ISBN: 0-8186-7240-4

Stuart E. Madnick, MIT

Marc Volz, GMD-IPSI, Darmstadt, Germany

Karl Aberer, GMD-IPSI, Darmstadt, Germany

Klemens Boehm, GMD-IPSI, Darmstadt, Germany

D.A. Ford, Department of Computer Science, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA

J. Myllymaki, Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

K.S. Candan

S. Jajodia

V.S. Subrahmanian

W. Essmayr

F. Kastner

G. Pernul

S. Preishuber

and A M. Tjoa

Xiaolei Qian, Computer Science Laboratory, SRI International

S.S. Chawathe, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

H. Garcia-Molina, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

J. Widom, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Andreas Henrich, Universit?t Siegen, Siegen, Germany

Sungwon Jung, Department of Computer Science, Michigan State University

Sakti Pramanik, Department of Computer Science, Michigan State University

Jongho Won, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington

Ramez Elmasri, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Arlington

Xiaohua Hu, Bell-Northern Research Ltd.

Nick Cercone, Univ. of Regina

David W. Cheung, The University of Hong Kong

C. Y. Wong, The University of Hong Kong

Jiawei Han, Simon Fraser University

Vincent T. Ng, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

K. Hatonen, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Helsinki Univ., Finland

M. Klemettinen, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Helsinki Univ., Finland

H. Mannila, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Helsinki Univ., Finland

P. Ronkainen, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Helsinki Univ., Finland

H. Toivonen, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Helsinki Univ., Finland

Jacques Calmet, Institute for Algorithms and Cognitive Systems, University of Karlsruhe

Dirk Debertin, Institute for Algorithms and Cognitive Systems, University of Karlsruhe

Sebastian Jekutsch, Institute for Algorithms and Cognitive Systems, University of Karlsruhe

Joachim Schü, Institute for Algorithms and Cognitive Systems, University of Karlsruhe

Y. Papakonstantinou, Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

H. Garcia-Molina, Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

J. Ullman, Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

Ajit K. Patankar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Arie Segev, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

J. George Shanthikumar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Jim Gray

Adam Bosworth

Andrew Layman

Hamid Pirahesh

G. Graefe

D.G. Campbell

B. Yuwono, Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA

D.L. Lee, Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA

D. Barbara, MITL 2 Research Way Princeton, NJ, USA

S. Mehrotra, MITL 2 Research Way Princeton, NJ, USA

P. Vallabhaneni, MITL 2 Research Way Princeton, NJ, USA

Azer Bestavros, Computer Science Department, Boston University, MA

T. J. Lehman, IBM Almaden Research Center

P. J. Gainer, IBM Almaden Research Center

S. DeFazio, Oracle Corporation, New England Development Center, Nashua, New Hampshire

J. Srinivasan, Oracle Corporation, New England Development Center, Nashua, New Hampshire

J.A. Blakeley, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA.

Alexander Aiken, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Jolly Chen, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Michael Stonebraker, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Allison Woodruff, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Jean-Marc Petit, Laboratoire d'Ing?nierie des Syst?mes d'Information, INSA Lyon, Villeurbanne cedex

Farouk Toumani, Laboratoire d'Ing?nierie des Syst?mes d'Information, INSA Lyon, Villeurbanne cedex

Jean-Francois Boulicaut, Laboratoire d'Ing?nierie des Syst?mes d'Information, INSA Lyon, Villeurbanne cedex

Jacques Kouloumdjian, Laboratoire d'Ing?nierie des Syst?mes d'Information, INSA Lyon, Villeurbanne cedex

Boris Shidlovsky, DIIMA, University of Salerno, Italy

Elisa Bertino, DSI, University of Milan, Italy

Ehud Gudes, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Arun Ramanujapuram, Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Jim E. Greer, Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Thomas Brinkhoff

Hans-Peter Kriegel

Bernhard Seeger

Peter A. Buhr, Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Anil K. Goel, Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Naomi Nishimura, Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Prabhakar Ragde, Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Swarup Acharya, Brown University

Stanley Zdonik, Brown University

Michael Franklin, University of Maryland

Raul Medina-Mora, Action Technologies, Inc., Alameda, CA

Kelly W. Cartron, Clark County Department of Business License, Las Vegas, NV

W. Du, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories

M-C. Shan, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories

D. Whitney, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories

M. Tsangarisa, AT&T-BELL LABORATORIES

M. Kohli, BELL COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH

S. Naqvi, BELL COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH

R. Nunziata, BELL COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH

Y. Saraiy, BELL COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH

Harumi A. Kuno, Dept. of Elect. Engin. and Computer Science, Software Systems Research Laboratory, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Elke A. Rundensteiner, Dept. of Elect. Engin. and Computer Science, Software Systems Research Laboratory, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

H. Riedel, University of Konstanz, Germany

A. Heuer, University of Restock, Germany

Lois Delcambre, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Oregon Graduate Institute, Portland, OR, USA

Jimmy Langston, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Oregon Graduate Institute, Portland, OR, USA

Kun-Lung Wu, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY

Philip S. Yu, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY

Ming-Syan Chen, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY

E. Panagos, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA

A. Biliris, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA

H.V. Jagadish, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA

R. Rastogi, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA

Vibby Gottemukkala, IBM T.J.Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY

Edward Omiecinski, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

Umakishore Ramachandran, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

Hiroshi Ishikawa, Media Integration Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories LTD., Nakahara-Ku, Kawasaki, Japan

Koki Kato, Media Integration Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories LTD., Nakahara-Ku, Kawasaki, Japan

Miyuki Ono, Media Integration Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories LTD., Nakahara-Ku, Kawasaki, Japan

Naomi Yoshizawa, Media Integration Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories LTD., Nakahara-Ku, Kawasaki, Japan

Kazumi Kubota, Media Integration Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories LTD., Nakahara-Ku, Kawasaki, Japan

Akiko Kondo, Media Integration Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories LTD., Nakahara-Ku, Kawasaki, Japan

Yoshinori hara, C&C Research Laboratories, NEC USA, Inc.

Kyoji Hirata, C&C Research Laboratories, NEC USA, Inc.

Hajime Takano, C&C Research Laboratories, NEC USA, Inc.

Shigehito Kawasaki, C&C Research Laboratories, NEC USA, Inc.

D.B. Andersen, Hewlett-Packard Co., Santa Clara, CA

Anton P. Karadimce, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Susan D. Urban, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

M. Sköld, Department of Computer and Information Science, Link?ping University, S-581 83 Link?ping, Sweden

T. Risch, Department of Computer and Information Science, Link?ping University, S-581 83 Link?ping, Sweden

I-Min A. Chen

Daniel F. Lieuwen, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ

Narain Gehani, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ

Robert Arlein, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ

Ming-Ling Lo, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Michigan--Ann Arbor, MI

Chinya V. Ravishankar, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Michigan--Ann Arbor, MI

Gennady Antoshenkov, Oracle Corporation, Nashua, NH, USA

Gautam Bhargava, Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA

Piyush Goel, IBM Santa Teresa Lab, San Jose, CA

Bala Iyer, IBM Santa Teresa Lab, San Jose, CA

Praveen Seshadri, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

Hamid Pirahesh, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA, USA

T.Y. Cliff Leung, IBM Santa Teresa Laboratory, San Jose, CA, USA

Ge Yu, Department of Computer Science and Communication Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan

Kunihiko Kaneko, Department of Computer Science and Communication Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan

Guangyi Bai, Department of Computer Science and Communication Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan

Akifumi Makinouchi, Department of Computer Science and Communication Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan

P. Chundi, Department of Computer Science, University at Albany - State University of New York, Albany, NY

D.J. Rosenkrantz, Department of Computer Science, University at Albany - State University of New York, Albany, NY

S.S. Ravi, Department of Computer Science, University at Albany - State University of New York, Albany, NY

Chengwen Liu, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Hao Chen, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

Warren Krueger, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

J. Sidell, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA

P.M. Aoki, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA

A. Sah, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA

C. Staelin, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA

M. Stonebraker, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA

A. Yu, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Sunil K. Sarin, XSoft, Cambridge, MA, USA

Kenneth Moore, Iris Associates, Westford, MA, USA

Michelle Peterson, Iris Associates, Westford, MA, USA

Naoto Oki, Keio University, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Japan

Kunio Teramoto, Keio University, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Japan

Ken-Ichi Okada, Keio University, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Japan

Yutaka Matsushita, Keio University, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Japan

David A. White, Visual Computing Laboratory University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

Ramesh Jain, Visual Computing Laboratory University of California, San Diego, CA, USA

N. H. Balkir, Department of Computer Engineering and Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

E. Sukan, Department of Computer Engineering and Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

G. Ozsoyoglu, Department of Computer Engineering and Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

Z.M. Ozsoyoglu, Department of Computer Engineering and Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

Hagit Shatkay, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

Stanley B. Zdonik, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

Chung-Sheng Li, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY

P.S. Yu, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY

V. Castelli, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY

D. Wodtke, University of the Saarland, Department of Computer Science, Saarbr?cken, Germany

J. Weissenfels, University of the Saarland, Department of Computer Science, Saarbr?cken, Germany

G. Weikum, University of the Saarland, Department of Computer Science, Saarbr?cken, Germany

A. Kotz Dittrich, Union Bank of Switzerland, UBILAB, Z?rich, Switzerland

Qiming Chen, HP Laboratories, Palo Alto, California, USA

Umesh Dayal, HP Laboratories, Palo Alto, California, USA

Gustavo Alonso, Institute for Information Systems, Zurich, Switzerland

Divyakant Agrawal, Computer Science Department, University of California Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Amr El Abbadi, Computer Science Department, University of California Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Mohan Kamath, Computer Science Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

Roger Guenthoer, IBM European Networking Center, Heidelberg, Germany

C. Mohan, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA, USA

Heiko Thimm, GMD - Integrated Publication and Information Systems Institute (IPSI), Darmstadt, Germany

Wolfgang Klas, GMD - Integrated Publication and Information Systems Institute (IPSI), Darmstadt, Germany

G. Özsoyoglu, Department of Computer Engineering and Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

V. Hakkoymaz, Department of Computer Engineering and Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

J.D. Kraft, Department of Computer Engineering and Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Konstantinos Stathatos, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

Stephen Kelley, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

Nick Roussopoulos, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

John S. Baras, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

Munindar P. Singh, Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

Betty Salzberg, College of Computer Science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA., USA

Dimitri Tombroff, Projet Rodin, INRIA, Le Chesnay, France

Weiyi Meng, Dept. of Computer Science, SUNY - Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, USA

Wei Wang, Dept. of Computer Science, SUNY - Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, USA

Clement Yu, Dept. of EECS, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Naphtali Rishe, School of Computer Science, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

Renu Tewari Daniel M. Dias, IBM Research Division, T. J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, NY, USA

Rajat Mukherjee, IBM Research Division, T. J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, NY, USA

Harrick M. Vin, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

G. Antoshenkov, Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA, USA

D. Lomet, Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA, USA

J. Murray, Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA, USA

Jim Melton, Sybase, Inc.

D. Bartels, POET Software Corporation