Journal of Computer Science and Technology 

Special Issue on Trends Changing Data Management

    Over the last few years, we have witnessed a tremendous growth in information being collected on individuals as well as in businesses, and also a major shift in computing hardware and platforms. This change has brought forth a rich set of emerging applications on the Internet and on mobile devices, which are poised to transform the way we work and play. Given the large number of opportunities, it is important for the research community to address issues that maximize impact within the field, across computing, and in external fields as well.

One of the biggest challenges for the database community is to better support the ubiquity of Big Data in the Internet age. This calls for new data management solutions that traditional DBMSs cannot provide. Besides the large volume, data often comes from a variety of sources, and is semi-structured or unstructured. Better support of data integration and deeper explorations is a crucial task. Furthermore, unlike data in the traditional OLTP world, a lot of data, for example RFID data, is uncertain or probabilistic by nature, which calls for research in this area. Currently, one particular type of data being made available is the Linked Data. Their availability has paved the way for an increasing number of applications that aimed at reducing the complexity of integrating heterogeneous data from distributed sources. On another front, economic factors are leading to the rise of infrastructures providing software and computing facilities as a service, typically known as cloud services or cloud computing. Such services are typically hosted in a data center, using shared commodity hardware for computation and storage. Challenges, such as data privacy and integrity, abound in this area, as we anticipate that many future data-centric applications will leverage data services in the cloud.

A major shift in computing hardware and platforms has also brought many challenges and opportunities for data management. Wireless and portable device technologies are democratizing access to information and services, and raising a whole set of new demands in data management such as power efficiency. The use of flash memory as a power efficient storage alternative for mobile computing devices is being expanded into personal computer and enterprise server markets with ever increasing capacity of its storage because of its low access latency.

The special issue on Trends Changing Data Management of the Journal of Computer Science and Technology aims at bringing together researchers in data management to discuss the state of the research field and its impacts on practice.

Topics of Interest but not limited to the Special Issue

Important Dates

Submission due: May 30, 2009 June 30, 2009
First round of reviews due: Aug. 31,  2009 Sept. 30, 2009 October 31, 2009 (We are very sorry for the delay! )
Revision and second round review: Oct. 30, 2009 Dec. 31, 2009
Final manuscripts ready for JCST: Jan. 2010 March. 2010
 
Submission

Manuscripts should describe original research that has not yet been published or currently under review by other journals or conferences. Papers must be in single-column format, double-spaced, and use fonts no smaller than 11 pt. There is no page limit, but it is encouraged to keep the length less than 25 pages. Manuscripts must be submitted through the JCST electronic submission system (http://jcst.ict.ac.cn/esubmission/). When submitting please select "Special Issue on Trends Changing Data Management" in the Areas concerned column.

About the Journal

The Journal of Computer Science and Technology (JCST) is an international forum for publishing high quality and refereed papers on original research and innovatory applications in all aspects of computer science and technology. The journal is published by Springer-Verlag (http://www.springerlink.com/content/113013/) and covered in many authoritative indexing and abstracting systems.