DBclips

(based on a blog entry by Alon Halevy)

The success of YouTube and the like have proven a very simple point: a 5-minute video is a very effective mode of communication. People love to see stuff in 5-minute nuggets (or less). We should learn from this observation for better dissemination of scientific results.

Alon Halevy further writes:

A 5-minute presentation (done well) can give quite a bit of information and insight about a publication, certainly more than the 100-word abstract or the paper's introduction. I know I would love to sit through a bunch of these from time to time and learn more about what's going on in my field, even in areas that are farther away from my main interest areas (in fact, probably mostly in such areas). A video also captures the enthusiasm and emphases of the speaker (not to speak of the fact that it preserves their youth for eternity!)

What do you have to do to participate in DBclips?

Create a 5-minute video of your accepted talk or demo at VLDB 2007. If you don't have the possibility to create it on your own, we will provide DBclips sessions at the conference where you can record your video. These sessions take place during the main conference days (Tue Sept 25th and Thu Sept 27th from 14.30 to 16.00, Wed Sept 26th from 16.30 to 18.00) at Elise Richter-Hall (first floor).
Upload it to a publicly available video service (like YouTube, Yahoo! Video, or scivee.tv), add your paper title and tag it with VLDB 2007.
Send us the link to your video so we can include it on the webpage. Please include your name, your paper number and title, and the link to the video.

We are looking forward to your submissions!

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