2. NGITS 1995: Naharia, Israel

Amihai Motro, Moshe Tennenholtz (Eds.): Next Generation Information Technologies and Systems (NGITS '95), Second International Workshop, Naharia, Israel, June 27-29, 1995. 1995

General Chairs: Opher Etzion (Technion, Israel), Arie Segev (U.C. Berkeley and LBL, USA)

Program Chairs: Ami Motro (George Mason University, USA), Moshe Tennenholtz (Technion, Israel)

Keynote

Carlo Zaniolo: The Dynamics of Active Database Rules: Models and Refinements. 0-

Next Generation Databases

Sang-Koo Seo, Yoon-Joon Lee: Optimizing Object-Oriented Queries with Path Predicates: Genetic Algorithm Approach. 0-
Elisa Bertino, Barbara Catania: Database Monitoring in U-Datalog. 0-
Peretz Shoval, Sagit Shiran: An Experimental Comparison of Entity-Relationship and Object-Oriented Model on Quality of Design. 0-
Fabio Grandi, Maria Rita Scalas, Paolo Tiberio: A History-Oriented Temporal SQL Extension. 0-

Multi Database Systems

K. Evrendilek, Asuman Dogac: Query Decomposition, Optimization and Processing in Multidatabase Systems. 0-
Barbara T. Blaustein, Catherine D. McCollum, LouAnna Notargiacomo, K. P. Smith, Richard D. Graubart: Autonomy and Confidentiality: Secure Federated Data Management. 0-
Zinovy Diskin, Boris Cadish: Algebraic Graph-Based Approach to Management of Multidatabase Systems. 69-79

Keynote

Mark S. Fox: The Logic of Enterprise Models. 0-

Cooperation and Collaboration

Bernd Mathiske, Florian Matthes, Joachim W. Schmidt: On Migrating Threads. 0-
Yadran Eterovic, David A. Fuller, José A. Pino: Building Face-to-Face Synchronous Collaborative Applications. 0-

Resource Allocation, Planning and Design

G. Trzewik, Ehud Gudes, Amnon Meisels, Gadi Solotorevsky: TRAPS - A Time Dependent Resource Allocation Language. 0-
Christer Carlsson, Pirkko Walden: On Fuzzy Hyperknowledge Support Systems. 0-
Avigdor Gal, Opher Etzion: CODES - A Design Tool for Next Generation Computerized Systems. 0-

Information Gathering

Michael A. Shepherd, Carolyn R. Watters, Forbes J. Burkowski: Delivery of Electronic News. 0-
Mike Perkowitz, Oren Etzioni: Category Translation: Learning to Understand Information on the Internet. 0-
Bruce Krulwich: Learning User Interests in Heterogeneous Information Repositories. 0-
Shih-Hao Li, Peter B. Danzig: Vocabulary Problem in Internet Resource Discovery. 139-145

Keynote

Ben Shneiderman: The Future of Graphical User Interfaces. 0-

User Interfaces

Bracha Shapira, Adi Raveh, Uri Hanani: Hypertext Browsing: A New Model Based on Hypergraph's Dynamic Construction and Data Analysis Methods. 0-
Gerhard Viehstaedt, Mark Minas: DiaGen: A Generator for Diagram Editors Based on a Hypergraph Model. 0-

Multimedia and Natural Languages

Gerhard A. Schloss, Michael J. Wynblatt: Presentation Layer Modeling for Shareable Multimedia Data. 0-
Yitzhak Birk, F. Ghenassia: An Adaptive Multimedia-Presentation System. 0-
Gian Piero Zarri: Using Complex Conceptual Structures for Representing and Querying the "Meaning" of Narrative NL Documents. 0-

Integration of Heterogeneous Information

Hector Garcia-Molina, Dallan Quass, Yannis Papakonstantinou, Anand Rajaraman, Yehoshua Sagiv, Jeffrey D. Ullman, Jennifer Widom: The TSIMMIS Approach to Mediation: Data Models and Languages. 0-
Tiziana Catarci, Giuseppe Santucci, John Cardiff: Knowledge-based Schema Integration In a Heterogeneous Environment. 0-
Leon A. Shklar, Kshitij Shah, Chumki Basu, Amit P. Sheth, Vipul Kashyap: Modeling Heterogeneous Software Components. 0-