ADVIS 2002
         Second Biennial International Conference on
               Advances in Information Systems
                    23 - 25 October 2002
                        Izmir, Turkey

       "To the memory of Professor Dr. Esen OZKARAHAN"*
              http://www.***.com/

This is the  second conference to  be held to honor the late
Professor  Esen Ozkarahan ( 1940-1999 ) and  his outstanding
contributions  to databases  and information  systems and it
draws  on  the  success  of  ADVIS  2000  that  was  held in
beautiful Aegean city of Izmir that is in close proximity to
may archeological sites.

AIMS AND SCOPE

Information Systems are rapidly evolving and involve a broad
range  of  technologies such  as IS  development, Databases,
Workflow   management,  Information   Retrieval,   Networks,
Decision Support and  Knowledge Discovery, and others. ADVIS
2002 aims  at bringing  together  researchers  in  different
fields of Information  Systems who have a common interest in
interdisciplinary  research. The Conference  will  provide a
forum for the presentation  and exchange of current research
results,  original  IS  applications  as  well  as  bridging
research  and  development  in various fields of Information
Systems.

Papers  presenting  original  research  results and original
implementations in the  topics of interest  listed below are
solicited.  We  strongly   encourage  submission  of  papers
bridging  the  research  in different  fields  and promoting
mutual  exchange  and  understanding of cross-field research
results.

CONFERENCE TOPICS

The main topics to be covered during conference as follows:

* Information Systems (IS) Development and Management
* Advanced Programming Paradigms for IS
* IS Tools and Environments
* Multimedia IS
* Information Retrieval
* Digital Libraries
* Enterprise Knowledge Development
* Business Process Models and Reengineering
* Cooperative Information Systems
* Workflow Management Systems
* New Applications of IS Technology
* Information Privacy and Security
* Data Models and Database Design
* Deductive and Object-Oriented Databases
* Temp{*filter*}and Spatial Databases
* Constraint Databases
* Multimedia Databases
* Data Warehousing and Warehouse DBMS
* Parallel and Distributed Data Processing
* Support for Non-Traditional Data
* Applications of Databases
* Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
* Knowledge Bases and Expert Systems
* Intellectual Data Bases and IS
* Decision Support Systems
* Intelligent Agent Technology
* BioInformatics
* Evolutionary Algorithms
* Network Management
* Network Applications
* Network Performance Analysis

INVITED SPEAKERS

Professor Ray McAleese, Combined Studies, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
"Information Searching - Lessons from Information Science and Structural
Knowledge."
http://www.***.com/

Professor Philippe Codognet University of Paris 6, France
"Intelligent Agents In Virtual Environments"
http://www.***.com/ ~codognet/

Ass. Professor Marcin Paprzycki Oklahoma State University
"Agent System in Support of E-Commerce Application"
http://www.***.com/ ~marcin

WORKSHOP

 "New Methods and Information Technologies in Education"
workshop will be organized during the conference dates.

http://www.***.com/

LOCATION

The  conference  will be  held  in Izmir, a major city located
in  the West  Coast of  Turkey. Izmir is in close proximity to
well  known  ancient historical sites such as Efesos, Pergamon
as well as vacation resorts such as Kusadasi, Cesme, and Foca.

COMMITTEES

Honorary Chair
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Irem Ozkarahan, Dokuz Eylul Univ., Turkey

Program Committee Co-Chairs
===========================
Abdullah Uz Tansel, City University of New York, USA
Tatyana Yakhno, Dokuz Eylul Univ., Turkey

Conference Secretary
====================
Adil Alpkocak, Dokuz Eylul Univ., Turkey

Program Committee Secretary
=================
Emine Ekin, Dokuz Eylul Univ., Turkey

Program Committee
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Sibel Adali, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.,USA
Adil Alpkocak, Dokuz Eylul Univ., Turkey
Frederic Benhamou, Univ. of Nantes, France
Cem Bozsahin, METU, Turkey
Ufuk Caglayan, Bogazici Univ., Turkey
Nagib Callaos, Venezuella
Fazli Can, Miami Univ. USA
Yalcin Cebi, Dokuz Eylul Univ., Turkey
Paolo Ciaccia, Univ. of Bologna, Italy
Cihan Dagli, Univ. of Missouri-Rolla, USA
Mehmet E. Dalkilic , Ege Univ., Turkey
Dursun Delen, Oklahoma State Univ., USA
Oguz Dikenelli, Ege Univ., Turkey
Asuman Dogac, METU, Turkey
Dan Grigoras, , Univ. College Cork, Ireland,
Yakov Fet, Acad. of Science, Russia
Lloyd Fosdick, Colorado Univ., USA
Fabio Grandi, Univ. of Bologna, Italy
Ugur Gudukbay, Bilkent Univ., Turkey
Malcolm Heywood, Dalhousie Univ., Canada
Alp Kut, Dokuz Eylul Univ., Turkey
Victor Malyshkin, Acad. of Science, Russia
Eric Monfroy, Univ. of Nantes,  France
Mario A. Nascimento, Univ. of Alberta, Canada
Erich Neuhold, GMD - IPSI, Germany
Selmin Nurcan, Univ. of Sorbonne, France
Gultekin Ozsoyoglu, Case Western Reserve Univ., USA
Meral Ozsoyoglu, Case Western Reserve Univ., USA
Tamer Ozsu , University of Waterloo, Canada
Marcin Paprzycki, Oklahoma State Univ., USA
Malcolm Rigg, World Systems, Luxembourg
Vadim Stefanuk,  Acad. of Science, Russia
Martti Tienari, Univ. of Helsinki, Finland
Turhan Tunali, Ege Univ., Turkey
Ozgur Ulusoy, Bilkent Univ., Turkey
Nur Zincir-Heywood,  Dalhousie Univ. , Canada
Adnan Yazici, METU, Turkey

COMMUNICATION

Mail Address : ADVIS'2002
               Dokuz Eylul University
               Dept. of Computer Engineering
               Bornova 35100
               IZMIR - TURKEY

WWW          : http://www.***.com/
Phone & Fax  : +90 (232) 373 60 40 - 388 03 73

SUBMISSIONS DETAILS

Proceedings of the conference will be published as a volume
in  Lecture Notes in Computer  Science  (LNCS)  by Springer
Verlag.   Authors   are  invited  to  submit  research  and
application  papers,  not  exceeding  5000 words (10 pages)
representing original, previously unpublished work.  Authors
are encouraged to submit papers in the LNCS format
( http://www.***.com/ ) to following
e-mail adress:

All  manuscripts  will  be  reviewed  by three members of the
program   committee   based   on   originality,  significance,
technical soundness, and clarity of exposition.

IMPORTANT DATES

April 1, 2002  : Submission deadline of full papers
June 1,  2002  : Notification of acceptance (by e-mail)
July 1,  2002  : Camera ready due
23-25  October  2002 : Conference dates

"Professor  Ozkarahan  was one of the  pioneers  of  database
 machine  research as well as the founder of database systems
 research  in  Turkey.  Moreover,  his  studies  centered  on
 database    machines   to   which   he   made    significant
 contributions.  Professor Ozkarahan is well  known  for  his
 pioneering   work   on   the  RAP  (Relational   Associative
 Processor)  database  machine. He designed  RAP  to  provide
 hardware   implementations  of  relational  databases.   RAP
 includes  all  the  relational algebra  operations,  and  an
 implicit  form of the semi join operation that later  became
 the   cornerstone  of  query  optimization   in   relational
 databases.

 Everyone who had the pleasure of knowing Esen Ozkarahan  and
 working  with  him  will always remember his  great  vision,
 eminent achievements, and generous friendship."