ER'97 Call for Participation The 16th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling - ER'97 3-6 November, 1997 Los Angeles, California, USA http://osm7.cs.byu.edu/ER97 Visit our Web site for more information. Registration forms and advance program are included below. Our apologies if you receive this notice more than once. CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ER'97 returns to UCLA, the site of the first ER Conference in 1979. To mark this event, a special symposium, Conceptual Modeling: Historical Perspectives and Future Directions, will be held on the Sunday prior to the conference and open to all ER'97 registrants. The symposium will be summarized at an extra pre-conference panel discussion on Monday evening. Both the symposium and the panel will be chaired by Dr. Peter P. Chen, originator of the Entity- Relationship model. The program for ER'97 has been designed specifically to appeal to consultants and information systems professionals outside the computer industry, as well as information technology academics and researchers in computer-company laboratories. To this end, three conference sessions are devoted entirely to presentations by leading researchers based in industry. The keynote speakers for ER'97 were both active conceptual modelers early in their careers. Dr. Alan G. Merten is currently the president of George Mason University, and Dr. Michael L. Brodie is a senior staff scientist at GTE Laboratories. Four half-day tutorials by internationally-known experts will be offered on the day prior to the conference. In addition, four workshops on topics of current interest will be offered immediately following the conference. Contact the appropriate organizer if you are interested in participating in any of these workshops. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Michael L. Brodie Alan G. Merten Senior Staff Scientist President GTE Laboratories, Incorporated, USA George Mason University PRECONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM Conceptual Modeling: Historical Perspectives and Future Directions General Organizers: Mark Foresti (forestim@rl.af.mil) Ray Liuzzi (liuzzir@rl.af.mil) Mike McNeil (mmcneil@bbn.com) Leah Wong (wong@cod.nosc.mil) Peter Chen (chen@bit.csc.lsu.edu) Session Organizers: Mark Foresti (foresti@rl.af.mil) Hannu Kangassalo Benn Konsynski Sham Navathe (sham@cc.gatech.edu) WORKSHOPS There will be four workshops held simultaneously on Thursday, November 6 and continuing Friday, November 7. Workshops require an additional registration fee. Workshop 1: Conceptual Modeling in Multimedia Information Contact: Carlo Meghini (meghini@iei.pi.cnr.it) The availability of non-textual ("multimedia") documents has given a new twist to information retrieval research, unfortunately setting even farther in the future the time in which generalized, automatic indexing methods will allow answering of content-based queries. Conceptual modeling and knowledge representation methodologies offer a promising approach to this problem. Workshop 2: Strategies for Collaborative Modeling and Simulation (Second International Workshop) Contact: Albert M. Selvin (selvin@nynexst.com) While offering rigor, clarity, and manageability, many approaches to modeling require non-specialists to learn arcane symbols or terminology in order to participate in the modeling activity. This workshop will explore methods of enabling non-specialists to directly participate in the building, interpretation, and "owning" of the models they use in system design and implementation. Workshop 3: Cognition and Conceptual Modeling Contact: Jeffrey Parsons (jeff@salmon.busi.mun.ca) Cognition is the branch of cognitive psychology that seeks to understand thought processes and the structure of knowledge. This workshop will focus on using cognition to understand existing conceptual modeling techniques, to guide the design of new techniques, and to provide criteria for evaluating techniques and methods. Workshop 4: Behavioral Models and Design Transformations: Issues and Opportunities in Conceptual Modeling Contact: Stephen W. Liddle (liddle@byu.edu) Researchers are devoting increasingly more energy to the problems of behavioral modeling in conjunction with traditional conceptual data modeling. The goals of this workshop are to better understand theoretical aspects of behavioral models, and to use that understanding to suggest transformations that would be helpful in the design of active systems. TUTORIALS There will be four half-day tutorials held Monday, November 3. Tutorials require an additional registration fee. Tutorial 1: OML: A Metamodel and Notation for a Pure Object- Oriented Software Development Environment Contact: Brian Henderson-Sellers (brian@csse.swin.edu.au) Modeling an O-O system is facilitated by a sound meta-model and an accompanying notational tool which fully represents the pure object-oriented ideas. Participants will learn how to apply the notation in a business environment, and why meta-modeling is important as an underpinning for notations and methodologies. For system developers, analysts, and designers. Tutorial 2: A Roles, Relationships & Responsibilities Model for Developing Workflow Applications Contact: Sidney Decker (sidney.decker@kpmg.com) A pragmatic approach to business solution design is presented which leads to component-based cooperative processing applications particularly well-suited to web-based commerce. The methodology expands the concept of implementation flexibility and respect for legacy systems in harmony with component-based architecture and message-based distribution. For practitioners and researchers. Tutorial 3: A Rapid, Metamodel-Based Methodology for Information Systems Modeling Contact: David Kerner (bizmodel@prodigy.com) A unique approach to information systems modeling is presented based on a generic model that is customized to the management strategies of the organization. The model can be used to help a business to better utilize its resources, to predict the impact of strategic direction on information technology, to insure correct measurement of Critical Success Factors, and to identify out-of-control data. For practitioners. Tutorial 4: Object-Role Modeling Contact: Gordon C. Everest (everest@csom.umn.edu) ORM is a richer, more expressive methodology than E-R modeling. It provides a more effective, more understandable presentation of a data model to non-technical end users while eliminating the need to distinguish entities and attributes or to know anything about normalization. Limitations of E-R modeling are identified and ORM's ability to overcome many of them is shown. Hands-on exercises help to develop superior data modeling skills. For practitioners and researchers. INVITED TALKS Sridhar Iyengar J. Patrick Thompson Unisys Fellow Program Manager Unisys Corporation, USA Microsoft Corporation, USA and John Sweitzer Consulting Engineer IBM Corporation, USA SPONSORED BY the ER Institute and UCLA in cooperation with ACM/SIGMOD ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HOTEL RESERVATION FORM (Reservation Deadline: Oct. 12, 1997) ER'97 accommodations will be provided by the DoubleTree Hotel, conveniently located in Westwood. For the special conference rate, please book before Oct. 12, 1997 and mention ER '97. Please complete all the information (type or print), and mail directly to the hotel. If faxing or phoning reservation, please mention ER '97. Accommodation desired: [ ] Single $89 [ ] Double $89 Sales and occupancy taxes are extra. 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Conference registration includes admission to all sessions, a copy of the conference proceedings, continental breakfasts each day, coffee breaks, lunches, and the conference banquet. Tutorials and workshop fees include lecture notes and coffee breaks. *The student registration fee does not include proceedings, banquet or lunches. Proof of full-time student status is required. You may submit a photocopy of your student ID card or a letter signed by your advisor. Mail or fax the form below to: Hua Yang c/o Prof. Wesley W. Chu ER '97 3731 Boelter Hall UCLA Los Angeles, CA USA 90095-1596 Inquiries may be directed to Hua Yang by email: hua@cs.ucla.edu, telephone: 310-206-0068 or fax: 310-825-2273 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ER'97 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION Name: __________________________________________ Affiliation: ___________________________________ Address: _______________________________________ Address: _______________________________________ Phone: _________________ Fax: ________________ Email: _________________________________________ ACM Membership No.: ____________________________ Conference fee $ ______ Tutorials Morning: __ T1 or __ T2 $ ______ Afternoon: __ T3 or __ T4 $ ______ Workshops (open to all) __ W1 __ W2 __ W3 __ W4 $ ______ TOTAL $ ______ I plan to attend the preconference symposium. __ Y __ N Payment may be made by check, money order, or credit card. Please make checks or money orders payable, in US dollars, to ER '97. Credit Card: __ Visa __ MasterCard __ American Express Credit card number: ____________________________________ Cardholder name: _______________________________________ Expiration Date: _____________ Total charge: _________ Signature: _____________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADVANCE PROGRAM Sunday, November 2: 09:30 - 17:30 Preconference Symposium: Conceptual Modeling: Historical Perspectives and Future Directions (General Organizers: Ray Liuzzi, Mike McNeil, Leah Wong, Peter Chen, Session Organizers: Mark Foresti, Hannu Kangassalo, Benn Konsynski, Sham Navathe) Symposium Sessions: (a) Historical Perspectives (b) Novel Future Directions (b1) Data Mining and Conceptual Modeling (b2) Intelligent Agents in Conceptual Modeling (b3) Multi-Perspective Active Model for Global Under- standing, Communication, and Information Management (b4) Other Unconventional Applications and Linkages Monday, November 3: 08:00 - 12:00 Tutorial 1: OML: A Metamodel and Notation for a Pure Object-Oriented Software Development Environment (Brian Henderson-Sellers) Tutorial 2: A Roles, Relationships & Responsibilities Model for Developing Workflow Applications (Sidney Decker) 13:30 - 17:30 Tutorial 3: A Rapid, Metamodel-Based Methodology for Information Systems Modeling (David Kerner) Tutorial 4: Object-Role Modeling (Gordon C. Everest) 19:00 - 22:00 Panel 1: Conceptual Modeling: Historical Perspectives and Future Directions (Peter Chen, Chair) Tuesday, November 4: 08:00 - 08:30 Welcome (Wesley Chu) 08:30 - 10:00 Keynote 1: From Conceptual Modeler to University President (Alan G. Merten, President, George Mason University, USA) 10:30 - 12:00 Paper Session 2a: Automated Design An Ontology for Database Design Automation V.C. Storey (Georgia State University, USA), H. Ullrich (University of Rochester, USA) & S. Sundaresan (Pennsylvania State University, USA) Exploiting Domain Knowledge During the Automated Design of Object-Oriented Databases M. Lloyd-Williams (University of Sheffield, UK) Intelligent Support for Retrieval and Synthesis of Patterns for Object-Oriented Design S. Purao & V.C. Storey (Georgia State University, USA) 10:30 - 12:00 Paper Session 2b: Temporal Modeling A Conceptual Development Framework for Temporal Information Systems I. Petrounias (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) Temporal Features of Class Populations and Attributes in Conceptual Models D. Costal, A. Olive & M-R. Sancho (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain) Managing Schema Evolution Using a Temporal Object Model I.A. Goralwalla, D. Szafron, M.T. Ozsu (University of Alberta, Canada) & R.J. Peters (University of Manitoba, Canada) 13:30 - 15:00 Invited Talk 1: Distributed Object Repositories -- Concepts and Standards Sridhar Iyengar (Unisys Corporation, USA) 15:30 - 17:00 Paper Session 4a: Languages Extended SQL Support for Uncertain Data D. Dey & S. Sarkar (Louisiana State University, USA) Conceptual Queries Using ConQuer-II A.C. Bloesch (InfoModelers Inc., USA) & T.A. Halpin (The University of Queensland, Australia) Transaction-Based Specification of Database Evolution L. Baekgaard (the Aarhus School of Business, Denmark) 15:30 - 17:00 Paper Session 4b: Activity Modeling Well-Behaving Rule Systems for Entity-Relationship and Object-Oriented Models K-D. Schewe (Technical University of Clausthal, Germany) Behavior Consistent Refinement of Object Life Cycles M. Schrefl (University of Linz, Austria) & M. Stumptner (Technische Universität Wien, Austria) ActivityFlow: Towards Incremental Specification and Flexible Coordination of Workflow Activities L. Liu (University of Alberta, Canada) & C. Pu (Oregon Graduate Institute, USA) 17:00 - 19:00 Reception Wednesday, November 5: 08:30 - 10:00 Keynote 2: Silver Bullet Shy On Legacy Mountain: When Neat Technology Just Doesn't Work or Miracles To Save The Realm: Faustian Bargains Or Noble Pursuits Michael L. Brodie (Senior Staff Scientist, GTE Laboratories Inc.) 10:30 - 12:00 Paper Session 6a: Applied Modeling A Multi-Level Architecture for Representing Enterprise Data Models D. Moody (Simsion Bowles & Associates, Australia) A Data Model for Customizing DB Schemas Based on Business Policies J. Sekine, A. Kitai, Y. Ooshima & Y. Oohara (NTT Information and Communication Systems Laboratories, Japan) Explaining Conceptual Models -- An Architecture and Design Principles H. Dalianis & P. Johannesson (Stockholm University and the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) 10:30 - 12:00 Paper Session 6b: Object-Oriented Modeling Extending an Object-Oriented Model: Multiple Class Objects T. Hruska & P. Kolencik (Technical University of Brno, Czech Republic) A Formal Approach to Metamodeling: A Generic Object-Oriented Perspective V.B. Misic (University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia) & S. Moser (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia) Object-Oriented Modeling with Associations and Roles W.W. Chu & G. Zhang (UCLA, USA) 13:30 - 15:00 Paper Session 7a: Theoretical Issues in Modeling Property Covering: A Powerful Construct for Schema Derivations A. Analyti (Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Greece), N. Spyratos (Universite de Paris-Sud, France) & P. Constantopoulos (Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas & University of Crete, Greece) Inheritance Graph Hierarchy Construction Using Rectangular Decomposition of a Binary Relation and Designer Feedback M.M. Gammoudi, J.D. Mendes & W.S. Pinto (Universidade Federal do Maranhao, Brazil) Towards an Object Database Approach for Managing Concept Lattices K. Waiyamai & L. Lakhal (Universite de Clermont, France) 13:30 - 15:00 Paper Session 7b: Experience and Applications (Industry Paper Session) An Experience of Integration of Conceptual Schemas in the Italian Public Administration C. Batini & G. Longobardi (AIPA -- Information System Authority for the Public Administration, Italy) & S. Fornasiero (Andersen Consulting) Application-Oriented Design of Behavior: A Transformational Approach using RADD M. Albrecht, M. Altus & M. Steeg 15:30 - 17:00 Paper Session 8a: Distributed Systems A Java-Based Framework for Processing Distributed Objects D. Wu, D. Agrawal, A.E. Abbadi & A. Singh (University of California at Santa Barbara, USA) Fragmentation Techniques for Distributing Object-Oriented Databases E. Malinowski & S. Chakravarthy (University of Florida, USA) An Agent-Based Mobile System N. Pissinou, K. Makki, M. Hong, L. Ji & A. Kumar (University of Southwestern Louisiana, USA) 15:30 - 17:00 Panel 2: Is the Future of Conceptual Modeling Bleak or Bright? (Sham Navathe, Chair) 19:00 - 22:00 Banquet Thursday, November 6: 08:30 - 10:00 Invited Talk 2: Successful Practices in Developing a Complex Information Model J. Patrick Thompson (Microsoft Corp., USA) and John Sweitzer (IBM Corp., USA) 10:30 - 12:00 Paper Session 10a: Integration Resolving Constraint Conflicts in the Integration of Entity-Relationship Schemas M.L. Lee & T.W. Ling (National University of Singapore) A Formal Framework for ER Schema Transformation P. McBrien & A. Poulovassilis (King's College London, UK) A Generative Approach to Database Federation U. Hohenstein & V. Plesser (Siemens AG, Germany) 10:30 - 12:00 Paper Session 10b: Tools A Virtual Reality Interface to an Enterprise Metadatabase L.W. Yee (The University of Hong Kong) & C. Hsu (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) A Fully Flexible CAME in a CASE Environment A.N.W. Dahanayake, H.G. Sol & J.L.G. Dietz (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands) A Rapid Development Model for MetaCASE Tool Design G. Maokai, L. Scott, Y. Xiao & R. Offen (Macquarie University, Australia) 13:30 - 15:30 Workshops (titles are listed above) 16:00 - 18:00 Workshops (continued) Friday, November 7: Continuation of Workshops Note: Actual workshop schedules for Friday are determined by each individual workshop. Some may continue into the afternoon. Check with the workshop chair for the actual schedule of the workshop you are interested in.