New England Database Day 2015 (NEDB Day '15)

January 30, 2015
http://db.csail.mit.edu/nedbday15/

This is a call for papers and participants for the Eighth Annual New England Database Day (NEDB Day '15). This will be an all day conference-style event where participants from the research community in the New England area (as well as other parts of the country) can come together to present ideas and discuss their research. There are about 300 participants annually in recent years. Registration for the event is free for students and a nominal charge ($50) for non-students, and anyone is welcome to attend. Lunch, drinks and appetizers will be provided.

The event will also feature two keynotes talks (to be announced).

Event details
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NEDB Day 2015 will be held on the MIT campus, in room 32-123 of the Stata Center, located at 32 Vassar St. on the corner of Main St. and Vassar St. in Cambridge. The room is on the first floor.  The event will be held on Friday, January 30, 2015, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, followed by appetizers and drinks and a poster session.

Technical Program
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The program will consist of several invited talks, a number of short (15-20 minute) presentations from you, the participants, and a poster session!

If you wish to submit a short talk or poster proposal, please visit the Microsoft Conference Management System for NEDB Day ’15, at:

https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/NEDB2015/

For posters, we require a 1 paragraph abstract.  For short talks, we require a 2 page maximum PDF talk abstract (any format, 10 pt font or larger).  Submissions must be made by January 9, 2015. All reasonable posters will be accepted; talk invitations will be made by January 15, 2015. We expect to select 7-9 short talk papers for presentation. Selection decisions will be made by the program committee.

Registration
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To register for the conference, visit the registration site at:

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-england-database-day-2015-registration-14432117853

Important Dates
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Paper or poster submission:	January 9, 2015
Author notification:		January 15
Registration:			January 23
NEDB Day:			January 30

Program Committee and Organizers
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General Chair:      Samuel Madden (MIT)
Program Chair:      Tingjian Ge (UMass Lowell)

Program Committee:  Tim Kraska (Brown University),
                    Olga Papaemmanouil (Brandeis University),
                    Michael Stonebraker (MIT),
                    Stan Zdonik (Brown University)