods Rule Optimization, Transformation and Analysis Deductive DBMS Applications Complexity and Expressibility Query Languages DATALOG Extensions Negation Incomplete Information Complex Objects Higher-Order Constructs Non-Standard Query Answers Constraint Query Languages Hypothetical Reasoning Temporal Reasoning Approximate Reasoning and Abstraction Integrity Constraints Updates Active Databases and Triggers Of special interest are papers dealing with novel DEDUCTIVE DATABASE SYSTEMS and their APPLICATIONS. The workshop will have an informal character, with time for presentations, questions, and panel discussions. The workshop is initially planned for HALF DAY, but might be extended if the interest is high enough. The workshop will be held in the afternoon of THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 01, **OR** on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 02. Five other NACLP workshops will also be held during that period of time. The exact time of the workshop will be announced together with its program in early October. SUBMISSIONS: submit 5 copies of an EXTENDED ABSTRACT (max. 8 double spaced pages) by AUGUST 31, 1990. Please include your e-mail address with the submission. Authors will be notified of acceptance/rejection by SEPTEMBER 30, 1990. Submissions will be reviewed by: Tomasz Imielinski (Rutgers) Michael Kifer (SUNY Stony Brook) Shamim Naqvi (Bellcore) Shuky Sagiv (Stanford) and the workshop organizer: Jan Chomicki Computing and Information Sciences 234 Nichols Hall Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66502-2302 Phone: (913) 532-6350 Internet: chomicki@harris.cis.ksu.edu Submissions, panel proposals and all correspondence should be directed to the above address. Also, all potential participants are asked to send e-mail to the organizer as soon as possible. Attendance at the workshop is open to all NACLP '90 registrants but subject to space constraints. There may be an additional workshop registration fee, payable together with the conference fee. Some tentative panel proposals: - "Logic Programming and Objects" - "Database Applications of Logic Programming: Are They for Real?" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------