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Stefania Dumbrava @sdumbrava.bsky.social · Jul 28

The 2025 VLDB Summer School is off to a great start at the University of Wroclaw! 🚀 7 expert keynotes, 46 outstanding students from 14 different countries, & 4 days of lectures, poster presentations, & social events 🤓

👉 vldb-sc25.cs.uni.wroc.pl

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Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge @tgdkjournal.bsky.social · Apr 14

Researching graph databases, SPARQL engines, or stores for Knowledge Graphs? Submit to TGDK Special Issue: Data Management for (Knowledge) Graphs. Deadline July 1st, 2025. Resources, experience reports and extended workshop/conference papers welcome. CfP: bit.ly/4luAUXZ

TGDK - CfP Special Issue: Data Management for (Knowledge) Graphs

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Stefania Dumbrava @sdumbrava.bsky.social · Apr 1

train conductors in France insisting on speaking in Spanish to me, despite my attempts to switch to French (the week in Barcelona must have rubbed off on me ;))

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Stefania Dumbrava @sdumbrava.bsky.social · Mar 18

❗ Due to many requests, we have extended the abstract submission deadline for GRADES-NDA @grades-nda.bsky.social to March 24 AoE & the paper submission deadline to March 30 AoE. We're set to have a wonderful line-up of talks & we welcome your contributions ☀️

cc: @akhilarora.bsky.social

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Stefania Dumbrava @sdumbrava.bsky.social · Feb 27

⏰ Reminder: 17 March AoE abstract submission deadline for GRADES-NDA@SIGMOD/PODS @grades-nda.bsky.social
👉 gradesnda.github.io

cc: @akhilarora.bsky.social

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Stefania Dumbrava @sdumbrava.bsky.social · Feb 17

Registration open until 21/04 for the 2025 VLDB Summer School ☀️ 28-31/07 - University of Wroclaw 🇵🇱

We have great lecturers on privacy preserving data management, data analytics, distributed databases, cloud computing, graph data & data(base) theory.

👉 vldb-sc25.cs.uni.wroc.pl

@vldb.bsky.social

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Stefania Dumbrava @sdumbrava.bsky.social · Feb 10

Together with Riccardo Tommasini, we are excited to announce Yuanyuan Tian & Juan Reutter as the keynotes for the Transforming Graph Data Workshop@EDBT/ICDT 2025! 🌟 Join us March 25 in Barcelona 🇪🇸

👉 transforming-graphs-workshop.org
👉 edbticdt2025.upc.edu?contents=reg...

cc: @rictomm.bsky.social

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Stefania Dumbrava @sdumbrava.bsky.social · Feb 7

🗓️ Upcoming 17th of March abstract submission deadline for the GRADES-NDA Workshop

🦋 Follow @grades-nda.bsky.social for updates
👉 gradesnda.github.io

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edbticdt.bsky.social @edbticdt.bsky.social · Jan 29

🗓️ 1 week left to finalize your EDBT Round 1 submissions ☀️

Join us in Tampere in March 2026! 🇫🇮

👉 edbticdt2026.github.io?contents=imp...

General Chairs :
Kostas Stefanidis @tokost.bsky.social
& Zheying Zhang

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GRADES-NDA 2025 Workshop@SIGMOD/PODS @grades-nda.bsky.social · Jan 28

Hello world! 😊

We invite high-quality submissions that explore innovative research and applications in graph data management and graph analytics systems. The deadline for abstract submissions is March 17th AoE 🗓️

For updates, please visit our website:
gradesnda.github.io

GRADES-NDA 2025

gradesnda.github.io

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SIGMOD/PODS 2025 @sigmod2025.bsky.social · Jan 28

GRADES/NDA (@grades-nda.bsky.social)- The 8th Joint Workshop on Graph Data Management Experiences & Systems (GRADES) and Network Data Analytics (NDA) invites submissions for 2025. The deadline is March 17:
gradesnda.github.io
Organized by @sdumbrava.bsky.social and akhilarora.bsky.social

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Stefania Dumbrava @sdumbrava.bsky.social · Jan 27

⏰ Last call for the Transforming Graph Data (TGD) Workshop @EDBT'25! ☀️

Short abstracts due Friday Jan. 31 (AoE).
Full Papers (6p LNCS) due Friday Feb. 6th (AoE).

Submission link: cmt3.research.microsoft.com/TGDWorkshop2...
Website: transforming-graphs-workshop.org

cc: @rictomm.bsky.social

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Eleni Tzirita Zacharatou @elenitz.bsky.social · Jan 14

🌟 Promoting diversity, EDBT/ICDT 2025 🇪🇸 awards 5 students free conference registration 🌟

📢 Call: edbticdt2025.upc.edu?contents=di_...
🏆Awards: 5 grants for free registration (travel not included)
👉Apply here: forms.gle/6MefnqBHo3pF...

📅 Apply by: Feb 3, 2025
🌈 Results: Feb 14, 2025

Please share 😊

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Maxime Jakubowski @maximejakubowski.bsky.social · Jan 10

We are still interested in your thoughts on #RDF validation technologies! Please share your experiences in our survey: forms.gle/LdXsG644obcg...

If you are working with shape languages like #SHACL or #ShEx, your insights will help us advance the future of validation technologies.

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edbticdt.bsky.social @edbticdt.bsky.social · Jan 8

⏰ < 1 month until the 1st Round Research Papers deadline for EDBT 2026!

February 5: Paper submission
March 27: Notification
April 29: Revised paper submission
May 25: Notification for revised submission
June 9: Camera-Ready

🌏 AoE deadlines

👉 edbticdt2026.github.io?contents=imp...

EDBT/ICDT 2026 Joint Conference - 24th March - 27th March, 2026 - Tampere, Finland

edbticdt2026.github.io

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Stefania Dumbrava @sdumbrava.bsky.social · Jan 8

TGD Workshop on Transforming Graph Data @EDBT 2025

⏰ Abstract Submission deadline this Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 AoE

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Stefania Dumbrava @sdumbrava.bsky.social · Dec 20

🌟TGD@EDBT Workshop on Transforming Graph Data 🌟
(March 25, 2025 - Barcelona 🇪🇸)

⏰ Abstract Submission: Jan. 10 2025 AoE
💻 Paper Submission: Jan. 24 2025 AoE
🎉 Notification: Feb. 7 2025 AoE
📸 Camera Ready: Feb. 14 2025 AoE

👉 transforming-graphs-workshop.org

cc: @rictomm.bsky.social

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Stefania Dumbrava @sdumbrava.bsky.social · Dec 20

T-7h until vacation!

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Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge @tgdkjournal.bsky.social · Dec 19

Transactions on Graph Data & Knowledge (TGDK), Vol. 2, Issues 2 & 3 now available, featuring 8 resource articles, and 2 research articles! All #DiamondOA (no fees for authors/readers) w/ Dagstuhl Publishing.

Enjoy!

2(2): drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/iss...
2(3): drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/iss...

Screenshot of table of contents in Volume 2, Issue 2.

Screenshot of table of contents in Volume 2, Issue 3.

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Katja Hose @katjahose.bsky.social · Dec 18

We are conducting a #survey to better understand the challenges, experiences, and practical applications of validating #RDF data using #SHACL and #ShEx.

Please help us get a better overview by sharing your insights:
forms.gle/LdXsG644obcg...

It only takes around 8 minutes.

RDF Shape Languages Survey

How long does this survey take to fill in? Approximately 8 minutes. Please note that half of the questions are skippable. What is the purpose of the study? The purpose of the study is to gather empiri...

forms.gle

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Stefania Dumbrava @sdumbrava.bsky.social · Dec 10

⏰ The deadline for the DEFT Track @ ICDE 2025 is now Dec. 13th AoE:

ieee-icde.org/2025/call-fo...

Call for Data Engineering Future Technologies – IEEE ICDE 2025

ieee-icde.org

Stefania Dumbrava @sdumbrava.bsky.social · Dec 9

EDBT/ICDT now also has a BlueSky account: @edbticdt.bsky.social Preparations are well underway for the 2026 edition is Tampere, Finland 🇫🇮

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Stefania Dumbrava @sdumbrava.bsky.social · Nov 29

ICDE 2025 welcomes PhD Symposium Submissions! 🙂 👇

⏰ Deadline: February 8, 2025 AoE
ieee-icde.org/2025/call-fo...

Call for PhD Symposium Submissions – IEEE ICDE 2025

ieee-icde.org

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Stefania Dumbrava @sdumbrava.bsky.social · Nov 29

🌟 T-1 week for submitting your best work to the Data Engineering Future Technologies track! 🚀
Deadline: December 6th AoE

ieee-icde.org/2025/call-fo...

Stefania Dumbrava @sdumbrava.bsky.social · Nov 22

We're excited to announce that the VLDB Summer School will take place from Monday, 28th of July, to Thursday, 31st of July, 2025 at the University of Wroclaw, in Poland! 🇵🇱 More details to follow soon ☀️
www.linkedin.com/company/vldb...

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