Proceedings of the 1982 ACM SIGMOD international conference on Management of data - SIGMOD '82

Abstract

In recent years, research and development activities in the database management area have increased dramatically as the numbers of database users, databases, and database management systems have grown. These activities were further stimulated by the urgent need to apply database theories and technologies in many other disciplines, such as CAD/CAM, library automation, computer graphics, statistical/scientific data analysis, office automation, pattern recognition, and artificial intelligence. The International Conference on Management of Data, sponsored by ACM's Special Interest Group on Management of Data (SIGMOD), provides an important forum to the international community to disseminate and exchange new ideas in database technology, to promote activities in the database area, and to increase the understanding of the design, implementation, and use of database systems.This year's conference has a number of innovative approaches. First, in addition to the traditional areas of study, the technical program focuses on some new topics such as Engineering and Scientific applications, integration of different databases, and statistical database management. Second, a concious effort has been made to solicit good papers outside the United States to make the tone of this conference truly international. Third, we actively sought and encouraged paper submissions from practitioners. This was done to share real-world database management problems and experiences with the research community. Fourth, but not least, this conference offers (for the first time in SIGMOD's history, we might add) an exhibition of commercial DBMSs so that the attendees have the opportunity to experience first-hand the operation, design, and features of popular systems.The conference proceedings contains 33 high-quality technical papers, in addition to abstracts of the panel sessions. The technical papers were selected from over 123 submissions, a record number for SIGMOD conferences. Papers came from 17 different countries from the European, Asian, African, and American continents, and reflect the genuine interest and enthusiasm of SIGMOD's role in database research around the world. Each paper was refereed by at least 3 members of the Program Committee. The papers were evaluated based on their quality, originality and significance of their contribution. The members of the Program Committee are to be congratulated for the excellent job they did in evaluating and selecting the papers. We extend our heart-felt appreciation to their great effort.