Nandu News Reporter Dong Xiaoyan Correspondent Lu Mengzhou Recently, at the VLDB 2021 conference, the Acting Director of the Data Science and Analysis Domain of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) (hereinafter referred to as the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)), chair professor of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Chen Lei and his team successfully applied for the 2024 hosting rights of the VLDB.
At that time, the VLDB Conference will be held at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) in Nansha, Guangzhou. This will also be the second time that the VLDB conference will come to Chinese mainland city after being held in Hangzhou in 2014.
According to reports, VLDB, whose full name is International Conference on Very Large Databases, is one of the top three international conferences in the field of databases. The first VLDB was held in the United States in 1975 with the mission of popularizing database technology research and exchange around the world. As the top academic event in the field of databases, each VLDB conference attracts thousands of experts, scholars and industry elites from all over the world, and the criteria for the admission of papers at the conference are very strict, and only innovative and large contribution papers will be selected.
2024 is an important year for the 50th anniversary of the VLDB. Professor Chen Lei and his team, representing HKUST (Guangzhou), won the competition with University College London and won the right to host the 2024 conference, which the relevant person in charge said was a great affirmation of HKUST (Guangzhou's) influence in the field of data science.
It is reported that Professor Chen Lei is an internationally renowned expert in the field of databases, an IEEE fellow, and an outstanding scientist of ACM. He is Editor-in-Chief of the VLDB Journal, Co-Editor-in-Chief of TKDE, and Secretary General of the VLDB Foundation's Executive Committee. Professor Chen Lei won the "Test of Time Award" from ACM SIGMOD, the top academic conference in the field of databases in 2015, and the "VLDB Excellent Demo Award" in 2014. In the Database Research Group of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Professor Yi Ke won two awards from ACM SIGMOD in 2015 and 2016.
Lei Chen, Acting Director of the Data Science and Analysis Domain, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) and Chair Professor of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Professor Chen Lei believes that it is of great significance that HKUST (Guangzhou) can obtain the right to host VLDB 2024. He believed that the message conveyed by the phrase "knowledge is power" was eternal. "In today's digital age, we gain insights from data. Databases are the cornerstone of the entire information world. HKUST (Guangzhou) will continue to build VLDB 2024 into a real-time dissemination place for outstanding research and development achievements in the field of database management in accordance with international standards, with high specifications and high quality, covering the cutting-edge issues in the current database and information system research, and providing international, professional, impartial, innovative, open, inclusive and diverse exploration for researchers, suppliers, participants, application developers and users of databases and artificial intelligence. Exchange big data R & D and cooperation platform. ”
Chen Lei said that HKUST Guangzhou's philosophy is to both "inspire open-ended knowledge exploration driven by curiosity" and support "research inspired by a sense of social mission". Backed by the integration and innovation ecosystem of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, HKUST (Guangzhou) will match the strength of HKUST with the vitality of the new school, rely on the effect of "1+1>2" and its unique global positioning advantages, focus on the hot spots, focus and difficulties in the database field, assume and challenge the academic commanding heights in the database field, inject new impetus into the VLDB conference that has a history of more than 40 years, and open up a new situation of integration and exchange in the scale of participating talents, industry cooperation, and scientific and technological innovation. Promote and promote the development of the database field for the world.
Chen Lei said that at present, VLDB 2024 is the first international top academic conference jointly held by HKUST (Guangzhou). "At that time, we will show the world the face of HKUST (Guangzhou) and the style of the Guangdong-Hong Kong Bay Greater Bay Area - adhere to the right path, pursue the truth, base ourselves on our country, and look at the world." Taking the VLDB conference as an opportunity, we will show the world the soil where HKUST (Guangzhou)'s unique talent pool takes root, where high-end innovation resources converge, the economic foundation and industrial chain complement each other, coupled with the country's leading policy incentives, and the security of livable and livable housing. ”
Chen Lei (first from left) is at the VLDB 2014 conference in Hangzhou.
"We believe that HKUST (Guangzhou)'s international vision and ability to connect with the world, combined with the advantages of the Greater Bay Area, will attract more international talents in the field, absorb the elite of the industry, focus the world's attention on this new campus in Nansha, Guangzhou, and provide a window for the country to cultivate innovative talents and build the first attractive international talent pool in the Asia-Pacific region database." Chen Lei added.
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