Call for Chapters - edited book on Spatial Databases: Technologies, Techniques and Trends

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CALL FOR CHAPTERS
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Submission Deadline: July 21, 2003 


*** Spatial Databases: Technologies, Techniques and Trends ***

A book edited by 

Yannis Manolopoulos, Apostolos Papadopoulos 
(Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) 
& 
Michael Vassilakopoulos 
(Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece)


Introduction
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Modern applications are both data and computationally intensive and 
require the storage and manipulation of voluminous traditional 
(alphanumeric) and non-traditional data sets (images, text, geometric 
objects, time-series). Examples of such emerging application domains are: 
Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Multimedia Information Systems, 
Picture Archive and Communication Systems (PACS), CAD/CAM applications, 
Medical Information Systems. From the database perspective, new 
technologies need to be developed towards supporting these application 
domains. 

Spatial database management systems store data like points, lines, 
regions, volumes and aim at supporting queries that involve the space 
characteristics of these data.  In order to handle such queries, a 
spatial database system is enhanced by special techniques and tools. 
These include new data types and models, sophisticated data structures 
and algorithms for efficient query processing that differ from their 
counterparts in a conservative alphanumeric database. When a spatial 
database is enhanced by temporal characteristics we get a spatio-temporal 
database system. In such a system, the time of insertions, deletions and 
updates is of great importance, since it must be able to store and 
manipulate the evolution of spatial objects. New algorithms and tools are 
needed in order to process queries that combine the spatial and temporal 
characteristics of the objects . 
  

The Overall Objective of the Book 
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To introduce the reader, who should have a computer science background, 
to this scientific area and the related sub topics and to guide him/her 
up to the state-of-the-art and the related current research challenges. 
  

The Target Audience 
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This book would be suitable for scientists who wish to know this 
scientific area in order to proceed to advanced applications, or to basic 
and/or applied research. It would be ideal for researchers from other 
computer science disciplines who wish to get acquainted with this area 
and develop new research. 
  

Recommended topics include but are not limited to the following: 
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 Data Semantics and Models 
 Data Types and Query Languages 
 Management of Moving Objects 
 Management of Raster and Vector Data 
 Query Optimisation Techniques 
 Query Processing and Indexing 
 Similarity 
 Spatial & Temporal Aspects of Mobile Computing 
 Spatial & Temporal Data and the Web 
 Spatial & Temporal Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery 
 Spatial & Temporal Data Warehousing and Decision Support Systems 
 Design of Experiments and Benchmarks 
 Applications and Commercial Systems 
 Parallel and Distributed Database Systems


SUBMISSION PROCEDURE 
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Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before July 21, 
2003, a 2-5 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission and 
concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be 
notified by Aug. 15, 2003 about the status of their proposals and sent 
chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be 
submitted by October 30, 2003. All submitted chapters will be reviewed by 
at least two reviewers on a blind review basis. The book is scheduled to 
be published by Idea Group, Inc., publisher of the "Idea Group 
Publishing", "Information Science Publishing" and "IRM Press" imprints in 
2004. 

For more information please visit the web site of the book at the 
following URL: 

http://delab.csd.auth.gr/sdttt/ 


Inquiries and Submissions can be forwarded (preferably by e-mail) to: 
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Assoc. Prof. Michael Vassilakopoulos 
Dept. of Informatics 
Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki 
54101 Thessaloniki, GREECE 
Temp. Tel: +30-2310-791-595, Fax: +30-2310-791-290 
e-mail: vasilako-OC0XTztUk7s6xzR80sHaEw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
URL: http://www.it.teithe.gr/~vasilako 

or additionally to 

Prof. Yannis Manolopoulos 
e-mail: manolopo-nS1Tg549IMhMo1R+fwTmgw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
URL: http://delab.csd.auth.gr/~manolopo/yannis.html
 

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