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From: helal@cs.purdue.edu (Abdelsalam Helal)
Subject: Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM--94)
Date: 23 Aug 1994 08:23:04 -0500
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C I K M -- 94
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Preliminary Program & Registration
THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION
AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT (CIKM'94)
November 29 -- December 2, 1994
National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST)
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Sponsored by:
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ACM SIGART and SIGIR, in cooperation with:
AAAI, NIST, NSF, UMBC, Purdue University,
and Rutgers University.
OBJECTIVES:
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The objective of the conference is to provide an international
forum for presentation and discussion of research on information
and knowledge management, as well as recent advances on data and
knowledge bases. The purpose of the conference is to identify
challenging problems facing the development of future knowledge
and information systems, and to shape future directions of research
through presentation of high quality, applied and theoretical
research findings. An important part of the conference is the
Workshops program which focuses on timely research challenges
and initiatives.
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The conference will feature keynote
addresses, invited talks, regular
sessions, four workshops, and panels.
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I. KEYNOTE/INVITED TALKS:
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- Al Aho, Vice President, Bellcore
- Dan Atkins, Dean and Professor of Information & Library Studies,
and Professor of EE & Computer Science, University of Michigan
- J. Bredekemp, NASA
- Robert Ewald, Chief Operating Officer, CRAY Research, Inc.
- David Farber, Professor, University of Pennsylvania
- Milton Halem, Chief, Space Data and Computing Division, NASA
- Bob Kerrey, Senator, State of Nebraska
- Thomas Kalil, Director, National Economic Council, The White House
- Paris C. Kanellakis, Professor, Brown University
- Hans Mark, Professor and John J. McKetta Chair,
The University of Texas at Austin
- Erich Neuhold, Professor, GMD-IPSI, Germany
- Raj Reddy, Professor & Dean, School of Computer Science, CMU
- Jack Schwartz, Professor, New York University
- Peter Sheuermann, Professor, Northwestern University
- Avi Silberschatz, Professor, University of Texas at Austin
- John Silva, ARPA
- Jacob Slonim, Head of Research, Centre for Advanced Studies, IBM Canada
- Jeffrey D. Ullman, Professor and Chair, Stanford University
II. PANELS:
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1.1 Making money on the Internet
Panel Coordinator:
Charles Nicholas, University of Maryland Baltimore County
1.2 Standards -- Interoperability
Panel Coordinators:
Elizabeth Fong, NIST
Abdelsalam Helal, University of Texas at Arlington
1.3 Manufacturing
Panel Coordinator:
Steve Ray, NIST
2.1 Federal Program Initiatives in the Computer and Information Sciences
Panel Coordinator:
Milton Halem, NASA,
Representatives from: ARPA, NASA, NSF, DOE and NIST
2.2 Standards for Digital Libraries
Panel Coordinator:
Rudolf Bayer, University of Munich
III. WORKSHOPS:
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Four workshops will be held on Friday, December 2. These
will begin with a common kick-off dinner on Thursday evening.
1. Geographic Information Systems
Workshop Chair: Niki Pissinou, University of SW Louisiana
(For more information e-mail: pissinou@cacs.usl.edu)
2. Intelligent Agents
Workshop Chair: Tim Finin, University of Maryland Baltimore County
(For more information e-mail: finin@cs.umbc.edu)
3. Hypertext
Workshop Chair: Charles Nicholas, University of Maryland
Baltimore County
(For more information e-mail: nicholas@cs.umbc.edu)
4. Electronic Commerce
Workshop Chairs: Yelena Yesha, NIST and Nabil Adam,
Rutgers University
(For more information e-mail: yeyesha@cs.umbc.edu,
adam@adam.rutgers.edu)
IV. REGULAR SESSIONS:
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SESSION 1.1: OBJECT-ORIENTED CONCEPTUAL MODELING
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Session Chair: TBA
o Modeling Behavior, A Step Towards Defining Functionally Correct
Views of Complex Objects in Concurrent Engineering
Fawaz S. Al-Anzi and
David L. Spooner (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
o Integrating a Part Relationship Into an Open OODB System Using Metaclasses
Michael Halper,
James Geller,
Yehoshua Perl (NJIT) and
Wolfgang Klas (GMD-IPSI, Germany)
o A Classification Algorithm for Supporting Object-Oriented Views
Elke A. Rundensteiner (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
o An Object-Oriented Database Application for HyTime Document Storage
Klemens Bohm and
Karl Aberer (GMD-IPSI, Germany)
SESSION 1.2: QUERY PROCESSING-1
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Session Chair: TBA
o An Optimal Graph Traversal Algorithm for Evaluating Linear Binary
Chain Programs
Yangjun Chen and
Theo Harder (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)
o TID Hash Joins
Robert Marek (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany) and
Erhard Rahm (University of Leipzig, Germany)
o Introducing Semantics in Conceptual Schema Reuse
Ana Paula Ambrosio (Laboratoire PRISM, France)
o A Case for Reconfigurable Parallel Architectures for Information Retrieval
W. Addison Woods,
H. Douglas Moser,
Ophir Frieder (George Mason University) and
Paul B. Kantor (Rutgers University)
SESSION 1.3: KNOWLEDGE BASES
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Session Chair: TBA
o A Storage System for Scalable Knowledge Representation
Peter D. Karp,
Suzanne M. Paley and
Ira Greenberg (SRI International)
o Computer Image Retrieval by Features: Selecting the Best Facial
Features for Suspect Identification Systems
Eric S. Lee (St. Mary's University) and
Thom Whalen (Communications Research Centre)
o A Lock Method for KBMSs Using Abstraction Relationships' Semantics
Fernando de Ferreira Rezende and
Theo Harder (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)
o Quantitative Evaluation of a Transaction Facility for a Knowledge Base
Management System
Vinay K. Chaudhri,
Vassos Hadzilacos,
John Mylopoulos and
Kenneth C. Sevcik (University of Toronto)
SESSION 1.4: TEXT DATABASES INFORMATION RETRIEVAL-1
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Session Chair: TBA
o Analytical Version Control Management in a Hypertext System
Antonina Dattolo and
Antonio Gisolfi (Universita Di Salerno)
o Query Expansion Using Domain Adapted, Weighted Thesaurus in an
Extended Boolean Model
Oh-Woog Kwon,
Myoung-Cheol Kim and
Key-Sun Choi (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Tech.)
SESSION 1.5: TRANSACTION PROCESSING-1
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Session Chair: TBA
o Minipage Locking Support for Page-Server Database Management Systems
S. Chu and
M. Winslett (University of Illinois)
o Isolation of Transaction Aborts in Object-Oriented Database Management
Systems
Shankar Pal and
Sitaram Lanka (The Pennsylvania State University)
SESSION 1.6: INTELLIGENT AGENTS
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Session Chair: TBA
o KQML-A Language and Protocol for Knowledge and Information Exchange
Tim Finin,
Rich Fritzson (University of Maryland at Baltimore County),
Don McKay and
Robin McEntire (Unisys Corporation)
o A Semantics Approach for KQML-A General Purpose Communication Language
for Software Agents
Yannis Labrou and
Tim Finin (University of Maryland at Baltimore County)
SESSION 2.1: LOGICAL/DEDUCTIVE DATABASES
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Session Chair: TBA
o On The Relationship Between Description Logic and Predicate Logic
Alex Borgida (Rutgers University)
o LogicBase: A Deductive Database System Prototype
Jiawei Han,
Ling Liu and
Zhaohui Xie (SIMON FRASER University)
o Algebraic Equivalences Among Nested Relational Expressions
Hong-Cheu Liu and
K. Ramamohanarao (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
o Intelligent Query Answering in Deductive and Object-Oriented Databases
Suk-Chung Yoon (Widener University),
Il-Yeol Song (Drexel University) and
E.K. Park (U.S. Naval Academy)
SESSION 2.1: SCHEMA INTEGRATION/INTEROPERABILITY
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Session Chair: TBA
o Linguistic Instruments and Qualitative Reasoning for Schema Integration
Paul Johannesson (Stockholm University)
o Preserving Update Semantics in Schema Integration
V.M.P. Vidal (Engenharia de Sistemas e Computacao, Brazil) and
M. Winslett (University of Illinois, Urbana)
o THE EGG/YOLK RELIABILITY Hierarchy: Semantic Data Integration
Using Sorts with Prototypes
Fritz Lehmann (GRANDAI Software) and
Anthony G. Cohn (University of Leeds, UK)
o Context Interchange: Overcoming the Challenges of Large-Scale
Interoperable Database Systems in a Dynamic Environment
Cheng Hian Goh,
Stuart E. Madnick and
Michael D. Siegel (MIT)
SESSION 2.3: TEMPORAL DATABASES
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Session Chair: TBA
o Towards a Framework for Integrating Multilevel Secure Models and
Temporal Data Models
Niki Pissinou (The University of SW Louisiana),
Kia Makki (University of Nevada) and
E.K. Park (U.S. Naval Academy)
o A Pattern Matching Language for Spatio-Temporal Databases
Tsz S. Cheng and
Shashi K. Gadia (Iowa State University)
o The Time Index+: An Incremental Access Structure for Temporal Databases
Vram Kouramajian (Rice University),
Ibrahim Kamel (University of Maryland, College Park),
Ramez Elmasri and
Syed Waheed (The University of Texas at Arlington)
SESSION 2.4: STORAGE SYSTEMS
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Session Chair: TBA
o Management of Disk Space with REBATE
Shahram Ghandeharizadeh and
Douglas J. Ierardi (University of Southern California)
o XEL: Extended Ephemeral Logging for Log Storage Management
John S. Keen and
William J. Dally (MIT)
SESSION 2.5: SCHEMA EVOLUTION IN OBJECT-ORIENTED DATABASES
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Session Chair: TBA
o Method Evolution Framework for Object-Oriented Systems
Z. Tari and
X. Li (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
o Design and Evaluation Rules for Building Adaptive Schema in an
Object-Oriented Data and Knowledge Base System
Ling Liu (University of Frankfurt, Germany)
SESSION 2.6: SPATIAL DATABASES
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Session Chair: TBA
o Hashing by Proximity to Process Duplicates in Spatial Databases
Walid G. Aref (Matsushita Information Technology Laboratory) and
Hanan Samet (The University of Maryland, College Park)
o Spatial Data Traversal in Road Map Databases:
A Graph Indexing Approach
J. Leon Zhao and
Ahmed Zaki (College of William and Mary)
SESSION 2.7: COOPERATIVE DATABASES/MOBILE COMPUTING/NII
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Session Chair: TBA
o Semantics-Based Information Brokering
Vipul Kashyap (Rutgers University) and
Amit Sheth (University of Georgia)
o Building Information Systems for Mobile Environments
Evaggelia Pitoura and
Bharat Bhargava (Purdue University)
o The Role of the Database Community in the National Information Infrastructure
David Flater and Yelena Yesha (University of Maryland Baltimore County
and NIST)
o Functionality and Architecture of a Cooperative Database System
Thomas Kirsche,
Richard Lenz and
Hans Schuster (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany)
SESSION 3.1: KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY (DATA MINING)
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Session Chair: TBA
o Deriving and Enforcing Statistical Integrity Constraints in Databases
Wen-Chi Hou and
Zhongyang Zhang (Southern Illinois University at Carbondale)
o Discovery of Decision Rules in Relational Databases: A Rough Set Approach
Xiaohua Hu and Nick Cercone (University of Regina)
o Finding Interesting Rules from Large Sets of Discovered Association Rules
Mika Klemettinen,
Heikki Mannila,
Pirjo Ronkainen,
Hannu Toivonen and
A. Inkeri Verkamo (University of Helsinki)
o Hierarchical Classification as an Aid to Database and Hit-List Browsing
J. Royce Rose (The University of South Carolina) and
Johann Gasteiger (Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg)
SESSION 3.2: TRANSACTION PROCESSING-2
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Session Chair: TBA
o Adaptive Commitment for Distributed Real-Time Transactions
Nandit Soparkar (University of Michigan),
Eliezer Levy (Intel Israel),
Henry F. Korth (Matsushita Information Technology Lab.) and
Avi Silberschatz (ATT Bell Laboratories)
o Multiversion Divergence Control of Time Fuzziness
Calton Pu (Oregon Graduate Institute),
Miu K. Tsang,
Kun-Lung Wu and
Philip S. Yu (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center)
o Group Formation Mechanisms for Transactions in ISIS
Neel K. Jain (Cornell University)
o Quasi-Dynamic Two-Phase Locking
Abdelsalam Helal and
Tung-Hui Ku (The University of Texas at Arlington)
SESSION 3.3: QUERY PROCESSING-2
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Session Chair: TBA
o Using Path Information for Query Processing in Object-Oriented
Database Systems
Dik L. Lee and
Wang-chien Lee (The Ohio State University)
o Closure Maintenance in An Object-Oriented Query Model
Reda Alhajj and
Faruk Polat (Bilkent University, Turkey)
o Performance of Clustering Policies in Object Bases
Adel Shrufi (University of Toronto)
o An Optimized Implementation for VML Based on Pattern Matching and
Dynamic Programming
Weimin Chen (Integrated Publication and Information Systems
Institute, Germany) and
Volker Turau (FH Giessen-Friedberg, Germany)
SESSION 3.4: TEXT DATABASES INFORMATION RETRIEVAL-2
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Session Chair: TBA
o Application of a Symbolico-Connectionist Approach for the Design of a
Highly Interactive Documentary Database Interrogation System with On
Line Learning Capabilities
Jean Charles Lamirel and
Marion Crehange (CRIN-CNRS Campus Scientifique,France)
o Heuristic Information Retrieval on a Competition-Based Connectionist
Model
Inien Syu and
S.D. Lang (University of Central Florida)
SESSION 3.5: MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
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Session Chair: TBA
o Representation of Medical Guidelines on Top of a Classification-Based
System
C. Heinlein,
K. Kuhn and
P. Dadam (University of ULM, Germany)
o Facilitating Transformations in a Human Genome Project Database
S.B. Davidson,
A.S. Kosky and
B. Eckman (University of Pennsylvania)
SESSION 3.6: INDEXING/CACHING
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Session Chair: TBA
o Intelligent Caching: Selecting, Representing, and Reusing Data
in an Information Server
Yigal Arens (Information Sciences Institute) and
Craig Knoblock (University of Southern California)
o Re-Evaluating Indexing Schemes for Nested Objects
Yin-he Jiang,
Xiangning Liu and
Bharat Bhargava (Purdue University)
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PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE
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| | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY |
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|9:00 | Keynote Address | Keynote Address | Keynote Address |
|=======|=====================|====================|=====================|
|10:00 | Break | Break | Break |
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|10:20 | Invited Talks | Invited Talks | Invited Talks |
| |======|======|=======|======|======|======|======|======|=======|
| | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
|=======|=====================|====================|=====================|
|11:05 | Break | Break | Break |
|=======|=====================|====================|=====================|
|11:15 | Session 1.1 | Session 2.1 | Session 3.1 |
| | Session 1.2 | Session 2.2 | Session 3.2 |
| | Session 1.3 | Session 2.3 | Session 3.3 |
|=======|=====================|====================|=====================|
|1:00 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
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|2:00 | Keynote Address | Keynote Address | Keynote Address |
|=======|=====================|====================|=====================|
|3:00 | Break | Break | Break |
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|3:15 | Session 1.4 | Session 2.5 | Session 3.4 |
| | Session 1.5 | Session 2.6 | Session 3.5 |
| | Session 1.6 | Session 2.7 | Session 3.6 |
|=======|=====================|====================|======================
|4:05 | Break | Break |
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|4:15- | Panel 1.1 | Panel 2.1 |
|5:00 | Panel 1.2 | Panel 2.2 |
| | Panel 1.3 | Session 2.4 |
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|6:30 | | | Workshops Dinner |
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|7:30 |Conference Reception | Conference Banquet |
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LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS:
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CIKM94 will be held at NIST in the Administration Building. NIST, located
in Gaithersburg, MD, is approximately 25 miles northwest of Washington, D.C.
NIST and Gaithersburg Hilton hotel are accessible from Dulles, National,
and BWI Airports by Montgomery Airport Shuttle, (301) 990-6000, for
$17-19 per person. Taxi fare to Gaithersburg is about $50.
DIRECTIONS:
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BY CAR: From North: Take I-270 Exit 11, Quince Orchard Road, left at
second traffic signal, right at first traffic signal into NIST
main entrance.
From South: Take I-495 to I-270 Exit 10, Clopper Road, left at
first traffic signal into NIST main entrance.
From Gaithersburg Hilton: Turn right on Perry Parkway, right turn
on Clopper Road, left at the first traffic signal into NIST main
entrance.
Parking: Please park at the big parking lot to your left as you
drive in. Walk to the Administration building.
BY METRORAIL: Take Red Line to Shady Grove Metrorail Station. Go down
the escalator and turn left. Go up the escalator to the West side
Kiss and Ride Parking Lot and wait for the NIST Shuttle. NIST
Shuttle leaves on the quarter and three-quarter hour (e.g., 8:15,
8:45, ... 5:15, 6:00)
HOTEL:
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We have arranged a block of rooms at the Gaithersburg Hilton Hotel, 620
Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg, MD 20877, (301) 977-8900, or 1-800-599-5111,
Fax: (301)869-8597. Please make your hotel reservation early. To obtain
special conference rate (rate is U.S. 70.00 per night for Single or Double),
you must mention that you are attending the CIKM'94 conference in
November/December 1994. Cut-off date for guaranteed guest room reservations
is November 1, 1994. Transportation from Hilton/NIST/Hilton will be available
for CIKM94 attendees.
SPECIAL AIRLINE DISCOUNT:
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A special convention discount has been negotiated with USAir for travel
from continental United States, Bahamas, Canada, and San Juan, PR. The
discount offers 5% off applicabale first class and lowest applicabale
published fares, and 10% off applicable unrestricted coach fares with 7 day
advance reservation/ticketing required. The discount is applicable for
travel into Washington, DC., Baltimore Maryland, and Dulles International.
To obtain this convention discount, call USAir's Meeting and Convention
Reservation Office at (800) 334-8644; 8:00 AM - 9:00 PM Eastern Time.
Refer to Gold File Number: 39240001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
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For further information regarding local arrangements, contact CIKM Local
Arrangement Chair: Elizabeth Fong at NIST, (301) 975-3250, Fax: (301)948-6213,
E-mail: fong@speckle.ncsl.nist.gov
REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
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Note to CIKM-94 authors: Please include any extra page charges
when you register. Conference papers are allotted up to eight pages
in the proceedings. If necessary, you can have one or two additional
proceedings pages by paying a fee of 100.00 per additional page.
Send the registration form with fee (in US Dollars ONLY, with checks or
money order payable to CIKM94) to:
Dr. E.K. Park
Computer Science Department
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD 21402
USA
(410)293-6806
E-Mail: eun@usna.navy.mil
Fax: (410)293-2686
by September 23, 1994 (pre-registration cut off date except for authors).
Authors (at least one author per paper) must pre-register by August 27,
1994 when the camera ready manuscripts are returned. The conference
registration fee covers the proceedings, conference reception, refreshments
during the conference, and the dinner banquet. Student registration does
include reception, banquet and proceedings. Additional reception tickets
may be purchased for 30.00 and additional banquet tickets for 40.00.
CIKM'94 CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORM
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Please complete this form (TYPE or PRINT), and return with your payment.
Your paper title, if any:_____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Paper authors:___________________________________________________________
First Name:_________________________ Last Name:_______________________________
Title (Dr/Mr/MS/Prof.):_____________ Position:________________________________
Company/Univ.:_______________________________ Dept.:__________________________
Address:______________________________________________________________________
City:_________________________ State:_____________ Zip/Postal Code:___________
Country:_______________________________ Phone:________________________________
Fax:_________________________________ E-mail:_________________________________
Payment in U.S. dollars ONLY (check drawn on a U.S. bank or International
Money Order) is enclosed for the following (Please Check).
ADVANCE (Received by September 23, 1994.):
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Reg. Fee ACM
______Member($290.00) ______Non-Member($340.00) ______Student ($190.00)
Workshop
______Member($150.00) ______Non-Member($150.00) ______Student($75.00)
Please circle your workshop preferences (fee is for EACH workshop):
1. GIS
2. Electronic Commerce
3. Intelligent Agents
4. Hypertext
LATE/ONSITE (Received AFTER September 23, 1994):
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Reg. Fee ACM
______Member($340.00) ______Non-Member($390.00) ______Student($220.00)
Workshop
______Member($180.00) ______Non-Member($180.00) ______Student($100.00)
Please circle your workshop preferences (fee is for EACH workshop):
1. GIS
2. Electronic Commerce
3. Intelligent Agents
4. Hypertext
Reg. Fee : choose category $_______________
Workshop Fee for each: choose category $_______________
Extra Page Charge:(U.S. $100.00 per page) $_______________
Extra Conf. Reception Tickets: ($30/ea) $_______________
Extra Workshop Reception Tickets:($30/ea) $_______________
Extra Conf. Banquet Tickets: ($40/ea) $_______________
Total Amount Enclosed: U.S. $_____________________
ACM membership number (required for member rate):__________________________
Signature:_____________________________________ Date:______________________
P.S.
1. Acknowledgement of receipt of the registration form with payment will
be sent out by only e-mail if you provide your e-mail address. Conference
materials including receipts and proceedings can be picked up at the
registration desk on site.
2. Note that CIKM94 will be held at NIST and Hilton Hotel is about 1 mile
away from NIST. Transportation from Hilton/NIST/Hilton will be available
for CIKM94 attendees.
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Steering Committee
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Bruce Blum
Tim Finin
David Jefferson
Keith Humenik
Charles Nicholas
E. K. Park
Yelena Yesha
General Co-Chairs
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Bharat Bhargava, Purdue University
Yelena Yesha, UMBC
Program Chair
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Nabil R. Adam, Rutgers University
Program Vice-Chairs
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R. Ashany, NSF
T. Finin, UMBC
E. Fox, Virginia Polytechnic
S. Hurwitz, NIST
C. Kulikowski, Rutgers University
K. Makki, UNLV
S. Naqvi, Bellcore
E. K. Park, U.S. Naval Academy
N. Pissinou, SW Luisiana U.niversity
M. Singhal, Ohio State University
P. Sokolove, UMBC
S. Spaccapietra, EPFL Lausanne
M. Stonebraker, UC-Berkeley
B. Wah, University of Illinois, UC
Publicity Chair
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A. Helal, University of Texas at Arlington
Local Arrangements
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E. Fong, NIST
European Coordinator
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G. Schlageter, Fern University
Workshops Chair
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G. Ozsoyoglu, CWRU
Exhibit Chair
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M. Masulo, IBM Watson Research Center
Program Committee
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A. El Abbadi, UC-Santa Barbara
Y. Arens, USC/ISI
R. Alonso, MITL
B. Badrinath, Rutgers University
E. Bertino, University of Genoa
G. Belford, UIUC
A. Buchmann, Tech. Hochschule Dramstadt
W. Chu, UCLA
J. Clifford, NYU
S. Davidson, University of Pennsylvania
K. Dittrich, Universitat Zurich
R. Elmasri, University of Texas at Arlington
S. Gadia, Iowa Satate University
N. Gehani, At&T Bell Labs.
J. Geller, NJIT
J. Gowens, Army Research Lab
M. Halem, NASA
D. Harman, NIST
K. Humenik, Indiana University
H. Ait-Kaci, Simon Fraser University
P. Kanellakis, Brown University
M. Kohli, Bellcore
D. Lewis, At&T Bell Labs
R. MacGregor, USC/ISI
R. Martin, NIST
D. McKay, Unisys
J. Mylopoulos, University of Toronto
S. Navathe, Georgia Tech.
E. Neuhold, GMD
P. Ng, NJIT
T. Nguyen, IBM Watson Research Center
C. Nicholas, UMBC
C. Overton, University of Pennsylvania
M. Ozsoyoglu, Case Western Reserve University
M. Papazoglou, Queensland University of Technology
R. Ramakrishnan, University of Wisconsen-Madison
S. Ray, NIST
P. Scheurmann, Northwestern University
T. Seidman, UMBC
M. Siegel, MIT.
I. Song, Drexel University
K. Sycara, RI/CMU
K. Vadaparty, CWRU
P. Vassallo, NIST
L. Welch, NIST
W. Wong, DISA
X. Wu, James Cook University
V. Zwass, FDU