VLDB 2004 Conference Officers

eProceedings

of the

Thirtieth

International Conference

on

Very Large Data Bases

Toronto, Canada

August 31 - September 3 2004

Conference Officers

General Chair

John Mylopoulos, University of Toronto, Canada

VLDB Endowment Liaison

Kyu-Young Whang, KAIST, Korea

Area Coordinator, North America

Philip Bernstein, Microsoft Research, USA

Area Coordinator, South America

Alberto Laender, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Area Coordinator, Europe, Mideast & Africa

Avigdor Gal, Technion, Israel

Area Coordinator, Far East & Australia

Hongjun Lu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China

Publicity and Publications Chair

Mariano Consens, University of Toronto, Canada

Web Coordinator

Manuel Kolp, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Technical Program

Technical Program Chair

M. Tamer Özsu, University of Waterloo, Canada

Core Database Technology Program Chair

Donald Kossmann, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Infrastructure for Information Systems Program Chair

Renée Miller, University of Toronto, Canada

Industrial and Applications Program Chairs

José A. Blakeley, Microsoft Corporation, USA
Berni Schiefer, IBM Laboratories, Canada

Tutorial Program Co-Chairs

Raymond Ng, University of British Columbia, Canada
Matthias Jarke, RWTH Aachen, Germany

Panel Program Co-Chairs

Jarek Gryz, York University, Canada
Fred Lochovsky, HKUST, Hong Kong

Demonstrations Chairs

Bettina Kemme, McGill University, Canada
David Toman, University of Waterloo, Canada

Proceedings Editor

Mario A. Nascimento, University of Alberta, Canada

eProceedings Editor

Patricia Rodriguez-Gianolli, University of Toronto, Canada

Workshops Co-Chairs

Alberto Mendelzon, University of Toronto, Canada
S. Sudarshan, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India

Local Organization

Local Arrangement Chair

Nick Koudas, AT&T Labs Research, USA

Exhibits Chair

H.-Arno Jacobsen, University of Toronto, Canada

Treasurer

Kenneth Barker, University of Calgary, Canada

Fund Raising Chair

Victor DiCiccio, University of Waterloo, Canada

Registration Chair

Grant Weddell, University of Waterloo, Canada


Conference Officers

General Chair
	John Mylopoulos, University of Toronto, Canada
VLDB Endowment Liaison
	Kyu-Young Whang, KAIST, Korea
Area Coordinator, North America
	Philip Bernstein, Microsoft Research, USA
Area Coordinator, South America
	Alberto Laender, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Area Coordinator, Europe, Mideast & Africa
	Avigdor Gal, Technion, Israel
Area Coordinator, Far East & Australia
	Hongjun Lu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
Publicity and Publications Chair
	Mariano Consens, University of Toronto, Canada
Web Coordinator
	Manuel Kolp, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium



Technical Program
Technical Program Chair
	M. Tamer Özsu, University of Waterloo, Canada
Core Database Technology Program Chair
	Donald Kossmann, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Infrastructure for Information Systems Program Chair
	Renée Miller, University of Toronto, Canada
Industrial and Applications Program Chairs
	José A. Blakeley, Microsoft Corporation, USA Berni Schiefer, IBM Laboratories, Canada
Tutorial Program Co-Chairs
	Raymond Ng, University of British Columbia, Canada Matthias Jarke, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Panel Program Co-Chairs
	Jarek Gryz, York University, Canada Fred Lochovsky, HKUST, Hong Kong
Demonstrations Chairs
	Bettina Kemme, McGill University, Canada David Toman, University of Waterloo, Canada
Proceedings Editor
	Mario A. Nascimento, University of Alberta, Canada
eProceedings Editor
	Patricia Rodriguez-Gianolli, University of Toronto, Canada
Workshops Co-Chairs
	Alberto Mendelzon, University of Toronto, Canada S. Sudarshan, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India



Local Organization
Local Arrangement Chair
	Nick Koudas, AT&T Labs Research, USA
Exhibits Chair
	H.-Arno Jacobsen, University of Toronto, Canada
Treasurer
	Kenneth Barker, University of Calgary, Canada
Fund Raising Chair
	Victor DiCiccio, University of Waterloo, Canada
Registration Chair
	Grant Weddell, University of Waterloo, Canada