Exhibition and Award

On the evening of September 29, 2010 an exhibition and the "Best Objects and Databases Lecture Notes" Award Ceremony will be held.

Exhibition

The exhibition that will provide an opportunity for participants to see latest product and research developments in action will be held.

Demonstrations (September 29, 2010)

1. Demonstration
Title:	Benchmarking Object Databases
Author:	Alexandre de Spindler
Abstract:	Relational systems have been exposed to performance evaluations and benchmarking by means of a variety of standardised benchmarks. However, object databases cannot proﬁt from these benchmarks as they tend to be tailored to the relational model. Therefore, benchmarks have been developed which highlight the strengths of object database. In the scope of a student laboratory project, we have developed a benchmark framework which allows for arbitrary storage providers to be integrated by means of a simple interface, and for benchmark conﬁgurations to be speciﬁed and loaded. The selection of storage providers, benchmark conﬁgurations, their execution, evaluation and comparison can be carried out by means of a graphical user interface.

2. Demonstration
Title:	Deductive Object Database Prototype
Author:	Arturs Licis and Mikus Vanags
Abstract:	Expert systems are one of the best artificial intelligence solutions, and deductive database is a technical tool for creating them. Many different expert systems and deductive databases exist, but most of them use their own syntax which is not comfortable to use together with modern object oriented languages. The solution proposed is based on combination of modern object-oriented programming language syntax, logic programming, and object database solution to create deductive object database (hereafter DOD) that could be used together with object oriented programming design patterns and even functional programming.

3. Demonstration
Title:	Eclipse Distributed Data Modeling
Author:	Eike Stepper
Abstract:	Modeling is often seen as merely a discipline of the formal development process or as a sound basis for implementing tools. This session will highlight the unparalled value of data modeling as an integral aspect of a target application's runtime. The Eclipse Modeling ecosystem is centered around EMF (Eclipse Modeling Framework). Around this core, the CDO Model Repository (Connected Data Objects) provides a robust, highly scalable, distributed architecture for running applications. Both frameworks have been available open source for more than seven years. They are mature and widely adopted.

Best Objects and Databases Lecture Notes Award 2010 Ceremony

ODBMS.ORG has issued the "Best Objects and Databases Lecture Notes" Award 2010, for the most complete and up to date lecture notes on Objects and Databases, that have been, or have strong potential to be, instrumental to the teaching of theory and practice in the field of objects and databases.

Any Lecture Notes published in ODBMS.ORG during the years 2004–2010 is eligible for the 2010 award, under the following categories:
ODBMS Lecture Notes. OO Lecture Notes. DB Lecture Notes. NoSQL Lecture Notes.

The best Best Object Databases Lecture Notes will be selected by an independent panel consisting of selected members of the ODBMS.ORG Experts Board, composed of:

Prof. Suad Alagic, University of Southern Maine, USA
Prof. Dr. Alfonso F. Cárdenas, UCLA, USA
Leon Guzenda, Objectivity, USA
John McHugh, Progress Software, USA
Prof. Renzo Orsini, University of Venice, Italy
Prof. Tore J.M. Risch, University of Uppsala, Sweden
Prof. Nicolas Spyratos, University of Paris South, France
Prof. Roberto V. Zicari, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.

The award consists of a plaque presented at the ICOODB 2010 conference in Frankfurt on September 29, 2010.