[Newsletter PoDM ] Principles of Data Management, Newsletter 29, July 2021

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PoDM Newsletter 29, July 2021
The newsletter on Principles of Data Management from databasetheory.org

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CONFERENCE  ANNOUNCEMENTS

ICDT 2022 - 25th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DATABASE THEORY
Call for papers (Second submission cycle)

PODS 2022 - 41st ACM SYMPOSIUM ON PRINCIPLES OF DATABASE SYSTEMS
Call for Papers - Second Submission Cycle

COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT
A new course covering relatively new database research topics

JOB  ANNOUNCEMENTS

PHD STUDENT
Database Theory and Logic
joint between INRIA Lille (Lille, France) and Télécom Paris (south
of Paris, France)

Postdoc position (junior or senior)
University of Zurich

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CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS

ICDT 2022 - 25th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DATABASE THEORY
Call for papers (Second submission cycle)
Time and location: March 29 - April 1, 2022 in Edinburgh
* ICDT is a series of international scientific conferences on research of data management theory
  (https://databasetheory.org/icdt-pages).
  Since 2009, it is annually and jointly held with EDBT (Extending DB Technology).
* Continuing with the idea of broadening its scope, ICDT 2022 will have a Reach Out track that calls for
  -- Novel formal frameworks and/or
  -- Articles that connect principles of data management to other communities.
  Papers submitted to this track are expected to introduce novel directions for database theory and
  provide a theoretical basis for understanding emerging areas in data management.
* Every topic related to the principles of data management is relevant to ICDT. Examples of relevant topics are:
  data mining and database aspects of machine learning; data models, design, query languages, and algorithms for
  data management; distributed and parallel databases; connections between databases and knowledge representation;
  graph databases, (semantic) Web data, and Web services; data streams and sketching; data-centric (business) process management
  and workflows; data and knowledge integration and exchange, data provenance, views, and data warehouses;
  domain-specific databases (multimedia, scientific, spatial, temporal, text); data privacy and security, concurrency, and recovery
* Important dates (Second submission cycle):
September 6, 2021: Abstract submission
September 13, 2021: Paper submission
November 28, 2021: Notification of accept/reject
For submissions please use
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icdt2022

PODS 2022 - 41st ACM SYMPOSIUM ON PRINCIPLES OF DATABASE SYSTEMS
Call for Papers - Second Submission Cycle
https://databasetheory.org/node/125
* SCOPE: PODS seeks high-quality scientific articles that present principled contributions to modeling, application, system building, and both theoretical and experimental validation in the context of data management. Such articles might be based, among others, on establishing theoretical results, developing new concepts and frameworks that deserve further exploration, providing experimental work that sheds light on the scientific foundations of the discipline, or a rigorous analysis of both widely used and recently developed industry artifacts.
* CHANGES IN SUBMISSIONS: There are two important changes with respect to submissions for PODS 2022.
1) Submitted papers must be formatted using the standard ACM proceedings stylesheet AND can be up to **8 pages**.
2) For the first time, PODS 2022 will use a lightweight double-blind reviewing process. However, authors should feel free to disseminate their ideas or draft versions of their paper as they normally would. For instance, authors may post drafts of their papers on the web or give talks on their research ideas.
* IMPORTANT DATES: Dates for the second submission cycle are as follows.
** Second cycle abstract deadline: December 10, 2021
** Full paper submission deadline: December 17, 2021
**Reviews sent to authors: February 28, 2022
** Rebuttal phase: March 1 - 5, 2022
** Notification: March 13, 2022

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COURSE  ANNOUNCEMENT

We have recently prepared a new course covering relatively new database research topics on unifying syntax and solutions for a variety of frequently asked computational questions: Semirings; Functional Aggregate Queries; Decompositions; Width measures; Solving joins optimally; Worst-case optimal bounds for joins; Solving SAT; Solving FAQ over single and multiple semirings.

The material, which consists of lecture slides (pdf), exercises (pdf), and practical tasks, is available here: https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/dast/teaching/EA.html

We would be happy to share tex sources with colleagues interested in adding new topics to their existing courses or starting new courses.

Contact: Ahmet Kara (kara at ifi.uzh.ch), Dan Olteanu
(olteanu at ifi.uzh.ch), Nils Vortmeier (nvort at ifi.uzh.ch), Haozhe Zhang
(haozhe.zhang at uzh.ch).

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JOB  ANNOUNCEMENTS

PHD STUDENT
Database Theory and Logic
joint between INRIA Lille (Lille, France) and Télécom Paris (south of Paris, France)
* 3 years
* Link: https://a3nm.net/work/research/offers/thesis-proposal-cqfd.pdf
* The SPIRALS teams in Inria Lille (France) has funding for a PhD position (3 years). The thesis will be supervised by Pierre Bourhis
(Inria Lille) and
Antoine Amarilli (Télécom Paris, Palaiseau, France). The PhD will preferrably be preceded by a Master's internship of 4-6 months, but can
also start
immediately. We are looking for a highly motivated student with a theoretical background in databases, logics, or knowledge representation
and AI, who is
interested in such a position. The PhD position focuses on ontology-mediated query answering, which is a field of database theory which is
close to logics,
data management and artificial intelligence: please see the link above for details.
* Contact:
 Antoine Amarilli
 DIG team, INFRES department, Télécom Paris
 <antoine.amarilli at telecom-paris.fr>
 Pierre Bourhis
 SPIRALS team, INRIA Lille & CNRS
 <pierre.bourhis at inria.fr>

Postdoc position (junior or senior)
University of Zurich
* Topics: Intersection of machine learning and databases, in particular on-going research projects listed at:
		https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/dast.html
		https://fdbresearch.github.io/
* Deadline:  applications submitted by July 15, 2021 will receive full consideration
* To start:  flexible, asap preferred
* More info: https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/dast/jobs.html
* Contact:   Dan Olteanu (olteanu at ifi.uzh.ch)

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