CFP: 12th Alberto Mendelzon International Workshop on Foundations of Data Management (AMW2018). Registration is open!

   12TH ALBERTO MENDELZON INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON
     FOUNDATIONS OF DATA MANAGEMENT
                        CALI, COLOMBIA
                      MAY 21 - 25, 2018
            http://www.amw2018.co


Since 2006, the Alberto Mendelzon International Workshop on Foundation
of Databases  and the Web  (AMW) brings together top  researchers from
all over  the world,  creating the opportunity  to discuss  and spread
research results. The following keynote speakers are confirmed:

- Miriam Fernandez, Knowledge Media Institute, Open University (UK)
- Vanessa Murdock, Microsoft (US)
- Hung Q. Ngo, Stealth Mode (US)
- Pablo Barceló, University Of Chile (CL)

The co-located  AMW Summer  School provides  an opportunity  for Latin
American  students  (graduate  and  undergraduate),  researchers,  and
practitioners,  to interact  with  the  international data  management
academic  community. AMW  is a  way to  honour the  memory of  Alberto
Mendelzon, by promoting research ties with Latin America. The following
summer school speakers are confirmed:

- Miriam Fernandez, Knowledge Media Institute, Open University (UK)
- Fei Chiang, Mcmaster University (CA)
- Denis Parra, Puc Chile (CL)
- Martín Ugarte, Free University Of Brussels (BE)

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

Early bird registration deadline is February 15, 2018.

SUBMISSIONS

We invite two types of submissions:

(a) Extended abstracts of up to 10 pages, presenting original
research.

(b) Short papers of up to 4 pages that may contain either original
ongoing research or recently published results.

Both extended abstracts and short papers will be published in the CEUR
Workshop proceedings (http://ceur-ws.org). Authors can opt-out if
desired.

Papers have  to be formatted according  to the LNCS  Springer style
for Lecture  Notes in Computer Science and submitted electronically
via EasyChair

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=amw2018

in PDF format. The submissions will be judged by the Program Committee
for  scientific quality  and relevance.  At least  one author  of each
accepted paper must attend the workshop to present the work.

Papers  addressing  foundational  aspects  are  particularly  welcome.
However, we  also encourage the  submission of papers  that illustrate
applications of foundational results in real-world contexts.


IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract submission deadline February 26, 2018
Paper submission deadline March 5, 2018
Notification of acceptance April 2, 2018
Camera Ready April 30, 2018


TOPICS

We solicit submissions in the  following areas of data management (the
list is not exclusive):

Blockchain architectures
Cloud data systems
Constraint databases
Crowdsourcing
Data analytics
Data exchange
Data integration
Data mining
Data modeling
Data privacy and security
Data provenance
Data streams
Data visualization
Data warehousing
Database benchmarking, tuning, and testing
Distributed and parallel databases
Graph data
Incompleteness and inconsistency in databases
Information retrieval
Knowledge bases
Logic and databases
Model theory and databases
Multimedia databases
Ontology-based data management
Physical design
Probabilistic databases
Query languages
Query processing and optimization
Semantic web
Semi-structured data
Sensor data
Social networks
Spatial data
Temporal data
Transaction management
Web data management
Web mining
Web services


GENERAL CHAIR

Juan Sequeda (Capsenta, USA)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Dan Olteanu (University of Oxford, UK)
Barbara Poblete (Universidad de Chile, Chile)

SUMMER SCHOOL CHAIRS

Jarek Szlichta (University of Ontario, Canada)
Domagoj Vrgoč (PUC Chile, Chile)

ORGANIZATION CHAIRS
Andres Castillo (Universidad del Valle, Colombia)
Maria Constanza Pabon (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, Colombia)