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FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS *************************

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DISTRIBUTED AND PARALLEL DATABASES JOURNAL

A SPECIAL ISSUE ON:

NEW TRENDS IN PHYSICAL DATA WAREHOUSE DESIGN

Guest Editor
Ladjel Bellatreche - LISI/ENSMA - Poitiers University, France
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AIMS AND SCOPE

Since fifteen years ago, data warehousing and On-Line analysis (OLAP) technologies proved
their effectiveness in managing and analyzing huge amounts of structured and semi structured
data. The rapidly growing size of data warehouses and high complexity of OLAP queries due
to the presence of joins, selections and aggregations have been at the origin of significant
research and technological challenges. To guarantee a better performance for these complex
queries, the physical design process of data warehouses becomes a very crucial issue.
Intensive studies were conducted in this topic that concerns two main directions: (i)
optimization techniques: materialized views, advanced indexing schemes, horizontal and
vertical partitioning, data parallel processing, clustering, etc. and (ii) methods for selecting
these techniques.

The aim of this special issue of the Distributed and Parallel Databases is twofold. First is to
present new and challenging issues in the field of physical data warehouse design (in
centralized, distributed and parallel environments). Secondly is to present the current research
and technological development in this field.

TOPICS

We seek original and high quality submissions related (but not limited to) to one or more of
the following topics:
1. Materialized views
2. Advanced Indexing Techniques
3. Data partitioning
4. Data Allocation
5. Parallel processing
6. Combined Selection of Optimization Techniques
7. Tuning, Self Tuning and Self Administration
8. Data Compression
9. Clustering
10. Query Processing and Optimization
11. Dynamic Selection of Optimization Techniques

SUBMISSIONS OF PAPERS

Authors are invited to submit original papers using the journal Web site
(https://www.editorialmanager.com/dapd/). Submissions length should not exceed 20 pages
and must adhere to the manuscript style of the journal. Acceptance will be based on relevance,
technical soundness, originality, and clarity of presentation. For further information on
submission, please contact the guest editor.

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract Submission Deadline: April 18, 2008
Full Paper Submission: April 28, 2008
Acceptance/Rejection Notification: June 20, 2008
Revised Version Due: July 11, 2008
Final Camera-ready Paper Due: September 8, 2008
Publication: January 2009

GUEST EDITOR

Ladjel Bellatreche
LISI/ENSMA - University of Poitiers, France
bellatreche@ensma.fr