Data Engineering deals with the use of engineering techniques and methodologies in the design, development and assessment of information systems for different computing platforms and application environments. The 26th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering will continue in its tradition of being a premier forum for presentation of research results and advanced data-intensive applications and discussion of issues on data and knowledge engineering. The mission of the conference is to share research solutions to problems of today's information society and to identify new issues and directions for future research and development work.

ICDE 2010 will be held in Long Beach, California. Long Beach is part of the Greater Los Angeles area, and is known for the Queen Mary oceanliner, the Aquarium of the Pacific, and many other attractions. Overall, the Southern California region is home to a large variety of sightseeing opportunities ranging from The Getty museum to the Disney Concert Hall and of course its famous beaches.

We are delighted to invite you to attend ICDE, to be held from March 1st to 6th, 2010.

Umeshwar Dayal and Vassilis Tsotras
ICDE General Chairs

Shahram Ghandeharizadeh, Jayant R. Haritsa, and Gerhard Weikum
ICDE Technical Program Chairs