Sponsor: Database Society of China Computer Federation
Organizers: Zhengzhou University, Henan University    

The National Conference on Data Bases (NDBC2002) was established in 1977 as a forum for research into the theory and practice of databases, sponsored by Database Society of China Computer Federation. NDBC2002, the 19th in the series, will be held in Zhengzhou ,Henan province from Aug. 26th to 29th, 2002 , co-organized by Zhengzhou University and Henan University.

VLDB2002 will be held in Hong Kong during Aug. 20-23 ,2002, and NDBC2002 will take this opportunity to hold Post-VLDB meeting and invite world well-known experts to give keynotes on special topics. 

Aims of the Conference:

NDBC2002 provides an international forum for technical discussion among researchers, developers and users of database systems from all over the world. In the conference, they can exchange their research achievements on database management and application, and discuss the critical challenge and new research directions in database fields.

On the occasion, distinguished experts from both domestic and abroad will give special reports, major manufacturers of computer industry will exhibit their advanced technology, and excellent papers will be assessed. Proceedings of NDBC2002 will be published by Computer Science as a supplement. We sincerely call for papers, tutorials, demonstrations, etc. concerning advanced achievements in the field of data management and application.

Topics of interest

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:

A. Web and database	L. OO and Object-relational databases
B. Mobile computing and database	M. Web buffering technology
C. Database implementation technology	N. Real-time database systems
D. Database security	O. Scientific and statistical databases
E. Data warehouse and OLAP	P. XML and Semi-structured databases
F. Data mining and KDD	Q. Spatial and temporal databases
G. Text databases and information searching	R. Content management/Knowledge management
H. Query processing and user interfaces	S. Work Flow/Database Application
I. Biologic and genic information systems	T. Parallel and distributed database systems
J. Digital library	U. Multi-media database technology
K. Data integration and migration	V. Electronic Commerce/Electronic affair

Submission Guidelines:

1. Papers should include topic, abstract, content, and references and should not be published before. Author's information including paper's topic, author's full name, affiliated unit, email address, post address, and telephone number should be offered as a individual part.
2. Papers can be written in both Chinese and English and should be submitted in WORD format. Generally, the size of paper ought to be no more than 6 pages (A4).
3. Papers should be submitted electronically using the conference management tool accessible at the web site: http://www.zzu.edu.cn/ndbc2002/ .

Important Dates:

Paper Submission Deadline: April 1, 2002
Notification of Acceptance:  May 15, 2002
Camera Ready Papers Due: June 15, 2002

Conference Information

Conference information can be obtained by visiting http://www.zzu.edu.cn/ndbc2002/. If you have any question, please feel free to contact us.
Email:  ndbc2002@zzu.edu.cn
Tel: 86-0371-7761542 (NDBC2002 ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE),
Fax: 86-0371-7761542
Address: ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE OF NDBC2002,
          Department of Computer Science 
          Zhengzhou University, 
          Zhengzhou，Henan 450052
          P.R.China