Publications & Multimedia >> Invited presentations

"Understanding Semantics of Data Provenance", Tsinghua University Research Seminar, Beijing, China, June 21, 2006.

"Data Provenance Semantics and Research Issues", University of British Columbia Research Seminar, April 7, 2006.

"Data Provenance in the Context of New Product Development", Information Technology Industry Research Council, Tucson AZ, November 16, 2005.

"Understanding and Representing Data Provenance", National Digital Information Preservation Partners Meeting, Berkeley, CA, January 9-12, 2006.

"Understanding Data Provenance", Ford Motor Co Seminar, Tucson, AZ 85721, November 2, 2005

"Using Semantics for Database Interoperability", National Institute of Standards and Technology, SIMA Technical Seminar, November 14, 2005.

"Toward Semantic Interoperability of Heterogeneous Biological Data Sources", keynote address, CAISE 2005 Conference , Oporto, Portugal, June 2005.

"Understanding and Representing the Semantics of Data Provenance", NSF Workshop on Digital Archiving and Preservation, May 17, Atlanta, GA, 2005

"Semantic Modeling and Enterprise Data Management", presented at Sanofi Aventis, October 2004.

"Data Management: Issues and Challenges", keynote address in Partners in Business Program, Utah State University, December 2, 2004.

"Dynamic Business Rule Sourcing", Presented at Intel Corp, July 2004.

"Security in databases", Arizona Health Sciences Seminar Series, University of Arizona, May 2003.

"A Semantics based Approach for Modeling Business Rules", Applied Technology in Business Workshop, Oakland University, October 2002.

"What is new about the New Economy", Tucson Link Forum, October 2000.

"Semantic Inter-operability and Data Warehouse Design", October 2000, Oakland University, Fall ATIB Conference.

"Evaluation of Agent Based Systems", Raytheon Corp., February 2000.

"The Saguaro Digital Library: Challenges for Research and Development", School of Renewable Natural Resources, February 2000.

"Technology for Intelligent Agents", Raytheon Corp., Dallas, October 1999.

"Semantic Interoperability in Geographic Database Systems", Seminar, MIS department, University of Arizona, October 1999.

"A Virtual Enterprise Model for Collaborating Intelligent Agents", Office of Advanced Analytical Tools", CIA, May 1999.

"Flora of Chile: A Database System for Biodiversity and Conservation", Sixth Annual Meeting of the International Cooperative Bio-Diversity Group (ICBG) Collaborators, May 1999.

"Metrics for Evaluating Data Warehouse Implementations", Intel Corporation, April 1999

"Developing Metrics for Data Warehouse and Decision Support Systems Evaluation", Presented at Intel Corporation, April 1999.

"The Role of Cognition in Conceptual Modeling", Workshop on Cognition and Conceptual Modeling(ER'97), UCLA, Los Angeles, November 1997.

"Intelligent Agents: Myth or Reality", Office of Research and Development, CIA, VA, May 1997.

"Intelligent Multimedia Data Management", Office of Research and Development, CIA, October 1997.

"A New Paradigm for File Access", critique, presented at International Conference on Information Systems , Vancouver, Canada, December 1994.

"The Role of Databases in Knowledge Discovery", presented at Workshop in Information Technology and Systems - WITS'94 , Vancouver, Canada, Dec. 1994.

"Domain Knowledge in CASE Tools", presented at Workshop on Information Technology and Systems - WITS-93 , Orlando, Dec. 1993.

"Database Tools and Techniques", presented at ISECON - Information Systems Education Coference, Phoenix, Nov 7, 1993.

"Semantic Integration of Heterogeneous Databases", presented at ORSA/TIMS Meeting , Phoenix, Nov 1-3, 1993.

"Extracting Information from Large Scientific Databases", presented at ORSA/TIMS Meeting , Phoneix, Nov. 1-3, 1993.

"Managing Heterogeneous Databases", presented at Workshop on Management of Advanced Information Technologies, Syracuse, Oct. 1993.

"Screening New Products: A methodology and system", presented at Marketing Science Workshop, Dallas, TX., Dec. 3, 1992.

"Heterogeneous Distributed Database Integration in a Manufacturing Environment", presented at Honeywell Inc. , Glendale, AZ., Nov. 12, 1992.

"A Framework for Conflict Identification and Resolution in a Heterogeneous Database Environment", presented at American Express Information Systems Division , Phoenix, AZ. Nov. 13, 1992.

"Object Oriented Information Engineering Systems", presented at ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting , Philadelphia, Oct. 1990.

"Integrating AI and Databases", presented at the Advanced Technologies Division of A.C. Nielsen , Chicago, August 20, 1990.

"An Object-Oriented Model for Distributed Database in Manufacturing", presented at the TIMS/ORSA Joint National Meeting , Las Vegas, May 1990.

"Communication among Distributed Knowledge Based Systems", presented at the TIMS/ORSA Joint National Meeting , Las Vegas, May 1990.

"Allocation of Databases in a Distributed Database System", presented at the TIMS/ORSA Joint National Meeting , Las Vegas, May 1990.

"Allocation of Databases in a Distributed Database System", presented at the Information Systems Colloquium , University of California, Los Angeles, April 5, 1990.

"Integration of Heterogeneous Distributed Databases for Computer Integrated Manufacturing", presented at Computer Science Department , University of Arizona, Nov. 1989.

"A Unifying Semantic Model", presented at 14th Meeting of ANSI X3T2 Technical Committee for Data Interchange , Albuquerque, Oct. 1989.

"Design of An Expert System for Screening New Products", presented at ORSA/TIMS Meeting , Vancouver, Canada, May 1989 (with S. Ram).

"An Expert System for Designing Object-Oriented Distributed Databases", presented at, ORSA/TIMS Meeting , Vancouver, Canada, May 1989 (with S. Hayne).

"Design of Distributed Knowledge Based Systems for Computer Integrated Manufacturing", to the National Institute of Standards and Technology , MD, January, 1989.

"An Architecture for Distributed Knowledge Based Systems", presented at the TIMS/ORSA conference , Denver, October, 1988 (with D. Carlson).

"Models for File Allocation in Distributed Database Systems", presented at the Annual TIMS/ORSA Meeting , Washington DC, May 1988.

"Effect of the Distributed Concurrency control on the File Allocation Problem", presented at the TIMS/ORSA meeting , New Orleans, May, 1987.

"A critique of Adaptive User Interface Design", presented at the International Conference on Information Systems , Pittsburgh, Dec. 1987

"Differences between the Entity Relationship Approach and the Relational Approach for Database Systems", panel discussion at the Sixth International Conference on the Entity Relationship Approach , New York, November, 1987.

"A Model for the Design of Distributed Databases", presented at the ACM Computer Science Conference, New Orleans, March 1985 (with G. Belford).

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