Refereed Publications - Databases

Y. Leontiev, M.T. Ozsu and D. Szafron, On Type Systems for Object-Oriented Database Programming Languages, ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), Volume 34, Issue 4, December 2002, pp. 409 - 449. abstract or pdf.

I. Goralwalla, Y. Leontiev, M. T. Özsu, D. Szafron and C. Combi, Temporal Granularity: Completing the Puzzle, Journal of Intelligent Information Systems, 16 (1), January 2001, pp. 41-63. abstract or pdf.

V. Oria, M. T. Özsu, D. Szafron and P. Iglinski, Defining Views in an Image Database System, Proceedings of IFIP TC2/WG2.6 EighthWorking Conference on Database Semantics (DS-8) "Semantic Issues in Multimedia Systems, Rotorua, New Zealand, Edited by R. Meersman, Z. Tari and S. Stevens, Kluwer Academic Publishers, January 1999, pp. 231-250. abstract or pdf.

Y. Leontiev, M. T. Özsu, and D. Szafron , On Separation between Interface, Implementation and Representation in Object DBMSs, Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems 26th International Conference (TOOLS USA98), Santa Barbara, August, 1998, pp. 155 - 167. abstract or pdf.

I. Goralwalla, M. T. Özsu and D. Szafron, An Object-Oriented Framework for Temporal Data Models, Temporal Databases: Research and Practice, O. Etzion, S. Jajodia, and S. Sripada (eds.), Springer Verlag, 1998, pp. 1-35. abstract or pdf.

I. Goralwalla, D. Szafron, M.T. Özsu, and R.G. Peters, A Temporal Approach to Managing Schema Evolution in Object Database Systems, Data & Knowledge Engineering, Vol. 28 No. 1, November 1998, pp. 73-105. abstract or pdf.

I. Goralwalla, Y. Leontiev, M. T. Özsu, D. Szafron and C. Combi, Temporal Granularity for Unanchored Temporal Data, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information and Knowledge Mangagement (CIKM'98), November, 1998, pp. 414-423. abstract or pdf.

J.Z. Li, M.T. Özsu, D. Szafron and , V. Oria, MOQL: A Multimedia Object Query Language, The Third International Workshop on Multimedia Information Systems, Como Italy, September 1997, pp. 19-28. abstract or pdf.

I. Goralwalla, M. T. Özsu and D. Szafron, A Framework for Temporal Data Models - Exploiting Object-Oriented Technology, IEEE Computer Society Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems (TOOLS 23), R. Ege, M. Sing and B. Meyer (editors), Santa Barbara, California, July 1997, pp. 16-30. abstract or pdf.

J.Z. Li, I. Goralwalla, M.T. Özsu and D. Szafron, Modeling Video Temporal Relationships in an Object Database Management System, Multimedia Computing and Networking 1997, San Jose, California, February, 1997, pp. 80-91. abstract or pdf.

J.Z. Li, M.T. Özsu and D. Szafron, Modeling of Moving Objects in a Video Database, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Computing and Systems, June 1997, Ottawa, Canada, pp. 336 - 343. abstract or pdf.

J.W. Wong, K.A. Lyons, R.J. Velthuys, G.V. Bochmann, E. Dubois, N.D. Georganas, G. Neufeld, M.T. Özsu, J. Brinskelle, D.F. Evans, A. Hafid, N. Hutchinson, P. Iglinski, B. Kerherve, L. Lamont, D. Makaroff, and D. Szafron, Enabling Technology for Distributed Multimedia Applications, IBM Systems Journal, Vol. 36 No. 4, 1997, pp. 489 - 507. abstract or pdf.

I. Goralwalla, D. Szafron, M. T. Özsu and R.J. Peters, Managing Schema Evolution using a Temporal Object Model, Conceptual Modeling - ER'97 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Verlag, David Embley and Robert Goldstein (editors)., (Proc. 16th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling), Los Angeles USA, November, 1997, pp. 71-84. abstract or pdf.

I. Goralwalla, Y. Leontiev, M. T. Özsu and D. Szafron, Modelling Temporal Primitives: Back to Basics, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information and Knowledge Mangagement (CIKM 97), Las Vegas USA, November, 1997, pp. 24 - 31.abstract or pdf.

I. Goralwalla, M.T. Özsu, and D. Szafron, Modeling Medical Trials in Pharmacoeconomics using a Temporal Object Model, Computers in Biology and Medicine - Special Issue on Time Oriented Systems in Medicine, Vol. 27 No. 5,1997, pp. 369 - 387. abstract or pdf.

M.T. Özsu, P. Iglinski, D. Szafron, S. El-Medani and M. Schöne, An Object-Oriented SGML/HYTIME Compliant Multimedia Database Management System, Fifth ACM International Multimedia Conference (ACM Multimedia '97), Seattle U.S.A., November 1997, pp. 239-249. abstract or pdf.

J.Z. Li, M.T. Özsu and D. Szafron, Spatial Reasoning Rules in a Multimedia Management System, International Conference on Multimedia Modeling, Toulouse, France, November 1996, pp. 119-133. abstract or pdf.

J.Z. Li, M.T. Özsu, D. Szafron, Modeling of Video Spatial Relationships in an Objectbase Management System, International Workshop on Multimedia DBMS, Blue Mountain Lake, NY, August, 1996, pp. 124-133. abstract or pdf.

M.T. Özsu, R.J. Peters, D. Szafron, B. Irani, A. Lipka, and A. Munoz, TIGUKAT: A Uniform Behavioral Objectbase Management System, The VLDB Journal No. 4, August 1995, pp. 100-147. abstract or pdf.

M.T. Özsu, D. Szafron, P. Iglinski, G. El-Medani, S. El-Medani, M. Schoene, and C. Vittal Database Management Support for a News-on-demand Application, SPIE Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Technologies and Systems for Voice, Video, and Data Communications - Multimedia: Full-Service Impact on Business, Education, and the Home, Vol. 2617, pp. 24-32, October 1995. abstract or pdf.

M.T. Özsu, D. Szafron, G. El-Medani, and C. Vittal, An Object-Oriented Multimedia Database System for a News-on-Demand Application, Multimedia Systems, No. 3, 1995, pp. 182-203. abstract or pdf.

M.T. Özsu, A. Munoz and D. Szafron, An Extensible Query Optimizer for an Objectbase Management System, CIKM 95, Baltimore, October 1995, pp. 188-196. abstract or pdf.

R.J. Peters, A. Lipka, M.T. Özsu and D. Szafron, An Extensible Query Model and Its Languages for a Uniform Behavioral Object Management System, CIKM 93, Washington, D.C., November 1993, pp. 403-412. abstract or pdf.

M.T. Özsu, R.J. Peters, B. Irani, A. Lipka, A. Munoz and D. Szafron, TIGUKAT Object Management System: Initial Design and Current Direction, CASCON 93, Toronto, Canada, October 1993, pp 595-611. abstract or pdf.

D. Szafron, SPECTalk: An Object-Oriented Data Specification Language, TOOLS USA 92, August 1992, pp. 123-137. abstract or pdf.