February 28, 2007: Video clips have been posted

 

In the General section of the menu, you will find the Photos and Videos links. The Photos page lists the photos taken by a professional photographer during the conference, and the Videos page lists video clips taken during the conference. The photos are organized by dates. Enjoy the photos and video clips!


November 21, 2006: VLDB 2006 Photos are posted

 

At the end of the menu, you will find the Photos page that lists the photos taken by a professional photographer during the conference. The photos are organized by dates. Enjoy the photos.


October 10, 2006: Presentation Slides are now available


 

Presentation slides can be download from the Full Program page. Click the blue button named [Slides].



September 13, 2006: Soliciting comments on Land of Morning Calms

 

Soliciting comments on the book entitled ¡°Land of Morning Calm¡±. All the registrants received a complimentary book entitled ¡°Land of Morning Calm¡± in the conference bag. If you have any interesting comments on the book or learned any new facts on Korea from the book, please send your comments to Prof. Hwan-Seung Yong at hsyong@ewha.ac.kr by the midnight of Thursday (September 14, 2006). The organizing committee will select several interesting comments and will list them in the post-conference newsletters.


September 13, 2006: List of Participants

 

List of Participants is now available at the registration desk.


September 12, 2006: Refund for student banquet tickets

 

All the student registrants who purchased banquet tickets can get a refund at the Conference Office located in Room 317A. The refund must be requested by 5:30PM, Thursday, September 14. No refund will be given after that date.


September 11, 2006: Internet Café and Using the Network in the VLDB 2006


 

1. Internet Cafe
The Internet Caf e is located in Room 321A . There are ten desktop computers for checking emails. There are six additional LAN lines available for connecting to notebooks. There will be a few student helpers in the room to help any technical problems.

2.  Using LAN at the Internet Cafe
The LAN cables in Room 321A have a tab on the LAN cable showing the IP address to be used with the LAN. Go to Control/Network Connection/LAN/TCP-IP/Properties and then enter the IP address, Gateway, and DNS.

3.  Using the VLDB 2006 wireless network

(a) Accessing the VLDB 2006 wireless network
Access the VLDB 2006 wireless network with the SSID of ¡°coex-hanaro¡±. This is not an open network, but the network to be used in COEX building. You can use this network at 54Mbps (support IEEE 802.11/bg). You can use the wireless network in any hall way, but not in the session rooms.

(b) Registering at the wireless network
When you first open a browser, you are asked to enter the ID and password for the network. The ID is ¡°vldb¡± (without quotes and all in lower case letters), and the password is ¡°2006¡±.



September 08, 2006: Student registrants will get free banquet tickets


 

VLDB 2006 Organizing committee is pleased to provide all student registrants with free banquet tickets. Enjoy the dinner and performance at the banquet.



September 07, 2006: papers can be downloaded from ¡°Full Program¡± page

 

Papers were uploaded to the web page. Go to ¡°Full Program¡± page and click a [paper] button to download the paper. The files are password protected, and the password will be announced at the conference. If you registered and want to download the paper early, please contact the Web Chair Il-Yeol Song at song@drexel.edu for the password.


August 24, 2006: The Riviera Hotel has been booked up


 

Rooms that are eligible for the special conference rate at Hotel Riviera, the main conference hotel, have all been booked up. Please contact the Local Arrangement Chair Prof. Yong-Chul Oh at ¡°oh@kpu.ac.kr¡± for a recommendation for an alternative hotel with a rate comparable to that of Hotel Riviera.



July 31, 2006: Early registration deadline has been extended to August 10th, 24:00 Pacific Standard Time.


 

To encourage more participation, the early registration deadline has been extended to August 10th, 24:00 Pacific Standard Time.


July 24, 2006: The VLDB 2006 organizing committee is pleased to offer the exciting cultural tour to all VLDB2006 attendees and their spouses.

 

The VLDB 2006 organizing committee is pleased to offer the exciting cultural tour to all VLDB2006 attendees and their spouses. With visits to Gyeongbok Palace, Korea's National Folk Museum, and Insadong Antique Alley, all located in beautiful downtown Seoul, this free tour is a wonderful opportunity for visitors to explore the history of the Korean people and the vitality of their culture. For more information, click ¡®Social Events'



June 23, 2006: The VLDB2006 homepage and the registration system will be shut down briefly.


 

The VLDB2006 homepage and the registration system will not be available from June 24th 15:00 to June 25th 03:00 (Pacific Standard Time) due to power outage for scheduled electrical system maintenance at KAIST.


June 10, 2006: The registration site for VLDB 2006 participants is now open


 

In order to register for VLDB 2006 and its related workshops, please click ¡®Registration' button in the ¡®Participants' section of the menu. If you have any question on the registration process, send an email to Prof. Jinho Kim at vldb2006reg@gmail.com.



May 31, 2006: Posting Camera-Ready Format, Conference venue and Hotel Information


 

The instructions for camera-ready format, conference venue, accommodation, and other tour information have been posted.



April 29, 2006: Third Organizing Committee's Domestic Meeting


 

General Chair Kyu-Young Whang organized the third domestic meeting at COEX on Saturday, April, 29, 2006 from 2:00 to 8:00 pm. Most organizing committee members in Korea participated in the meeting.



March 21, 2006: The due date for panel proposals has been extended to March 31st, 2006.

 

The organizing committee decided to extend the due date of the panel proposals to March 31, 2006. Please send your panel proposals for VLDB 2006 to Panel Program Co-Chair Michael Carey (mcarey at bea com).


March 7, 2006: The online submission systems for Industry and Demonstration tracks are now open.

 

The online paper submission systems for the "Industrial, Applications, and Experience" track and the Demonstration track are now open. Click the "Manuscript Submission" button on the menu. Please remember that both submission must be submitted by March 16th, 2006 (5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time). You can use either the traditional VLDB format or the ACM SIG format. The submissions for "Industrial, Applications, and Experience" track must be up to 12 pages. The submissions for Demonstration track must be up to 4 pages.


March 6, 2006: Both VLDB format and the ACM SIG Format are allowed.

 

The VLDB endowment and the PC chairs decided to accept papers both in the traditional VLDB format or the ACM SIG format. Note that the page length restrictions apply to both formats. The page limit for research papers: 12 pages. The ACM SIG format is described in detail on the website, http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html, where there are both LaTeX and Word templates. Both Strict Adherence to SIGS style and Tighter Alternate style are allowed." The traditional VLDB format can be obtained in this web page by clicking "Manuscript Preparation" button. The final accepted papers must be in the ACM SIG format.


March 1, 2006: The workshop list has been announced.

 

March 1, 2006. A list of twelve workshops that will be held with VLDB 2006 has been announced. See the list by clicking "Workshop" button in the menu.


February 28, 2006: The online paper submission system is now open.

 

The online paper submission system is now open. Click the "Manuscript Submission" button on the menu. Please remember that an abstract must be submitted by March 9th, 2006 (5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time) and the full paper must be submitted by March 16th, 2006 (5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time).


February 7, 2006: Paper Formatting Guidelines have been uploaded.

 

Formatting guidelines for submitting manuscripts have been uploaded. Please click the "Manuscript Preparation" button to see the detail. Abstracts are due on March 9, 2006, and full papers, panel, demo, and tutorial submissions are due on March 16, 2006.


December 17, 2005: Second Organizing Committee's Domestic Meeting

 

General Chair Kyu-Young Whang organized the second domestic meeting at COEX on December 17, 2005 from 2:00 to 8:00 pm. Most organizing committee members in Korea participated in the meeting.


September 13, 2005: CFP distributed to DB-World

 

Publicity Co-Chair Junghoo Cho distributed the first Call for Papers to DB-World and other mailing lists.


September 10, 2005: VLDB 2006 Organizing Committee's Domestic Meeting

 

General Chair Kyu-Young Whang organized a domestic meeting at Seoul Education and Culture Center on September 10, 2005. Most organizing committee members in Korea participated in the meeting. In the meeting, various issues were discussed including local arrangements, events, proceedings, e-proceedings, workshops, registration, the web, and others.

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