Application of knowledge representation techniques to semantic modeling
Development and management of heterogeneous knowledge bases
Automatic acquisition of data and knowledge bases (especially raw text)
High performance OLTP systems
Unconventional applications
Parallel database systems
Physical and logical database design
Data and knowledge sharing
Interchange and interoperability
Cooperation in heterogeneous systems
Domain modeling and ontology-building
Knowledge discovery in databases
Information storage and retrieval and interface technology
Concurrent engineering and computer integrated manufacturing