Yannis Ioannidis Libri

The East European Conferences on Advances in Databases and Information Systems (ADBIS) serves as a prestigious platform for sharing cutting-edge research in data management. It fosters collaboration among database researchers, practitioners, developers, and users from East Europe and beyond. This volume presents the proceedings from the 11th ADBIS Conference, held in Varna, Bulgaria, from September 29 to October 3, 2007. The conference featured three keynote talks, 36 research papers across 13 sessions, and two tutorials. Twenty-three research papers, along with extended abstracts for the keynote talks, are included in this volume, while other papers are published in local proceedings. The keynote speakers were distinguished figures in database and information retrieval. Timos Sellis examined the lifecycle of ETL workflows, providing insights into specification and optimized execution, along with future challenges. Gerhard Weikum discussed the emergence of various "Webs" and their potential for knowledge harvesting and search. Lastly, Paolo Atzeni tackled the challenges of schema and data translation within emerging model management systems, highlighting significant research opportunities.

The International Conferences on Extending Database Technology (EDBT) serve as a prestigious platform for sharing cutting-edge research in data management. This volume compiles the proceedings from the 10th EDBT Conference, held in Munich, Germany, from March 27-29, 2006. The event featured 3 keynote talks, 56 full-size and 4 half-size research papers presented across 20 sessions, alongside 8 industrial presentations in 3 sessions, 1 panel session, 5 tutorials in 7 sessions, and 20 demonstrations in 4 sessions. Included are all research papers and abstracts from most sessions. The three keynote addresses were delivered by distinguished figures in the database and information-retrieval fields, aligning with the conference theme: “From Database Systems to Universal Data Management.” Martin Kersten, a pioneer in database support for ambient application environments, addressed critical issues in organic database systems that integrate with various hardware and exhibit autonomic behavior. Alan Smeaton, an expert in content-based information retrieval across diverse media, explored the challenges of managing digital video libraries, presenting several open problems in the field.