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The Hellenic Data Management Symposium (HDMS) is the annual forum for the Greek database community to present and discuss recent advances in the Data Management (DM) field. The 20th HDMS will be held between July 2-3, 2026 in Athens, Greece.

The program will include academic and industry talks, keynotes, panels, research poster sessions, demos, student poster sessions, and other social activities.

The Microsoft CMT Service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.

TOPICS



We invite submissions to the following three tracks:
(A) Research/Industry/Data-Science/Application/Exper-Analysis/Tutorial/Journal
(B) Research Posters and Demos
(C) Student Posters (unpublished work by undergraduate/postgraduate students)

Specifically:

(A) Research/Industry/Data-Science/Application/Exper-Analysis/Tutorial/Journal:


(B) Research Posters and Demos:


(C) Student Posters - unpublished work only


For all categories (A-C) topics of interest include any topic, but are not limited to:

Core database technologies (e.g., query processing and optimization, storage and indexing, database concurrency control, OLTP and OLAP processing).

Non-traditional data management architectures (e.g., data stream management, cloud data management, peer-to-peer systems, mobile data management, blockchain databases).

Data management applications (e.g., geographical information systems, data warehouses, social networks, scientific databases, IoT, crowdsourcing).

Models and languages for the management of data (e.g., XML, RDF, probabilistic databases, meta-data management, multi-media, graph data management).

Techniques for high performance and scalability in the management of data (e.g., distributed data processing, hardware accelerators, new hardware technologies).

Confluence of data management with: information retrieval, knowledge management, natural language processing, and data mining.

Databases and AI (e.g., vector databases, LLMs, RAG).

Other aspects of modern information systems (e.g., security, privacy, user interfaces, energy use minimization).

VENUE


HDMS 2026 will take place in Athens (July 2nd - July 3rd 2026) at the Harokopio University of Athens, Amphitheater G. Karabatzos. Entrance to the Amphitheater is through the ground floor in the main University building.

IMPORTANT DATES

Symposium Dates: July 2-3, 2026

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE



General Co-chairs:

Iraklis Varlamis (Harokopio University of Athens, Greece)
Vasilis Efthymiou (Harokopio University of Athens, Greece)

Program Co-Chairs:

Alexandra Meliou (University of Massachusetts, USA)
Themis Palpanas (Paris Cité University, France)

Sponsorships Chairs:

Mara Nikolaidou (Harokopio University of Athens, Greece)

Web Chair:

Kostas Mparmparousis (ATHENA Research Center, Greece)

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Alexandra Meliou Univ. of Massachusetts
Demetris Zeinalipour Univ. of Cyprus
Eleni Tzirita Zacharatou Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany
Georgia Koutrika IMSI, Archimedes
Iraklis Varlamis Harokopio Univ. of Athens
Themis Palpanas Paris Cité Univ.
Vasilis Efthymiou Harokopio Univ. of Athens

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