CALL FOR PAPERS

ACM Ninth International Workshop on Data Warehousing and OLAP

DOLAP 2006

(in conjunction with ACM CIKM 2006)

Sponsored by ACM, SIGIR, SIGMIS

OFFICIAL WEB PAGE: http://www.cis.drexel.edu/faculty/song/dolap.htm

Aim of the workshop

Data Warehouse (DW) and Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) technologies are the core of current Decision Support Systems. Traditionally, a data warehouse has been a historical (and relatively static) repository of data collected from a wide variety of heterogeneous data sources by means of Extraction-Transformation-Loading (ETL) processes. The widespread deployment of both DWs and OLAP technologies is due to the intuitive representation of data provided to data analysts or managers in support of management decisions.

Research in data warehousing and OLAP has produced important technologies for the design, management and use of information systems for decision support. Much of the interest and success in this area can be attributed to the need for software and tools to improve data management and analysis given the large amounts of information that are being accumulated in corporate as well as scientific databases. Nevertheless, the high maturity of these technologies as well as new data needs or applications not only demand more capacity or storing necessities, but also new methods, models, techniques or architectures to satisfy these new needs. Some of the hot topics in data warehouse research include distributed data warehouses, web warehouses, data streaming, GIS or biomedical data. Moreover, there are other aspects developed in other software areas such as security or quality, which still remain unexplored by current design methods or technologies for data warehouses.

Like the previous successful DOLAP workshops, the DOLAP 2006 workshop aims to synergistically connect the research community and industry practitioners. It provides an international forum where both researchers and practitioners can share their findings in theoretical foundations, current methodologies, and practical experiences. DOLAP will focus on new research directions and emerging application domains in the areas of data warehousing and OLAP.

Topics of Interest

The workshop solicits two types of papers: regular and industry papers. Regular research papers and industry papers are separately reviewed and there will be separate sessions in a distinct industry track. A panel will also be organized to discuss new and future research on data warehouses and OLAP technologies. Suggested regular research topics include the following, but are not limited to:

Industry papers shall address:

Submission of Papers

Manuscripts should be formatted using the ACM camera-ready templates (both for MS word and Latex) available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. There are two styles on the website. Both the Strict Adherence to SIGS and the Tighter Alternate style are allowed. Papers cannot exceed 8 pages in length. A website with camera-ready instructions is available at  http://www.sheridanprinting.com/typedept/cikm.htm. Full papers should be submitted in PS or PDF format via email at dolap06 [at] cs [dot] uoi [dot] gr  by July 14, 2006.  

Papers will be reviewed by the program committee for their technical merit, originality, significance, readability, and relevance to the workshop. Emphasis will be given to papers extending data warehousing to novel areas and applications. Authors will receive notification of acceptance/rejection by August 14. Camera-ready copies of accepted papers are due on August 31, and will be published in the workshop proceedings by ACM Press. The best papers of DOLAP 2006 will be considered for a special issue of DKE.

Important Dates:

Submission deadline for full papers :

Friday, July 14, 2006

Notification of acceptance :

Monday, August 14, 2006

Camera-ready copy hard deadline:

Thursday, August 31, 2006

Workshop date:

Friday, November 10, 2006

Steering Committee

Joachim Hammer University of Florida
Il-Yeol Song Drexel University
Dimitri Theodoratos New Jersey Inst. of Technology
Rokia Missaoui Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada
Stefano Rizzi University of Bologna
Karen Davis University of Cincinnati
Juan Trujillo University of Alicante

General Chair

Il-Yeol Song                                   Drexel University

Program Chair

Panos Vassiliadis                           University of Ioannina

Program Committee

Alberto Abello Universitat Politécnica de Catalunia
Antonio Badia University of Louisville, USA
Chung-Min Chen Telcordia Technologies, USA
Rick Cole IBM Silicon Valley Laboratory, USA
Karen Davis University of Cincinnati, USA
Antonis Deligiannakis University of Athens, Greece
Todd Eavis Concordia University, Canada
Helena Galhardas INESC-ID, Portugal
Matteo Golfarelli University of Bologna, Italy
Sergio Greco University of Calabria, Italy
Joachim Hammer University of Florida , USA
Panos Kalnis National University of Singapore, Singapore
Myung Kim Ewha Womans University, Korea
Jens Lechtenbörger University of Münster, Germany
Tok Wang Ling National University of Singapore, Singapore
Sergio Luján-Mora University of Alicante, Spain
Patrick Martin Queen's University, Canada
Rokia Missaoui Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada
Dimitris Papadias Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK
Torben Pedersen Aalborg University, Denmark
Jian Pei SUNY at Buffalo, USA
Mario Piattini University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain
Mirek Riedewald Cornell University, USA
Stefano Rizzi University of Bologna, Italy
Markus Schneider University of Florida, USA
Timos Sellis National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Spiros Skiadopoulos University of Peloponnese, Greece
Alkis Simitsis National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Il-Yeol Song Drexel University, USA
Dimitri Theodoratos New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
Juan Trujillo Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Panos Vassiliadis University of Ioannina, Greece
Robert Wrembel Poznan University of Technology, Poland

Contact Information

General Chair

Il Yeol Song

Professor

College of Information Science and Technology
Drexel University,

Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: (215) 895-2489

FAX: (215) 895-2494
Email: song [AT] drexel [dot] edu

Web page:

www.cis.drexel.edu/faculty/song/

PC Chair

Panos Vassiliadis

Lecturer
Department of Computer Science, University of Ioannina
Ioannina, 45110, Hellas
Tel:  +30-26510-98814
Fax:  +30-26510-98890
Email: pvassil [AT] cs [dot] uoi [dot] gr
Web page: www.cs.uoi.gr/~pvassil