МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ БЕЛАРУСЬ
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ИНФОРМАЦИОННОЕ СООБЩЕНИЕ
CALL FOR PAPERS
Seventh International Baltic Conference on Data Bases and Information Systems
(DB&IS'2006)
July 3-6, 2006 Vilnius, Lithuania
Detailed information about the conference is available at:
http://isl.vtu.lt/dbis2006/
Organised by:
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuania
Vilnius University, Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, Lithuania
Technically co-sponsored by IEEE Communications Society
AIMS AND SCOPE
The Baltic conference on databases and information systems is thought as an
international forum for technical discussion among researchers and developers of
database and information systems. The objective of the conference is to bring together
researchers, PhD students and practitioners and in the field of computing research that
will improve the construction of future information systems. On the other hand, the
conference is giving opportunities to developers, users and researchers of advanced IS
technologies to present their work and to exchange their ideas and at the same time
providing a feedback to database community.
This conference is continuing a series of successful biennial Baltic workshops on
databases and information systems that have been held in Trakai (1994), Tallinn
(1996, 2002), Riga (1998, 2004), and Vilnius (2000).
LANGUAGE
The conference language is English (talks as well as publications).
TOPICS
Research Topics
Major research topics for the conference will include, but are not limited to:
- Data Integration Methods
- Data Mining
- Data Models and Database Design
- Distributed Database Techniques and Interoperability
- Domain Ontologies and Concept-Based Search
- Information Systems and Security
- Data Warehousing, OLAP, and Knowledge Discovery
- Information Systems, Mobile Computing, and Agents
- Integrated Information Systems
- Intelligent Information Agents
- Knowledge Representation and Knowledge Engineering
- Knowledge Management
- Linguistic Components of Information Systems
- Logic and Databases
- Metamodels and Model Driven Architecture
- Modelling Languages and Tools for Information Systems
- Ontology Design Methods
- Ontology-Based Information Systems
- Knowledge, including business rules, based IS
- Requirements Engineering for Information Systems
- Web and Databases
- XML and Databases
Application Topics
Application topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Agent-Oriented Approaches to Data Integration
- Agents and Knowledge Management
- Business Information Systems
- Component-Based Systems Development
- Business rules based Information Systems development
- Database Development Tools
- Databases and Data Mining Technologies for Specific Domains (Bioinformatics,
etc.)
- E-Commerce and Database Technology
- Geographic Information Systems
- Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence Technologies
- Information Systems Development Tools
- Integrated and Interoperable Database Technologies
- Intelligent Information Access
- Legal Information Systems
- National Information Infrastructure Development
- Ontologies in Agent-Oriented Information Systems
- Regional Infrastructure Information Systems and Database Applications
- Web Information Systems
Strong research papers are encouraged even if topic does not exactly match those
mentioned above.
SUBMISSION
Original research papers as well as application experience papers up to 5000 words
should be submitted in electronic form (Standard Postscript, PDF, RTF, DOC) via
electronic paper submission system by the submission deadlines (see below).
All submissions must be original, not presented at other conferences, published or
under publication elsewhere. Papers will be reviewed by at least two referees
Paper format requirements are specified at http://isl.vtu.lt/dbis2006/
All papers are to be submitted electronically to http://isl.vtu.lt/dbis2006/ Additionally,
for each paper should be submitted abstract (up to 500 words) with the list of
keywords to facilitate the assignment of papers to referees. We have provided a webbased submission procedure, which is an easy and user-friendly way to submit your
paper. Conference management system is described at
http://isl.vtu.lt/dbis2006/SosunovasVasilecasKonfIS20040826.doc
PUBLICATIONS
It is planned that selected papers will be published by Springer in LNCS or by IOS
Press in volume of “Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications” journal
(negotiation is in process). Other accepted papers will be published in conference
proceedings (under an ISBN) by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University and
distributed at the Conference. Conference proceedings will be included into IEEE
Xplore data base http://www.ieee.org/ieeexplore. We are also negotiating with some
conference topics related journals to publish extended versions of selected Baltic
DB&IS'2006 papers.
WORKSHOPS
“Information Technology for business” workshop will be held together with
conference.
http://www.vukhf.lt/index.php?url=english/works_of_faculty/conferences/baltic_dbis_2006
DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM
To activate and motivate PhD students the conference programme will include
Doctoral Consortium chaired by invited professors. PhD students are invited to submit
research communications up to 4000 words describing their current work. To be
eligible, all authors of the paper must be students (except possibly their advisors). The
papers should be in line with the main conference topics. The papers will be reviewed
and selected by Programme Committee. Selected papers will be published in
communications.
PANEL AND TUTORIAL PROPOSAL
Proposals are invited
AWARDS
The best conference paper will be awarded (conference diploma and a gift from
Vilnius). The best paper authored solely by students (up to master level) will be
awarded (conference diploma and gift from Vilnius). Please indicate in your
submission, whether it is a student paper.
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstracts: January 23, 2006
Papers: January 30, 2006
Reviews: March 13, 2006
Notification of acceptance: April 3, 2006
Camera-ready papers: April 15, 2006
Conference dates: July 3-6, 2006
GENERAL INFORMATION
For general information, please send email to dbis2006@isl.vtu.lt
CONFERENCE VENUE
The conference will be held at the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University in Vilnius,
Lithuania. Lithuania is a small, beautiful country lying in the East Europe, on the
south eastern coast of the Baltic Sea and inhabited by one of the Baltic nations. The
Lithuanians have preserved one of the oldest language, a unique culture and unique
customs.
Lithuania is in the zone of temperate climate, its average annual temperature is about
6 degrees Centigrade (in June +17 degrees). There are about 4000 lakes in Lithuania,
21 rivers, Lithuania's forests occupy 28,4 per cent of the country. The fauna of
Lithuania is similar to north-western Europe and taiga.
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania. It is a city that has to be explored. A day walking
through the narrow, winding streets will give you a lot of impression. There is plenty
to see. Masterpieces of local gothic, baroque and classicism, Gediminas Castle, folk
art, museums, monuments of the former Soviet Empire, restful cafes, swinging bars,
modern night clubs, handsome and imposing restaurants. The largest Old Town in
Eastern Europe gives you the feeling that you are walking through a museum, for
practically every building is a relic of a sort. Behind the scenes the Lithuanian capital
counts some thousands of courtyards in all architectural styles from the 14th to the
19th century. 27 km from Vilnius lays the ancient capital of Lithuania Trakai. The
Trakai Castle, an original relic of the Middle Ages, has survived on one of the islands
on the Galve Lake to this day. 100 km from Vilnius lays the Lithuania's second
largest city Kaunas. There is a number of interesting museums, such as the Ciurlionis
Museum with an exposition of more than 200 canvases by the great Lithuanian artist
M.K. Ciurlionis and the exposition of folk "devil" sculptures.
CONFERENCE ORGANISATION
Advisory Committee
Janis Bubenko, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Arne Solvberg, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Programme Co-Chairs
Albertas Caplinskas, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuania
Johann Eder, University of Vienna, Austria
Olegas Vasilecas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
Programme Committee
Witold Abramowisch, Poland
Viktor Aleksejev, Byelorussia
Majed Al-Mashari, Saudi Arabia
Marko Bajec, Slovenia
Janis Barzdins, Latvia
Maria Bielikova, Slovakia
Juris Borzovs, Latvia
Sjaak Brinkkemper, Nederlands
Bostjan Brunen, Slovenia
Janis A. Bubenko, Sweden
Rimas Butleris, Lithuania
Sharma Chakravarthy, USA
Lawrence Chung, USA
Cesar Alberto Collazos, Colombia
Jose Cordeiro, Portugal
Heitor Augustus Xavier Costa, Brazil
Bogdan Czejdo, USA
Oguz Dikenelli, Turkey
Dale Dzemydiene, Lithuania
Hans-Dieter Ehrich, Germany
Andre Flory, France
Maria Grazia Fugini, Italy
Franca Garzotto, Italy
Janis Grundspenkis, Latvia
Giancarlo Guizzardi, Italy
Hele-Mai Haav, Estonia
Juhani Iivari, Finland
Mirjana Ivanovic, Serbia and Montenegro
Leonid Kalinichenko, Russia
Ahto Kalja, Estonia
Audris Kalnins, Latvia
Marite Kirikova, Latvia
Gábor Knapp, Hungary
Christian Koncilia, Austria
Manolis Koubarakis, Greece
John Krogstie, Norway
Rein Kuusik, Estonia
Sergej Kuznetsov, Russia
Patrick Lambrix, Sweden
Michael Lang, Ireland
Pericles Loucopoulos, UK
Audrone Lupeikiene, Lithuania
Kalle Lyytinen, USA
Leszek Maciaszek, Poland
Yannis Manolopoulos, Greece
Rainer Manthey, Germany
Saulius Maskeliunas, Lithuania
Mihhail Matskin, Sweden
Kai Mertins, Germany
Audris Mockus, USA
Lina Nemuraite, Lithuania
Jorgen Fischer Nilsson, Denmark
Kjetil Norvag, Norway
Boris Novikov, Russia
Algirdas Pakstas, UK
Oskar Pastor, Spain
Jaan Penjam, Estonia
Klaus Pohl, Germany
Jaroslav Pokorny, Czech Republic
Henrikas Pranevicius, Lithuania
Boris Rachev, Bulgaria
Daniela Rosca, USA
Gunter Saake, Germany
Simonas Saltenis, Denmark
Klaus Dieter Schewe, New Zealand
Joachim Schmidt, Germany
Timothy K. Shih, Taiwan
Rimvydas Simutis, Lithuania
Guttorm Sindre, Norway
Eva Söderström, Sweden
Arne Solvberg, Norway
William Song, UK
Janis Stirna, Sweden
Julius Stuller, Czech Republic
Ernest Teniente, Spain
Bernhard Thalheim, Germany
Enn Tyugu, Estonia
Irma Valatkaite, Lithuania
Gottfried Vossen, Germany
Benkt Wangler, Sweden
Robert Wrembel, Poland
Mudasser Wyne, USA
Tatyana Yakhno, Turkey
Arkady Zaslavsky, Australia
Roberto Zicari, Germany
Organising Chair
Olegas Vasilecas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
Organising Committee
Algirdas Ciucelis, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
Ahto Kalja, Institute of Cybernetics at TTU, Estonia, coordinator for Estonia
Juris Borzovs, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, Latvia, coordinator
for Latvia
Algirdas Pakstas, London Metropolitan University, UK – IEEE Liaison
Sergiejus Sosunovas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
Saulius Maskeliunas, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuania
Dalia Dzemydiene, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuania
Audrone Lupeikiene, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuania
Diana Bugaite, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
Virgilijus Sakalauskas, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Rimvydas Simutis, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Dalia Kriksciuniene, Vilnius University, Lithuania