From newsletter at databasetheory.org Sun Oct 11 12:12:00 2026 From: newsletter at databasetheory.org (newsletter at databasetheory.org) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2026 12:12:00 +0000 Subject: [Newsletter PoDM ] Principles of Data Management, Newsletter 64, October 2026 Message-ID: Principles of Data Management, Newsletter 64, October 2026 The newsletter on Principles of Data Management from databasetheory.org TABLE OF CONTENTS ICDT 2027: Call for nominations for the Test-of-Time Award --------------------------------------------------------------------------- We solicit nominations for the ICDT 2027 Test-of-Time Award for the ICDT 2017 paper that has had the most impact in terms of research, methodology, conceptual contribution, or transfer to practice. The ICDT Test-of-Time award for 2027 will be presented during the EDBT/ICDT 2027 Joint Conference due to be held in Lille, France, on April 6 - April 9, 2027. * The ICDT 2027 Test-of-Time Award Committee consists of Michael Benedikt (chair, University of Oxford), Cristina Sirangelo (Universite Paris Cite), and Mahmoud Abo Khamis (University of Oxford). * All papers are nominated by default, but the committee welcomes input from our community. Please feel free to nominate a paper if you think it has had great impact, even if you have not thoroughly compared it to the other eligible papers. The usual conflict of interest rules apply. Nominations are confidential and will only be shared among the committee members. Please email your nominations to any or all of the committee members with the subject line "ICDT 2027 Test-of-Time Award Suggestion", together with a brief justification. * Please send your nominations no later than December 1, 2026. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The next issue of this newsletter is scheduled for early December 2026. Please submit your announcements to newsletter-owner at databasetheory.org until November 30, 2026. Please follow the formatting instructions at databasetheory.org/newsletter. Past issues of the newsletter can be found at databasetheory.org/newsletter.