CFP: SIUFDB-04

Call For Papers
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DEXA 2004 Workshop on
Supporting Imprecision and Uncertainty in
Flexible Databases (SIUFDB-04)
Zaragoza, Spain, September 3, 2004

Workshop web site: http://siufdb04.unibg.it



Aim and Scope 
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A more intuitive, easy and powerful representation, access, and 
retrieval of information is nowadays a necessary feature of 
information systems that have become a common instrument for a 
wide class of users in different areas and for the most diversified 
tasks. 
In the last years, the management of imprecision and uncertainty in 
databases has become an important research area, which has known an 
impressive growth. Generally, this topic has been separately dealt 
with by the soft computing community and the database community.
By the proposed workshop we intend to bring together experiences and 
methods concerning the management of uncertainty and imprecision in 
databases, matured and developed separately within the traditional 
database community and the soft computing community. We think that 
this initiative can yield a cross-fertilisation in the specific field. 
The workshop is addressed to the community of researchers in databases, 
IR, GIS, soft computing, knowledge representation and multimedia, 
working on the extension of existing data models and query languages 
or on the definition of new data models and languages with the aim of 
improving the capabilities of current systems to represent and manage 
uncertain and imprecise information. 
Perspective solutions and practical developments are welcome, provided 
that they cover both database technology and imprecision/uncertainty 
management. Position papers are also welcome and encouraged.


Topics
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The topics of the Workshop include but are not limited to the followings:

* Database models for uncertain, imprecise, incomplete and vague data 
* Query languages dealing with imprecision and vagueness 
* Management of imprecise and uncertain spatial and spatio-temporal data 
* Data mining over uncertain data 
* Flexible languages for data mining 
* Data categorization and ontologies

Submission of papers
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* Papers should be original and not previously published elsewhere. 
  Basic, applied research and position papers are solicited.
* Papers should not exceed 5 pagers, formatted following the formatting 
  instructions available at http://computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm. 
  Papers that fail to comply to length limitations risk rejection.
* Electronic submission in PDF format is preferred, but Postscript will 
  also be accepted. Please note that hard copy and fax submissions will 
  not be accepted.
* Precise submission instructions can be found on the workshop web site.


Final Version
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Papers will be published in the workshop proceedings. Papers should 
not exceed 5 pagers, formatted following the formatting instructions 
available at the web address http://computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm.
Successively, we plan to edit a book on "Supporting Imprecision and 
Uncertainty in Flexible Databases", that will contain an extended 
version of best workshop papers.


Important Dates 
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* Paper Submission: March 1, 2004 
* Notification of Acceptance: April 16, 2004 
* Camera-Ready Copy Due: May 15, 2004 
* Symposium: September 3, 2004


Organizers 
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Gloria Bordogna 
CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche 
Istituto per La Dinamica dei Processi Ambientali, Sez. Milano, 
  Lab. Georisorse 
Via Pasubio 5 
24044 Dalmine (BG) - Italy 
e-mail: gloria.bordogna-wWNNnMQVFVk1GQ1Ptb7lUw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Giuseppe Psaila 
University of Bergamo 
Facolty of Engineering 
Viale Marconi 5 
24044 Dalmine (BG) - Italy 
e-mail: psaila-IfjYPOKPq5E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



Program Commettee
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Patrick Bosc, IRISA ENSAT FR
Rita de Caluwe, Ghent University, Ghent, BE
Guy De Tré, Ghent University, Ghent, BE
Henrik Legind Larsen, Roskilde University, DK
Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, PO
Gabriella Pasi, ITC CNR, Milan, IT
Fred Petry, Tulane University, USA
Stefano Spaccapietra, EFPL, Lousanne, SW
Amparo Vila, Granada university, Granada, ES


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