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With the rapid development of World Wide Web, more and more information in deep web can be accessed only by their query interfaces. It has been a challenging task to effectively consume the abundant information contained in deep web because of its heterogeneity and dynamics. This talk will introduce our ongoing research on web data integration as well as moving objects management in Renmin University of China. Finally, this talk will give an introduction to the database research community (CCF DBS) and possible collaboration opportunities in China.

Meng Xiaofeng is a full professor at School of Information, Renmin University of China. He received his B.S. degree from Hebei University, M.S. degree from Remin University of China, Ph.D. degree from the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, all in computer science. He is currently the Vice Dean of School of Information and the Head of Department of Computer Science. He is the Secretary General of Database Society of the China Computer Federation (CCF DBS), which is the largest national academic organization in China established in 1977. His research interests include query processing, natural language interface, web data extraction, native XML databases, mobile data management. He has published over 100 papers in refereed international journals and conference proceedings. He has served as a program co-chair and program committee member for a number of international conferences including ICDE, ER, DASFAA, MDM, DEXA, WISE, and WAIM.