Database management system for conference program preparation

Author

Ackenhusen, John G.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Whippany, NJ, USA

Volume

32

Issue

3

fYear

1989

fDate

9/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

194

Lastpage

199

Abstract

A database management system for organizing the program of a conference is described. The system runs on an IBM-compatible personal computer with hard disk using DBASEIII-PLUS. The system is used for logging papers submitted for review, writing letters of acknowledgement, distributing and tracking papers in the review process, writing letters that notify authors of paper disposition, communicating with session chairmen, and automatically compiling and printing the resultant camera-ready program and author mailing labels. The system has been successfully used for the 1988 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, a conference of 1500 submitted papers with a program of 750 papers presented in 56 sessions over four days. Use of the system saved six weeks and about $3000 compared to the time and costs of this conference in 1987

Keywords

IBM computers; administrative data processing; microcomputer applications; relational databases; DBASEIII-PLUS; IBM-compatible personal computer; author mailing labels; authors; camera-ready program; conference program preparation; dBASE III Plus; database management system; hard disk; letters of acknowledgement; paper disposition; review process; session chairmen; tracking papers; Acoustical engineering; Acoustics; Conference management; Database systems; Hard disks; Microcomputers; Organizing; Printing; Speech processing; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0361-1434

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/47.31629

Filename

31629