International Workshop on Advances in Database Research

BNCOD(英国国家数据库会议)是英国数据库研究人员每年聚集在一起报告研究进展、交流思想、练习网络和促进博士生发展的主要论坛。它始于1981年，在过去的27年里举办了24次会议。作为一项科学活动，BNCOD已成为国际公认的数据库研究会议。来自世界各地的领先研究人员，如P.M.G.Apers，P.Buneman，R.Elmasri，Y.Kambayachi，M.Kersten，W.Lehner，G.Loizou，H-J。Schek等人为会议系列撰写了论文，其他许多人也被邀请在会议上发表主题演讲。作为一个互动论坛，BNCOD在促进英国数据库研究方面发挥了积极作用。它为英国研究人员提供了一个交流思想和开发合作项目的机会，也为博士生提供了一个极好的培训课程：知名研究人员和主旨演讲者出席相关的博士论坛，并向与会者提供专家建议，帮助他们发展研究技能。明年，BNCOD将在加的夫大学举行第25届会议。为了在这个特殊的场合(银周年纪念)进一步促进英国的数据库研究，BNCOD指导委员会提议在BNCOD主要会议的同时主办一个为期一天的国际研讨会。我们将邀请来自美国和欧洲的顶尖数据库研究人员回顾最新技术，并规划数据库研究的未来方向。

BNCOD (British National Conference on Databases) is the main forum for British database researchers to gather together annually to report research progress, exchange ideas, exercise networking and foster PhD student development. It started in 1981 and has held 24 conferences in the last 27 years. As a scientific event, BNCOD has become an internationally recognised conference for database research. Leading researchers from across the world, e.g. P.M.G. Apers, P. Buneman, R. Elmasri, Y. Kambayachi, M. Kersten, W. Lehner, G. Loizou, H-J. Schek etc., have contributed papers to the conference series, and many others have been invited to give keynotes at the conferences too. As a forum for interaction, BNCOD has played an active role in fostering British database research. It provides an opportunity for UK researchers to exchange ideas and develop collaborative projects, and an excellent training session for PhD students: established researchers and keynote speakers attend and offer expert advice to the attendees at the associated PhD forum, helping them develop their research skills.Next year, BNCOD will be holding its 25th conference, at Cardiff University. To stimulate database research further in the UK on this special occasion (silver anniversary), the BNCOD steering committee propose to host a one-day international workshop alongside the main BNCOD conference. We will invite leading database researchers from the USA and Europe to review the state of the art and to project future directions in database research.