Workshop on Foundations of Databases and the Web: In honor to Alberto Mendelzon
San Rafael Glacier, Chile - November 6-10, 2006
The workshop on Foundations of Databases and the Web is organized to honor the memory of our dear friend and colleague Alberto Mendelzon, who contributed so much to the Database community as well as to South American Computer Science.
Alberto Oscar Mendelzon was one of the pioneers who helped to lay the foundations of relational databases. His early work on database dependencies has been infuential in both the theory and practice of data management. He was a professor of computer science at the University of Toronto, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His academic journey began in Argentina and he maintained, throughout his life, close ties to his home country and home continent. He graduated from the University of Buenos Aires in 1973 before studying at Princeton as a Fulbright Scholar. At Princeton, he received a M.S.E. degree in 1977, a M.A. degree in 1978, and a Ph.D. degree in 1979. He was a post-doctoral fellow at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center for a year before joining the University of Toronto in 1980.
Alberto was a quiet man who did not seek out honors. He was modest about his role in shaping the foundations of relational databases and his pioneering work in laying the foundations for querying the web. He was elected to the Royal Society of Canada (the Canadian National Academy for Science, Engineering, and the Humanities) which is Canada's top academic accolade.
You can visit Alberto Mendelzon's homepage at the University of Toronto. Also you can read the tribute article from SIGMOD, and this memorial.
Workshop Information
NEW ! Visit the Venue section, for detailed information about the flights from/to Balmaceda.
The workshop will be held November 6-10 2006 in Chile aboard a ship touring the San Rafael Glacier, one of the most impressive and scenic tourist attractions in the world.
Attendance to the workshop is by invitation only. The workshop will provide a venue for Alberto's colleagues and their collaborators to present and discuss research challenges in foundations of the web and databases.
Workshop Organization
The Workshop Foundations of Databases and the Web is organized by Yahoo! Research Santiago, the Computer Science Departments of the Carleton University, University of Toronto, and the Universidad de Chile, the Web Research Group of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and the Center for Web Research of the CS Department of the Universidad de Chile.
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LATEST NEWS !
You can check the photos taken by the participants during the workshop!
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NEWS !
Oct. 30
You can visit the Frequently Asked Questions section for general information regarding the ship, what clothes to bring, services available, etc.
Oct. 9
You can visit the homepage of the Web as a Database Workshop that will be held on November 3-4 at Santiago, Chile.
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