Ontario DataBase Day

The Ontario DataBase Day (OnDBD) is a one-day symposium that will bring together the database and data-focused research community of Ontario. OnDBD will provide an opportunity for junior and senior researchers from Ontario to present their recent work and learn about the wide variety of topics our research community is working on. Hence, OnDBD is an excellent opportunity to meet up with your local colleagues (including new students and faculty) and to foster new local research collaborations.

The third edition of OnDBD is organized by Mostafa Milani and Jelle Hellings and will be hosted by the Department of Computer Science at Western University.

Submission Guidelines

We invite proposals for presentations in all areas related to databases and data-focused research. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Data storage, indexing, and querying;
• Large-scale data, distributed data processing, and resilient data management;
• Data mining, knowledge discovery, and machine learning;
• Database benchmarking and performance;
• Database theory, dependencies, and query semantics; and
• Data science.

Contributions can cover published work or research in progress. Based on the submissions, we will make a selection of contributions that will be presented as a talk. In case of many submissions, we will favour presentations by new faculty and junior researchers.

Please submit your proposals for presentations before the deadline (October 15, 2025). Each proposal should consist of a one-page abstract (including references) based on this LaTeX template (example PDF). Each proposal should contain at-least:

• A title for the presentation;
• The name and affiliation of the presenter; and
• A short description of the presentation.

Proposals for presentations can be submitted at the submission website.

Submission Deadline.

October 22, 2025 (extended deadline).

Notification.

October 30, 2025.

OnDBD will have no printed proceedings. The one-page abstract of accepted proposals for presentations will be published on this website, e.g., as part of the program.

Program Committee

Mostafa Milani and Jelle Hellings (Co-Chairs).

Contact

Please contact us at contact [at] ondbd.ca for further questions, clarifications, or issues.

History

First edition (2023)

The inaugural edition of OnDBD was organized by Jelle Hellings and held December 13, 2023 at McMaster University.

Second edition (2024)

The second edition of OnDBD was organized by Sujaya Maiyya and held December 12, 2024 at Waterloo University.

Sponsors and Supporters

OnDBD 2025 is sponsored by SAP Canada and supported by Western University.

CMT Acknowledgment