Topics

Original papers dealing with theory and/or applications of database technology and information systems are solicited. The areas of interest include, but are not limited to the following:

• Database theory
• Indexing and search
• Query processing and optimization
• Data modeling and database design
• Physical database design and performance evaluation
• Database systems architectures
• Advanced databases (object-relational, web-based, multimedia, temporal, spatial, active, deductive, grid, real-time, etc.)
• Advanced database applications
• Middleware for connecting databases and applications
• Heterogeneous databases interoperability and mediation, data and knowledge grids
• Replication and caching
• Native semi-structured data and XML
• Data quality
• XML and databases, web services
• Databases as services
• Data mining, data warehousing, and knowledge discovery
• Data streams
• Semantic-based knowledge systems
• Content management
• Knowledge management and information systems
• Enterprise engineering, information systems engineering, and software engineering
• Services science and information systems
• Business process modeling, advanced transaction and workflow management
• Advanced information systems and applications
• Intelligent information systems
• Distributed information systems
• Cross-enterprise information systems
• Mobile technologies and information systems
• Embedded and autonomous information systems
• Service-oriented and component-based information systems
• E-business, e-government, e-commerce
• Educational information systems
• Information systems in healthcare
• Innovation management information systems
• Logistics information systems
• Business intelligence systems
• Bioinformatics
• Security of databases and information systems
• Personalization in databases and information systems
• Advanced methods and tools for information systems design
• Best practices in large and small scale databases and information systems