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Original papers dealing with both theory and/or applications of database technology and information systems are solicited. The areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Database theory
  • Indexing and search
  • Query processing and optimization
  • Data modeling and database design
  • Physical database design and performance evaluation
  • Database systems architectures
  • Advanced databases (objectrelational, web-based, multimedia, temporal, spatial, active, deductive, grid, real-time, etc.)
  • Advanced database applications
  • Middleware for connecting databases and applications
  • Heterogeneous databases interoperability and mediation, data and knowledge grids
  • Replication and caching
  • Native semi-structured data and XML
  • Data quality
  • XML and databases, web services
  • Databases as services
  • Data mining, data warehousing, and knowledge discovery
  • Data streams
  • Semantic-based knowledge systems
  • Conceptual modeling and ontologies
  • Content management
  • Knowledge management and information systems
  • Enterprise engineering, information systems engineering, and software engineering
  • Services science and information systems
  • Business process modeling, advanced transaction and workflow management
  • Advanced information systems and applications
  • Intelligent information systems
  • Distributed information systems
  • Cross-enterprise information systems
  • Mobile technologies and information systems
  • Embedded and autonomous information systems
  • Service-oriented and componentbased information systems
  • E-business, e-government, e-commerce
  • Educational information systems
  • Information systems in healthcare
  • Innovation management information systems
  • Logistics information systems
  • Business intelligence systems
  • Bioinformatics
  • Security of databases and information systems
  • Personalization in databases and information systems
  • Advanced methods and tools for information systems design
  • Best practices in large and small scale databases and information systems