We appologize if you receive multiple copies PLEASE DISTRIBUTE TO WHOM MAY BE INTERESTED Everyone interested in database and information systems is invited to participate in ADBIS'2002. ===================================================== CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ===================================================== ADBIS'2002 Sixth East-European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems ===================================================== September 8-11, 2002 Bratislava, Slovakia ===================================================== for more details or to obtain a printable version of this CFP please visit the Conference web page http://www.dcs.elf.stuba.sk/adbis2002 This year conference will follow the tradition of providing high quality tutorials and invited talks led by internationally recognized experts. A diverse selection of technical sessions will provide a forum for the exchange of the latest ideas and results on the field of database and information systems. ========== TUTORIALS ========== AWAIS RASHID (Lancaster University, UK) --------------------------------------------------- ASPECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR DATABASE SYSTEMS? --------------------------------------------------- Abstract: Aspect-oriented programming (AOP) aims at easing software development by providing abstractions which serve to localise crosscutting concerns e.g. code which cannot be encapsulated within one class but is tangled over many classes. This tutorial will discuss the role of AOP in the context of database systems. The aims of the tutorial are fourfold: - to introduce the audience to basic concepts of aspect-oriented programming - to highlight crosscutting concerns in database systems at both the DBMS level and database level - to describe the use of aspect-orientation to achieve cost-effective customisation and reduced maintenance overheads at both the DBMS level and the database level - to discuss new requirements imposed on database systems in terms of aspect storage and integration with aspect-oriented programs and some solutions to address these requirements. TIMOS SELLIS (National Technical University of Athens, Greece) --------------------------------------------------- DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE OF DATA WAREHOUSES --------------------------------------------------- Abstract: This tutorial will discuss topics involved in the design and maintenance of data warehouses (DW). It starts with the definition of data warehouses and On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) by emphasizing the differences with data bases and On-Line Transaction Processing (OLTP). It then introduces architectures of DW systems by discussing the various components of such architectures (data sources, wrappers and mediators, data marts, etc.) and the models used (MOLAP, ROLAP, HOLAP, etc). It then looks in detail into the issues involved in the design of data warehouses, the maintenance principles and the algorithms used to efficiently perform the design and maintenance of data warehouses. Finally, it looks into special research issues such as storage and query processing alternatives as well as indexing and other operational issues. ================ INVITED LECTURES ================ OLIVER GUNTHER (Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin and PULV, Paris) --------------------------------------------------- TRUST IS NOT ENOUGH: HOW TO HIDE SENSITIVE DATA FROM YOUR SERVICE PROVIDER --------------------------------------------------- Abstract: This talk will present several technical solutions how customers can use a provider's services without giving him access to any sensitive data. Our focus will be on privacy homomorphisms, an encryption technique originally proposed by Rivest et al. that maintains the structure of the input data while obscuring the actual content. We shall present several of our own proposals how to integrate privacy homomorphisms into existing service architectures and a comparative analysis that compares costs and benefits of the solutions currently available. PAOLO ATZENI (Universita Roma Tre, Italy) --------------------------------------------------- COORDINATES FOR WEB SITE MODELING: TIME, VERSION, EDITION, SPACE, PERSONALIZATION --------------------------------------------------- Abstract: The adoption of high level models has been advocated by many authors as instrumental in Web site development as a strong support to both development and maintenance. We will discuss how the specification of Web sites at the logical level can greatly benefit from the introduction of specific features for the representation of time, which could interact with the support for versions and editions objects in the site. However, time can be seen as a "coordinate" of Web models, a more general notion that includes various forms of specializations, personalizations, and variations, such as those related to location, language, user preferences, device type. Hans-Jörg Schek, Heiko Schuldt, Christoph Schuler, Roger Weber (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich) --------------------------------------------------- INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INFORMATION SPACES --------------------------------------------------- Abstract: In the past we talked about single information systems. In the future we expect an ever increasing number of information systems and data sources, reaching from traditional databases and large document collections, information sources contained in web pages, down to information systems in mobile devices and embedded information in mobile “smart” objects as they will occur in a pervasive computing environment. Therefore not only the immense amount of information demands new thoughts but also the number of different information sources and their coordination poses a great challenge for the development of future tools that will be suitable to access, process, and maintain information. We talk about the continuous, “infinite” information, shortly called the “ information space”. Information in this space is distributed, heterogeneous and undergoes continuous changes. So, the infrastructure for information spaces must provide convenient tools for accessing information via sophisticated search facilities and for combining or integrating search results from different sources. =================== TECHNICAL SESSIONS =================== 31 selected papers will appear in Conference Proceedings by Springer in the LNCS Series. 24 selected papers will be published in local Communications. ============== REGISTRATION ============== Registration should be made on-line at www.dcs.elf.stuba.sk/adbis2002/ by filling in the registration form. To assist us in planning the symposium, please fill the Registration Form as soon as possible. Alternatively, you can register by sending an e-mail to adbis@dcs.elf.stuba.sk. ================ ADBIS'2002 FEES ================ can be payed either in SKK (Slovak Crowns) or EURO ------------------------------------------------- EARLY LATE ON SITE (by June 30) (by Aug. 15) ------------------------------------------------- ACM Non-member 17500 SKK 18700 SKK 19900 SKK 410 EURO 440 Euro 470 EURO ------------------------------------------------- ACM Member 15400 SKK 16600 SKK 17800 SKK 360 EURO 390 EURO 420 EURO ------------------------------------------------- PC/SC Member 13300 SKK 13300 SKK 13300 SKK 320 EURO 320 EURO 320 EURO ------------------------------------------------- Student 8300 SKK 9300 SKK 10300 SKK 200 EURO 220 EURO 240 EURO ------------------------------------------------- ========= PAYMENTS ========= All payments have to be made by bank transfer to: Tatra Banka, a.s. Vajanského nábr. 5 P.O. BOX 50 810 11 Bratislava 111 Slovakia Account Name: Nadacia pre rozvoj informatiky Account number: 2663040002/1100 Swift code: TATRSKBX Purpose of payment: adbis2002 {your name} ====== VENUE ====== The Conference will be held in Bratislava, Slovakia, at the congress centre Družba located about 3 km west from the historical centre. Bratislava, the capital and the largest city in Slovakia, is an old central European city that has always gained attention through its location on the river Danube, its nearness to Vienna and Budapest, and the hospitality of its inhabitants. Throughout the history, Bratislava has grown not only to the administrative, industrial, cultural and scientific centre of Slovakia but first of all to the lovely city worth of staying in. ================ CONTACT ADDRESS ================ Pavol Navrat Department of Computer Science and Engineering Slovak University of Technology Ilkovicova 3 812 19 Bratislava Slovakia phone: (+421 2) 654 29 502 (+421 2) 602 91 548 Fax: (+421 2) 654 20 587 e-mail: adbis@dcs.elf.stuba.sk =====================================================