The topic of "colour vision" is one that integrates research from psychology, neuroscience, biology, opthamology, physics, and genetics. How do we make sense of colour in the world, and how has such an ability evolved in humans? How does the brain interpret colour images? How can our genes influence the way in which we perceive colours? Do men discriminate colours differently to women? Why do some people have problems perceiving colours? John Mollon, Joel Porkorny, and Ken Knoblauch are leading authorities on this topic. Together they have brought together a stellar list of contributors,...

The Eighth International Conference on Extending Database Technology, EDBT 2002, was held in Prague, Czech Republic, March 25-27, 2002. It marks the 50th anniversary of Charles University's Faculty of Mathematics and Physics and is the most recent in a series of conferences dedicated to the dissemination and exchange of the latest advances in data management. Previous conferences occurred in Konstanz, Valencia, Avignon, Cambridge, Vienna, and Venice. The topical theme of this year's conference is Data Management in the New Millennium, which encourages the community to see beyond the...

This volume presents the refereed proceedings of the East-European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems and of the International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, ADBIS-DASFAA 2000, held jointly in Prague, Czech Republic in September 2000. The 27 revised papers presented together with one invited paper and the abstract of an invited talk were carefully reviewed and selected from 115 submissions. The papers present results on a variety of topical issues in database research and design with a certain emphasis on advanced applications in various...