SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COOPERATIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
May 17-20, 1994 Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Canada
Supported by the Information Technology Research Centre of Ontario Sponsored by the University of Toronto In cooperation with ACM SIGOIS and ACM SIGMOD
This and other information concerning CoopIS-94 is available via anonymous ftp from ftp.cs.toronto.edu (directory /pub/coopis) or via e-mail to coopis@cs.toronto.edu.
This document includes: A. Conference Motivation and Description B. Tutorial Program C. Preliminary Program D. Registration Forms E. Organizing and Program Committees
============================================================================== A. Conference Motivation and Description =====================================
TSUNAMI - THE TIDAL WAVE IS HERE --------------------------------
Within most organizations, worldwide, mission critical information systems (ISs) already cooperate or are being converted to do so to meet basic business requirements. Due to the lack of appropriate concepts, techniques, and tools, this is being done using in an ad hoc fashion, thereby creating problems that will dwarf those of current legacy information systems. This conference is devoted to addressing this tidal wave facing the information systems community.
COOPERATIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS: THE NEXT GENERATION AND THE CHALLENGE ----------------------------------------------------------------------
The paradigm for the next generation of ISs will involve large numbers of ISs distributed over large, complex computer/communication networks. Such systems will range from the vast and visionary Electronic Superhighway, to the large and complex billing system of a telephone company, an even to the small patient information system in a one-doctor office. Moreover, such ISs will manage or have access to large amounts of information and computing services and will support individual or collaborative human work. Computation will be conducted concurrently over the network by software systems that range from conventional to advanced application systems including expert systems, and multiagent planning systems. Information and services will be available in many forms through legacy and new information repositories that support a host of information services. Communication among component systems will be done in a centralized or distributed fashion, using communication protocols that range from conventional ones to those based on distributed AI. We call such next generation ISs Cooperative Information Systems (CIS). Soon, the operation of a one-doctor office may critically depend on its ISs' ability to cooperate with foreign ISs not just for reimbursement (i.e., required by insurance organizations) but also for patients (e.g., exchanging information in medical crises). Demand for more efficient processes and use of all resources will come from economic and business conditions (e.g., competition, imperative for wider marketplaces, and cooperation and distribution in the production of goods and services) that have led to downsizing and re-engineering . IS technology, one of the largest costs of many organizations, can be the problem, or part of the solution. The demands are pervasive from vast organizations to very small. The requirements span conventional organizational and legal boundaries such as countries, companies (e.g., virtual companies), disciplines (e.g., concurrent engineering spanning a products entire life span). The CIS paradigm is evolving to meet these demands thus raising challenges for the supporting technologies.
Unlike previous major computing advances based on single technologies, the CIS paradigm will evolve from the integration of many, currently disjoint technologies. Database Systems will contribute information management techniques, particularly for distributed or heterogeneous databases, as well as efficient implementation techniques for information bases. Artificial Intelligence will contribute knowledge representation and reasoning techniques, on the one hand, and distributed problem solving and planning techniques in a multiagent environment on the other. Operating Systems will contribute resource management techniques over large distributed computer/communications networks. Programming Languages will contribute languages and type/object systems for cooperative programming. Software/Knowledge/Information Engineering will contribute design and development environments/shells and methodologies for CIS development and evolution. Computer Communications will provide the necessary underlying communication and interconnection technology. Other relevant technologies include: Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Distributed Computing, Organizational Computing, and Interoperability. The challenge is to effectively combine these research areas and the technologies they have generated to meet CIS requirements.
THE CONFERENCE --------------
CoopIS-94 will be a forum for researchers and IS professionals to explore cooperative information systems concepts, to identify research challenges and relevant technologies. The conference program includes one day (Tuesday, May 17) dedicated to 1/2 day tutorials and three days (Wednesday-Friday, May 18-20) of invited talks, technical presentations, panels and more tutorials.
LOCATION --------
The conference is being held at the Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto, 20 minutes from the Pearson International Airport and within walking distance from the Toronto waterfront, the theater district, the Toronto concert hall, the CN tower and the Skydome, home ground of the world champion Blue Jay baseball team.
============================================================================== B. TUTORIAL PROGRAMME ========================================================
Michael L. Brodie, GTE Labs, "Interoperable Information Systems", Tuesday, May 17th (morning)
Yair Wand and Carson Woo, University of British Columbia, "Object-Oriented Analysis of Organizational Activities", Tuesday, May 17th (morning)
Dimitris Karagiannis, University of Vienna, "Towards Business Process Management Systems", Tuesday, May 17th (afternoon)
Hausi Mueller, University of Victoria, "Understanding Software Systems Using Reverse Engineering Technologies: Practice and Research", Tuesday, May 17th (afternoon)
Michael N. Huhns and Munindar P. Singh, MCC, "Distributed Artificial Intelligence For Information Systems", Wednesday, May 18th (afternoon)
Christine Parent, University of Burgundy, and Stefano Spaccapietra, EPF Lausanne, "Federated Database Design", Thursday, May 19th (afternoon)
Omar Bukhres and Ahmed Elmagarmid, Purdue University, "Extended Transaction Models For Non-Conventional Applications", Friday, May 20th (afternoon)
============================================================================== C. PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAMME===========================================
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| Wednesday, May 18th |
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9:00 - 9:15 Opening Session
9:15 - 10:30 Keynote Talk, "Impact of Model Evolution on Data Modelling", Charles W. Bachman, Bachman Information Systems, USA
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30 Two Parallel Paper Sessions
Session 1: CIS DESIGN + "Ontologies for Enterprise Integration", Mark S. Fox, Michael Gruninger, Canada + "Design Considerations for an Accident Management System", Bernd Bruegge, Kevin O'Toole, David Rothenberger, USA + "Animating Formal Requirements Specifications of Cooperative Information Systems", Eric Dubois, Phillippe Du Bois, Frederic DuBru; Belgium
Session 2: CIS AGENTS + "An Architecture for Dynamically Interacting Agents", Joerg P. Mueller, Markus Pische, Germany + "An Architecture for Information Retrieval Agents", Craig A. Knoblock, Yigal Arens, USA + "Towards CIS in Quality Management - Integration of Agents and Methods", Robert Grob, Stephan Jacobs, Stefanie Kethers, Germany
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:30 Paper Session 3: CIS APPLICATIONS + "The Information Marketplace: The Challenge of Information Commerce", Steve Laufmann, USA + "Cooperative Information Systems in Integrated Manufacturing Environments", F. Vernadat, France + "Multidatabase Interoperability in Health Care Legacy Applications: Research and Experience", John Murphy, Jane Grimson, Ireland
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 5:30 Panel, CIS Applications, Chairman: Jacob Slonim, IBM, Canada
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| Thursday, May 19th |
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9:00-10:30 Keynote Talk, "Core Technologies For Future/Cooperative Information Systems", Dr. Philip Bernstein, Digital Equipment Corp., USA
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30 Two Parallel Paper Sessions
Session 4:CIS INTEROPERABILITY AND TRANSACTIONS + "Specifying Flexible Tasks in a Multi-database", Marian H. Nodine, Noela Nakos, Stanley B. Zdonik, USA + "Specification and Verification of Communication Constraints for Interoperable Transactions", A. Ngu, R. Meersman, H. Weigand, Australia + "Managing Global Information in the CORDS Multidatabase System", Michael Bauer, Neil Coburn, Per-Ake Larsen, Patrick Martin, Canada
Session 5: CIS QUERIES I + "Query-Free Information Retrieval", Peter E. Hart, Jamey Graham, USA + "Cooperative Query Answering Using Multiple Layered Databases", Jiawei Han, Yongjian Fu, and Raymond Ng, Canada
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:30 Paper Session 6: CIS PROGRAMMING + "Team Oriented Programming: Preliminary Report", G. Tildhar, Australia + "An Object-Oriented Foundation for Desktop Computing", Oliver Gruber, Patrick Valduriez, France + "An Object-Oriented Programming Environment for Multimedia Cooperative Information System", Silvano Pozzi, Luca Giachino, Italy
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 5:30 Panel, Technologies and Standards For CIS and Interoperability", Chairmen: Frank Manola, GTE Laboratories Incorporated and Dr. Umeshwar Dayal, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
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| Friday, May 20th |
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9:00-10:30 Keynote Talk, "Re-engineering Businesses: New Approaches to Information Systems Development and Migration", Dr. Daniel Ries, Progress Software, USA
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00 Two Parallel Paper Sessions
Session 7: CIS Semantics and Consistency + "Semantic Interoperability - Context, Issues, and Research Directions", Hasan Jamil, Paul Johannesson, Sweden + "Using Truth Maintenance Systems to the Data Consistency Problem", Khalil el Hindi, Brian Lings, United Kingdom
Session 8: CIS Queries II + "Query Translation Supporting the Migration of Legacy Databases into Cooperative Information Systems", Daniel A. Keim, Hans-Peter Kriegel, Andreas Miethsam, Germany + "Query Transformation Techniques for Interoperable Query Processing in Cooperative Information Systems", Louiqa Raschid, Yahui Chang, Bonnie J. Dorr, USA
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 3:30 Paper Session 9: CIS Cooperation and Collaboration + "Cooperative Modeling in Applied Geographic Research", G. Alonso, A. El Abbadi, USA + "The Role of Commitment in Cooperative Negotiation", Sadip Sen, Edmund H. Durfee, USA + "Control of Collaboration within Intelligent and Cooperative Information Systems", Rainer Unland, Germany + "Cooperation in Distributed Medical Care", Jun Huang, Nick R. Jennings, John Fox, United Kingdom
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 5:30 Panel, "Cooperative Information Systems", Chairman: Michael L. Brodie, GTE Laboratories Incorporated
============================================================================== D. REGISTRATION FORM==========================================================
************************ COOPIS-94 REGISTRATION FORM ********************
Second International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS-94) Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 17-20, 1994
COOPIS-94 REGISTRATION FORM
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Registration: Advance Late ------------ (Before April 17th) (After April 17th)
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(*) Proof of Status is required. Photocopy of picture card and student i.d. number must accompany payment.
General and student registration privileges include participation in tutorials as well as the technical program, copies of the conference proceedings, tutorials notes for all tutorials and a ticket to the banquet dinner. One-day-registration includes participation privileges for one day and a copy of the conference program or the tutorial notes.
Please make cheque or bank draft payable to: University of Toronto, CoopIS-94
and mail to the following address: CoopIS-94 Registration c/o Marina Haloulos University of Toronto Department of Computer Science 6 King's College Road, Room 283 Toronto, ON M5S 1A4, CANADA
Mail, fax or email your registration to: University of Toronto (address above), (416) 978-1455 or email: coopis@cs.toronto.edu (GST #R108162330)
Upon receipt of registration form and cheque/bank draft, acknowledgments will be sent by e-mail to the address listed.
Written requests for refunds must be sent to Marina Haloulos no later than April 30, 1994. Refunds are subject to a $50 processing fee. All no-show registrations will be billed in full. Students are required to show current picture ID cards at the registration desk.
Tutorials --------- Please indicate which tutorials are of greatest interest to you. This will help us to plan and make the tutorial program more convenient for you.
( ) Michael L. Brodie, GTE Labs, "Interoperable Information Systems", Tuesday, May 17th (morning)
( ) Yair Wand and Carson Woo, University of British Columbia, "Object-Oriented Analysis of Organizational Activities", Tuesday, May 17th (morning)
( ) Dimitris Karagiannis, University of Vienna, "Towards Business Process Management Systems", Tuesday, May 17th (afternoon)
( ) Hausi Mueller, University of Victoria, "Understanding Software Systems Using Reverse Engineering Technologies: Practice and Research", Tuesday, May 17th (afternoon)
( ) Michael N. Huhns and Munindar P. Singh, MCC, "Distributed Artificial Intelligence For Information Systems", Wednesday, May 18th (afternoon)
( ) Christine Parent, University of Burgundy, and Stefano Spaccapietra, EPF Lausanne, "Federated Database Design", Thursday, May 19th (afternoon)
( ) Omar Bukhres and Ahmed Elmagarmid, Purdue University, "Extended Transaction Models For Non-Conventional Applications", Friday, May 20th (afternoon)
Hotel Information ----------------- The Royal York Hotel has blocked rooms for the conference and are available until April 17th. After this date, the rooms will be released and reservations will be on a first come, first serve basis, book early. Other hotels in the area are also holding rooms for the conference, and they are available until April 16th. Your reservations should be made directly with the hotel of your choice. A list of the hotels, their rates and phone numbers are listed below. Please refer to the conference (CoopIS-94) when making your reservation.
Royal York Hotel, 100 Front Street West Rate: $119.00 CDN/night, single/double occupancy, tel: (416) 368-2511 fax: (416) 368-2884
Crown Plaza Toronto Centre (formerly L'Hotel), 225 Front Street West located next to the Skydome and within a 10 minute walk to the Royal York. Rate: $135.00 CDN/night, single/double occupancy, tel: (416) 597-1400 fax: (416) 596-8162
Westin Harbour Castle, One Harbour Square located on the harbourfront and within a 15 minute walk to the Royal York. Rate: $130.00 CDN/night, single/double occupancy, tel: (416) 869-1600 fax: (416) 361-7448
Novotel Toronto Centre, 45 The Esplanade located near the harbourfront and within a 10 minute walk to the Royal York. Rate: $79.00 CDN/night, single/double occupancy, tel: (416) 367-8900 fax: (416) 360-8285
============================================================================== E. ORGANIZING AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES==========================================
GENERAL CHAIR -------------
John Mylopoulos Dept. Computer Science University of Toronto 6 King's College Road, Toronto M5S 1A4, Canada jm@cs.toronto.edu
PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS -----------------
America (North & South) Europe & Middle East Far East, Africa, Australia Michael L. Brodie Matthias Jarke Mike P. Papazoglou Distributed Object Informatik V School of Computing Department Information Systems GTE Laboratories Incorporated RWTH Aachen Queensland Univ. Technology 40 Sylvan Road Ahornstr. 55 GPO Box 2434 Waltham, MA 02254, USA 52074 Aachen, Germany Brisbane QLD 4001, Australia brodie@gte.com jarke@informatik.rwth-aachen.de mikep@fitmail.fit.qut.edu.au
PROGRAM COMMITTEE -----------------
Philip A. Bernstein (USA) Robert Meersman (Holland) Patrick Bobbie (USA) Wolfgang Nejdl (Germany) Alexander Borgida (USA) Anne Ngu (Australia) Manfred Broy (Germany) Maurizio Panti (Italy) Tung Bui (Hong-Kong) Charles Petrie (USA) Umeshwar Dayal (USA) Andreas Reuter (Germany) Misbah Deen (UK) Daniel R. Ries (USA) Lois M.L. Delcambre (USA) Bob Rockwell (Germany) Eric Dubois (Belgium) Marek E. Rusinkiewicz (USA) Ahmed K. Elmagarmid (USA) Josef Schaefer (Germany) Opher Etzion (Israel) Hans Schek (Switzerland) Less Gasser (USA) Gunter Schlagter (Germany) Igor Hawryszkiewycz (Australia) Timos Sellis (Greece) Karen Huff (USA) Amit P. Sheth (USA) Michael N. Huhns (USA) Abraham Silberschatz (USA) Yahiko Kambayashi (Japan) Evangelos Simoudis (USA) Dimitri Karagiannis (Austria) Stefano Spaccapietra William Kent (USA) (Switzerland) Steven C. Laufmann (USA) Ronald Stamper (Holland) Ron Lee (Holland) Michael Stonebraker (USA) Maurizio Lenzerini (Italy) Zahir Tari (Australia) Victor Lesser (USA) Patrick Valduriez (France) Fred Lochovsky (Hong-Kong) Carson Woo (Canada) Vincent Lum (Hong-Kong) Yelena Yesha (Baltimore) Frank A. Manola (USA) Norihiko Yoshida (Japan) Louis Marinos (Germany) John Zeleznikow (Australia)
__________________________________________________________________ Michael L. Brodie (brodie@gte.com) GTE Laboratories Incorporated Phone:(617)466-2256 40 Sylvan Road, MS-62 FAX:(617) 466-2439 Waltham, MA 02254 USA
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