johnz@latcs1.oz.au (John Zeleznikow) (07/24/90)
========================================================================== "ADVANCED DATABASES FOR THE 1990'S" course run by DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING and APPLIED COMPUTING RESEARCH INSTITUTE LA TROBE UNIVERSITY This course is unique to Australia, and is to be conducted by a team of researchers expert in current database technology. It will allow practioners, researchers and developers of databases to learn the latest skills from current and future world leaders. Topics to be discussed will be selected from: - Database Machines - Federated Databases - Heterogeneous Databases - Distributed Database Design - Distributed Query Processing - Transaction Management - Disaster Recovery - Semantic and Object Oriented Data Modelling - Object Oriented Databases - Object Oriented Knowledge Based Management Systems - Deductive Databases - Incomplete Information - Geographic Information Systems - Spatial Databases - Second Generation Relational Databases - Relational Database Deficiencies - Databases and Logic - Coupling Expert Systems and Databases - Knowledge Based Databases Speakers will be: Dr. John Zeleznikow, Head, Database Research Laboratory, Applied Computing Research Institute, and Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering La Trobe University, Australia - Introduction to Advanced Databases - Logic and Databases - Knowledge Based Databases Fridays 3 and 10 August 1990, 9.30a.m. - 12.30p.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Jane Grimson Director Database Group, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. - Coupling Expert Systems and Databases Tuesday 7 August 1990, 2.00p.m. - 5.30p.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Professor Robert Meersman INFOLAB, Netherlands. -Relational Model deficiencies -Second-Generation RDBMS -Semantic Data Models (EER, NIAM, constraints,...) -Object-Oriented Databases -A semantic modeling case study (uses NIAM) -DB and CASE: new tools -New database systems technology (client/server etc.) -Future directions Wednesday 8 August 1990, 9a.m. - 12.30p.m. and 2p.m.- 5.30p.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Patrick Valduriez, Director SABRE Project, INRIA, France. - Distributed Database Design - Distributed Querying Processing Friday 17 August 1990, 9.30a.m. - 12.30p.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Professor David K. Hsiao Naval Postgraduate College, Monterrey, California, U.S.A. - General Overview of Databases - Database Machines - Federated Databases Friday 17 August 1990, 2p.m. - 5p.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Professor Hector Garcia-Molina, Princeton University, New Jersey, U.S.A. - Co-ordinating multi-transaction activities - Management of a remote backup copy for disaster recovery Friday 17 August 1990, 6p.m. - 9p.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Professor Tomasz Imielenski Rutgers University, New Jersey, U.S.A. "Incomplete Information in Deductive and Object Oriented Databases" - deductive databases - object-oriented databases - incomplete information Saturday 18 August 1990, 9.30a.m. - 1p.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Professor Stanley Y. W. Su University of Florida,Florida, U.S.A. "An Object-oriented Knowledge Based Management Technology: Model, Languages, Algebra and Implementation" - object-oriented association model OSAM* - object-oriented query language OQL - underlying constraint and deductive languages - underlying association algebra A-algebra - prototype KBMS and its user interface Tuesday 21 August 1990, 9.30a.m. - 1p.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Professor Roger King University of Colorado at Boulder, Colarado, U.S.A. "Maintenance of computed data in Object-Oriented Databases" - semantic and object-oriented data models - graphical interfaces to databases Friday 24 August 1990, 9.30a.m. - 1p.m. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Professor Hanan Sammet University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland, U.S.A. "An Overview of Hierarchical Spatial Data Structures" - geographic information systems - spatial databases Thursday 30 August 1990, 9.30a.m. - 1p.m. =============================================================================== For further information contact: John Zeleznikow (johnz@latcs1.oz.au) Phone: 61.3.479-1003(office) 61.3.479-1107(message) 61.3.571-5475(home) 61.3.470-4915(fax) Fees are $A700 for the course and $200 per session. Academic staff and students pay half price. Lecture materials relevant lunches and dinners and morning and afternoon teas are included.