ICDT is a series of international scientific conferences on research of data management theory (https://databasetheory.org/icdt-pages). Since 2009, it is annually and jointly held with EDBT (Extending Data Base Technology).
The 25th edition of ICDT is planned to take place in Edinburgh, UK, from March 29th to April 1st 2022.
Papers submitted to this track are expected to introduce novel directions for database theory and provide a theoretical basis for understanding emerging areas in data management. Submissions to this track will be judged mainly in terms of their potential to lead to valuable and impactful theoretical developments. We encourage authors to illustrate the potential impact via convincing examples, preliminary results, and clearly specified open problems. However, the Program Committee reserves the right to re-classify a Reach Out paper submission as a regular submission.
Every topic related to the principles of data management is relevant to ICDT. Examples of relevant topics are:
ICDT has two submission cycles, the first providing the possibility of a revision.
All submissions will be electronic via Easychair.
Papers must be written in English and provide sufficient detail to allow the program committee to assess their merits. The results must be unpublished and not submitted for publication elsewhere, including the proceedings of other symposia, workshops, and journals.
Papers must be submitted as PDF documents, using the LIPIcs style. Paper length is limited to 15 pages excluding references, both for regular submissions and for the Reach Out Track. Additional details may be included in a clearly marked appendix which will be read at the discretion of the program committee. Online appendices are not allowed. Papers that do not conform to these requirements may be rejected without further consideration.
The proceedings will appear in the Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs) series, based at Schloss Dagstuhl. This guarantees that the proceedings will be available under the gold open access model, that is, online and free of charge while the authors retain the rights over their work. The proceedings will also appear in Scopus.
At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to register at the conference and present the paper.
An award will be given to the Best Paper and to the Best Newcomer Paper where `newcomer' refers to the field of database theory. The latter award will preferentially be given to a paper authored only by students and in that case be called Best Student-Paper Award. The program committee reserves the right to not give any award and to split an award among several papers. Papers co-authored by program committee members are not eligible for an award.