A special event in honor of Ron Fagin's influential and long-lasting research contributions to the principles of database systems will be held during the 2016 ACM SIGMOD/PODS Conference in San Francisco. Organizers: Phokion Kolaitis (UC Santa Cruz and IBM Research - Almaden and Lucian Popa (IBM Research - Almaden)
The event took place on Sunday June 26, 2016.
Program
- 2:00 - 2:15: Opening
- 2:15 - 2:45:
- Finite Model Theory: A Personal Perspective [pdf]
Moshe Y. Vardi, Rice University
- Finite Model Theory: A Personal Perspective [pdf]
- 2:45 - 3:15:
- Acyclic Hypergraphs [pdf]
Jeffrey D. Ullman, Stanford University
- Acyclic Hypergraphs [pdf]
- 3:15 - 3:45:
- Theory and Practice: Collaborating with Ron Fagin on Two Projects in Information Integration [pdf]
Laura Haas, IBM Research - Almaden
- Theory and Practice: Collaborating with Ron Fagin on Two Projects in Information Integration [pdf]
- 3:45 - 4:15: Break
- 4:15 - 4:45:
- Foundations of Data Exchange and Metadata Management [pdf]
Marcelo Arenas, Catholic University of Chile
- Foundations of Data Exchange and Metadata Management [pdf]
- 4:45 - 5:15:
- Database Principles in Text Analytics [pdf]
Benny Kimelfeld, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
- Database Principles in Text Analytics [pdf]
- 5:15 - 5:45:
- The Role of Elegance in Research [pdf]
Leonid Libkin, University of Edinburgh
- The Role of Elegance in Research [pdf]
- 5:45 - 6:00:
- Personal Reflections
Ronald Fagin, IBM Research - Almaden
- Personal Reflections