8^th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA 2003)

26 - 28 March, 2003, Kyoto, Japan

PRESENTATION SLIDES for KEYNOTE, TUTORIALS, and PANEL SESSIONS

Presentation files (PowerPoint and PDF) for keynote speech by Jeffrey D. Ullman (Stanford University), two tutorial sessions by E. Chang (UC Santa Barbara) and M. Mohania (IBM India Research Lab), and panel sessinos are available (update: April 8, 2003).

• http://db-www.aist-nara.ac.jp/dasfaa2003/ppt.html

What's New?

• Presentation slides (PowerPoint and PDF) are now available (update: April 1, 2003)
• Conference program updated (update: March 24, 2003)
• Access map to the conference venue (in PDF) (update: March 20, 2003)
• Details of tutorial session (update: February 18, 2003)
  

      Title: Statistical Methods for Emerging Database Applications

      Tutor: Prof. Edward Chang (University of California, Santa Barbara)

• Conference program (update: January 15, 2003)
• Registration and accommodation sites now open (update: January 15, 2003)
• List of accepted papers (update: December 6, 2002)

Conference Venue

Campus Plaza Kyoto

Web Page (in Japanese)

Address: Nishino Touin Dori, Shio Kouji Sagaru, Shimogyo-Ku, Kyoto 600-8216, Japan

TEL +81-75-353-9120

FAX +81-75-353-9121

* Campus Plaza Kyoto is 200m west of JR Kyoto Station North Entrance. *

Travel Advice

• From Tokyo to Kyoto Station, it takes about 2 and a half hours by Shinkansen.
• From Kansai International Airport, take JR (Japan Railway) Airport Limited Express Train, HARUKA, which runs every 30 minutes. The traveling time to Kyoto JR station is approximately 75 minutes and fare is 3,490 yen (reserved seats), or 2,980 yen (non-reserved seats). Participants from foreign countries can purchase JAPAN RAIL PASS, which is a special discount pass for any trains of JR Group Railways (except the NOZOMI super express). JAPAN RAIL PASS is sold only outside of Japan: Must be purchased before arriving in Japan. For details, check website: http://www.japanrailpass.net/

Useful Information

• From Narita Airport (Tokyo Area)
  • Tokyo Narita Airport
  • East Japan Railway Company
    • Access to Narita Airport
    • Japan Railways Seat Reservation Service [World eki-net]
• From Kansai International Airport (Kansai Area)
  • Kansai International Airport
    • Access Information

VISA

For entering Japan, you need a valid passport and in some cases a visa. To check whether you need a visa, and how to apply it, visit the homepage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/index.html). Obtaining a visa may take a long period of time, a few months in some cases. So apply immediately if you need a visa. Ask Japanese Embassies/Consulates or local travel agencies for necessary documents. If you need a letter from the DASFAA2003 General Chair for visa application, please send mail to: dasfaa03@is.aist-nara.ac.jp.

Conference Officers

Honorary Chair

Yahiko Kambayashi

Department of Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University

Kyoto 606-8501, Japan

Phone: +81-75-753-5375

Fax: +81-75-753-4970

Email: yahiko@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp

General Chair

Katsumi Tanaka

Department of Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University

Kyoto 606-8501, Japan

Phone: +81-75-753-5969

Email: ktanaka@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Program Co-Chairs

Sang Kyun Cha

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Seoul National University

Kwanak P.O. Box 34, Seoul 151-742, Korea

Email: chask@kdb.snu.ac.kr

Masatoshi Yoshikawa

Information Technology Center, Nagoya University

Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan

Email: yosikawa@itc.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Finance Committee

Chair:

Yoshihiko Imai, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Japan

Memebers:

Shusuke Haruna, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Japan

Hitomi Takada, Kyoto University, Japan

Tutorials/Panel Chair

Hiroshi Ishikawa, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

Publicity Co-Chairs

Toshiyuki Amagasa, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Kenji Hatano, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Publications Chair

Jun Miyazaki, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Local Arrangements Co-Chairs

Kazutoshi Sumiya, Kyoto University, Japan (email: sumiya@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp)

Akiyo Nadamoto, Communications Research Laboratory, Japan

Previous DASFAA Conferences

• DASFAA 2001 (April 18-20, 2001, Hong Kong)
• DASFAA 1999 (April 19-21, 1999, Taiwan, ROC.)

• 2000 ADBIS-DASFAA Symposium on Advances in Databases and Information Systems (September 5-8, 2000, Prague, Czech Republic)

• DASFAA Conferences at DBLP bibliography server

Maintained by

amagasa@is.aist-nara.ac.jp, yosikawa@itc.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Last update:

Tuesday, 08-Apr-2003 13:01:38 JST