[Newsletter PoDM ] Principles of Data Management, Newsletter 28, May 2021

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PoDM Newsletter 28, May 2021
The newsletter on Principles of Data Management from databasetheory.org

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONFERENCE  ANNOUNCEMENTS

SPOTLIGHT ON LOGIC & DATABASES
Call for workshop participation, May 6-7, online

PODS 2021
  Call for Participation, June 20-25

ESSLLI 2021  32nd European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information
Call For Participation, 26 July -14 August, 2021

JOB  ANNOUNCEMENTS

PROFESSOR (W2) IN “KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS”
* TU Dortmund University
* Deadline May 5, 2021

POSITIONS FOR PHD STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS
* Data quality, inconsistency handling, ontology-based data access
* LaBRI, Bordeaux, France

AWARD  ANNOUNCEMENTS

VCLA INTERNATIONAL STUDENT AWARDS 2021
Call for (self) nominations  - Deadline extended, *May 7* 2021 (anywhere on Earth)

BOOK-IN-PROGRESS-ANNOUNCEMENT

Principles of Databases
 by Marcelo Arenas, Pablo Barcelo, Leonid Libkin, Wim Martens, and Andreas Pieris

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CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS

SPOTLIGHT ON LOGIC & DATABASES
Call for workshop participation
May 6-7, online
http://highlights-conference.org/logic-in-databases-workshop-2021/
* Spotlight on Logic & Databases is the third in a series of online workshops on Logic, Games and Automata. The aim of this workshop series is to bring together the community throughout the year
* The workshop features talks on "Matrix query languages" and "Updates for query languages" spread over two days
* Deadline for registration: May 4, AOE

PODS 2021 Call for Participation
* PODS 2021 will take place online on June 20-25.
* In addition to the papers selected by the PODS PC (list available here: https://2021.sigmod.org/pods_list.shtml),
the conference features a keynote by Rajeev Alur, invited tutorials by Barna Saha and Dániel Marx, and gems of
PODS talks by Victor Vianu and Kobbi Nissim. Detailed information will be available on the conference website soon.
* Registrants will get access to all “online” sessions of the event and maximum possible academic and social engagement
as well as access to all “offline” material of the conference (recordings of the talks, proceedings, etc.)
* Early bird registration ends on May 10th (details and registration at https://2021.sigmod.org/registration.shtml).
* Looking forward to meeting you online!
  Leonid Libkin (PODS General Chair) and Reinhard Pichler (PODS PC Chair)

ESSLLI 2021  32nd European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information
Call For Participation
https://www.esslli.eu
26 July -14 August, 2021, Online
* First edition of ESSLLI online
* The school offers an excellent program of courses and workshops and the well established Student Session
* FoDM is well represented in this year’s program
* Program spread over three weeks
* Program chairs:  Raffaella Bernardi, Diego Calvanese and Michael Moortgat
* See the website for details
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JOB  ANNOUNCEMENTS

Professor (W2) in “Knowledge Based Systems” at TU Dortmund University
Full details: https://service.tu-dortmund.de/documents/18/2120803/Professor+W2+in+Knowledge+Based+Systems.pdf/b887f51b-8ba1-16bf-1aa7-3d7907e84d54.
* The Department of Computer Science at TU Dortmund University is seeking to fill the position of a Professor (W2) in “Knowledge Based Systems” commencing as soon as possible. The successful candidate will specialize in research and teaching in the field of “Knowledge Based Systems”. TU Dortmund University is seeking an outstanding individual and well established researcher in the field of “Knowledge Based Systems” with a focus on Knowledge Representation and Reasoning and with relevant international publications in recognized venues with peer-review. Applicants should complement the research activities of the Department of Computer Science and contribute to interdisciplinary collaborative research projects within and outside TU Dortmund University.
An appropriate contribution to the department’s core curriculum, especially in the area of logic is required, in the medium term also in German. The successful candidate will possess social and leadership skills and be willing to be involved in academic self-governance. Preconditions for employment are specified in § 36 and § 37 HG NRW (law governing universities in North-Rhine Westphalia).
* With 6,500 employees in research, teaching and administration and its unique profile, TU Dortmund University shapes prospects for the future: the interaction between engineering and natural sciences as well as social and cultural studies drives both technological innovations and progress in knowledge and methodology. It is not only the roughly 33,400 students who benefit from this. The Department of Computer Science at TU Dortmund University is one of the largest in Germany, with particular strengths in research. Among similar institutions it is distinguished by a combination of fundamental research on formal methods with the development of practical applications.Research focuses on Algorithmics, Data Science, Cyber-Physical Systems, and Software and Service Engineering.
* TU Dortmund University strives to increase the number of women in academic research and teaching and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. TU Dortmund University is an equal opportunity employer and gives preference to candidates with disabilities if equally qualified. TU Dortmund University supports the compatibility of work and family life and promotes gender equality in science.
' Please send your application, including the usual documents (CV, list of publications, certificates, etc.) preferably by e-mail (in one pdf-file) to the following address by 05.05.2021
Dean of the Department of Computer Science
Professor Dr.-Ing. Gernot A. Fink
TU Dortmund University
44221 Dortmund – Germany
tel.: 0049-231/755-6151
fax: 0049-231/755-6116
e-mail: bewerbung at cs.tu-dortmund.de
http://www.cs.tu-dortmund.de/
Questions can be also addressed to thomas.schwentick at tu-dortmund.de.

POSITIONS FOR PHD STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS
* Data quality, inconsistency handling, ontology-based data access
* LaBRI, Bordeaux, France
* Starting date: ideally, Fall 2021, but there is considerable flexibility
* A 2-year postdoc position and a 3-year PhD position are currently available in the INTENDED AI Chair project, whose aim is to develop principled, knowledge-based methods for handling imperfect data. Candidates with a strong academic record and background in databases and/or knowledge representation and reasoning are encouraged to get in touch.
* More info: https://intended.labri.fr/hiring.html
* Contact: Meghyn Bienvenu, CNRS researcher at LaBRI
(meghyn.bienvenu at labri.fr)

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AWARD  ANNOUNCEMENTS

VCLA INTERNATIONAL STUDENT AWARDS 2021
Call for (self) nominations  - Deadline extended
https://logic-cs.at/vcla-international-student-awards-2021
Awards for outstanding  Master and Bachelor Theses conferred between
15.11.2019 and 31.12.2020
in the fields of Computational Logic, Databases,  Artificial Intelligence, Verification Algorithms and Computational Complexity, Formal Methods for Security ad Privacy.
* Two categories:
- Outstanding Master Thesis Award
- Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award (Bachelor)
*  The Outstanding Master Thesis Award is accompanied by a prize of € 1200, and the Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award by a prize of € 800.
Additionally, the winners will be invited (flight+lodging) to present their work at an award ceremony in Vienna (depending on the COVID pandemic)
* Submission deadline: *May 7* 2021 (anywhere on Earth)
* Committee chairs 2021: Robert Ganian, Magdalena Ortiz, Revantha Ramanayake (TU Wien).
* See https://logic-cs.at/vcla-international-student-awards-2021 for details
Please send all inquiries to award (AT) logic-cs.at

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BOOK-IN-PROGRESS-ANNOUNCEMENT
 Principles of Databases
 by Marcelo Arenas, Pablo Barcelo, Leonid Libkin, Wim Martens, and Andreas Pieris

* This book is intended to become the new standard textbook on database theory.
* We planned the book such that large parts of it are suitable for teaching.
 Chapters are short, and a chapter roughly corresponds to the contents of a
 single lecture.
* For the ease of teaching and understanding the material, we may sometimes
 cut corners. If we want to give the reader a relatively quick insight of a
 particular result, this sometimes means that we present a weaker form of the
 result than the most general result known in the literature.
* The current pdf is downloadable at https://github.com/pdm-book/community/.
 We have been teaching from this book ourselves, but the present version will
 undoubtedly still have errors. In fact, if you find some, you can open an issue
 on Github and we will look into it.
* The current table of contents consists of 9 major parts, ranging from the
 classic material on relational databases to recent results in the field.
* The current release contains 3 parts, from which it is possible to design
 a MSc course in database theory.
* We are working intensely on the unreleased chapters and parts and may still improve
 already released material. If you would like to get access to some unreleased content,
 please email Wim Martens and we'll see what we can do.
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