I am glad to inform you that we will host the ICOODB 2010 conference in Frankfurt this year:

3rd International Conference on Objects and Databases (ICOODB 2010)
September 28-30, 2010
Frankfurt am Main, Germany

The program consists of: 2 tutorials, 1 workshop, 10 research papers, 10 industry presentations, 3 keynotes and 1 keynote panel...

Among the keynote speakers:

• Ulf Michael (Monty) Widenius, main author of the original version of the open-source MySQL database and a founding member of the MySQL AB company.
• Ricardo Baeza-Yates, VP, Yahoo! Research, Europe and Latin America.
• and several more...

Some useful links:

February, 2010

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

we thank you for participating in our survey!!!

This survey is part of a research project, which is aimed at exploring Internet user behaviour pertaining
to choice of information services available on the web. The focus is on the choice of English Online News.

The winners of the lottery of 4 amazon coupons of 25 Euro each, will receive it soon!

Thanks again!

The research team
Ioanna Constantiou, Copenhagen Business School
Natascha Hoebel, Frankfurt Goethe University
Roberto V. Zicari, Frankfurt Goethe University

November 11, 2009

I am glad to inform you that DBIS will organize the 3rd International Conference on Objects and Databases (ICOODB), on September 28-30, 2010, at the Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

The previous edition of ICOODB took place this year at ETH in Zurich:

The Goethe E-Innovation Incubator is a new nonprofit venture group created by Prof. Roberto V. Zicari head of the Database and Information Systems group (DBIS), at the Department of Informatics and Mathematics.

The Goethe E-Innovation Incubator is dedicated to promoting the growth and success of Information Technology entrepreneurial ventures focused on the Web, by connecting ideas, technology and people.

The E-incubator will also have a charter that seeks to build an organization that supports nonprofit projects with a focus on Information Technology (IT). The projects it will support are meant to benefit the social sector.

The first project supported by the Goethe E-Innovation Incubator
is “SellYourRights” : www.sellyourrights.com

For further information contact Prof. Roberto V. Zicari
DBIS, Robert-Mayer-Str. 10, D-60325 Frankfurt/M. Germany.
Tel +49-69-7982-8212, e-mail: zicariinformatik.uni-frankfurt.de

Im WS 08 bitte ich die Lehrveranstaltung „Principles of E-Commerce II: Business Models for the Web " [UnivIS] an zu der ich alle Studenten ob mit  oder ohne Vorkenntnis herzlich einlade!

Die Veranstaltung beschäftigt sich mit der spannenden Frage wie ich von eine Geschäftsidee zu einem Businessplan komme um dann letztenendes vielleicht ein Start-Up für das Web zu gründen.

Dabei analysieren wir den Internet-Markt und dessen Geschäftsmodelle um Antworten auf Fragen zu finden wie z.B.:

   - Wie und Warum sind Unternehmen wie beispielsweise Google und
     Amazon so erfolgreich?
   - Was muss ich tun, wenn ich eine gute Idee für E-Business habe?

Neben diesen zentralen Fragen werden wir verschiedene andere Themen behandeln rund um die Technologie des Internets, E-Commerce Metriken, Channel conflicts und mehr …

At the 31st Information Systems Research In Scandinavia conference (IRIS) taking place in Åre, Sweden,  August 9. - 12. the Best Paper Award went to associate professor Jesper Holck , Department of Informatics, Copenhagen Business School (CBS) for the paper titled: "Winning Through Incremental Innovation: The Case of MySQL AB ", co-authored with professor Volker Mahnke, Department of Informatics, CBS, and professor Roberto V. Zicari, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.