EDBT Summer School
Advances in Database Technology

In cooperation with:
A.I.C.A.
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
IASI-CNR
IDOMENEUS ESPRIT Network of Excellence
Università di Roma Tre

The third EDBT Summer School on Database Technology took place in Gubbio, Umbria, Italy, on September 4-8, 1995, at the same location and with some joint events as the Fifth International Workshop on Database Programming Languages (DBPL-5). These dates were just before VLDB95, which was held in Zurich, Switzerland, September 11-15.

SCHOOL OBJECTIVES

In the last decade new applications for database systems have emerged that go beyond the standard business domain where database technology grew up and established itself. These new applications often require an extension of the functionalities of database systems with attention directed to the specific aspects of the new application. Furthermore, there is a body of knowledge and technology already existing in other fields that needs to be integrated with current database technology.

The aim of the school was to offer an opportunity for cross-fertilization between databases and other technologies, with reference to both general methodologies and specific new applications.
The school was directed to members of the research community (in the wide sense): researchers, graduate students, and professionals involved in R&D or in the use of advanced database technology.

SPEAKERS

• Rakesh Agrawal (IBM Almaden Research Center): Data mining
• Bruce Croft (University of Massachussetts, Amherst): Integrating information retrieval with database systems
• Ralf Hartmut Gueting (FernUniversitaet Hagen): Spatial Database Systems
• H.V. Jagadish (AT&T Bell Laboratories): Databases for telecommunications
• Alberto O. Mendelzon (University of Toronto): Querying and visualizing the Internet
• Jan Paredaens (Universiteit Antwerpen): Data models in spatial databases
• Joachim W. Schmidt and Florian Matthes (Universitaet Hamburg): Persistent polymorphic systems

DIRECTORS

Paolo Atzeni and Riccardo Torlone (Università di Roma Tre)

LOCATION

The school has taken place in Gubbio at Park Hotel Ai Cappuccini.

The historical town Gubbio lies near Perugia, Todi, and Assisi, and is about 150km from both Rome and Florence. Its medieval appearance has been conserved through outstanding monuments such as the Roman Theatre, the Palazzo Ducale, and the Gothic Church of St. Francis. Gubbio can be reached from Rome or Florence by a two-hour train or bus ride.