Information systems and database systems have always been a central topic of computer science. Additionally the
integration of intelligence and data justifies its today's attractiveness. Since 1990 DEXA is an annual international
conference, located in Europe, which showcases state-of-the-art research activities in these areas.

DEXA 2008, the 19th conference in the series, will be held in Turin, Italy, during September 2008. It will continue to
provide a forum for presenting research results in the area of database and intelligent systems and discussions on
advanced applications and issues related to these areas. It will offer the opportunity to extensively discuss requirements,
problems, and solutions in the field. The workshop and conference should inspire a fruitful dialogue between
developers in practice, users of database and expert systems, and scientists working in the field.

Suggested Topics

DEXA 2008 invites research submissions on all topics related to database systems and intelligent systems including, but
are not limited to those listed below.

Applications of DB Systems and Information Systems
Applications of Expert Systems and Decision Support
Systems
Constraint Modelling and Processing
Data and Information Modelling
Data and Information Integration
Data and Information Networks
Data and Information Privacy and Security
Data and Information Quality
Data and Information Semantics
Data and Information Streams
Data Structures and Data Management Algorithms
Database and Information System Architecture and
Performance
Data Mining Algorithms
Data Mining Systems, Data Warehousing, OLAP
Digital Libraries
Distributed, Parallel, P2P, and Grid-based Databases
Expert Systems and Decision Support Systems
Information Retrieval and Database Systems
Interoperability
Knowledge Acquisition & Management
Knowledge Modelling
Knowledge Processing
Metadata Management
Mobile Data and Information
Multimedia Databases
Multi-databases and Database Federation
Object, Object Relational, and Deductive Databases
Pervasive Data and Information
Process Modelling
Process Support and Automation
Query Processing and Optimisation
Semantic Web and Ontologies
Sensor Data Management
Statistical and Scientific Databases
Temporal , Spatial, and High Dimensional Databases
User Interfaces to Databases and Information Systems
WWW and Databases
Workflow Management and Databases
XML and Databases

General Chairpersons:
Enrico Ferro, Istituto Superiore Mario Boella /
Polytechnic of Turin, Italy
Emilio Paolucci, Polytechnic of Turin, Italy
Marco Cantamessa, Polytechnic of Turin, Italy

Conference Program Chairpersons:
Josef Küng, University of Linz, Austria
Sourav S Bhowmick, Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore

Workshop Chairpersons:
A Min Tjoa, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
Roland R. Wagner, FAW, University of Linz, Austria

Publication Chairperson:
Vladimir Marik, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic


IMPORTANT DATES

Submission of full papers: February 29, 2008
Notification of acceptance: May 10, 2008
Camera-ready copies due: June 10, 2008