From owner-bio-matrix@net.bio.net Tue Jan 18 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: Peter Karp Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.bio-matrix Subject: Meeting on the Interconnection of Molecular Biology Databases Date: 19 Jan 1994 23:00:34 -0000 Lines: 184 Sender: daemon@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <2hke2i$fes@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: biomatrix@genbank.bio.net, computational-biology@genbank.bio.net, russo@nucleus.harvard.edu, altman@camis.stanford.edu, sujansky@camis.stanford.edu, boguski@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, jamie@welchdev.welch.jhu.edu, jng@jax.org, jer@jax.org, dok261@cvx12.inet.dkfz-heidelberg.de, kaminsks%nihdo1.bitnet@net.bio.net, masrelia@bcc.orst.edu, mzemanko@mitre.org, knoblock@isi.edu, gruber@hpp.stanford.edu, gio@arpa.mil, etzioni@cs.washington.edu, dbworld@cs.wisc.edu, human-genome-program@genbank.bio.net ***************** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ***************** Meeting on the Interconnection of Molecular Biology Databases August 9-12, 1994 Stanford University Organizer DEADLINES Peter D. Karp, SRI International Abstracts due March 11, 1994 Program Committee Robert Robbins, Johns Hopkins U Chris Fields, TIGR David George, NBRF Tim Finin, U of Maryland George Michaels, George Mason U Michel Noordewier, Rutgers U Chris Overton, U of Pennsylvania Susan Davidson, U of Pennsylvania Dan Davison, U of Houston Xiaolei Qian, SRI International Robert Murphy, Carnegie-Mellon U Richard Lathrop, MIT Victor Markowitz, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory A meeting on the Interconnection of Molecular Biology Databases will take place at Stanford University in the San Francisco Bay Area, August 9-12, 1994. The meeting will bring together biologists, computer scientists, and bioinformatics researchers who are interested in the problem of interoperation of the growing number of distributed, heterogeneous databases and knowledge bases that serve molecular biology and genome researchers. The premise behind this meeting is that the roughly 100 existing molecular biology databases will be of much greater value to molecular biologists when interconnected than in their current isolated states. There is tremendous synergy between electronic data repositories in molecular biology; once they are interconnected, scientists will be able to integrate diverse sources of information to answer questions that are laborious or impossible to tackle today. Interoperation of heterogeneous databases is a hot research topic in computer science. This meeting is an exciting opportunity for bioinformatics workers to learn about recent advances in computer science, and for computer scientists to acquire a set of challenge problems in a real-world domain. Molecular biology databases have complex semantics, and utilize diverse data models and platforms, thereby providing a rich testbed for newly developed techniques for interoperation. The subject matter of the meeting will include, but will not be limited to, the following topics: o Query languages for multidatabase queries o Tools for schema management and schema integration o Approaches to interconversion among data models and data formats o Tradeoffs between tight and loose database integration o Intelligent software agents for locating information in the biomatrix o Relevant standards activities o Understanding the schemas of existing molecular biology databases o Properties of existing molecular biology databases that impose constraints on their interconnection o Research problems in biology that would benefit from database interconnection o Current computer science research projects involving interconnection of heterogeneous databases o Current research projects in interconnection of molecular biology databases o Organizational impediments and motivations for interconnection The central goals of the meeting are to stimulate discussion, exchange of ideas, and interdisciplinary research projects between computer scientists who work in the area of interconnecting heterogeneous databases, and the biologists and bioinformatics researchers who develop and use molecular biology databases. Computer scientists will learn about the properties of existing databases and the requirements that bioinformatics researchers will have for interconnection. The participants will identify challenge queries and computations of interest that span multiple databases. Bioinformatics researchers will be exposed to technologies and research directions for interconnection that are under development by computer science researchers. A second, more practical goal of the meeting is to work toward development of a global, multi-database schema for existing molecular biology databases, that is, to encode the schemas of a variety of molecular biology databases in a common representation. Creation of a global schema is one possible first step toward interconnecting these databases, and will be a valuable exercise for learning about and evaluating existing tools for the management of database schemas. Participants will attack this problem during working sessions at the meeting. Participants will attempt to encode the schemas of several molecular biology databases using schema-definition systems such as OPM (the Object-Protocol Model -- an object-oriented system-independent data model developed at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory), and Ontolingua (a knowledge sharing tool under development at Stanford University). Participation in the meeting will be by invitation, based on abstracts submitted by prospective participants. Abstracts should be 2-4 pages in length and should consist of a description of past or current research or research interests (e.g., an overview of an approach to database interoperation) or a position statement by the applicant (e.g., a description of a biological problem that could be solved given facile access to multiple databases). Some participants will be selected to give talks or poster presentations at the meeting, and the submitted abstracts will be distributed as a collection at the meeting. Please submit abstracts electronically to the address mimbd-abstracts@ai.sri.com; abstracts must be composed using the template at the end of this message. A limited amount of financial support for participant's travel and lodging costs for has been provided by the National Science Foundation and the Biomatrix Society. Please indicate at the top of the submitted abstract whether you require support. Actual support provided may not cover participants full costs, and will be based on the number of requests, and the total expenses and distance traveled by each attendee. The MIMBD meeting will directly precede the Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology, which will be held at Stanford from August 15-17, 1994. This arrangement will allow attendees of both meetings to combine travel expenses. For information on ISMB-94, send mail to ismb@nlm.nih.gov. Peter D. Karp, Ph.D. Artificial Intelligence Center SRI International 333 Ravenswood Ave, EJ 229 Menlo Park, CA 94025 voice: 415-859-6375 fax: 415-859-3735 pkarp@ai.sri.com Important dates: Abstracts must be submitted by March 11, 1994. Notification of accepted abstracts and travel awards by April 29, 1994. Final formatted abstracts due by June 15, 1994. Application Form Please edit the for below to include the requested information, and send the completed form by electronic mail to the address mimbd-abstracts@ai.sri.com. ---------------------------- cut here ------------------------ Name: Institution: Surface mail address: Email address: Fax telephone number: Voice telephone number: What type of presentation would you like to make? TALK / POSTER / NONE Do you request travel support? YES / NO What is your position? STUDENT / FACULTY / STAFF SCIENTIST / OTHER Include a 2-4 page abstract in the space below as simple ASCII text with no embedded formatting commands (authors will later resubmit accepted abstracts for inclusion in a simple workshop proceedings). From owner-bio-matrix@net.bio.net Thu Jan 20 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: aksyeo@rodin.cs.uh.edu (Arthur K. S. Yeo) Newsgroups: bionet.info-theory,bionet.announce,bionet.biology.computational,bionet.general,bionet.molbio.bio-matrix,bionet.molbio.embldatabank,bionet.molbio.genome-program Subject: Call For Participation IEEE ICDE94 - Houston, TX Date: 20 Jan 1994 20:42:26 -0800 Organization: University of Houston Lines: 611 Sender: kristoff@net.bio.net Approved: bionews-moderator@net.bio.net Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <2hfnsf$6gp@menudo.uh.edu> Reply-To: aksyeo@cs.uh.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Xref: biosci bionet.info-theory:1882 bionet.announce:894 bionet.biology.computational:543 bionet.general:7173 bionet.molbio.bio-matrix:451 bionet.molbio.embldatabank:278 bionet.molbio.genome-program:622 C A L L F O R P A R T I C I P A T I O N ------------------------------------------- I C D E - 1 0 Tenth International Conference on Data Engineering Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Doubletree Hotel, Houston, Texas February 14-18, 1994 This and other information concerning ICDE 1994 is available for anonymous ftp from ftp.cs.uh.edu (directory /pub/icde94). This document includes: - Conference Description - Registration Forms - Preliminary Program SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE ----------------------- Data Engineering deals with the modeling and structuring of data in the development and use of information systems, as well as with relevant aspects of computer systems and architecture. The Tenth Data Engineering Conference will provide a forum for the sharing of original research results and engineering experiences among researchers and practitioners interested in automated data and knowledge management. The purpose of the conference is to examine problems facing the developers of future information systems, the applicability of existing research solutions and the directions for new research. TECHNICAL PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS ---------------------------- Research papers sessions on Disk Storage Management, Management of Distributed Data, Query Processing, Analytical Modeling, Temporal Databases, Multidatabase Systems, Knowledge and Rule Management, Indexing Techniques, Data Mining, Parallel Databases, and Heterogeneous Information Systems. Invited presentations by Al Aho (Bellcore): "Engineering Universal Access to Distributted Interactive Multimedia Data" and Gio Wiederhold (ARPA): "From Data Engineering to Information Engineering". Panel discussions on Mobile Computing, Business Applications of Data Mining, and Future Database Technologies. Technology and Application Track with practice-oriented presentations of applications of database technologies. TUTORIAL PROGRAM ---------------- 1) Klaus Dittrich (Zurich University) and Jennifer Widom (IBM Almaden), "Active Database Systems", Sunday, February 13, 1994, (full day). 2) Krishna Kulkarni (Tandem Computers Inc.) and Andrew Eisenberg (DEC), "New Developments in SQL Standard", Monday Morning, February 14, 1994, (half day). 3) Prasun Dewan (University of North Carolina), "User Interfaces and Databases", Tuesday Morning, February 15, 1994, (half day). 4) Arif Ghafoor (Purdue University) "Multimedia Database Systems", Monday Afternoon, February 14, 1994, (half day). 5) Wolfgang Klas, Karl Aberer (GMD - IPSI), "Object-oriented Modeling of Hypermedia Documents, Monday Morning, February 14, 1994, (half day). 6) Lynn L. Peterson and J. C. G Ramirez (University of Texas), "Medical Databases", Tuesday Afternoon, February 15, 1994, (half day). 7) Gerti Kappel (University of Linz) and Gregor Engels (Leiden University), "Object-Oriented Systems Development: From Analysis to Implementation", Monday Afternoon, February 14, 1994, (half day). Local arrangements ------------------ The 10th ICDE will take place in Houston - the fourth largest city in USA. Local attractions range from the NASA Johnson Space Center, where you can visit the control center for space flights, to Houston Rodeo (the largest in the world!), which starts during the weekend following the Conference. San Antonio with its famous Riverwalk and New Orleans with its French Quarter are only a short drive away. The conference banquet will be a Texas Country and Western Evening at the Post Oak Ranch (the seating is limited so please reserve your tickets early - $38 each). Organizing Committee -------------------- General Chairpersons Ahmed K. Elmagarmid, Purdue Univ. and Erich Neuhold, GMD-IPSI Darmstadt Program Chair Marek Rusinkiewicz, Univ. of Houston Tutorial Program Omran Bukhres, Purdue Univ. and Peter Muth, GMD-IPSI Darmstadt Panel Program Witold Litwin, Univ. of California at Berkeley Program Committee ----------------- Rafael Alonso, MITL B. R. Badrinath, Rutgers Univ. Elisa Bertino, Univ. of Genoa (vice chair - Object-Oriented systems) Yuri Breitbart, Univ. of Kentucky Alex Buchmann, TH Darmstadt Phil Canatta, MCC John Carlis, Univ. of Minnesota (publications) Arbee Chen, National Tsing Hua Univ. Peter Dadam, Univ. Ulm Amr El Abbadi, Univ. California at Santa Barbara Ramez Elmasri, Univ Texas at Arlington (vice chair - data modeling) George Gardarin, INRIA Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, GTE Labs Goetz Graefe, Portland State Univ. Ralf Hartmut Gueting, Univ. Hagen Theo Haerder, Univ. Kaiserslautern Tomasz Imielinski, Rutgers Univ. (vice chair - database theory) Bala Iyer, IBM DB Technology Lab, San Jose H. V. Jagadish, AT&T Bell Labs Matthias Jarke, Aachen Univ. Christian Jensen, Aalborg University Jie-Yong Juang, National Taiwan Univ. Leonid Kalinichenko, Russian Academy of Sciences Yahiko Kambayashi, Kyoto Univ. Larry Kerschberg, George Mason Univ. Masaru Kitsuregawa (vice chair, parallel databases) Yasushi Kiyoki, Univ. of Tsukuba Wolfgang Klas, GMD-IPSI Darmstadt eva Kuehn, University of Technology Vienna Paul Larson, Waterloo Univ. (vice chair - access methods) Dik Lee, Ohio State Univ. Witold Litwin, Univ. of California at Berkeley Akifumi Makinouchi, Kyushu Univ. Yutaka Matsushita, Keio Univ. James McKenna, Bellcore Dennis McLeod, UCS (vice chair, heterogeneous databases) Alberto Mendelzon, Univ. Toronto Michele Missikoff, IASI-CNR, Rome C. Mohan, IBM Almaden (vice chair - transaction management) John Mylopoulos, Univ. of Toronto Mike Papazoglou, Queensland Univ. of Technology Jehan-Francois Paris, Univ. of Houston Calton Pu, Columbia Univ. Raghu Ramakrishnan, Univ. of Wisconsin Krithi Ramamritham, Univ. of Massachusetts Andreas Reuter, Univ. Stuttgart Nick Roussopoulos, Univ. of Maryland Hans Schek, ETH Zurich (vice chair - extensible and spatial databases) Peter Scheuermann, Northwestern Univ. Gunter Schlageter, Univi. of Hagen Arie Segev, Univ of California at Berkely Ming Shan, HP Labs Amit Sheth (Technology and Applications track) Anoop Singhal, AT&T Labs Richard Snodgrass, Univ. of Arizona (vice chair - temporal databases) Mike Stonebraker, Univ. California at Berkeley (Awards) Alex Tomassian, IBM Watson Susan Urban, Arizona State Univ. Gerhard Weikum, ETH Zurich Antoni Wolski, Research Center of Finland Gene Wuu, Bellcore European Coordinators --------------------- eva Kuehn, University of Technology Vienna Gunter Schlageter, University of Hagen Far East Coordinators --------------------- Yutaka Matsushita, Keio University Mike Papazoglou, Queensland University of Technology Industrial and Exhibits Program ------------------------------- Daniel Barbara, MITL Publicity --------- Abdelsalam Helal, University of Texas at Arlington Financial Chair ---------------- Ernst Leiss, University of Houston Local Arrangements ------------------ J.F. Paris, University of Houston (chair) C. Eick, University of Houston A. Cheng, University of Houston (Registration) Publications and Awards ----------------------- All accepted papers will appear in the Proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society. The authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version for possible publication in the IEEE CS "Transactions on Data and Knowledge Engineering" and in the "Journal of Distributed and Parallel Databases." An award will be given to the best paper. A separate award honoring K.S. Fu will be given to the best student paper (authored solely by students). A limited number of travel grants to help defray travel costs of student authors may be available. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ICDE'94 REGISTRATION FORM ----------------------------- Please complete this form (TYPE or PRINT), and return with your payment. Last Name: ______________________________ First Name:_________________________ Title: (Dr./Mr./Mrs./Ms./Prof.):_______________________ Company: _____________________________________________________________________ Address:______________________________________________________________________ City:___________________________________ State:_______________________________ Zip/Postal Code:_________________ Country:____________________________________ Telephone:_____________________________ Fax:__________________________________ E-mail:_______________________________________ Payment in US dollars ONLY. (Please indicate method of payment): __ Check drawn on a US bank or International Money Order. __ Charge my credit card (VISA, MC, AMEX) ADVANCE (Received by January 25, 1994): ----------------------------------------- Registration __ Member($290) __ Non-Member($360) __ Student($70) Tutorials (Full day/Half day) __Member ($200/$120) __ Non-Member($250/$150) LATE/ONSITE (Received after January 25, 1994): -------------------------------------------- Registration __ Member($320) __ Non-Member($460) __ Student($110) Tutorials (Full day/Half day) __Member ($240/$150) __ Non-Member($300/$185) Please circle the tutorial Number(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Additional Reception Tickets ($30/ea) ___________ Banquet Tickets (Texas Country and Western Evening) ($38/ea) ___________ Total Amount: ____________________ Charge my Credit Card (VISA, MC, AMEX): ___________ Credit Card Number: ________________________ Expiration Date: ___________ Signature: _______________________ Send registration form with fee (make checks payable to ICDE-94): Dr. Albert Cheng, ICDE-94 Computer Science Department University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-3475 U.S.A. fax: (713) 743-3335 e-mail: icde94@cs.uh.edu by January 25, 1994. The conference registration fee covers the proceedings, conference reception, and refreshments during the conference, but not the banquet. Banquet tickets for the Texas Evening, Thursday Febraury 17, 1994 are $38 each. Additional reception tickets may be purchased for $30 each. Call the Houston Doubletree Hotel Post Oak at (800) 528-0444 or (713) 961-9300 (FAX (713) 623-6685) to make your hotel reservation. To obtain the special conference rate of U.S. $85.00 per night for Single or Double, you must tell them you are attending the ICDE-94 conference. The cut-off date for guaranteed guest room reservations is February 1, 1994. If you have any questions on registration, tutorials, or program, please send e-mail to icde94@cs.uh.edu or fax to (713) 743-3335. P R E L I M I N A R Y P R O G R A M ------------------------------------ |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| | Wednesday, February 16th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 10:00-11:00 Opening 11:00-12:00 Keynote Speach: "Engineering Universal Access to Distributted Interactive Multimedia Data" Al Aho (Bellcore) 12:00-13:30 Lunch 13:30-15:00 Three Parallel Sessions (1,2,3) Session 1: Analytical Modeling - "On A More Realistic Lock Contention Model And Its Analysis" A. Thomasian - "Approximate Analysis Of Real-Time Database Systems" J. Haritsa - "Object Allocation In Distributed Databases And Mobile Computers" Y. Huang, O. Wolfson Session 2: Data Replication and Distribution - "Supporting Partial Data Accesses To Replicated Data" P. Triantafillou, F. Xiao - "Efficient Support For Partial Write Operations In Replicated Databases" M. Rabinovich, E. Lazowska - "Mariposa: A new Architecture for Distributed Data" M. Stonebraker, P. M. Aoki, R.Devine, W. Litwin, M. Olson Session 3: Query Optimization - "Exploiting Uniqueness in Query Optimization" G.N Paulley, P. Larson - "A Multi-set Extended Relational Algebra a Formal Approach to a Practical Issue" P. Grefen, R. De By - "Performing Group-By Before Join" W.P. Yan, P. Larson 15:00-15:30 Break 15:30-17:00 Three Parallel Sessions (4,5,6) Session 4: Disk Storage Management - "Analysis of Reorganization Overhead in Log-Structured File Systems" J. Robinson, P. Franaszek - "Performance Analysis of RAID5 Disk Arrays with a Vacationing Server Model for Rebuild Mode Operation" A. Thomasian, J. Menon - "Storage Reclamation and Reorganization in Client-Server Persistent Object Stores" V. Yong, J. Naughton, J. Yu Session 5: Multidatabase Systems - "Cooperative Problem Solving Using Database Conversations" T. Kirsche, R. Lenz, T. Ruf, H. Wedekind - "A Query Sampling Method of Estimating Local Cost Parameters in a Multidatabase System" Q. Zhu, P. Larson - "Resolving Attribute Incompatibility In Database Integration: An Evidential Reasoning Approach" E.-P. Lim, J. Srivastava, S. Shekhar Session 6: Panel Discussion Topic: "The Role of Knowledge Mining in the Development and Evolution of new Applications" Moderator: David Cohen (Sente) Panel members: L. Berke (BellSouth) P. Bloom (Bellcore) D. Tsur (Center for HPC, University of Texas) 17:00-18:00 Break 18:00-21:00 Reception ||||||||||||||||||||||||||| | Thursday, February 17th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 09:00-10:00 Keynote Speach: "From Data Engineering to Information Engineering" Gio Wiederhold (ARPA) 10:00-10:30 Break 10:30-12:00 Three Parallel Sessions (7,8,9) Session 7: Panel Discussion Topic: "The Impact of Database Research on Industrial Products" Moderator: Daniel Barbara( M.I.T.L.) Panel members: J. Blakeley (Texas Instruments) D. Fishman (HP Labs) D. Lomet (DEC) C. Mohan (IBM Almaden) M. Stonebraker (Miron) Session 8: Schema Evolution - "Managing Change in the Rufus System" P. Schwarz, K. Shoens - "Polymorphic Reuse Mechanisms for Object-Oriented Database Specifications" L. Liu, R. Zicari, K. Lieberherr, W. Hursch - "A Method for Transforming Relational Schemas Into Conceptual Schemas" P. Johannesson Session 9: Knowledge Bases and Rule Processing - "On the Interaction Between ISA and Cardinality Constraints" D. Calvanese, M. Lenzerini - "Comparing and Synthesizing Integrity Checking Methods for Deductive Databases" C. Garcia, L. Mota, M. Celma - "Discovering Database Summaries through Refinements of Fuzzy Hypotheses" D.H. Lee, M.H. Myoung 12:00-13:30 Lunch 13:30-15:00 Three Parallel Sessions (10,11,12) Session 10: Parallel Databases - "Declustering Techniques for Parallelizing Temporal Access Structures" V. Kouramajian, R. Elmasri, A. Chaudhry - "Disk Allocation Methods for Parallelizing Grid Files" Y. Zhou, S. Shekhar, M. Coyle - "Object Placement in Parallel Object-Oriented Database Systems" S. Ghandeharizadeh, D. Wilhite, K. Lin, X. Zhao Session 11: Temporal Databases - "Implementing Calendars and Temporal Rules in Next Generation Databases" R. Chandra, A. Segev, M. Stonebraker - "The TP-Index: A Dynamic and Efficient Indexing Mechanism for Temporal Databases" H. Shen, B.C. Ooi, H.J. Lu - "Efficient Evaluation of the Valid-Time Natural Join" M. Soo, R. Snodgrass, C. Jensen Session 12: Knowledge Mining - "Magritte: Comprehending Large-Scale Connectivity in Object-Oriented Databases" V. Vasudevan - "Supporting Data Mining of Large Databases by Visual Feedback Queries" D. Keim, H. Kriegel, T. Seidl - "QBISM: Extending a DBMS to Support 3D Medical Images" M. Arya, W. Cody, C. Faloutsos, J. Richardson, A. Toga 15:00-15:30 Break 15:30-17:30 Three Parallel Sessions (13,14,15) Session 13: Indexing Techniques - "Efficient Organization of Large Multidimensional Arrays" S. Sarasatgi, M. Stonebraker - "Index Structures for Information Filtering under the Vector Space Model" T. Yan, H. Garcia-Molina - "An Efficient Relational Implementation of Recursive Relationships using Path Signatures" J. Teuhola - "Performance Evaluation of Grid Based Multi-Attibute Record Declustering Methods" B. Himatsingka, J. Srivastava Session 14: Technology and Applications - "Knowledge-Based Handling of Design Expertise" P. Morizet-Mahoudeaux, E. Suzuki, S. Ohsuga - "Active Databases for Active Repositories" H. Jasper - "Papyrus:A History-Based VLSI Design Process Management System" T. Chiueh, R. Katz - "X.500 Directory Schema Management" D. Silver, J. Hong, M. Bauer Session 15: Invited Industrial Presentations I - "Data Management in Delayed Conferencing" A. Hsu (Siemens) - Transactional Workflows: Research, Enabling Technologies, and Applications A. Sheth (Bellcore) - "Parallel Approaches to Database Management" D. Reiner (Kendall Square) 17:30-19:00 Break 19:00-22:00 Country and Western Banquet |||||||||||||||||||||||||| | Friday, February 18th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||| 09:00-10:30 Three Parallel Sessions (16,17,18) Session 16: Query Processing - "Sort-Merge-Join: An Idea whose time has(h) passed?" G. Graefe - "Data Placement and Buffer Management for Concurrent Mergesorts with Parallel Prefetching" K.L. Wu, P.S. Yu, Z.T. Teng - "Fast Ranking in Limited Space" A. Moffat, J. Zobel Session 17: Heterogeneity and Multidatabase Systems - "Capturing Design Dynamics the Concord Approach" N. Ritter, B. Mitschang, T. Harder, M. Gesmann, H. Schoning - "Semantics-Based Multilevel Transaction Management in Federated Systems" A. Deacon, H. Schek, G. Weikum - "Specification and Management of Extended Transactions in a Programmable Transaction Environment" D. Georgakopoulos, M. Hornick, P. Krychniak, F. Manola Session 18: Panel Discussion Topic: "Nomadic, Wireless Computing" Moderator: T. Imielinski (Rutgers Univ.) Panel members: R. Alonso (M.I.T.L.) W. Litwin (Univ. of Paris) M. Stonebraker (UC Berkeley) O. Wolfson (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago) 10:30-11:00 Break 11:00-12:30 Three parallel sessions (19,20,21) Session 19: Advanced Query Processing Techniques - "Query Optimization Strategies for Browsing Sessions" M.L. Kersten, M.F.N. De Boer - "Analysis of Common Subexpression Exploitation Models in Multiple-Query Processing" J. Alsabbagh, V. Raghavan - "A Hybrid Transitive Closure Algorithm for Sequential and Parallel Processing" Q. Yang, C. Yu, C. Liu, T. Pham Session 20: Object-Oriented Databases - "OID Network: An Efficient Navigational Structure for Object-Oriented Database Systems" K. Hua, C. Tripathy - "Applying Signatures for Forward Traversal Query Processing in Object-Oriented Databases" H.S. Yong, S. Lee, H.J. Kim - "On the Selection of Optimal Index Configuration in Object-Oriented Databases" S. Choenni, E. Bertino, H.M. Blanken, T. Chang Session 21: Invited Industrial Presentations II - "Transactional Workflow Management in Distributed Object Computing Environments" D. Georgakopoulos (GTE) - "Distributed Heterogeneous Information Systems" W. Carpenter (MITRE) 12:30-14:00 Lunch 14:00-15:30 Session 22: Plenary Panel Discussion Title: The Information Superhighway; Implications and Issues Moderator: M. Stonebraker (UC Berkeley) Participants: Michael Brodie (GTE Labs) Gio Wiederhold (ARPA) From owner-bio-matrix@net.bio.net Mon Jan 24 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: "Victor B. Strelets" Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.bio-matrix Subject: Announcement: 3rd Int. Conf. BioInformatics & Genome Research Date: 25 Jan 1994 13:59:31 -0000 Lines: 395 Sender: daemon@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <2i38k3$cf7@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: bio-matrix@net.bio.net FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT The Third International Conference on BIOINFORMATICS and GENOME RESEARCH __________________________________ Internet: bio94@scri.fsu.edu Wednesday June 1 - Saturday June 4, 1994 at The Augustus B. Turnbull III Florida State Conference Center Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306-2027 USA Sponsored by The Supercomputer Computations Research Institute Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4052 IMPORTANT REMINDERS ___________________ Abstracts: Due April 15, 1994 One (8.5" by 11") page, single space, 12-point type Notification of acceptance mailed by May 1, 1994 Manuscripts: Due during the conference Less than 15 pages (8.5" by 11"), single spaced, 12-point type within page size 6.5" by 9.0" (For figures, please allow for reduction of 80%) International Organizers: ________________________ o Jagdish C. Agrawal Computer Science Department, (King Saud University, Riyadh, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA) F60C029%SAKSU00.BITNET.CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU o Patrizio Arrigo (CNR Instituto Circuiti Eletronici, Genova, ITALY) arrigo@hugo.ice.ge.cnr.it o Sarah Barron (Center for High Performance Computing, University of Texas at Austin, USA) sarah@hermes.chpc.utexas.edu o Charles R. Cantor (Director, Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology, Boston University, USA) crc@buenga.bu.edu o Julio Collado-Vides (Centro de Investigacion sobre fijacion de Nitrogeno, UNAM, MEXICO) collado@n2.cefini.unam.mx o Janan Eppig (The Jackson Laboratory, Maine, USA) jte@jax.org o Chris Fields (The Institute for Genomic Research, Gaithersburg, MD, USA) cfields@tigr.org o Heinrich Giesen (Universit{\"a}dt Koblenz/Landau, Fachbereich Informatik, Rheinau 3--4, W-5400, Koblenz, GERMANY) giesen@infko.uni-koblenz.de o Guo Fan Hong (Director, National Center for Gene Research, Shanghai, CHINA) o Andrzej K. Konopka (NCI/DCBDC, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA) konopka@fcrfv1.ncifcrf.gov o Leken Latinwo (Molecular Biology, FAMU, Florida, USA) o Michael N. Liebman (Bioinformation Group, Amoco Technology Company, Naperville, USA) mliebman@amoco.com o Hwa A. Lim (SCRI, Florida State University, USA) hlim@scri.fsu.edu o Andrey Mirzabekov (Director, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Moscow, RUSSIA) o Yong-Ha Park (National Project Director, Center for Bioinformatics \& Systematics, KIST, Taejon, KOREA) yhpark@gerigw.geri.re.kr o Robert Robbins (Bioinformation Infrastructure Program, US DOE, Washington, D.C., USA) rrobbins@gdb.org o Toshihisa Takagi (Human Genome Center, The Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan) takagi@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp o Cathy Wu (Department of Epidemiology/Biomathematics, University of Texas at Tyler) wu%jason.decnet@relay.the.net Local Organizers: ________________ o Elena Kenderova (SCRI, Florida State University) elenak@scri.fsu.edu o Hwa Lim (SCRI, Florida State University) hlim@scri.fsu.edu o Eva Meirovitch (SCRI, Florida State University) eva@scri.fsu.edu o Victor Strelets (SCRI, Florida State University) strelets@scri.fsu.edu Conference Staff: ----------------- o Susan Lampman (Augustus B. Turnbull III Florida State Conference Center) slampman@mailer.fsu.edu o Patricia Meredith (SCRI, Florida State University) meredith@scri.fsu.edu o Mimi Burbank (SCRI, Florida State University) mimi@scri.fsu.edu BIOINFORMATICS AND GENOME RESEARCH continues the series of international conferences sponsored by SCRI, and partially funded by various granting agencies and industrial companies in 1990 and 1992. This conference is the third biennial conference in the series. The first two were: o "The First International Conference on Electrophoresis, Supercomputing and the Human Genome", April 10 - 13, 1990, Florida State Conference Center, Tallahassee, Florida; partially funded by Florida Technology Research & Development Authority (TRDA 113), US DOE (DE-FC05-85ER250000), Thinking Machine Corp., Digital Equipment Corp. and CRAY Research Inc. o "The Second International Conference on Bioinformatics, Supercomputing and Complex Genome Analysis", June 4 - 7, 1992, St, Petersburg Beach, Florida; partially funded by Florida Technology Research & Development Authority (TRDA 205), US DOE (DE-FC05-85ER250000, and DE-FG05-92ER61456), NSF (BIR-9209062), Intel Corp., MasPar Computer Corp., Silicon Graphics Corp., and World Scientific Publishing Co., Inc. Two conference proceedings have been published: o "Proceedings of The First International Conference on Electrophoresis, Supercomputing and the Human Genome", Charles R. Cantor and Hwa A. Lim (Eds.), (World Scientific Publishing Co., New Jersey, 1991), 325 pages. o "Proceedings of The Second International Conference on Bioinformatics, Supercomputing and Complex Genome Analysis", Hwa A. Lim, James W. Fickett, Charles R. Cantor and Robert J. Robbins (Eds.), (World Scientific Publishing Co., New Jersey, 1993), 648 pages. The nature of the conference (submission, sessions, proceedings) is deliberately designed to enable maximum dissemination and exchange of information in the most timely manner possible. The goal of the Third Conference is to provide a forum in which experts from both the academic and industrial sectors, including young researchers and students, can gather to interact. It is hoped that this will afford them an opportunity to gain firsthand knowledge of the scope, direction, and future prospects of informatics, computing and genome research. Speakers and participants will be computational experts, experimentalists and technologists from around the world. The interdisciplinary nature of the conference is designed to: o foster an exchange of ideas and information among disciplines; and o lead to a transfer of technologies, especially from the academic sector to the private sector. The TOPICAL AREAS include: ------------- o Nucleic acid and protein sequence research (Chairperson: Andrzej Konopka) o Computational/theoretical integrative approaches to gene regulation and metabolism (Chairperson: Collado Vidas) o Genome rearrangement (Chairperson: Pavel Pevzner) o Database integration/interoperability (Chairperson: Hwa Lim) o Molecular informatics of HIV (Chairperson: Hans Sieburg) o Tools and techniques for genome analyses (Chairperson: Sarah Barron) o Methods for understanding genetic data through graphic displays (Chairperson: Janan Eppig) o Visualization of biological processes (Chairperson: Heinrich Giesen). There will be two KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: ---------------- 1. Dr. Charles R. Cantor (Director, Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology, Boston University, USA). Title: "Parallel Processing in Genome mapping and Sequencing"; and 2. Dr. Robert J. Robbins (Bioinformation Infrastructure Program Office of Health and Environmental Research, US DOE). Title: "Genome Informatics: Toward a Federated Information Infrastructure". and a BANQUET SPEAKER: -------------- 1. Dr. Allen D. Roses (Head, Alzheimer's Disease Research, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina). Title: "Apolipo Protein E in Alzheimer's Disease". The conference will feature invited talks during the day and informal evening gatherings designed to further enhance the opportunity for information exchange. The tentative conference schedule from Tuesday (May 31) through Saturday (June 4, 1994) is included below. We will adjust it depending upon the number of contributed papers and the interest in having evening workshops. May 31 Registration (Radisson Hotel) Tuesday June 1 Opening session, Wednesday Keynote Speech (Cantor) "Parallel Processing in Genome mapping and sequencing" Regular morning session Lunch Keynote Speech (Robbins) "Genome Informatics: Toward a Federated Information Infrastructure" Regular afternoon session Reception at the Museum of Florida History (Music provided by FSU School of Music) June 2 Regular morning session Thursday Group Photo session Lunch Regular afternoon session Banquet held at Conference Center banquet speech (Dr. Roses) "Apolipo Protein E in Alzheimer's Disease" June 3 Regular morning session Friday Lunch Regular afternoon session Evening Federal/Academic/Industrial Panel Discussion June 4 Regular morning session Saturday Closing 12 Noon Please register for the conference using the form attached below. We will have to limit the number of attendees to 150. If you would like to give a talk at the conference, we ask that you submit a one-page abstract for review by committee members. An Abstract Booklet will be distributed at the conference. Send electronic version to: bio94@scri.fsu.edu Send hard copy to: H.A. Lim 400 SCL SCRI Florida State University Tallahassee FL 32306-4052 FAX: (904) 644-0098 We ask that you plan to address topics within the scope outlined above. Within the limits of available time, we would like to accommodate as many speakers (not more than 42) as practicable. PLEASE SUBMIT ABSTRACTS BY FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1994. ---------------------- Notifications of acceptance will be mailed by May 1, 1994. Instructions for preparation of manuscripts will be sent to all speakers at this time. Please also bring a copy of your manuscript (hard copy and electronic form, preferably formatted using plain TeX or LaTeX, or in ascii format) so you can submit them DURING CONFERENCE REGISTRATION. It should be less than 15 pages (including figures and tables), single spaced and 12 point type. We will allow you one month after the conference to make any changes (such as incorporating answers to questions raised by the audience during the conference). Otherwise, by default, we will use the version submitted during the registration for inclusion in the proceedings. All contributions to the proceedings will be reviewed by peers and copy-edited. If you present a paper, you may (optional) want to bring a photo of yourself for inclusion in the proceedings volume. We also encourage poster contributions. Please submit (FAX) hard copy, *plus* an electronic version of the abstract for your poster by May 1, 1994, for inclusion in the Abstract Booklet. Vendors are also strongly encouraged to exhibit their products. Any questions or requests can be sent via email to bio94@scri.fsu.edu or to one of the organizers. SCRI can be reached by phone at (904) 644-1010. ============================================================================== REGISTRATION AND HOTEL INFORMATION The Third International Conference on BIOINFORMATICS AND GENOME RESEARCH *Conference Program Number: 1903194 June 1 - 4, 1994 PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT Name _____________________________________ Social Security Number ___________________ (your SSN is optional, but without it any request for a registration refund will be delayed) Institution/Company __________________________________ Address/Mailstop __________________________________________________ City/State/Zip ____________________________________________ Country _______________________________ Phone (_____)______________________ Fax (_____)______________________ Email address _______________________________________ Conference Program Number: 1903194 Please indicate (Y/N) where appropriate: Student________ Talk________ Poster________ Regular ________ Talk________ Poster________ Vendor ________ Talk________ Poster________ The registration fee for the conference is $225 ($275 after May 1, 1994), and includes four continental breakfasts, and morning and afternoon refreshments. The rate for students is $150 (proof is required) and $1000 for vendors (this includes one participant). If you want to pay by check, please complete the above registration form, and return it along with your check made payable to FSU (Be sure to reference the Conference Program Number on your check) to: Center for Professional Development and Public Service Conference Registrar Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306-2027 If you want to register by credit card, you may register by email by sending back an edited form of the above registration information, as well as the following credit card information: Credit Card Name (Mastercard or Visa ONLY)_____________________________ Credit Card Number ___________________________ Name (as it appears on card) __________________________________ Expiration Date of Card _____________________ There is an additional 2% charge by the University for credit card registrations (bringing the required total to $230). Email registrations, and all other inquiries about the conference, may be sent to: email: bio94@scri.fsu.edu, or fax: (904) 644-0098, attention of Pat Meredith Hotel Information: _________________ The conference hotel is the Radisson Hotel, which is within walking distance of the conference center and the FSU campus. Rooms are $60 per night, single or double, and reservations should be made as early as possible. Be sure to mention Bioinformatics Conference to get the special rate. The hotel address and phone number are: Radisson Hotel 415 North Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32301 Phone and Fax: (904) 224-6000 Transportation: ______________ The closest airport is the Tallahassee Airport. Shuttle service to and from the airport is provided by the Radisson Hotel. You may wish to stay over a Saturday night to take advantage of the SuperSaver program. Weather: _______ The weather during the period of the conference is some of the most pleasant times in Tallahassee. Warm (80s F) during the day, but light jackets might be needed during the evenings (60s F). There may be occasional late afternoon showers. From owner-bio-matrix@net.bio.net Fri Jan 28 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!bcm!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!daresbury!not-for-mail From: "Victor B. Strelets" Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.bio-matrix Subject: Announcement: 3rd Int. Conf. BioInformatics & Genome Research Date: 25 Jan 1994 13:59:31 -0000 Lines: 395 Sender: daemon@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <2i38k3$cf7@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: bio-matrix@net.bio.net FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT The Third International Conference on BIOINFORMATICS and GENOME RESEARCH __________________________________ Internet: bio94@scri.fsu.edu Wednesday June 1 - Saturday June 4, 1994 at The Augustus B. Turnbull III Florida State Conference Center Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306-2027 USA Sponsored by The Supercomputer Computations Research Institute Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4052 IMPORTANT REMINDERS ___________________ Abstracts: Due April 15, 1994 One (8.5" by 11") page, single space, 12-point type Notification of acceptance mailed by May 1, 1994 Manuscripts: Due during the conference Less than 15 pages (8.5" by 11"), single spaced, 12-point type within page size 6.5" by 9.0" (For figures, please allow for reduction of 80%) International Organizers: ________________________ o Jagdish C. Agrawal Computer Science Department, (King Saud University, Riyadh, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA) F60C029%SAKSU00.BITNET.CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU o Patrizio Arrigo (CNR Instituto Circuiti Eletronici, Genova, ITALY) arrigo@hugo.ice.ge.cnr.it o Sarah Barron (Center for High Performance Computing, University of Texas at Austin, USA) sarah@hermes.chpc.utexas.edu o Charles R. Cantor (Director, Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology, Boston University, USA) crc@buenga.bu.edu o Julio Collado-Vides (Centro de Investigacion sobre fijacion de Nitrogeno, UNAM, MEXICO) collado@n2.cefini.unam.mx o Janan Eppig (The Jackson Laboratory, Maine, USA) jte@jax.org o Chris Fields (The Institute for Genomic Research, Gaithersburg, MD, USA) cfields@tigr.org o Heinrich Giesen (Universit{\"a}dt Koblenz/Landau, Fachbereich Informatik, Rheinau 3--4, W-5400, Koblenz, GERMANY) giesen@infko.uni-koblenz.de o Guo Fan Hong (Director, National Center for Gene Research, Shanghai, CHINA) o Andrzej K. Konopka (NCI/DCBDC, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA) konopka@fcrfv1.ncifcrf.gov o Leken Latinwo (Molecular Biology, FAMU, Florida, USA) o Michael N. Liebman (Bioinformation Group, Amoco Technology Company, Naperville, USA) mliebman@amoco.com o Hwa A. Lim (SCRI, Florida State University, USA) hlim@scri.fsu.edu o Andrey Mirzabekov (Director, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Moscow, RUSSIA) o Yong-Ha Park (National Project Director, Center for Bioinformatics \& Systematics, KIST, Taejon, KOREA) yhpark@gerigw.geri.re.kr o Robert Robbins (Bioinformation Infrastructure Program, US DOE, Washington, D.C., USA) rrobbins@gdb.org o Toshihisa Takagi (Human Genome Center, The Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan) takagi@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp o Cathy Wu (Department of Epidemiology/Biomathematics, University of Texas at Tyler) wu%jason.decnet@relay.the.net Local Organizers: ________________ o Elena Kenderova (SCRI, Florida State University) elenak@scri.fsu.edu o Hwa Lim (SCRI, Florida State University) hlim@scri.fsu.edu o Eva Meirovitch (SCRI, Florida State University) eva@scri.fsu.edu o Victor Strelets (SCRI, Florida State University) strelets@scri.fsu.edu Conference Staff: ----------------- o Susan Lampman (Augustus B. Turnbull III Florida State Conference Center) slampman@mailer.fsu.edu o Patricia Meredith (SCRI, Florida State University) meredith@scri.fsu.edu o Mimi Burbank (SCRI, Florida State University) mimi@scri.fsu.edu BIOINFORMATICS AND GENOME RESEARCH continues the series of international conferences sponsored by SCRI, and partially funded by various granting agencies and industrial companies in 1990 and 1992. This conference is the third biennial conference in the series. The first two were: o "The First International Conference on Electrophoresis, Supercomputing and the Human Genome", April 10 - 13, 1990, Florida State Conference Center, Tallahassee, Florida; partially funded by Florida Technology Research & Development Authority (TRDA 113), US DOE (DE-FC05-85ER250000), Thinking Machine Corp., Digital Equipment Corp. and CRAY Research Inc. o "The Second International Conference on Bioinformatics, Supercomputing and Complex Genome Analysis", June 4 - 7, 1992, St, Petersburg Beach, Florida; partially funded by Florida Technology Research & Development Authority (TRDA 205), US DOE (DE-FC05-85ER250000, and DE-FG05-92ER61456), NSF (BIR-9209062), Intel Corp., MasPar Computer Corp., Silicon Graphics Corp., and World Scientific Publishing Co., Inc. Two conference proceedings have been published: o "Proceedings of The First International Conference on Electrophoresis, Supercomputing and the Human Genome", Charles R. Cantor and Hwa A. Lim (Eds.), (World Scientific Publishing Co., New Jersey, 1991), 325 pages. o "Proceedings of The Second International Conference on Bioinformatics, Supercomputing and Complex Genome Analysis", Hwa A. Lim, James W. Fickett, Charles R. Cantor and Robert J. Robbins (Eds.), (World Scientific Publishing Co., New Jersey, 1993), 648 pages. The nature of the conference (submission, sessions, proceedings) is deliberately designed to enable maximum dissemination and exchange of information in the most timely manner possible. The goal of the Third Conference is to provide a forum in which experts from both the academic and industrial sectors, including young researchers and students, can gather to interact. It is hoped that this will afford them an opportunity to gain firsthand knowledge of the scope, direction, and future prospects of informatics, computing and genome research. Speakers and participants will be computational experts, experimentalists and technologists from around the world. The interdisciplinary nature of the conference is designed to: o foster an exchange of ideas and information among disciplines; and o lead to a transfer of technologies, especially from the academic sector to the private sector. The TOPICAL AREAS include: ------------- o Nucleic acid and protein sequence research (Chairperson: Andrzej Konopka) o Computational/theoretical integrative approaches to gene regulation and metabolism (Chairperson: Collado Vidas) o Genome rearrangement (Chairperson: Pavel Pevzner) o Database integration/interoperability (Chairperson: Hwa Lim) o Molecular informatics of HIV (Chairperson: Hans Sieburg) o Tools and techniques for genome analyses (Chairperson: Sarah Barron) o Methods for understanding genetic data through graphic displays (Chairperson: Janan Eppig) o Visualization of biological processes (Chairperson: Heinrich Giesen). There will be two KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: ---------------- 1. Dr. Charles R. Cantor (Director, Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology, Boston University, USA). Title: "Parallel Processing in Genome mapping and Sequencing"; and 2. Dr. Robert J. Robbins (Bioinformation Infrastructure Program Office of Health and Environmental Research, US DOE). Title: "Genome Informatics: Toward a Federated Information Infrastructure". and a BANQUET SPEAKER: -------------- 1. Dr. Allen D. Roses (Head, Alzheimer's Disease Research, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina). Title: "Apolipo Protein E in Alzheimer's Disease". The conference will feature invited talks during the day and informal evening gatherings designed to further enhance the opportunity for information exchange. The tentative conference schedule from Tuesday (May 31) through Saturday (June 4, 1994) is included below. We will adjust it depending upon the number of contributed papers and the interest in having evening workshops. May 31 Registration (Radisson Hotel) Tuesday June 1 Opening session, Wednesday Keynote Speech (Cantor) "Parallel Processing in Genome mapping and sequencing" Regular morning session Lunch Keynote Speech (Robbins) "Genome Informatics: Toward a Federated Information Infrastructure" Regular afternoon session Reception at the Museum of Florida History (Music provided by FSU School of Music) June 2 Regular morning session Thursday Group Photo session Lunch Regular afternoon session Banquet held at Conference Center banquet speech (Dr. Roses) "Apolipo Protein E in Alzheimer's Disease" June 3 Regular morning session Friday Lunch Regular afternoon session Evening Federal/Academic/Industrial Panel Discussion June 4 Regular morning session Saturday Closing 12 Noon Please register for the conference using the form attached below. We will have to limit the number of attendees to 150. If you would like to give a talk at the conference, we ask that you submit a one-page abstract for review by committee members. An Abstract Booklet will be distributed at the conference. Send electronic version to: bio94@scri.fsu.edu Send hard copy to: H.A. Lim 400 SCL SCRI Florida State University Tallahassee FL 32306-4052 FAX: (904) 644-0098 We ask that you plan to address topics within the scope outlined above. Within the limits of available time, we would like to accommodate as many speakers (not more than 42) as practicable. PLEASE SUBMIT ABSTRACTS BY FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1994. ---------------------- Notifications of acceptance will be mailed by May 1, 1994. Instructions for preparation of manuscripts will be sent to all speakers at this time. Please also bring a copy of your manuscript (hard copy and electronic form, preferably formatted using plain TeX or LaTeX, or in ascii format) so you can submit them DURING CONFERENCE REGISTRATION. It should be less than 15 pages (including figures and tables), single spaced and 12 point type. We will allow you one month after the conference to make any changes (such as incorporating answers to questions raised by the audience during the conference). Otherwise, by default, we will use the version submitted during the registration for inclusion in the proceedings. All contributions to the proceedings will be reviewed by peers and copy-edited. If you present a paper, you may (optional) want to bring a photo of yourself for inclusion in the proceedings volume. We also encourage poster contributions. Please submit (FAX) hard copy, *plus* an electronic version of the abstract for your poster by May 1, 1994, for inclusion in the Abstract Booklet. Vendors are also strongly encouraged to exhibit their products. Any questions or requests can be sent via email to bio94@scri.fsu.edu or to one of the organizers. SCRI can be reached by phone at (904) 644-1010. ============================================================================== REGISTRATION AND HOTEL INFORMATION The Third International Conference on BIOINFORMATICS AND GENOME RESEARCH *Conference Program Number: 1903194 June 1 - 4, 1994 PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT Name _____________________________________ Social Security Number ___________________ (your SSN is optional, but without it any request for a registration refund will be delayed) Institution/Company __________________________________ Address/Mailstop __________________________________________________ City/State/Zip ____________________________________________ Country _______________________________ Phone (_____)______________________ Fax (_____)______________________ Email address _______________________________________ Conference Program Number: 1903194 Please indicate (Y/N) where appropriate: Student________ Talk________ Poster________ Regular ________ Talk________ Poster________ Vendor ________ Talk________ Poster________ The registration fee for the conference is $225 ($275 after May 1, 1994), and includes four continental breakfasts, and morning and afternoon refreshments. The rate for students is $150 (proof is required) and $1000 for vendors (this includes one participant). If you want to pay by check, please complete the above registration form, and return it along with your check made payable to FSU (Be sure to reference the Conference Program Number on your check) to: Center for Professional Development and Public Service Conference Registrar Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306-2027 If you want to register by credit card, you may register by email by sending back an edited form of the above registration information, as well as the following credit card information: Credit Card Name (Mastercard or Visa ONLY)_____________________________ Credit Card Number ___________________________ Name (as it appears on card) __________________________________ Expiration Date of Card _____________________ There is an additional 2% charge by the University for credit card registrations (bringing the required total to $230). Email registrations, and all other inquiries about the conference, may be sent to: email: bio94@scri.fsu.edu, or fax: (904) 644-0098, attention of Pat Meredith Hotel Information: _________________ The conference hotel is the Radisson Hotel, which is within walking distance of the conference center and the FSU campus. Rooms are $60 per night, single or double, and reservations should be made as early as possible. Be sure to mention Bioinformatics Conference to get the special rate. The hotel address and phone number are: Radisson Hotel 415 North Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32301 Phone and Fax: (904) 224-6000 Transportation: ______________ The closest airport is the Tallahassee Airport. Shuttle service to and from the airport is provided by the Radisson Hotel. You may wish to stay over a Saturday night to take advantage of the SuperSaver program. Weather: _______ The weather during the period of the conference is some of the most pleasant times in Tallahassee. Warm (80s F) during the day, but light jackets might be needed during the evenings (60s F). There may be occasional late afternoon showers. From owner-bio-matrix@net.bio.net Sat Jan 29 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: h9390031@HKUSUB.HKU.HK Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.bio-matrix Subject: subscription (bio-matrix) Date: 30 Jan 1994 06:48:54 -0000 Lines: 9 Sender: daemon@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <2ifl8m$b12@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: biomatrx@dl.AC.UK wish to subscribe this echo thanks, sonia m. tiquia dept of botany the university of hongkong h9390031@hkusub.hku.hk From owner-bio-matrix@net.bio.net Mon Jan 31 22:00:00 1994 Path: biosci!daresbury!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.bio-matrix Subject: Bioinformatics - any definitions welcome? Date: 1 Feb 1994 15:42:26 -0000 Lines: 28 Sender: daemon@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <2ilt92$327@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> Original-To: BIOMATRX Greetings Netfolk, I hope this is the first posting that has made it as this question will be pretty tiresome by now (if its not apologies my PC based newsreader is playing up). BIOINFORMATICS. In the great world of molecular biology computation and information science there are many imponderables. One of which is "Does anyone have a definition of what Bioinformatics actually is?" If you have one or want to suggest one I am all ears. I will summarise back to the net if there is sufficient interest. 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