* Database System Architecture

• "IRO-DB : A Distributed System Federating Object and Relational Databases", In book "Object Oriented Multibase Systems : A Solution for Advanced Applications", Chap. 1, O. Bukhres and A. Elmagarmid Editors, 1994 with B. Finance, P. Fankhauser, W. Klas.
• "Federati<blink>ng Object-Oriented and Relational Databases", Keynote Speech, 5th DEXA DEXA (Database and Expert System Application) Conf., Sept. 94, Athens, in LNCS N° 856, Pp. 476-478, invited conference.
• "Managing Complex Objects in an Extensible Relational DBMS", 15th Very Large Databases, Morgan & Kaufman Ed., Amsterdam, August 1989, with J. Kiernan, J.P. Cheiney, D. Pastre.
• "SABRE : Un SGBD relationnel issu de la recherche", TSI, Dunod Ed., Dec. 1986, PARIS, Technology and Science Informatique, V6, N5, 1987, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 201-217 avec Equipe SABRE.
• "Efficient Processing of Very Large Databases : A comparative Analysis of Architectures", IFIP Int. Conf., Dublin, Sept. 1986, invited paper.
• "Towards DBMSs for Supporting New Applications", invited paper, 12th Very Large Data Bases, Kyoto, Japan, August 1986, with S. Abiteboul, M. Scholl, E. Simon.
• "Design and Implementation of SABRE : A Deductive and Parallel Database Machine" in "Database Machines", Book, NATO, Pergamon Press, 1985, with F. Pasquer.
• "SABRE : A Relational Database System For a Multiprocessor Machine" in Advanced Database Machines, Prentice-Hall, D. Hsiao Ed., Pp. 19-35, 1983 with P. Bernadat, N. Temmerman, P. Valduriez, Y. Viemont.
• "Design of A Multiprocessor Relational Database System", IFIP Conference 1983 PARIS, September 1983 , North-Holland Ed., Pp. 363-367 with P.Bernadat, N.Temmerman, P.Valduriez, Y.Viemont.
• "SIRIUS : A French Nationwide Project on Distributed Data Bases", Sixth International Conference on Very Large Databases, IEEE ed., Pp. 75-85, MONTREAL (Canada), October 1980, with J. LeBihan, G. LeLann, C. Esculier.

* Query Processing & Optimization

• "Cost-based selection of path expression processing algorithms in object-oriented databases", 22nd VLDB Conference, Bombay, India, September 1996, Morgan & Kaufman Ed., Pp. xxx-xxx, with Gruser, J.R., Tang, Z.H.
• "Calibrating the Query Optimizer Cost Model of IRO-DB, an Object-Oriented Federated Database System", 22nd VLDB Conference, Bombay, India, September 1996, Morgan & Kaufman Ed., Pp. xxx-xxx, with Sha, F., Tang, Z.H.
• "Optimizing Path Expressions using Navigational Algebraic Operators" , 76h DEXA (Database and Expert System Application) Conf., Sept. 96, in LNCS N° xxx, Pp. xxx-xxx, Zurich, Switzerland, September 1996 with Tang, Z.H., Smahi, V.
• "A Cost Model for Clustered Object-Oriented Databases", 21st VLDB Conference, Sept. 95, Zurich, Switzerland, Morgan & Kaufman Ed., Pp. 323-334. with Gruser O. and Tang Z.H.
• "OFL : A Functional Execution Model for Object-Oriented Languages", Intl. ACM SIGMOD Conference, SIGMOD Record, Vol. 24, N°2, Pp. 59 à 79, June 1995, with Machucca F. and Pucheral P.
• "A Rule-Based Query Optimizer with Adaptable Search Strategies", Vol. 13, N° 3 , Data & Knowledge Engineering, North-Holland, 1994 with B. Finance.
• "Optimizing Object-Oriented Database Queries using Cost-Controlled Rewriting", Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Extended Data Base Technology. (EDBT), Editions Springer-Verlag., Vienna, Austria, March 1992 with R. Lancelotte.
• "A Rule-Based Query Rewriter in an Extensible DBMS", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE), IEEE Computer Society Press Ed., Pp. 248-256, Kobe, Japan. April 1991 with B. Finance.
• "Join and Semi-Join Algorithms for A Multiprocessor Database Machine", ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS) Vol. 9, N° 1, Mars 1984, with P. Valduriez.
• "Predicate Tree : An Approach to Optimize Multidimensional Query Operations", IEEE Data Base Engineering Conference Los-Angeles, May 1984 IEEE Ed. with P. Valduriez et Y. Viemont.

* Multimedia Databases & Web

• "HyOQL : A Query Language for Structured Hypermedia Documents", The International Journal of Microcomputer Applications, 1996, with S. Yoon.
• "On the Power of Views in Hypermedia Databases", Object-Oriented Symposium of the ESDA Conference, Montpellier, France, July 1996, with S. Yoon.
• "Filtering Hypermedia Network by Using View Mechanism", The Multimedia '95 Conference on Effective Abstractions in Multimedia, San Francisco, USA, November 1995, with S. Yoon.
• "HyOQL : A Query Language for Structured Hypermedia Documents", International Conference on Intelligent Information Management Systems, Washington DC, USA, June 1995, with S. Yoon.
• "Object-Oriented Modeling and Querying of Hypermedia Documents", The 4th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA '95), Singapore, April 1995, with S. Yoon.

* Data Modeling & Integrity

• "Convergence des Modèles Relationnels et à Objets", Vol. 2, N° 3, Pp. 317 à 346, Ingénierie des Systèmes d'Information, Revue AFCET, Ed. Hermès, 1994.
• "Integrating Classes and Relations to Model and Query Geographical Databases", 4th DEXA (Database and Expert System Application) Conference, Prague, Tchequie, in LNCS, Springer Verlag Ed., Sept. 1993.
• "ESQL2 : An Object-Oriented SQL with F-Logic Semantics", Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE), IEEE ed., Phoenix, USA. February 1992 with P. Valduriez.
• "Database Design Tools : An Expert System Approach", 11th Very Large Data Base Conference, Stockholm, August 1985 with M. Bouzeghoub et E. Metais.
• "Proving Consistency of Database Transactions Written in Extended PASCAL", IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering Vol. 8, N° 4, Pp. 440-445, July. 1982, with M. Melkanoff.

* Deductive Rule Languages

• "Object-Oriented Rule Languages and their Optimization" in "Object-Oriented Database Systems", T. Ozsu and T. Sellis Editors, Book, Springer-Verlag, 1994.
• "Deductive Database Rule Languages", Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences, N° 466, Springer-Verlag, Pp. 198-216, Sept. 1990, with J. Kiernan.
• "Translation of Logic Programs into Functional Fixpoint Equations", Theoretical Computer Science, N° 63, 1989, Pp. 253, 274.avec I. Guessarian et C. de Maindreville.
• "An Implementation Model for Reasoning with Complex Objects", ACM SIGMOD Record, ACM Ed.,1988, Vol.17, N.3, with Q. Chen.
• "Les Systèmes de Gestion de Bases de Données Déductives", TSI, V6, N5, 1987, Dunod, PARIS, 1987, pp. 347-382 also in Technology and Science Informatique, V7, N3, 1987, John Wiley & Sons with E. Simon.
• "Optimization of extended Datalog Recursive Programs Using Fixpoint Functional Equations", 13th Very Large Data Bases, Brighton, England, September 1987.
• "Evaluation of Database Recursive Logic Program as Recurrent Function Series", ACM SIGMOD Intl. Conf., SIGMOD Record, ACM Ed., 1986, Vol. 15, N° 2, with C. de Maindreville.

* Transaction Control & Locking

• "A Distributed Concurrency Control Based on Transaction Commit Ordering", 12th International Conf. on Fault Tolerant Computing Systems (FTCS), Los-Angeles, June 1982, IEEE Ed. with Y. Viemont.
• "The Two-step Commitment Protocol : Modeling, Specification and Proof Methodology" , Fifth International Conference on Software Engineering IEEE Ed., San-Diego (California) March 1981 with J.L. Baer, C. Girault, G. Roucairol.
• "A Distributed Control Algorithm For Reliably and Consistently Updating Replicated Databases", IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol. 29, N° 12, Pp. 1060-1068 December 1980 with W. Chu.
• "Contribution to The Theory of Concurrency in Data Bases", Lecture Notes in Computer Science, N° 64, 1979, Springer Verlag Ed., Pp. 201-212.
• "The Execution Kernel of a Distributed Database Management System", IFIP TC2 Conference on Data Base Architecture North-Holland Ed., Pp. 1-20,Venice (Italy), July 1979.
• "Scheduling Algorithm For Avoiding Inconsistency in Large Databases", Third International Conference on Very Large Databases IEEE Ed., Pp. 501-507, Tokyo (Japan), October 1977.
• "Integrity of Databases : A General Locking Algorithm with Deadlock Avoidance", IFIP TC2 Conference on Modeling in Data Bases Management System, North-Holland Ed., Pp. 395-411, Freudenstadt (Germany), January 1976 with S. Spaccapietra.