CALL FOR PAPERS

11th International Baltic Conference on Databases and Information Systems (Baltic DB&IS 2014)
June 8-11, 2014 Tallinn, Estonia

http://ati.ttu.ee/dbis2014/

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Due to numerous requests we have received the last few days from colleagues around the world for a few more days to complete their papers, we have extended the paper submission deadline to February 20, 2014.
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ORGANISERS:
- Institute of Cybernetics at Tallinn University of Technology
- Department of Computer Engineering of Tallinn University of Technology
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OBJECTIVE:
Data management is fundamental for most information systems (IS) and especially for those based on the web. As the volume of data created globally is expected to grow exponentially in forthcoming years, management of big data gains importance in database research and development. Another new research area of great interest is the fusion or linking of structured and unstructured data in IS’s, tightly related to semantic technologies. In addition, explosion of data usage scenarios, and shifts in computing hardware and platforms highly influence data management and development of modern information systems.

The Baltic conference on databases and information systems is an international forum among researchers and developers of databases and information systems. The purpose of this conference series is to bring together researchers, practitioners and PhD students in the fields of advanced database and IS’s research, and provide an environment to exchange research findings and ideas on the matters, where development of reliable and sustainable systems, with data in the central role, has become crucial in modern diverse IS engineering. The conference will feature original research and application papers on the theory, design and implementation of today's IS’s on a set of themes and issues.

This conference is continuing a series of successful bi-annual Baltic conferences on databases and information systems, which have been held in Trakai (1994), Tallinn (1996, 2002, 2008), Riga (1998, 2004,2010), and Vilnius (2000, 2006, 2012).

The 11th Baltic DB&IS will take place in Tallinn whose picturesque medieval Old Town is known around the world for its well-preserved completeness and authentic Hanseatic architecture. Enchanting atmosphere, rich cultural scene, beautiful surroundings, cutting-edge restaurants, cafés and clubs - there is certainly something for everyone in Tallinn.

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IMPORTANT DATES:
Deadline for papers: February 20, 2014 (extended)
Notification of acceptance: April 11, 2014
Camera-ready papers: April 28, 2014
Conference dates: June 8-11, 2014
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STRUCTURE AND TOPICS OF INTEREST:
The official language of the conference is English (talks as well as publications). To activate and motivate PhD students, the conference programme will include Doctoral Consortium chaired by invited professors.

TOPICS:
Papers on the following main research and application topics, but not limited to, are welcome to be submitted to Baltic DB&IS 2014:
- Big Data Applications and Cloud Computing
- Big Data Integrity and Privacy
- Big Data Processing and Analysis
- Big Data and Semantics
- Business Process Modeling
- Data and Knowledge Management
- Data Integration and Security
- Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
- Data Services and Cloud Computing
- Data Warehousing
- Distributed Data Integration and Cloud Computing
- Domain-oriented Information Systems ( e.g. GIS, environmental IS, governmental IS, etc)
- E-services, e-government, e-business, e-learning, e-health
- Human Computer Interaction (wrt Web Information Systems, etc)
- Information Systems and AI Technologies
- Information Systems Engineering and Integration
- Information Systems, Mobile Computing, and Agents
- Integrated and Interoperable Database Technologies
- Knowledge Engineering and Databases
- Linguistic Components of Information Systems
- Linked Data and Linked Open Data
- Linked Data Integration, Quering, Reasoning, and Schema Learning
- Ontology Applications
- Ontology Engineering (e.g. modularisation, ontology design patterns, ontology matching, etc.)
- Privacy, Trust and Security in Information Systems
- Requirements Engineering for Information Systems
- Semantic Annotation and Semantic Interoperability
- Semantic Technologies for Information Systems
- Semantic-driven Information System Design Methodologies
- Service Oriented Information Systems
- Social Web Mining
- Stream Data Processing
- Web Information Systems, Evaluation and Personalisation
- Web-Scale Data Management (indexing, crawling, etc.)

DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM
PhD students are invited to submit extended abstracts up to 6 pages describing their current work. Topics will be in line with the main conference topics. Accepted doctoral consortium papers will be included to the conference proceedings.

PAPER SUBMISSION:
Original unpublished research papers and application experience papers up to 12 pages with even number of pages in total written in English should be submitted in electronic form as PDF files via EasyChair system. Information on paper submission, format and the review processes is available on conference website.

Conference proceedings will be published in the TUT Research Report Series and will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index.

Post-conference proceedings of selected and extended papers up to 14 pages will be published by IOS Press in the series "Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications" as Open Access Ebook.

Journal publication opportunity: the authors of 5-6 best papers not selected for publication in the post-conference proceedings will be offered opportunity to extend their papers to be published in Baltic Journal of Modern Computing (BJMC) at http://www.lu.lv/baltic-journal-of-modern-computing/


For further information and electronic submission, please refer to conference website at http://ati.ttu.ee/dbis2014/.