VLDB IIWeb-2004
Monday 30 August 2004
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7:50 - 8:00Opening remarks [Hasan Davulcu]
8:00 - 10:30SESSION 1: Data Extraction and Cleaning (90 mins = 5 @ 15 mins each + 15 mins discussion)
An Efficient Method of Eliminating Noisy Information In Web Pages for Data Mining (A K Tripathy, T T Negi, A K Singh)
OntheFly Constraint Mapping across Web Query Interfaces (Z Zhang, B He, K Chang)
MetaQuerier over the DeepWeb: Shallow Integration across Holistic Sources (K Chang, B He, Z Zhang)
Gathering Text Files Generated from Templates (D Ikeda, Y Yamada)
Learning to Navigate Web Forms (Anthony Tomasic, William Cohen, Susan Fussell, John Zimmerman, Marina Kobayashi, Einat Minkov, Nathan Halstead, Ravi Mosur, Jason Hum)
Discussion (15 mins)
10:30 - 11:00Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30SESSION 2: Semantic Matching (90 mins = 5 @ 15 mins each + 15 mins discussion)
Exploiting Secondary Sources for Unsupervised Record Linkage (M Michalowski, S Thakkar, C Knoblock)
Semantic Mappings for the Integration of XML and RDF Sources (H Xiao, I F Cruz, F Hsu)
Semi-Automatically Annotating Semantic Web Services (A Heb, E Johnston, N Kushmerick)
Schema Mapping Verification (G Koifman, A Gal, O Shehory)
SEMEX: Toward On-the-Fly Personal Information Integration (X Dong, A Halevy, E Nemes, S Sigurdsson, P Domingos)
Discussion (15 mins)
12:30 - 2:00Lunch break
2:00 - 3:30SESSION 3: Applications (80 mins = 5 @ 15 mins each + 15 mins discussion)
Web Service Composition and Record Linking (M A Cameron, K L Taylor, R Baxter)
A Novel Strategy in Integrating Meta-information in Federated Digital Libraries (H Ding)
The BioMediator System as a Tool for Integrating Biologic Databases on the Web (R Shaker, P Mork, J S Brockenbrough, L Donelson, P Tarczy-Hornoch)
Querying Web-Accessible Life Science Sources: Which paths to choose? (J Bleiholder, F Naumann, L Raschid, M E Vidal)
Creating and Managing Personal Information Assistants via a Web Browser: The WinAgent Experience (A Gandhre, P Santhanagopalan, P Singh, D Ramavat, IV Ramakrishnan, H Davulcu)
Discussion (15 mins)
3:30 - 4:00Coffee break
4:00 - 5:00SESSION 3: Foundations (60 mins = 3 @ 15 mins each + 15 mins discussion)
Functional Integration of Relational, OLAP and XML Data (K Q Pu)
Computing Consistent Query Answers using Conflict Hypergraphs (J Chomicki, J Marcinkowski, S Staworko)
A Case for Merge Joins in Mediator Systems (R Lawrence, K Hackert)
Discussion (15 mins)
5:00 - 6:00SESSION 4: Architecture (60 min = 3 @ 15 min each + 15 mins discussion)
Distributed XQuery (C Re, J Brinkley, K P Hinshaw, D Suciu)
Efficient Domain-Specific Information Integration in Nexus (T Schwarz, N Honle, M Grossmann, D Nicklas, B Mitschang)
Data Service Agreements: Toward a Data Supply Chain (L Seligman, A Rosenthal, J Caverlee)
Discussion (15 mins)
6:00 - 6:40SESSION 4: Short Papers (40 min = 4 @ 10 min each)
Mediation in the Web Service Modeling Execution Environment (WSMX) (A Mocan, E Cimpian, M Zaremba, C Bussler)
MIQIS: Modular Integration of Queryable Information Sources (C M Wyss, G H L Fletcher, F Erdinc, J T Engle)
An Integration Architecture for User-Centric Document Creation, Retrieval and Analysis (R Witte)
Experiences in Building a Geographic Integration System. (O Boucelma)