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Stefano Spaccapietra
Honorary Professors IC
Professor
PhD (Paris VI, 1978)
birth date: 30.12.1944
nationality: Francaise et Suisse

office(s): INJ236
phone(s): [+41 21 69] 35210
fax: 41 21 6935195
BIOGRAPHY
Stefano Spaccapietra is a full professor at EPFL, Switzerland, where he is heading the database laboratory. He has been in academic positions all along his career. He got his PhD from the University of Paris VI, in 1978, where he first had his master in Computer Science in 1969. At that time, he has been teaching file systems, later turned into teaching database systems. He moved to the University of Burgundy, Dijon, in 1983 to take a professor position at the Institute of Technology. He left Dijon for EPFL in 1988.

Prof. Spaccapietra is a Fellow of the IEEE and recipient of the IFIP Silver Core Award.
He is Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Data Semantics (LNCS subline), Springer.
He is member of the editorial boards of the Data and Knowledge Engineering Journal (Elsevier), the
Internet and Web Information Systems Journal (Kluwer), the Revue Internationale de Géomatique (Hermes), and the Computing Letters Journal (CoLe), VSP/Brill.
He was former Chair of the IFIP Working Group 2.6 "Databases" and of the ER Conferences Steering Committee.

MAIN PUBLICATIONS

Z. Yan, L. Spremic, D. Chakraborty, C. Parent, S. Spaccapietra, and K. Aberer. Automatic Construction and Multi-level Visualization of Semantic Trajectories. In 18th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM GIS), 2010. [ Details | Full Text ]

Z. Yan, C. Parent, S. Spaccapietra, and D. Chakraborty. A Hybrid Model and Computing Platform for Spatio-Semantic Trajectories. In Proceedings of 7th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 60-75. Springer-Verlag New York, Ms Ingrid Cunningham, 175 Fifth Ave, New York, Ny 10010 Usa, 2010. [ Details | Full Text ]

O. Drutskyy and S. Spaccapietra. Conceptual modeling of multimedia databases. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2009. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

H. Bounif and S. Spaccapietra. Predictive approach for schema evolution. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2009. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

S. Yu and S. Spaccapietra. A Modular Data Infrastructure for Location-Based Services. In Advances In Conceptual Modeling - Challenges And Opportunities, volume 5232 of Lecture Notes In Computer Science, pages 364-374. Springer-Verlag New York, Ms Ingrid Cunningham, 175 Fifth Ave, New York, Ny 10010 Usa, 2008. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

F. Porto, J. A. de Macedo, J. S. Tamargo, Y. W. Zufferey, V. P. Vidal, and S. Spaccapietra. Towards a Scientific Model Management System. In Advances In Conceptual Modeling - Challenges And Opportunities, volume 5232 of Lecture Notes In Computer Science, pages 55-65. Springer-Verlag New York, Ms Ingrid Cunningham, 175 Fifth Ave, New York, Ny 10010 Usa, 2008. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

Z. Yan, J. Macedo, C. Parent, and S. Spaccapietra. Trajectory Ontologies and Queries. Transactions in GIS, 12(s1):75-91, 2008. [ DOI | Details | Link ]

S. Yu and S. Spaccapietra. Contextualized and personalized location-based services. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2008. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

M. L. Damiani, S. Spaccapietra, and E. Bertino. Access control and privacy in location-aware applications. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2007. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

S. Spaccapietra, C. Parent, and E. Zimányi. Spatio-Temporal and Multi-Representation Modeling: A Contribution to Active Conceptual Modeling. In Active Conceptual Modeling for Learning, LNCS. Springer, 2007. [ Details | Full Text ]

A. Artale, C. Parent, and S. Spaccapietra. Evolving Objects in Temporal Information Systems. Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, Special Issue on Folks, 2007. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

S. Spaccapietra, C. Parent, M. L. Damiani, J. A. de Macedo, F. Porto, and C. Vangenot. A Conceptual View on Trajectories. Technical report, 2007. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

C. Parent, S. Spaccapietra, and E. Zimányi. Conceptual Modeling for Traditional and Spatio-Temporal Applications - The MADS Approach. Springer, 2006. [ Details | Link ]

M. L. Damiani and S. Spaccapietra. Spatial Data Warehouse Modelling. In Processing and Managing Complex Data for Decision Support. Idea Group Publishing, 2006. [ Details ]

A. Artale, C. Parent, S. Spaccapietra, and S. J. H. M. Kirchberg. Modeling the Evolution of Objects in Temporal Information Systems. In 4th International Symposium on Foundations of Information and Knowledge-based System, volume 3861 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 22-42, 2006. [ Details ]

A. Sotnykova and S. Spaccapietra. Semantic validation in spatio-temporal schema integration. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2006. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

S. Yu, L. Al-Jadir, and S. Spaccapietra. Matching User's Semantics with Data Semantics in Location-Based Services. In 1st Workshop on Semantics in Mobile Environments (SME 05), 2005. in conjunction with MDM 2005. [ Details | Full Text | Link ]

S. Spaccapietra, L. Al-Jadir, and S. Yu. Somebody, sometime, somewhere, something. In International Workshop on Ubiquitous Data Management (UDM2005), 2005. In Memoriam Prof. Yahiko Kambayashi. [ Details | Full Text ]

S. Spaccapietra. Ontology and Database Confluence. Technical report, 2005. Invited Talk. [ Details | Link ]

C. Parent, S. Spaccapietra, and E. Zimányi. The MurMur Project: Modeling and Querying Multi-Representation Spatio-Temporal Databases Information Systems. Information Systems, 31(8), 2005. [ DOI | Details | Link ]

A. Artale, C. Parent, and S. Spaccapietra. Modeling the Evolution of Objects in Temporal Information Systems. In Thirteenth Italian Symposium on Advanced Database Systems, Sistemi Evoluti per Basi di Dati (SEBD-2005), 2005. [ Details | Full Text ]

S. Spaccapietra, C. Parent, N. Cullot, and C. Vangenot. On Using Conceptual Modeling for Ontologies. In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Intelligent Networked and Mobile Systems, Track 1: Ontologies for Networked Systems (ONS), in conjunction with the 5th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering WISE 2004, LNCS, pages 22-33. Springer, 2004. [ Details | Full Text | Link ]

H. Bounif, O. Drutskyy, F. Jouanot, and S. Spaccapietra. A Multimodal Database Framework for Multimedia Meeting Annotations. In Proc. of the International Conference on Multi-Media Modeling, MMM'04, 2004. [ Details | Full Text ]

S. Balley, C. Parent, and S. Spaccapietra. Modelling geographic data with multiple representations. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 18(4):329-354, 2004. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

S. Yu, S. Spaccapietra, N. Cullot, and M.-A. Aufaure. User Profiles in Location-based Services: Make Humans More Nomadic and Personalized. In Proc. of the International Workshopon Next Generation Geospatial Information, NG2I 2003, 2003. [ Details | Full Text | Link ]

S. Yu, M.-A. Aufaure, N. Cullot, and S. Spaccapietra. A Collaborative Framework for Location-Based Services. In Proc. of the 15th Conference On Advanced Information Systems Engineering, Forum Proceedings of CAiSE’03, 2003. [ Details | Full Text | Link ]

S. Yu, M.-A. Aufaure, N. Cullot, and S. Spaccapietra. Location-Based Spatial Modelling Using Ontology. In Proceedings of the 6th AGILE on Geographic Information Science - "The Science behind the Infrastructure", 2003. [ Details | Full Text | Link ]

H. Shu, S. Spaccapietra, and D. Quesada Sedas. Uncertainty of Geographic Information and its Support in MADS. In Proceedings of the 2ncdInternational Symposium on Spatial DataQuality, 2003. [ Details | Full Text | Link ]

N. Cullot, C. Parent, S. Spaccapietra, and C. Vangenot. Des ontologies pour donne'esge'ographiques Revue internationale deGe'omatique. Revue internationale de Ge'omatique:Les SIG sur le web, 13(3):285-306, 2003. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

T. Catarci and S. Spaccapietra. Visual Information Querying. Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology, 45, 2003. [ DOI | Details ]

H. Bounif and S. Spaccapietra. Predictive Database Schema Evolution. In Proc. of the 22nd International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, 2003. to appear in EMISA FORUM, GI Edition, "Lecture Notes in Informatics". [ Details ]

P. Rochat and S. Spaccapietra. Proxys Internet avancés. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2003. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

C. Vangenot, C. Parent, and S. Spaccapietra. Chapitre 5: Modélisation et manipulation de données spatiales avec multireprésentation dans le modèle MADS. In Généralisation et représentation Multiple, Traité Information Géographique et Aménagement du Territoire IGAT. Hermès, 2002. [ Details ]

A. Sotnykova, S. Monties, and S. Spaccapietra. Semantic Integration in MADS Conceptual Model. In In Heterogeneous InformationExchange and Organizational Hubs. Kluwer, 2002. [ Details | Full Text ]

C. Vangenot, C. Parent, and S. Spaccapietra. Modeling and manipulating multiplerepresentations of spatial data. In Proceedings of the InternationalSymposium on Spatial Data Handling (SDH2002), 2002. [ Details ]

P. Donini and S. Spaccapietra. NOMADS. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2002. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

T. Catarci, F. D'Amore, P. Janecek, and S. Spaccapietra. Interacting with GIS: from paper cartography to virtual environments. In Unesco Encyclopedia on man-machine Interfaces, Advanced Geographic Information Systems. Unesco Press, 2001. [ Details ]

S. Spaccapietra. Editorial: 'Spatio-Temporal Data Models and Languages'. GeoInformatica, 5(1):5-9, 2001. [ DOI | Details ]

M. T. Meharga and S. Spaccapietra. An integrated approach for querying general-purpose image databases. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2001. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

C. Vangenot and S. Spaccapietra. Multi-représentation dans les bases de données géographiques. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2001. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

C. Parent and S. Spaccapietra. Database Integration: the Key to Data Interoperability. In Advances in Object-Oriented Data Modeling. MIT Press, 2000. [ Details | Full Text ]

S. Spaccapietra, C. Parent, C. Vangenot, B. Y. Choueiry, and T. Walsh. GIS Databases: From Multiscale toMultiRepresentation. In Abstraction, Reformulation, and Approximation, Proceedings 4th InternationalSymposium, SARA-2000, LNAI 1864. Springer, 2000. also in: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Emerging Technologies for Geo-Based Applications, May 22-25, 2000, Ascona, Switzerland, EPFL-DI-LBD Publisher. [ Details | Full Text ]

S. Spaccapietra. Supporting Multiple Representations inSpatio-Temporal databases. In Proceedings of the 6th EC-GI& GIS Workshop, 2000. [ Details | Full Text ]

C. Parent, S. Spaccapietra, and E. Zimanyi. MurMur: Database Management of MultipleRepresentations. In Proceedings of the AAAI-2000Workshop on Spatial and TemporalGranularity, 2000. [ Details | Full Text ]

C. Vangenot, C. Parent, and S. Spaccapietra. Multi-representations and multipleresolutions in geographic databases. In Proceedings of the Advanced DatabaseSymposium'99 (ADBS 99), volume 99 of IPSJ Symposium, 1999. [ Details | Full Text ]

S. Spaccapietra, C. Vangenot, C. Parent, and E. Zimanyi. MurMur: A Research Agenda on MultipleRepresentations. In Proceedings of the InternationalSymposium on Database Applications inNon-Traditional Environments(DANTE'99), 1999. [ Details | Full Text ]

C. Parent, S. Spaccapietra, E. Zimanyi, P. Donini, C. Plazanet, and C. Vangenot. MADS ou l'information spatio-temporellee à portée de ses utilisateurs. In Quatrièmes rencontres de TheoQuant, 1999. [ Details | Full Text ]

C. Parent, S. Spaccapietra, and E. Zimanyi. Spatio-Temporal Conceptual Models: Data Structures + Space + Time. In Proceedings of the 7th ACM Symposium on Advances in GIS, 1999. [ Details | Full Text ]

M. T. Meharga, C. Plazanet, and S. Spaccapietra. COSIS: a Content-Oriented Shoeprint Identification System. In Proceedings of the the 8th IFIP 2.6 Working Conference onDatabase Semantics (DS-8), 1999. [ Details ]

E. Buff, Y. Dennebouy, P. Rochat, and S. Spaccapietra. Mass Archiving of Multimedia Data. In Advances in Multimedia andDatabases for the New Century, aSwiss/Japanese Perspective, 1999. [ Details ]

S. Spaccapietra, C. Parent, and E. Zimanyi. Modeling Time from a Conceptual Perspective. In International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, CIKM'98, 1998. [ Details | Full Text ]

C. Parent, S. Spaccapietra, E. Zimanyi, P. Donini, C. Plazanet, and C. Vangenot. Modeling Spatial Data in the MADS Conceptual Model. In Proc. of the 8th Int. Symp. on Spatial Data Handling, SDH'98, 1998. [ Details | Full Text ]

C. Parent and S. Spaccapietra. Database Integration: an Overview of Issues and Approaches. Communications of the ACM, 41(5):166-178, 1998. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

T. Devogele, S. Spaccapietra, and C. Parent. On Spatial Database Integration. International Journal of Geographic InformationSystems, 12(4), 1998. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

T. Devogele, C. Parent, and S. Spaccapietra. On Spatial Database Integration. International Journal of Geographic Information Systems, Special Issue on System Integration, 12(3), 1998. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

E. Zimanyi, C. Parent, S. Spaccapietra, and A. Pirotte. TERC+ : a temporal conceptual model. In Proc. of the Int. Symp. onDigital Media Information Base, DMIB'97, 1997. [ Details ]

X. Ye, C. Parent, and S. Spaccapietra. View Definition and Positioning in DOODSystems. Journal of Systems Integration, 1(7):263-290, 1997. [ DOI | Details ]

Z. Tari, J. Stokes, and S. Spaccapietra. Object Normal Forms and Dependency Constraints for Object-Oriented Schemata. ACM Transactions On Database Systems, 22(4):513-569, 1997. [ DOI | Details ]

C. Parent, S. Spaccapietra, E. Zimanyi, P. Donini, C. Plazanet, C. Vangenot, N. Rognon, J. Pouliot, and P.-A. Crausaz. MADS: un modèle conceptuel pour des applicationsspatio-temporelles. Revue Internationale de Geomatique, 7(3-4):317-352, 1997. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

C. Parent, S. Spaccapietra, and E. Zimanyi. Conceptual Modeling for Federated Geographical Information Systems over the Web. In Proc. Int. Symp. on Information Systems andTechnology for Network Society, pages 173-182, 1997. [ Details | Full Text ]

V. H. Nguyen, C. Parent, and S. Spaccapietra. Complex Regions in Topological Queries. In Proc. of the International Conference on Spatial Information Theory,COSIT'97, 1997. [ Details ]

J. Lou and S. Spaccapietra. Data model description and translation using the meta-model some. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 1997. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

Y. Li and S. Spaccapietra. ERC+T - The temporal entity-relationship complex model. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 1997. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

S. Spaccapietra, C. Parent, and T. Devogele. Analysis of Discrepancies in Spatial Data Representations. In Proc. of the International Symposium on CooperativeDatabase Systems for Advanced Applications, pages 308-315, 1996. [ Details ]

S. Spaccapietra, C. Parent, and T. Devogele. Analysis of Discrepancies in SpatialData Representations. In Proceedings of the InternationalSymposium on Cooperative Database Systems forAdvanced Applications, pages 308-315, 1996. [ Details ]

C. Parent, S. Spaccapietra, and T. Devogele. Conflicts in Spatial Database Integration. In Proc. of the 9th International Conference on Parallel andDistributed Computing Systems, PDCS '96, pages 772-778, 1996. [ Details ]

C. Parent, S. Spaccapietra, and T. Devogele. Conflicts in Spatial Database Integration. In Proceedings 9thInternational Conference on Parallel andDistributed Computing Systems, PDCS'96, pages 772-778, 1996. [ Details ]

C. Parent and S. Spaccapietra. Integration de bases de donnees: Panorama desproblemes et des approches. Ingenierie des Systemes dInformation, 4(3):333-359, 1996. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

Y. Dupont and S. Spaccapietra. Schema Integration Engineering inCooperative Database Systems. In Proc. of the 9th InternationalConference on Parallel and DistributedComputing Systems, PDCS '96, pages 759-765, 1996. [ Details ]

X. Ye and S. Spaccapietra. A query language for deductive object-oriented database systems. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 1996. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

R. M. Andersson and S. Spaccapietra. Reverse engineering of legacy systems. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 1996. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

M. Gentile and S. Spaccapietra. An object-oriented approach to manage the multiple representations of real entities. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 1996. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

S. Spaccapietra, C. Parent, M. Sunye, K. Yetongnon, and A. Dileva. ERC+: an object + Relationship Environment for Database Applications. In Readings in Object-Oriented Systems and Applications. IEEE CS Press, 1995. [ Details | Full Text ]

X. Ye, C. Parent, and S. Spaccapietra. Derived Objects and Classes in DOOD System. In Proc. of the 4th InternationalConference on Deductive and Object-Oriented Databases, DOOD 95, pages 539-556, 1995. [ Details ]

S. Spaccapietra, M. Andersson, Y. Dupont, K. Yetongnon, C. Parent, and C. Nicolle. Integrating Schemas Of HeterogeneousDatabase Systems. In Meeting on the Interconnection ofMicro-Biology Database, MIMDB'95, 1995. poster. [ Details ]

S. Spaccapietra. Integration de bases de donnees: etat del'art. In Journees d'etude Bases de donnees etsystemes d'information pour l'environnement, 1995. [ Details ]

Y. Dennebouy, M. Andersson, A. Auddino, Y. Dupont, E. Fontana, M. Gentile, and S. Spaccapietra. SUPER: Visual Interfaces for Object + Relationship Data Models. Journal of Visual Languages and Computing 5, Special Issue onVisual Query Languages, 6(1):73-99, 1995. [ DOI | Details ]

Y. Dupont and S. Spaccapietra. Une méthode flexible pour l'intégration de schémas dans les bases de données à objets complexes. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 1995. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

A. Auddino and S. Spaccapietra. A language for multilevel specification of information systems. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 1995. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

X. Ye, C. Parent, and S. Spaccapietra. Derived Objects and Classes in Dood Systems. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on the DeductiveApproach to Information Systems and Databases, 1994. [ Details ]

S. Spaccapietra. Object Orientations and ConceptualModeling. In Proc. of the GI-Emisa FachtagungObject-oriented Methods for Information Systems, 1994. [ Details ]

M. Andersson, Y. Dupont, S. Spaccapietra, K. Yetongnon, M. Tresch, and H. Ye. Femus : A Federated Multilingual Database System. In Advanced Database Systems. Springer, 1993. [ Details ]

K. Yetongnon, M. Andersson, Y. Dupont, and S. Spaccapietra. Conception d'une Base de Données Federée. Premier Congrès Biennal AFCET, 1993. [ DOI | Details ]

M. Andersson, Y. Dupont, S. Spaccapietra, K. Yetongnon, M. Tresch, and H. Ye. The FEMUS Approach in Building aFederated Multilingual Database System. In Proc. of the 3rd InternationalWorkshop on Research Issues on DataEngineering: Interoperability in MultidatabaseSystems (RIDE-IMS'93), 1993. [ Details ]

Y. Dennebouy and S. Spaccapietra. Un langage visuel pour la manipulation de données. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 1993. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

S. Spaccapietra and C. Parent. ERC+: An Object based Entity Relationship Approach. In Conceptual Modelling, Database and Case: An integrated View of Information Systems Development. John Wiley, 1992. [ Details ]

S. Spaccapietra, C. Parent, and Y. Dupont. Model Independent Assertions forIntegration of Heterogeneous Schema. VLDB Journal, 1(1), 1992. [ DOI | Details ]

A. Auddino, Y. Dennebouy, Y. Dupont, E. Fontana, S. Spaccapietra, Z. Tari, G. Pernul, and A. M. Tjoa. SUPER: Visual Interaction with anObject-based ER Model. In Proc. of the 11th InternationalConference on Entity-Relationship Approach, 1992. [ Details ]

A. Auddino, Y. Dennebouy, Y. Dupont, E. Fontana, S. Spaccapietra, Z. Tari, and W. L. M. Knuth E. SUPER: A Comprehensive Approach toDatabase Visual Interfaces. In Visual Database Systems - II, IFIP Transactions A-7, 1992. [ Details ]

A. Auddino, E. Amiel, Y. Dennebouy, Y. Dupont, E. Fontana, S. Spaccapietra, and Z. Tari. Database Visual Environments based onadvanced Data Models. In Proceedings of the 1stInternational Workshop on Advanced Visual Interfaces, 1992. [ Details ]

S. Spaccapietra and C. Parent. Conflicts and Correspondence Assertionsin Interoperable Databases. SIGMOD Record, 20(4), 1991. [ DOI | Details ]

S. Spaccapietra. User-oriented Databases (Database Research at EPFL). In Proceedings of the conference on the Database Research in Switzerland. EPFL-LBD, 1991. [ Details ]

A. Auddino, Y. Dennebouy, Y. Dupont, E. Fontana, S. Spaccapietra, and Z. Tari. SUPER: A Comprehensive Approach to DBMS Visual User Interfaces. In Proceedings of the IFIP WG 2.6 2nd Visual DatabasesConference, 1991. [ Details ]

Z. Yan and S. Spaccapietra. Towards Semantic Trajectory Data Analysis: A Conceptual and Computational Approach. In VLDB2009 (PhD Workshop). [ Details ]

Z. Yan, J. Macedo, C. Parent, and S. Spaccapietra. Trajectory Ontologies. In ISWC2008 (Terra Cognita Workshop). [ Details ]

Current Work
GeoPKDD: European Project on Privacy-Aware Knowledge Discovery and Dissemination (EPFL topic: trajectory data warehousing)
DIP: European Integrated Project on Semantic Web (EPFL topic: QoS in Service Discovery)
Kweb: European Network of Excellence on Knowledge Management (EPFL topic: Ontology Modularization)
K-LBS: Knowledgeable Location-Based Services (focus: personalized and context-aware information services)

Stefano Spaccapietra's research is sponsored by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the European Commission.
MISSION
Teaching:
Database Design and Operation, Database Engineering
Data Warehousing and Data Integration
Advanced Databases

Research:
Database Design and Operation, Spatio-Temporal Data Management
Visual Interfaces, Location-Based Services
Data and Ontology Integration
Skills
Database modeling, Geographical information, Data integration, Ontologies, Semantic Web, Data semantics
Teaching
Computer Science


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