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Keywords: DS5, Semantics of Interoperable Database Systems, Conference, Workshop
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IFIP WORKING CONFERENCE

DS-5  SEMANTICS OF INTEROPERABLE DATABASE SYSTEMS

Lorne, Victoria, Australia, 16-20 November 1992


PROGRAM


Sunday 15 November

18 - 19.00

Registration    (also 8.30 - 12.30 on 16 November)

19 - 20.30

Cocktails


Monday 16 November


9-10.30

Invited Talk

"The Promise of Distributed Computing and Challenge of Legacy Systems"

Dr. Michael L. Brodie, GTE Laboratories, Waltham, Ma.

11 -12.30

Contributed Talks

"An Object-Oriented Integration Framework for Building Heterogeneous Database
Systems"

M. Hartig and K. Dittrich, University of Zurich

"Large Multidatabases: Issues and Directions"

A. Bougettaya and R. King, University of Colarado at Boulder

14 -16.15

Contributed Talks

"Translating Relational Schema with Constraints into OODB Schema"

L.L. Yan and T.W. Ling, Institute of Systems Science, National University of
Singapore

"Translation of Extended Entity-Relationship Database Model into Object-
Oriented Database Model"

J.R. Getta, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia

"Interoperability between New Database Languages"

Z. Tari, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne


Tuesday 17 November


9-10.30

Invited Talk

"O*SQL: A Language for Object-Oriented Multidatabase Interoperability"

Dr. Witold Litwin, Universite Paris 9, France

11 -12.30

Contributed Talks

"Coordination of Data and Knowledge Base Systems under Distributed Environment"

Q. Chen and Y. Kambayashi, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, Ca, and
Kyoto University, Japan

"Knowledge Based Integration of Heterogeneous Databases"

P. Frankhauser and E.J. Neuhold, GMD _ Integrated Publication and Information
System Institute, Darmstadt, Germany

14 -15.30

Contributed Talks

"Representation and Translation of Queries in Heterogeneous Databases with
Schematic Discreprancies"

G. Dong and K. Ramamohanarao, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

"Overcoming Schematic Discreprancies in Interoperable Databases"

F. Saltor, M.G. Castellanos and M. Garcia-Solaco, Universitat Politecnica de
Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

16 - 18.00

Panel on Database Research and Development in Australia


Wednesday 18 November


9-10.30

Contributed Talks

"Canonical Security Modeling for Federated Databases"

G. Pernul, University of Vienna, Austria

"Achieving Incremental Consistency among Autonomous Replicated Databases"

S. Ceri, M. Houtsma, A. Keller and P. Samuratai, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands and Stanford University, Ca.

11 -12.30

Contributed Talks

"An Approach to Behavior Sharing in Federated Database Systems"

J. Fang, S. Hammer and D. McLeod, University of Southern California, Los
Angeles, Ca.

"Cooperation between Autonomous Operation Services and Object Database
Systems in a Heterogeneous Environment"

H. J. Schek and A. Wolf, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland


Thursday 19 November


9-10.30

Invited Talk

"Schemata of Interoperable Database Systems: Beyond Data Modelling"

Dr. Amit Sheth, Bell Communications Research, Piscataway, New Jersey


11 -12.30

Contributed Talks

"Object Identification in Multi-Database Systems"

W. Kent, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, Ca.

"Managing Interdependencies among Objects in Federated Databases"

Q. Li and D. McLeod, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Ca.

14 - 17.30

Short Papers

"Resolving Heterogeneity in a Multidatabase Environment through an O-O Model"

D. Boulanger and J. Colloc, Universite Jean Moulin Lyon 3, France

"Building a Federated Database: the FEMUS Experience"

M.Yetognon et. al., Swiss Federal Insitute for Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland

"Intelligent Interoperability"

J. Grimson, D. Alexander, G. Boran and R. O'Moore, Trinity College, Dublin,
Ireland

"Considering Fuzzy Thesauri for Interoperable Retrieval Databases"

R. De Caluwe, R. Vandenberghe, N. van Gyseghem and P. Moeman, University of
Ghent, Belgium

"Interoperability under Anarchy"

T.B. Steel Jr., Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York

"Integration of Types and Classes: A Formal Approach"

M.E. Orlowska and C.A. Ewald, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Quuensland,
Australia

"Plan-Based Interoperability for Multidatabases"

L. Dunn and M. Papazoglou, Quuensland University of Technology, Brisbane,
Quuensland, Australia

"Interfacing Heterogeneous Systems through Functionally Specified Transactions"

R. A. de By and H. J. Steenhagen, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

"Towards a design method for interoperable databases"

H. Weigand, University of Tilburg, Netherlands

"Visual Query Languages for Relational Database Interoperability"

C. T. Wu, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Ca.


Friday 20 November


Working Group 2.6 Meeting

Informal Discussions

Sponsor: CITRI (Collaborative Information Technology Research Institute)  -
University of Melbourne and RMIT

Co-Sponsors:      Australian Computer Society

        La Trobe University



For further information contact :-

Dr. John Zeleznikow,
c/- CITRI,
723 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3000.

Phone: [phone]    FAX: [phone]        e-mail: [e-mail]



IFIP WORKING GROUP 2.6 (DATABASES) - Working Conference


DS-5 " SEMANTICS OF INTEROPERABLE DATABASE SYSTEMS "



Lorne, Victoria, Australia
November 16-20 1992





SPONSORED BY:                CORRESPONDENCE:
-----------                --------------

CITRI (Collaborative            Dr John Zeleznikow,c/o CITRI
Information Technology            723 Swanston Street, Carlton,
Research Institute)            Victoria, 3053, Australia
and the Key Centre for            Tel:  [phone]
Knowledge Based Systems,        Fax: [phone]
RMIT and The University of         E-mail: [e-mail]
Melbourne

ACS (Australian Computer Society)

IFIP Working Group 2.6



The conference will be of five days duration.  It will consist of three
invited and twenty two contributed papers and panel sessions.  On the Thursday
and Friday before the conference (12 and 13 November 1992), there will be two
one-day tutorials (Information on the tutorials can be found on Pages 7 and 8 of
this brochure.).

Invited Talk 1: "The Promise of Distributed Computing and Challenge
        of Legacy Systems"

Dr Michael L. Brodie, GTE Laboratories, Waltham, Ma.


Invited Talk 2: "Schemata of Interoperable Database Systems: Beyond
        Data Modelling"

Dr Amit Sheth, Bell Communications Research, Piscataway, New Jersey


Invited Talk 3: "O*SQL: A Language for Object-Oriented Multidatabase
        Interoperability"

Dr Witold Litwin, University Paris 9, France



Conference Structure:
--------------------
Registration:    Sunday 15 November, 6.00 - 7.00 pm (and also 8.30 am - 12.30
        pm, Monday 16 November)

Cocktails:    Sunday 15 November, 7.00 - 8.30 pm


        Monday    Tuesday    Wednesday    Thursday    Friday
        16 Nov    17 Nov    18 Nov        19 Nov        20 Nov

8.00        Break.    Break.    Breakfast    Breakfast    Breakfast

9.00        Invited Invited    Contributed     Invited        Contributed
        Talk    Talk    Talks        Talk        Talks

10.30         tea     tea    morning tea    morning tea    morning tea

11.00        Contr.    Contr.     Contributed     Contributed     Contributed
         Talks    Talks    Talks        Talks        Talks

12.30        Lunch    Lunch    Lunch        Lunch        Lunch

14.00        Contr.    Contr.    Scenic        Contributed     Free Time
        Talks    Talks    trip        Talks

16.15        tea    tea            afternoon tea

16.45         bushwalk   panel
        & barbecue

19.00            dinner    dinner        Conference
                        Banquet



Accommodation: All talks and panels as well as meals will be held at the
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Erskine House Guest House, Mountjoy Road, Lorne.  Those wishing to stay at
Erskine House (the preferred option) will have an all included tariff of $A495
(all prices quoted are in Australian dollars: as of 1 June $A1 was approximately
equal to $US 0.755).  This accommodation includes three meals and sharing a
double room.  A single supplement will cost $A150 for five nights.

For those who require more luxurious hotel accommodation (e.g. heated pool,
spa, a la carte restaurant), bookings have been made at the Cumberland Hotel, a
10 minute walk from Erskine House. The cost of a single or double room (with
no meals included) is $825 for five nights.  Accommodation will also be
available at Kalimna Hotel, a 15 minute walk from Erskine House, for $490 for
five nights (no meals included).

Meals at Erskine House can be purchased on a package basis. The cost is
$280 for five days.

Transport: Lorne can be reached by train from Spencer St Railway Station
---------
(the main interstate railway station in Melbourne, which is linked by a direct
bus service to the Tullamarine International Airport) to Geelong, and then a
connecting bus to Lorne.  Trains for Geelong that have bus connections to Lorne
leave Spencer Street Railway Station at 9.35 am and 6.55 pm on Sundays, and
8.43 am and 4.56 pm on weekdays.  The trip to Lorne takes approximately 2 hours
45 minutes.

Since most attendees at DS5 will also wish to spend some time in Melbourne,
the conference organisers have decided to arrange accommodation in Melbourne,
and transport from Melbourne to Lorne and return.

Accommodation in Melbourne is being booked in Carlton, a cosmopolitan
university suburb about 1 km north of the downtown area.  Participants are
encouraged to stay at International House or Graduate House, colleges of The
University of Melbourne, or the Townhouse Hotel, a motel adjacent to The
University of Melbourne.  Cost at International House and Graduate House will be
$60 and $65 respectively, per day, for room and full board (Please note Graduate
House does not provide lunch.).  The Townhouse charges $98 per night, for bed
and breakfast.  On Sunday 15 November 1992, a bus will pick up DS5 attendees
from International House, Graduate House and the Townhouse Motel, and take them
to Erskine House in Lorne.  Another bus will leave Erskine House on Friday
afternoon, 20 November 1992 and return participants to International House,
Graduate House and the Townhouse Motel.

Conference Location: Lorne is Victoria's oldest coastal resort, located
-------------------
about 100 km west of Melbourne.  It is a town of rare natural beauty, nestled
amongst forested ranges on 3 sides, with native trees stretching right down to
the magnificent surf and swimming beaches.  Because of Lorne's protected
geographical position, it has an ideal mild climate all the year round.  Lorne
offers a wide variety of activities, including golf, tennis, bowls and fishing,
and is a favorite retreat for bushwalkers and nature lovers alike.  Even the
drive to and from Lorne is spectacular, either through the scenic Otway Ranges,
or along the world famous Great Ocean Road, which was first constructed by hand
by returning soldiers from the First World War.  The scenic coastline from Lorne
to Apollo Bay has been said to be one of the most beautiful and breathtaking
drives in the world.  Our excursion, scheduled for the afternoon of Wednesday 18
November, will follow the Great Ocean Road through some of Australia's most
spectacular coastal scenery to Apollo Bay.  The scenic road continues on to the
famous rock formations of Twelve Apostles, Loch Ard Gorge and the Arch, enroute
to picturesque Port Campbell.  The Port Campbell National Park offers huge surf,
cliff top walks, rock and estuary fishing.

Melbourne will be the location for the series of tutorials proceeding the
conference.  Melbourne is Australia's second largest city, and was recently
judged "the world's most liveable city".


Registration fees: Registration fee for the conference is $450. This includes
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the tutorials, conference proceedings, morning and afternoon teas, scenic trips,
a bushwalk and barbecue, and transport to and from Lorne.  Accommodation must be
paid for separately.


Methods of Payment: Payment must be by cheque or bank draft in Australian
------------------
dollars drawn on an Australian bank.  Unfortunately we cannot accept credit
cards.

Please note the cost of tutorials is included in the General Registration
Fee; i.e.conference registrants do not pay for attending the tutorials.


Letter of Invitation: A visa is necessary for all DS5 participants who are
--------------------
not Australian or New Zealand permanent residents.  If you require an official
letter of invitation to DS5, to assist in applications for financial support or
visas, please contact the Conference General Chairman.



Program Co-Chairmen:
-------------------
Professor David Hsiao
Computer Science Department,
US Naval Postgraduate School

Professor Erich J.  Neuhold
GMD-Integrated     Publication and Information Systems Institute

Professor Ron Sacks-Davis CITRI (Collaborative Information Technology
Research Institute): RMIT and The University of Melbourne

Tutorial Chairman:
-----------------
Professor Robert Meersman INFOLAB,
University of Tilburg, The Netherlands

General Chairman:
----------------

Dr. John Zeleznikow
Database Research Laboratory
Applied Computing Research Institute
La Trobe University, Bundoora,
Victoria, Australia, 3083

Phone:     [phone]
FAX:    [phone]
E-mail:    [e-mail]


PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
-----------------

Peter M.G Apers  (University of Twente), Holland
Stefano Ceri  (Politecnico of Milano), Italy
Umashwar Dayal  (DEC, Cambridge), USA
S.Misbah Deen  (Keele University), UK
Claude Delobel  (University Paris-Sud, INRIA), France
Klaus Dittrich  (University of Zurich), Switzerland
H.D. Ehrich  (Technical University Braunschweig), Germany
Ahmed K Elmagarmid  (Purdue University), USA
Georges Gardarin  (University Paris 6), France
Yahiko Kambayashi  (Kyoto University), Japan
Bill Kent   (Hewlett-Packard, Palos Altos), USA
M. Kitsuregawa  (Tokyo University), Japan
Wolfgang Klas  (ICSI, Berkeley), USA
Qing Li  (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Hong Kong
Witold Litwin  (University Paris 9), France
Fred Lochovsky  (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Hong Kong
Vincent Lum  (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Hong Kong
Dennis McLeod  (University of Southern California, Los Angeles), USA
Frank Manola  (GTE, Waltham), USA
Yoshifumi Masunaga (University of Library and Information Science, Ibaraki),
Japan
Robert Meersman (University of Tilburg), Holland
Beng Chin Ooi  (National University of Singapore), Singapore
Maria Orlowska  (University of Queensland), Australia
Mike Papazoglou  (Queensland University of Technology), Australia
Kotagiri Ramamohanarao  (University of Melbourne), Australia
Marek E. Rusinkiewicz  (University of Houston), USA
Hans-Joerg Schek  (ETH, Zurich), Switzerland
Peter Scheuermann  (Northwestern University), USA
Amit P Sheth  (Bellcore, Piscataway), USA
Abraham Silberschatz  (University of Texas at Austin), USA
Stefano Spaccapietra  (EPF Lausanne), Switzerland
Rudi Studer  (University Karlsruhe), Germany
A.M. Tjoa  (University of Vienna), Austria
K-Y Whang  (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul), Korea
C. Thomas Wu  (Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey), USA
Clement Yu  (University of Illinois at Chicago), USA


CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM
----------------------------


Family name  __________________    Given names ______________

Organization  __________________    Department _______________

Address  _________________________________________________

City  ________________________    State _________________

Country _____________________    Postcode ______________

Telephone ______________  Fax ______________  E-mail __________



            Early birds            Full Fee
            (before September 15)        (after September 15)

General Registration        $450                $550
$A______________

Accommodation package at Erskine House, Lorne,            $495
$A______________     sharing a room (including meals)

Accommodation package at Erskine House, Lorne,            $645
$A______________     single room (including meals)

Accommodation at Cumberland Hotel, Lorne (no meals)        $825
$A______________

Accommodation at Kalimna Hotel, Lorne (no meals)        $490
$A______________

Extra banquet tickets @$50 per ticket
$A______________

Accommodation at International House, $60 per day
$A______________

Dates required: _____________________________

Accommodation at Graduate House, $65 per day
$A______________

Dates required: _____________________________

Accommodation at Townhouse Hotel, $98 per night
$A______________

Dates required: _____________________________


TOTAL:                            $A _____________

(NB:  Cost of tutorials are included in the General Registration Fee.)


I will attend Tutorial 1 in Melbourne on Thursday 12 November    Y / N

I will attend Tutorial 2 in Melbourne on Friday 13 November    Y / N

I will require transport from International House to Erskine House, Lorne
on 15 November                            Y / N

I will require transport from Graduate House to Erskine House, Lorne on 15
November                            Y / N

I will require transport from Townhouse Hotel to Erskine House, Lorne on 15
November                            Y / N

I will require transport from Erskine House to Melbourne on 20 November
                                 Y / N


Methods of Payment: Payment must be by cheque or bank draft in Australian
------------------
dollars drawn on an Australian bank.  Unfortunately we cannot accept credit
cards.

Please mail the completed registration form together with the cheque/bank draft
to:

DS5 Conference Administration
c/- Collaborative Information Technology Research Institute
723 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria, 3053
Australia

Phone:    [phone]
Fax:    [phone]
E-mail:    [e-mail]


TUTORIAL REGISTRATION FORM
--------------------------

NB:  To be completed by those attending tutorials only.


Family name  __________________    Given names _________________

Organization __________________    Department  _________________

Address ____________________________________________________

City    _______________________    State  __________________

Country _____________________    Postcode ________________

Telephone ______________  Fax ______________  E-mail ____________



            Early birds            Full Fee
            (before September 15)         (on or after September 15)


One tutorial        $250                    $300
$A _____________

Two tutorials        $350                    $450
$A _____________


TOTAL:                                $A _____________


I will be attending Tutorial 1 in Melbourne on Thursday 12 November    Y / N

I will be attending Tutorial 2 in Melbourne on Friday 13 November    Y / N




TUTORIALS
---------

On Thursday 12 November and Friday 13 November 1992, two whole day tutorials on
current issues in database systems will be given.  The presenters, Michael
Brodie and Amit Sheth, are foremost industrial consultants.  They both lead
large research teams in international telecommunication companies. Both
tutorials will be held at CITRI (Collaborative Information Technology Research
Institute), an internationally renowned applied research institute in the area
of computing and telecommunications, established by The University of Melbourne
and RMIT.


Tutorial 1:  9.00 am - 5.00 pm, Thursday 12 November, 1992

"Interoperable Information Systems: Motivations, Status, Challenges
and Approaches"

Dr Michael L. Brodie, GTE Laboratories, Waltham, Ma.

Abstract:

The vision of future information systems (ISs) is compelling.  It involves
large numbers of heterogeneous, intelligent agents distributed over large
computer/communication networks.  No matter how great the vision, it will
be of little value if it cannot be integrated into the current IS technology
base.  Millions of currently disjoint ISs/computing resources must be made to
cooperate efficiently and transparently.  Without cooperation and increased
intelligence, the dramatic benefits and massive investments in currently
disjoint computing resources may not be fully exploited.

This tutorial provides a practical, intuitive, and conceptual understanding
of interoperability in terms of real case studies, a vision of the future,
current trends/approaches, and research challenges. It provides a roadmap of the
new area of interoperability and a basis for understanding DS-5.

Dr Michael L. Brodie heads the Intelligent Database Systems Department at
GTE Laboratories.  Previously, he was a Senior Scientist in the Research
Division of Computer Corporation of America, and a professor at the Universities
of Maryland and Toronto.  Dr Brodie is an associate editor of the International
Journal of Intelligent and Cooperative Information Systems, and a co-editor of
the Topics and Information Systems Series from Springer-Verlag.  He has authored
over 70 books, journal articles and refereed conference papers.


Tutorial 2:  9.00 am - 5.00 pm, Friday 13 November, 1992

"Issues and Applications Support in Interoperable Database Systems"

Dr Amit Sheth, Bell Communications Research, Piscataway, New Jersey

Abstract:

Data in most large institutions is managed by heterogeneous and autonomous
application systems and their databases.  Traditionally, semantics of data
has been considered as an aspect of information modelling.  However, to support
applications in interoperable database systems, we need to go significantly
beyond information modelling and also consider semantics related to multisystem
work flows that involve transactions on multiple databases, and consistency of
related data managed by multiple databases.

In this tutorial, we will present semantic issues of information management
in interoperable database systems, with emphasis on three essential themes:

   Information modelling

   Multisystem work flow management

   Multidatabase consistency constraints management

The unique feature of this tutorial is to relate some of the recent
exciting advances in multidatabase systems with the challenging needs of
real industrial application systems.  We present industrial "war-stories"
and describe the prototyping efforts at Belcore, the University of Houston and
Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC).  We evaluate and
demonstrate the applicability of research concepts and emerging technologies for
industrial application systems.


Dr Amit P. Sheth has led projects on developing heterogeneous distributed
database systems, projects involving the integration of Artificial Intelligence
systems with database systems, and the design of a factory information system.
He has also undertaken research and development on tools for schema integration
and view updates for interoperable database systems.  Currently, he is working
on managing interdependent data in multidatabase systems, multidatabase
transactions, and an environment to support federated database design and
integration.

Dr. Sheth has given tutorials and lectures at international database research
and industrial conferences, edited journals and written many refereed research
articles.