Message from the Program Co-Chairs

Abstract

These proceedings contain the research and industrial papers presented at the Seventeenth International Conference on Data Engineering held in Heidelberg, Germany. Keeping with the tradition of ICDE, this years’ conference emphasizes the engineering aspects of data management but also considers data engineering in a wider sense that encompasses middleware, distributed systems and workflow. The areas in which papers were requested are: XML, metadata and semistructured data; database engines and engineering; query processing; data warehouses, data mining and knowledge discovery; advanced information systems middleware; scientific and engineering databases; extreme databases; e-commerce and e-services; workflow and processoriented systems; emerging trends; and system applications and experience.