DB&IS'2004 Last Call for Paper (submission extended February 15)

DB&IS 2004 LAST CALL FOR PAPERS (deadline extended to February 15)

Sixth International Baltic Conference on Data Bases and Information Systems
(DB&IS'2004)
June 6-9, 2004 Riga, Latvia
Detailed information about the conference is available at:
http://www.riti.lv/dbis2004

(Extended paper submission deadline: February 15, 2004)

Following many requests, deadline for papers is extended until February 15.

Organised by:
University of Latvia
Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia
Department of Computer Science, University of Latvia
Riga Information Technology Institute
Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuania

Technically co-sponsored by:
IEEE Communications Society
Council of European Professional Informatics Association (CEPIS) (acceptance 
pending)
Latvian Information Technology and Telecommunications Association (LITTA)

Sponsored by:
The VLDB Baltic Fund
IT Alise
Latvian Science Council
Exigen Latvia
Other sponsors - acceptance pending

Objective

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 as well as practitioners and PhD students 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 bi-annual Baltic workshops 
on databases and information systems that have been held in Trakai (1994), 
Tallinn (1996, 2002), Riga (1998), and Vilnius (2000).
The conference will share some sessions and other events with the 16th 
Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering CAiSE'2004, June 7-11, 
also in Riga, Latvia.

Structure and Topics of Interest

The conference language is English (talks as well as publications). The 
conference is planned to include two main tracks: traditional research track 
and 
advanced application track. To activate and motivate PhD students the 
conference 
programme will include Doctoral Consortium chaired by invited professors.

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
- Modeling Languages and Tools for Information Systems
- Ontology Design Methods
- Ontology-Based Information Systems
- Quantum Computing
- Requirements Engineering for Information Systems
- Web and Databases
- XML and Databases
Strong research papers on information and communications technologies are 
encouraged even if topic does not exactly match those mentioned above.

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
- 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 papers on information and communications technologies are encouraged 
even 
if topic does not exactly match those mentioned above.

Paper 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 
e-mail to dbis2004-wIQNFZFTgzXyG1zEObXtfA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx by the submission 
deadline (see below).

The conference proceedings will be published in the Research Report Series, 
University of Latvia. As for the Baltic DB&IS 2000 and 2002, it is planned that 
post-conference proceedings of selected papers will be published by Kluwer 
Academic Publishers.

Doctoral Consortium

PhD students are invited to submit extended abstracts up to 4000 words 
describing their current work. To be eligible, all authors of the paper 
(extended abstract) 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 
as part of conference proceedings.

Information

For general information, please send email to 
Juris.Borzovs-nnGtmL9k2Us@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx  with cc: to 
imcs-wIQNFZFTgzW7MTZChrCvtQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
For further information concerning submission of papers and conference 
programme, please, send email to 
Janis.Barzdins-wIQNFZFTgzW7MTZChrCvtQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Important Dates

Extended deadline for papers: February 15, 2004
Notification of acceptance: March 20, 2004
Camera-ready papers: April 15, 2004
Conference dates: June 6-9, 2004

Conference Organisation

Organising Co-Chairs

Juris Borzovs, Riga Information Technology Institute, Latvia
Inara Opmane, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of 
Latvia, Latvia

Co-ordinators

Ahto Kalja, Institute of Cybernetics at TTU, Estonia
Saulius Maskeliunas, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuania

Programme Co-Chairs

Janis Barzdins, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of 
Latvia, Latvia
Albertas Caplinskas, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuania
Rusins Freivalds, Department of Computer Science, University of Latvia, Latvia

Programme Commitee

Witold Abramovisch, Poland
Mikhail Auguston, USA
Janis Bicevskis, Latvia
Johann Eder, Austria
Hans-Dieter Ehrich, Germany
Jorgen Fischer Nilsson, Denmark
Janis Grundspenkis, Latvia
Remigijus Gustas, Sweden
Hele-Mai Haav, Estonia
Igor Kabashkin, Latvia
Leonid Kalinichenko, Russia
Ahto Kalja, Estonia
Audris Kalnins, Latvia
Marite Kirikova, Latvia
Patrick Lambrix, Sweden
Jozef M. Zurada, USA
Saulius Maskeliunas, Lithuania
Mihhail Matskin, Norway
Boris Novikov, Russia
Monika Oit, Estonia
Algirdas Pakstas, UK
Jaan Penjam, Estonia
Jaroslav Pokorny, Czech Republic
Gunter Saake, Germany
Klaus-Dieter Schewe, New Zealand
Jaak Tepandi, Estonia
Bernhard Thalheim, Germany
Enn Tyugu, Estonia
Olegas Vasilecas, Lithuania
Benkt Wangler, Sweden
Mudasser Wyne, USA
Arkady Zaslavsky, Australia

Advisory Committee

Janis Bubenko, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Arne Solvberg, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway


DB&IS Local Organising Committee members :

Jânis Bârzdiòð
Ansis Ataols Bçrziòð
Jânis Benefelds
Jânis Bièevskis
Uldis Bojârs
Juris Borzovs (co-chair)
Edgars Celms
Andrejs Dubrovskis
Anita Ermuða
Rûsiòð Freivalds
Mârtiòð Gills
Ija Haritonova
Maksims Kravcevs
Dâvis Kûlis
Lelde Lâce
Mizniks Ilvars
Laila Niedrîte
Inâra Opmane (co-chair)
Raimonds Praude
Agnis Stibe
Oksana Ðèeguïnaja
Darja Ðmite
Mâris Treimanis
Valdis Vîtoliòð
Aleksandrs Zeïenkovs
Jânis Zuters
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