Letter from the TCDE Chair

Paul Larson and Erich Neuhold are previous TCDE chairs and have served TCDE for many years revitalizing its activities. Their valuable experience will be greatly appreciated for promoting TCDE and for serving its members. David Lomet, a previous TCDE chair, has been Chief Editor of Data Engineering Bulletin since 1992. It is his leadership that has been at the heart of the success of IEEE Data Engineering Bulletin and will continue to be so. Masaru Kitsuregawa, Steering Committee Chair of ICDE, our flagship conference, has contributed a lot to enhancing the quality of ICDE as the chair and member of the steering committee for many years, and will continue to serve in this capacity. Malu Castallanous has been a very active member of TCDE Executive Committee and will oversee the issues on holding and sponsoring TCDE related conferences. Thomas Risse has been successively managing the TCDE and ICDE meetings and TCDE Web for many years, and will continue to serve the TCDE in that capacity with added responsibility of TCDE Treasurer. Amr El Abbadi is a new member and will oversee and create new programs regarding TCDE awards. Recognition is a very important aspect of academic advancement, and we will expand the award program to encourage our members to make bigger achievements and contributions. Xiaofang Zhou is a new member who will be responsible for TCDE membership promotion. We will make every effort to enlarge the TCDE community, encourage active participation, and provide benefits to our members. Xiaofang has been very active and successful in academic activities and is committed to this new role. Alan Fekete has been an active member of TCDE