Call for Contributions

International Conference on Object Databases
(ICOODB 2009)

1-3 July 2009
Zurich, Switzerland

http://www.icoodb2009.ethz.ch


ICOODB 2009 is the second in a series of international conferences aimed
at promoting the exchange of information and ideas between members of the
object database community. A key feature of the conference is its goal to
bring together developers, users and researchers. At the same time, the
conference aims to meet the needs of the different sub-communities. The
conference therefore consists of three different tracks offered as a
tutorial day, an industry day and a research day.


The conference will offer presentations on a wide range of issues related
to object databases, including topics such as applications, methodologies,
design tools, frameworks and standards as well as core object database
technologies. ICOODB 2009 invites contributions in any of the following
categories: tutorials, industrial presentations, research papers and
demonstrations. Details of how to submit proposals for contributions are
available on the web site http://www.icoodb2009.ethz.ch.


Topics of Interest
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General topics of interest include, but are not restricted to:

- object data models
- design of object databases
- semantics of object databases
- object storage systems
- object query languages
- transaction management for object databases
- access structures and indexing in object databases
- constraint models and mechanisms
- event models and mechanisms
- distributed object databases
- architecture and engineering of object database engines
- object-oriented frameworks for data management
- evaluation of object databases
- novel applications of object databases
- object databases in education


Important Dates
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Submissions 30 Jan 2009
Notification of acceptance 06 Mar 2009
Camera-ready copy of papers 27 Mar 2009


Conference Organisation
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ICOODB Steering Committee
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Mike Card, Syracuse Research, USA
Rick Cattell, Independent Consultant, USA
William Cook, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Stefan Edlich, TFH Berlin, Germany
Moira C. Norrie, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
James Paterson, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Christof Wittig, db4objects, USA
Roberto Zicari, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany

General Chair
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Moira C. Norrie, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Scientific Programme Chairs
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Moira C. Norrie, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Michael Grossniklaus, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Scientific Programme Committee (to be completed)
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Suad Alagic, University of Southern Maine, USA
Elisa Bertino, Purdue University, USA
Alan Dearle, University of St Andrews, UK
Oscar Diaz, University of the Basque Country, Spain
Geert-Jan Houben, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Matthias Jarke, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Epaminondas Kapetanios, University of Westminster, UK
Gerti Kappel, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Jessie Kennedy, Napier University, UK
Michele Missikoff, IASI-CNR, Italy
Dennis McLeod, University of Southern Califonia, USA
Oscar Pastor, Valencia University of Technology, Spain
Norman Paton, University of Manchester, UK
Gunter Saake, University of Magdeburg, Germany
Stefano Spaccapietra, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland

Industrial Track Chairs
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Stefan Edlich, TFH Berlin, Germany
Anat Gafni, db4objects, USA

Tutorial Chair
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Roberto Zicari, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany