VLDB conferences have become a celebrity seat for co-located workshops on
topics related to data management. Continuing this tradition, VLDB 2006,
to be held in Seoul, Korea, from September 12 to 15, 2006, plans to
feature a set of co-located workshops. Proposals for workshops are hereby
invited and should be submitted to the VLDB 2006 Workshop co-Chairs by
February 7, 2006.
* General Information
- Co-located workshops must be on topics that are of interest to VLDB
attendees.
- Workshop duration can be 1 day, 1.5 day and 2 days (September 10th and
11th only). Workshops will be held at the VLDB 2006 Venue, the
Convention and Exhibition Center (COEX), Seoul, Korea. Each meeting room
accommodates 50 people with tables (or 100 without tables).
- Proposals should include workshop title, description of topic, workshop
organizer(s), (potential) members of the program committee, important
dates, expected number of participants, and preferred duration and
workshop dates.
- The decision on acceptance/rejection of workshop proposals will be made
on the basis of overall quality of the proposal, fitness with respect to
the expected VLDB 2006 program, and availability of venue capacity.
Please note that only accepted workshops are official VLDB workshops and
enjoy support as described below.
* Important Dates
- Workshop proposals are due February 7, 2006. Proposals should be sent to
either of the VLDB 2006 Workshop co-Chairs; Ming-Chien Shan, HP Labs,
USA, (mingchien.shan(a)gmail.com) and Sang-goo Lee, Seoul National
University, Korea (sglee(a)snu.ac.kr)
- Notification of acceptance/rejection will be given by February 28, 2006.
- Recommended deadline for workshop paper submissions is April 15, 2006,
and the notification of accepted papers should be given by June 1, 2006.
* Workshop Fees and Operations
- All accepted workshops are required to join, and benefit from, the
general registration process of VLDB 2006. Though people are encouraged
to also attend VLDB proper, it will be possible to register just for a
workshop.
- A fixed amount ($100 for 1 day, $150 for 1.5 day, and $180 for 2 days)
will be charged per workshop participant which covers workshop room and
facilities, coffee service, lunch (one per full day), and informal
proceedings.
- Each workshop is expected to have at least 20 paid registrants.
Otherwise, VLDB 2006 organizers reserve the right to cancel the
workshop.
- Formal proceedings are to be handled by the individual workshop
organizers. VLDB 2006 organizers will provide informal proceedings which
are bound photocopies of accepted papers. It is the individual workshop
organizers' responsibility to collect and assemble?the papers?in the
right format for both the formal and the informal proceedings, and also
to post accepted papers on a Web site.
- The organizers of individual workshops are required to closely cooperate
with the VLDB 2006 organizers in finalizing all details of operations.
Workshops are encouraged to have their own local chairs.
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Junghoo "John" Cho
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of California, Los Angeles
