25th International Conference
on
Very Large Databases
Edinburgh - Scotland - UK
7th - 10th September 1999
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Paper Submission Procedures
Authors for papers in all three tracks should comply with the procedures
described in this document. This document also contains advice that may
be of help to authors. The information supplied here is an amplification
of the original Call for Papers. We intend
that the additional information should assist authors. If there are any
problems with differences between this document and the original CFP, please
contact the programme chair, Malcolm Atkinson (mpa@dcs.gla.ac.uk).
There is a general section that applies to all
papers and three separate sections covering Research
Papers, Vision Papers and
Experience
and Application Papers.
General Information Applying to all submissions
All papers will be submitted and processed according
to exactly the same schedule. This schedule is as detailed in the Call
for Papers. At least one author of each accepted paper must register
for VLDB'99 by the 1st June 1999. Otherwise the paper will not be included
in the conference proceedings.
| 15 February 1999 |
Abstract Submission Deadline |
| 22 February 1999 |
Paper Submission Deadline |
| 10 May 1999 |
Notification of Acceptance |
| 1 June 1999 |
Camera Ready Papers Due |
All authors of papers in the Research, Vision and Experience tracks
should submit their paper to the region in which the first author of the
paper works, at the time of submitting the paper, or where most of the
work was carried out. The regions are set out below. Anyone requiring advice
on where to submit a paper should contact the programme committee chair,
Malcolm Atkinson (mpa@dcs.gla.ac.uk).
For the purposes of VLDB'99 the world is divided into three
regions.
Summary of Where to Send Queries Regarding Submissions
Format and Layout of Papers
In the proceedings, all papers, irrespective of the track, will
be laid out according to the same formatting instructions. These will be
very similar to those established at recent VLDB conferences, e.g. VLDB'98
in New York. Authors wishing to prepare papers in that format can use
their
formatting instructions for the moment. The specific CRC
formats for VLDB'99 will be available very soon. Accepted papers will
be required in that format by 1 June 1999.
Submission for refereeing, may either be in a good approximation to
the final CRC format (within the final size constraints specified below),
or in the format stated in the Call for Papers.
In the CFP format, Research Papers, Vision Papers and Experience,
and Application papers should be a maximum of twenty US letter
or A4 pages, typeset in a minimum of 11-point font double-spaced.
General Submission Procedure
Papers should be prepared to match the size and topic requirements of their
intended track (see below) and should clearly indicate that track. It is
the author's responsibility to make the papers readable, relevant and interesting
before submission for consideration by referees. This includes legibility
of diagrams and quality of English.
Papers should not be submitted to more than one event simultaneously
(e.g. conference, journal, etc.). If occurrences of multiple submission
are detected (referees often serve several events for their speciality)
then the paper will be automatically rejected from VLDB'99.
Registering an Abstract
Once a paper has been prepared the authors must register their intention
to submit it by recording the abstract in the relevant database.
An interface is provided below for recording the abstract by geographic
area. Members of any of the VLDB'99 programme committees will use their
own geographic area.
You must register an abstract in order to obtain a reference code that
will be used to identify your paper and to enable the allocation of referees.
Without a registered abstract your paper may not be processed correctly.
When you register your abstract you will receive a reference number
for your paper. This has two parts: an area code, e.g. "Asia" and a sequence
number, e.g. 17. When you submit your paper and when there are any communications
about this paper, the combination of area code and sequence number (without
any intervening spaces) will be used to identify your paper. Please mark
your paper with that identifier and use it as requested.
When you register the abstract, the form will also solicit information
about how to contact you. The information will only be used for VLDB administration
purposes, e.g. to notify you of the outcome of your submission. If you
have to make a change, please e-mail your area programme chair. We expect
that in virtually all cases this information will be stable over the period
of paper processing.
Submitting your Paper
There are two methods for submitting a paper, you may use physical paper
submission or electronic submission. Authors are responsible for ensuring
that the submitted material is on time (no extensions will be given), complies
with the size constraints (long papers will not be refereed) and is legible
on arrival.
Every paper should have a cover page (not counted in the page count)
that:
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Identifies the contact author
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Gives his or her address for correspondence (e-mail, conventional mail
and telephone)
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States the reference number (see Registering
an Abstract)
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Gives the title and full list of authors (marking any author that is on
any VLDB'99 programme committee)
This cover page is redundant information if you have used the database
for registering your abstract as requested (see Registering
an Abstract). However we would like this extra confirmation of the
accuracy of the administrative details relating to your paper.
Submitting papers by Physical Mail
You should submit four copies of your papers to arrive by
22
February 1999 to the relevant geographic regional programme committee
chair. Their full postal addresses are set out in the following table.
Postal Addresses for Regions
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| Region |
Postal Address |
| Asia (excluding the Middle East & Russia),
Australasia & Antarctica |
Maria E. Orlowska, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering,
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Q4072 Australia |
| Africa, Europe, Russia, the Middle East including
Israel & Turkey |
Patrick Valduriez, INRIA, Rocquencourt, 78153 Le Chesnay cedex, France |
| North & South America |
Stan Zdonik, Department of Computing Science, Brown University, Providence,
RI 02912, USA (for courier: 115 Thayer Street, 4th Floor, Providence, RI02912) |
Submitting papers Electronically
Papers that are submitted electronically must be in PDF. It is essential
that they print without difficulty on a variety of printers using Adobe
Acrobat Reader. Therefore, be sure that you have included any special
fonts that you use, etc. It is the absolute responsibility of the authors
to ensure that the submitted papers will print easily.
You should ftp the PDF of your paper in the relevant geographic directory
by 22 February 1999. The file must be placed in the correct directory
and must be named with the full reference (in lower case) allocated when
the abstract was submitted (see Registering
an Abstract). These ftp directories are given in the following table.
FTP Directories for Regions
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Notifications to Authors
Authors will be notified of the outcome of the refereeing process by 10
May 1999. We will use the information given when you registered your abstract
(see Registering an Abstract).
Camera Ready Copy
This will be required by 1 June 1999. Details of the arrangements
for electronic and paper submission will be specified as soon as possible.
Research Papers
Topics
A suggestive list of the overall range of topics of interest at the VLDB'99
conference is given in the Call for Papers.
Authors may recognise other areas of relevance to the development and application
of databases.
Papers in the research track will contain significant and original research
results. Papers reporting and evaluating new architectures, structures,
methods, systems and models are encouraged, particularly where these are
carefully validated against realistic criteria, such as typical test loads
and data volumes. Papers will develop and demonstrate the value of new
ideas that are relevant to the future development of databases and their
applications. They may make their contribution by developing new implementation
methods, new design techniques, new theoretical results, new algorithms,
or in any other way that makes databases more powerful, more effective,
more widely applicable or easier to use. Developments in specialised databases
or applications are also of interest to the VLDB community.
Criteria
The ultimate criteria by which papers are judged are:
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Whether they carry a significant contribution to our knowledge about databases
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Whether there is a reasonable expectation that the contribution will prove
important to the future of databases
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Whether the ideas are conveyed in such a way that they can be easily understood
and applied
This then leads to the development of the following aspects of evaluation:
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Is the work reported relevant to the database community?
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Does the work report significant innovation, or is it repetition of earlier
work, or a minor increment to earlier work?
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Is the work technically sound?
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Is the generality, impact and importance of the contribution made clear
via suitable abstraction and comparison with other work?
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Is the work reported clearly and convincingly, with good structure and
with a high standard of English and presentation?
A paper when presented in the two-column CRC format used in VLDB proceedings
(see Format & Layout) should not exceed
12
pages. A paper submitted in the CFP format of 11-point double spaced pages
must not exceed
20 pages. In both cases this includes all parts
of the paper: title, abstract, body, bibliography and appendices. Any paper
exceeding this size will not be refereed, but will be rejected outright.
Similarly any paper that is submitted simultaneously to other conferences,
journals, etc. will be rejected outright.
Any author who requires advice or further information should contact
either the appropriate regional chair or the programme
chair, Malcolm Atkinson (mpa@dcs.gla.ac.uk).
Submission & Dates
The arrangements for submission are set out in Submission
Procedures.
The critical dates for submission are set out in Important
Dates. Late submissions will not be accepted.
Vision Papers
Topics
These provide a medium for discussion of expected technological, economic
and social developments and their impact on databases. These papers are
inevitably speculative, however they are expected to present clearly a
scientifically and technically convincing argument of relevance to the
database community.
They will normally be written by authors very experienced in the database
industry or in database research, or else with some other deep experience
which they bring to bear on database issues. Papers in this category will
be helping to formulate directions in which the database industry or database
research should develop. Insight and perspective are particularly highly
valued.
Criteria
The fundamental criteria by which these papers are judged are similar to
those in the Research Category. Adjusting
them to this context, they become:
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Whether they carry a significant new view of the future of databases
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Whether there is a reasonable expectation that that view will prove formative
or predictive of the future for databases
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Whether the ideas are conveyed in such a way that they can be easily understood
and applied
This then leads to the development of the following aspects of evaluation:
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Is the work reported relevant to the database community?
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Does the work report a significantly new view, or is it repetition of earlier
work, or a minor revision of previously enunciated views?
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Is the vision a plausible view of databases and does it depict a feasible
future?
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Is enunciation of this view likely to have a significant impact? Are the
ideas within it explored sufficiently for its impact to be apparent?
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Is the vision reported clearly and convincingly, with good structure and
with a high standard of English and presentation?
A paper when presented in the two-column CRC format used in VLDB proceedings
(see Format & Layout) should not exceed
12
pages. A paper submitted in the CFP format of 11-point double spaced pages
must not exceed
20 pages. In both cases this includes all parts
of the paper: title, abstract, body, bibliography and appendices. Any paper
exceeding this size will not be refereed, but will be rejected outright.
Similarly any paper that is submitted simultaneously to other conferences,
journals, etc. will be rejected outright.
Any author who requires advice or further information should contact
either the appropriate regional chair or the programme
chair, Malcolm Atkinson (mpa@dcs.gla.ac.uk).
Submission & Dates
The arrangements for submission are set out in Submission
Procedures.
The critical dates for submission are set out in Important
Dates. Late submissions will not be accepted.
Experience and Application Papers
Topics
This section provides a forum for discussion of experiences in implementing
DBMSs or in applying DBMS technology in challenging situations. Reports
of industrial experience of using databases will be particularly welcome.
Papers in this category will be written by authors who have been involved
in building major Database Management Systems or in managing the use of
databases in demanding applications. It is hoped that such papers will
have one or both of the following effects:
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Demonstrating the effectiveness of new database methods or technology so
that others may appreciate its value and possibly re-use the approach in
their own context.
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Demonstrating the deficiencies in our current understanding and technology
as a challenge to researchers and implementers.
Criteria
The underlying criteria in this category again emphasise the extent to
which a paper contributes to our understanding of databases or our ability
to build and use them. This includes:
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Whether the experience reported is a significant advance in our use or
construction of databases
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Whether experience reported can be expected to challenge researchers or
to significantly help those who build or use databases
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Whether the experience is conveyed in such a way that it can be understood
and applied easily
This then leads to the development of the following aspects of evaluation.
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Is the experience reported relevant to the database community?
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Does the paper report significantly new experience or is it a minor variation
on previously reported experiences?
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Is the work technically sound?
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Is the generality, impact and importance of the contribution made clear
via suitable abstraction and comparison with other work?
-
Is the work reported clearly and convincingly, with good structure and
with a high standard of English and presentation?
A paper when presented in the two-column CRC format used in VLDB proceedings
(see Format & Layout) should not exceed
12
pages. A paper submitted in the CFP format of 11-point double spaced pages
must not exceed
20 pages. In both cases this includes all parts
of the paper: title, abstract, body, bibliography and appendices. Any paper
exceeding this size will not be refereed, but will be rejected outright.
Similarly any paper that is submitted simultaneously to other conferences,
journals, etc. will be rejected outright.
Any author who requires advice or further information should contact
either the appropriate regional chair or the programme
chair, Malcolm Atkinson (mpa@dcs.gla.ac.uk).
Submission & Dates
The arrangements for submission are set out in Submission
Procedures.
The critical dates for submission are set out in Important
Dates. Late submissions will not be accepted.
