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              Messekongresszentrum Erfurt, Germany
                     September 10 - 13, 2001

                       Call for Papers
                       2nd Workshop on
            "Java and Databases: Persistence Options"

Today, many companies are making an expensive shift to Java
technology using JDK, Swing, JavaBeans, EJB, JNDI, JMS, JSP,
Servlets, JDBC, SQLj, JTA etc. Obviously real-world objects
can easily be modelled in a Java program or applet. However,
little is known about the experiences which users have in combining
Java and backend systems (databases, ERP systems like SAP R/3,
and legacy systems based on e.g. CICS, COBOL and IMS). Databases
are considered just as one part of the backend systems which
have to be integrated. Furthermore, enterprise application
integration (EAI) results in an interesting cooperation between
Java and XML technologies.

Interesting issues are:
- Which progress is made regarding development?
- Which progress is made regarding maintenance?
- Which new problems have to be considered?

These questions are particularly important, since Java and XML
technology like many new technologies can result in changes
in the way things "get done". Furthermore, companies are
acting globally and need wide distributed and integrated
applications with stable and efficient data stores to provide
"just-in-time" information via an internet, extranet and/or
intranet. Java and XML technologies become the standard platform
for such distributed and integrated applications.

This workshop aims to bring together academics, users and
practitioners. The goal is to discuss some of the issues and
problems that they have experienced, what solutions they have
developed and what lessons they have learned.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Database access in multi-tier applications
- Coexistence with legacy applications
- Migration of legacy applications
- Usage of XML together with database applications
- Usage of XML for EAI (enterprise application integration)
- ORDBs (DB2, Informix, Oracle)
- Java to relational mapping tools
- JDBC and SQLj
- Java binding of the ODMG standard
- Schema evolution
- Rapid prototyping
- Case studies
- Product comparisons/evaluations
- Performance studies
- Benchmarks


Submission Guidelines:

- Research Papers: (max. 10 pages) 
- Experience Reports: (from 3 to max. 10 pages) 

Research contributions are expected to assess the proposed approach 
with respect to its practical relevance, while industrial papers should 
highlight open problems and resulting challenges for research.
The workshop language is English.


Contact:

Dr. Juergen Zimmermann
Sun Microsystems GmbH
Manager Sun Java Center
Sonnenallee 1
D-85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten, Germany
phone:  +49-89-46008-1127
mobile: +49-174-3002831
email:  Juergen.Zimmermann@Germany.Sun.COM
        Juergen.Zimmermann@rocketmail.com


Organizing Committee:

G. Beneken, sd&m Research GmbH, DE
R. Osborne, University of Boulder-Colorado, US
C. Och, University of Boulder-Colorado, US
J. Zimmermann, Sun Microsystems GmbH, DE

Gerd Beneken is an experienced expert in distributed
and component-based object technology. After working in
several large-scale projects at sd&m AG he joined sd&m
Research GmbH, the according research lab. His applied
research work is based on the experience of numerous
industry projects using leading-edge technologies.
Gerd Beneken is the co-author of the German book "Verteilte
Komponenten und Datenbankanbindung", Addison Wesley.

Christian Och, Ph.D., holds an M.S. and a Ph.D. degree in
Computer Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder
and a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the Technical
University of Darmstadt, Germany. He is also the technical
group lead of the database research group of the University
of Colorado and has experience working as a consultant,
group leader, and software engineer in the computer industry
for more than 10 years. Dr. Och has authored numerous publications
in the fields of heterogeneous database integration, distributed
object technologies (middleware), and internet/web technologies.

Prof. Rick Osborne, Ph.D., is a Professor at the University
of Colorado at Boulder in the Computer Science department.
He has numerous publications in the area of heterogeneous
database integration, component software, and distributed
object technologies. Furthermore, Prof. Osborne has an MBA
in Finance from Michigan State University.

Dr. Jürgen Zimmermann is a recognized expert in object
technology and in particular in database systems. As a
researcher he was involved in many research projects
until 1996. Then he set up the consulting group for
Object Design Germany, and in 1998 he joined sd&m
as a senior consultant for large-scale projects. 
Dr. Zimmermann is the manager of the Sun Java Center
in Germany with locations in Munich, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf,
and Hamburg. He is the co-author of the German book
"Verteilte Komponenten und Datenbankanbindung", Addison Wesley.