From imecs_2008 from iaeng.org Thu Oct 2 05:31:25 2008 From: imecs_2008 from iaeng.org (imecs_2008@iaeng.org) Date: Thu Oct 2 09:19:28 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] Call for Papers: IAENG International Conference on Bioinformatics (ICB 2009) Message-ID: <8b5b82ee-9e05-468d-8b00-ccacc6f8fdb7@d70g2000hsc.googlegroups.com> CFP: IAENG International Conference on Bioinformatics ICB 2009 From: International Association of Engineers The 2009 IAENG International Conference on Bioinformatics 18-20 March, 2009, Hong Kong http://www.iaeng.org/IMECS2009/ICB2009.html The conference ICB'09 is held under the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2009. The IMECS 2009 is organized by the International Association of Engineers (IAENG), and serves as good platforms for the engineering community members to meet with each other and to exchange ideas. The last conference in 2008 has attracted a total of over one thousand participants from over 50 countries. All submitted papers will be under peer review and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceeding (ISBN: 978-988-17012-2-0). The abstracts will be indexed and available at major academic databases. The accepted papers will also be considered for publication in the special issues of the journal Engineering Letters, in IAENG journals and in edited books. Revised and expanded version of the selected papers may also be included as book chapters in the standalone edited books under the framework of cooperation between IAENG and Springer. For reference, the following IAENG post conference edited books, Trends in Intelligent Systems and Computer Engineering, Advances in Communication Systems and Electrical Engineering, and Advances in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, have been published by Springer. Important Dates: Draft Manuscript submission deadline: 8 December, 2008 Camera-Ready papers & Pre-registration due: 10 January, 2009 ICB 2009: 18-20 March, 2009 Submission: ICB 2009 is now accepting manuscript submissions. Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft paper in full paper (any appropriate style) to imecs{at}iaeng.org by 12 December, 2008. The submitted file can be in MS Word format, PS format, or PDF formats. The first page of the draft paper should include: (1) Title of the paper; (2) Name, affiliation and e-mail address for each author; (3) A maximum of 5 keywords of the paper. Also, the name of the conference that the paper is being submitted to should be stated in the email. The topics of the ICB'09 include, but not limited to, the following: Sequence analysis Sequence alignment Sequence database Sequence profiling tools Sequence motif RNA interference analysis High throughput screening Gene network and pathway analysis Genome annotation Gene finding Computational evolutionary biology Gene expression analysis Analysis of mutations in cancer and other diseases Structure prediction Structural motif Preserving biodiversity Modeling biological systems Software tools Protein expression analysis Single nucleotide polymorphism analysis And other applications ICB Conference Co-Chairs and Committee Members: Dechang Chen Assistant professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USA Dr. Qingfeng Chen (co-chair) School of Information Technology Deakin University, Australia I-Jen Chiang Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Medical Informatics, Taipei Medical University Adjunct Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Wallace Choy (co-chair) Research Ass. Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Jui-chien Hsieh (co-chair) Assistant Professor, Department of Bioinformatics Chung Hua University, Taiwan Hsueh-Fen Juan Assistant Professor, Department of Life science National Taiwan University, Taiwan Xueliang Li Deputy Director and Professor Center for Combinatorics, Nankai University, China Chiung Moon Associate Professor, Department of Information & Industrial Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea Area Editor of the Journal of Industrial Engineering & Management Systems Alejandro Murua (co-chair) Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Montreal, Canada Associate Editor, International Journal of Tomography and Statistics Dr. Dat Tran Senior Lecturer in Computing, School of Information Sciences and Engineering, University of Canberra, Australia Lin-Yu Tseng (co-chair) Professor, Department of Computer Science National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan Jer-Shyan Wu (co-chair) Associate Professor, Department of Bioinformatics Chung Hua University, Taiwan Cheng-Hong Yang Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan Dr. Xiaohua (Douglas) Zhang Senior biometrician, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA, USA ICB'09 Special session: Pharmacogenomics Special session chair: Xiaohua (Douglas) Zhang, Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University Senior biometrician, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA, USA More details about the IMECS 2009 can be found at: http://www.iaeng.org/IMECS2009/index.html More details about the International Association of Engineers, and the IAENG International Journal of Computer Science, and the IAENG International Journal of Applied Mathematics can be found at: http://www.iaeng.org/about_IAENG.html http://www.iaeng.org/IJCS/index.html http://www.iaeng.org/IJAM/index.html The official journal web site of Engineering Letters at: http://www.engineeringletters.com ******** It will be highly appreciated if you can circulate these calls for papers to your colleagues. From jishnu.kskrishnan from gmail.com Sat Oct 4 11:40:25 2008 From: jishnu.kskrishnan from gmail.com (JISHNU K S KRISHNAN) Date: Sat Oct 4 14:44:52 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] UAA,UAG,UGA Message-ID: I would like to know the reason behind the naming of AMBER,OCHER,OPAL (UAA,UAG,UGA ) and it's explanation ? From gfogel from natural-selection.com Tue Oct 7 11:44:17 2008 From: gfogel from natural-selection.com (Gary Fogel) Date: Tue Oct 7 13:10:54 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] IEEE CIBCB 2009 Symposium CFP Message-ID: <20081007164420.7F6736E08@sheffield.xo.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers: IEEE CIBCB 2009 2009 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology March 30-April 2, Nashville, TN, USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This symposium will bring together top researchers, practitioners, and students from around the world to discuss the latest advances in the field of Computational Intelligence and its application to real world problems in biology. Computational Intelligence includes artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic, evolutionary algorithms, and other emerging techniques. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: gene expression array analysis, structure prediction and folding, drug design, molecular sequence alignment and analysis, metabolic pathway analysis, medical imaging and pattern recognition, analysis of large biological data sets, and a variety of other topics. The use of computational intelligence must play a substantial role in submitted papers. Submissions will be peer reviewed and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Paper Submission: Prospective authors are invited to submit papers of no more than eight (8) pages including results, figures and references; submission details can be found on the symposium web site: www.ieee-ssci.org. Authors are expected to present their paper at the symposium. IEEE CIBCB 2009 will be held in conjunction with the IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence 2009 (IEEE SSCI 2009). Over 20 such conferences will be co-located at this event. Special Sessions and Tutorials: It is anticipated that the symposium will have a number of special sessions and tutorials. Consult the SSCI symposium web site for instructions on proposing a special session or tutorial. Papers for special sessions must have significant computational intelligence content. Location: Nashville, Tennessee is well known for its cultural events and moderate climate. It is considered a global music center. Nashville is the capital of Tennessee and located on the beautiful Cumberland River. ***NEW ITEMS*** Student Travel Grants: Several student travel grants may be available shortly. Please continue to monitor the SSCI website for additional details. http://www.ieee-ssci.org/ Tutorial Proposal Deadline: Proposals for tutorials at CIBCB'09 can be submitted to the conference via the SSCI 2009 Tutorial Chairs at: http://www.ieee-ssci.org/index.php?q=node/39 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: Special session proposal deadline: Sept 30, 2008 (already passed) Tutorial proposal deadline: *** October 31, 2008 *** Paper submission deadline: *** October 31, 2008 *** Author notification: November 30, 2008 Camera-ready paper deadline: January 15, 2009 Conference: March 30-April 2, 2009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Program Chair: Kay C. Wiese Technical Co-Chairs: Madhu Chetty, Mihail Popescu Publicity Chair: Gary B. Fogel Proceedings Chair: L. Gwenn Volkert Special Sessions Chair: Scott F. Smith Tutorials Chair: Dan Ashlock ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For further inquires: IEEE SSCI 2009 Enquiries: Vincenzo Piuri ? piuri@dti.unimi.it SSCI Symposium Chair IEEE CIBCB 2009 Enquiries: Kay C. Wiese ? wiese@cs.sfu.ca CIBCB Program Chair http://www.ieee-ssci.org http://www.ieee-ssci.org/files/SSCI2009cfp.pdf From dave from runfast.net Thu Oct 9 18:54:01 2008 From: dave from runfast.net (Dave McCarthy) Date: Thu Oct 9 23:32:40 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] info on barracuda??! Message-ID: <443DC8CE083A423E8EC2506286310C58@DaveWork> Skipped content of type multipart/related-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: the thing.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 75943 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/bioforum/attachments/20081009/bcaf28f4/thething-0001.jpeg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: IMG_0271.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 43703 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/bioforum/attachments/20081009/bcaf28f4/IMG_0271-0001.jpeg From wcecs_2008 from iaeng.org Tue Oct 14 04:06:06 2008 From: wcecs_2008 from iaeng.org (wcecs_2008@iaeng.org) Date: Tue Oct 14 11:25:34 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] Call for Papers: IAENG International Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE 2009) Message-ID: CFP: IAENG International Conference on Electrical Engineering ICEE 2009 From: International Association of Engineers The 2009 IAENG International Conference on Electrical Engineering 18-20 March, 2009, Hong Kong http://www.iaeng.org/IMECS2009/ICEE2009.html The conference ICEE'09 is held under the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2009. The IMECS 2009 is organized by the International Association of Engineers (IAENG), and serves as good platforms for the engineering community members to meet with each other and to exchange ideas. The last conference in 2008 has attracted a total of over one thousand participants from over 50 countries. All submitted papers will be under peer review and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceeding (ISBN: 978-988-17012-2-0). The abstracts will be indexed and available at major academic databases. The accepted papers will also be considered for publication in the special issues of the journal Engineering Letters, in IAENG journals and in edited books. Revised and expanded version of the selected papers may also be included as book chapters in the standalone edited books under the framework of cooperation between IAENG and Springer. For reference, the following IAENG post conference edited books, Trends in Intelligent Systems and Computer Engineering, Advances in Communication Systems and Electrical Engineering, and Advances in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, have been published by Springer. Important Dates: Draft Manuscript submission deadline: 12 December, 2008 Camera-Ready papers & Pre-registration due: 10 January, 2009 ICEE 2009: 18-20 March, 2009 Submission: ICEE 2009 is now accepting manuscript submissions. Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft paper in full paper (any appropriate style) to imecs{at}iaeng.org by 12 December, 2008. The submitted file can be in MS Word format, PS format, or PDF formats. The first page of the draft paper should include: (1) Title of the paper; (2) Name, affiliation and e-mail address for each author; (3) A maximum of 5 keywords of the paper. Also, the name of the conference that the paper is being submitted to should be stated in the email. The topics of the ICEE'09 include, but not limited to, the following: Biotechnology: such as EEG, ECG, and EKG, various other monitoring equipment Electronics: such as integrated circuit, computer, electronic amplifier Power engineering: such as electrical generators, electric power transmission Telecommunication: such as television, radio, mobile phone, optical multiple access technologies Control engineering: such as auto pilot, cruise control, climate control, space exploration, smart bomb Signal processing: such as electronic filter, digital filter, video and audio codec, radar, sonar, beamforming Special Session: Design, Analysis and Tools for Integrated Circuits and Systems (DATICS'09) The details of the DATICS'09 are available at: http://digilander.libero.it/systemcfl/datics09-imecs/ ICEE Conference Co-Chairs and Committee Members: Dr. Maaruf Ali Senior Lecturer in Telecommunications Engineering & Media Technology, Department of Electronic Engineering, School of Technology, Oxford Brookes University, UK; Vice-chair of the IEE Berkshire Specialist Branch on Electronics, Control, Computing and Communications Mu-Song Chen (co-chair) Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering Da-Yeh University, Taiwan Yen-Wen Chen Associate Professor, Dept. of Communication Engineering National Central University, Taiwan Yung-Sheng Chen Professor, Electrical Engineering Department Yuan Ze University, Taiwan Jong-Sheng Cherng Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering Da-Yeh University, Taiwan T.S. Chung, FIEE (co-chair) Professor, Electrical Engineering Department The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Yi-Nung Chung (co-chair) Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering Da-Yeh University, Taiwan Feng-Li Lian Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering National Taiwan University, Taiwan Chih-Min Lin (co-chair) Chairman and Professor Department of Electrical Engineering Yuan-Ze University, Taiwan Prof. A.B. Rad (co-chair) Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Wen-Jye Shyr Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Education and Technology, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan Huan-liang Tsai Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Da-Yeh University, Taiwan Tsung-Han Tsai (co-chair) Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering National Central University, Taiwan Rong-Jong Wai Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan G.C. Yang Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering National ChungHsing University, Taiwan It is our target that the reviewing process and the result notification for each submitted manuscript can be completed within one month from its submission. The reviewing process is to ensure the quality of the accepted papers in the WCE congress. The conferences have enjoyed high reputation among many research colleagues ( for example, see the http://cs.conference-ranking.net/ or http://www.conference-ranking.com/ or http://www.conference-ranking.org/cs.html ). More details about the IMECS 2009 can be found at: http://www.iaeng.org/IMECS2009/index.html http://www.iaeng.net/IMECS2009/index.html http://www.iaeng.com/IMECS2009/index.html More details about the International Association of Engineers, and the IAENG International Journal of Computer Science, and the IAENG International Journal of Applied Mathematics can be found at: http://www.iaeng.org/about_IAENG.html http://www.iaeng.org/IJCS/index.html http://www.iaeng.org/IJAM/index.html The official journal web site of Engineering Letters at: http://www.engineeringletters.com http://www.engineeringletters.net http://www.engineeringletter.com ******** It will be highly appreciated if you can circulate these calls for papers to your colleagues. From lawyn from bii.a-star.edu.sg Thu Oct 16 04:18:27 2008 From: lawyn from bii.a-star.edu.sg (lawyn@bii.a-star.edu.sg) Date: Thu Oct 16 12:20:12 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] ICDM 2008 Travel Grants Message-ID: <55614.172.18.3.132.1224148707.squirrel@webmail.bii-sg.org> ICDM 2008 Travel Grants ======================= Thanks to the NSF (National Science Foundation), the Unesco Privacy Chair, and IBM, ICDM 2008 is able to offer travel grants. Below there is information on eligibility and application requirements for each of these grants. The required documentation should be sent by email, no later than October 24, 2008, to icdm08-grants@isti.cnr.it with subject line: ?ICDM 2008 student travel grant application? in ASCII (highly preferable), or PDF format. Late submissions, or documents in other formats will not be accepted. What is covered --------------- The maximum amount of support provided to each grantee is set by the committee, and it is intended to partially cover the grantee?s lodging and registration. Travel may or may not be partially covered depending on the total availability of funds and the number of awards given. The grantee should pay the registration fee and travel expenses in advance, and then the Grant will reimburse some of these expenses (by check or by bank transfer, depending on the grant). See below for a description of the different travel grants that are available. 1. NSF Sponsored Student Travel Grants -------------------------------------- The purpose of the NSF sponsored student travel grants is to encourage graduate student participation at the conference by partially funding the costs of students who would otherwise be unable to attend. Applications for NSF sponsored grants are accepted only from students at degree granting institutions throughout the USA. The committee strongly prefers to give NSF grants to students who are not paper authors. All students however are encouraged to apply. Other criteria will include evidence of a serious interest in data mining research, as demonstrated by coursework and project experience. ICDM encourages participation of women and under-represented minorities, as well as participation of students from under-represented institutions. 2. Unesco Privacy Chair Sponsored Travel Grants ----------------------------------------------- The UNESCO Chair in Data Privacy (http://unescoprivacychair.urv.cat) offers economic support to offset some of the costs associated with attending ICDM 2008 for participants coming from ?transition? countries, which are nations other than USA, Canada, Western Europe, New Zealand, Australia, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. Preference is given to student authors, and authors of accepted papers. 3. IBM Sponsored Student Travel Grants -------------------------------------- Thanks to IBM?s sponsorship ICDM is able to offer additional student travel awards. All students are eligible to submit applications. How to apply for a sponsored travel grant ----------------------------------------- A student will have to submit an application that includes: (i) a cv, that shows the institution the applicant is studying/working at, (ii) a letter by the applicant that includes the following: a brief statement of the applicant?s research interest and current accomplishments, and their future research plans, a description of how the grant will help them with their research plans, any information that the student feels relevant for supporting their application, including title of the paper and names and affiliations of the co-authors if the student is an author, (iii) a recommendation letter from the student?s advisor supporting the application, that: confirms that the applicant was a student in good standing at the time the paper was submited to ICDM, describes how the applicant will benefit from attending ICDM, and explains why the student is in need of the travel grant. Non-student applicants should explicitly specify the Unesco Privacy Chair Sponsored Travel Grants in their application, that should include only documents (i) and (ii). The documents should be in ascii (highly recommended) or PDF format. All applications using other formats will be rejected. Send the application with all three required documents in ONE email to: icdm08-grants@isti.cnr.it with subject line: ?ICDM 2008 student travel grant application? by Oct. 24, 2008. From vpresutti from gmail.com Thu Oct 23 13:19:47 2008 From: vpresutti from gmail.com (valentina presutti) Date: Thu Oct 23 16:23:03 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] SWAP 2008: Last call, deadline extension, and paper evaluation criteria Message-ID: <00B0F3E0-EA54-460E-8CA8-3FB4DC360A5A@gmail.com> Apologies for multiple posts ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last call for papers, deadline extension and evaluation criteria - http://swapconf.it/2008/callforpapers.php 5th Workshop on Semantic Web Applications and Perspectives (SWAP 2008) FAO-UN, Roma, Italy 15-17 December 2008 http://swapconf.it/2008/ Due to several requests, we have decided to further extend the submission deadline ============ NEW DEADLINE ============== October 27th (h. 21.00 CET) - Paper Submission ============ PAPER EVALUATION CRITERIA == Papers will be evaluated *double-non-blind* by the program committee who will follow a set of criteria listed below. The set of criteria can be also used by authors as a guideline to what should be included in the paper. The percentage represents the weight of the criterion in the overall evaluation. * Significance for further research and/or practice in the Semantic Web - 35% * Technical soundness - 20% * Awareness of related work - 15% * Readability and overall organization - 15% * Evaluation - 10% * Gut feeling (immediate emotional reaction to the paper) - 5% Program committee mainly includes non-senior researchers that are highly-ranked in their respective fields. ============ CALL FOR PAPERS ============ Please visit http://swapconf.it/2008/callforpapers.php From editor from gene-quantification.info Tue Oct 28 11:16:45 2008 From: editor from gene-quantification.info (Editor www.Gene-Quantification.info) Date: Tue Oct 28 12:59:44 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] qPCR Newsletter - October 2008 Message-ID: qPCR Newsletter - October 2008 Dear researcher, dear Gene Quantification page reader, Our newsletter informs about the latest news in quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR and qRT-PCR), which are compiled and summarised on the Gene Quantification homepage. The focus of this newsletter issue is: - single-cell handling - new page ! - single-cell PCR - pages updated ! - worldwide qPCR application workshops - register now ! - 2nd announcement =3D> qPCR 2009 Event =3D> http://www.qPCR2009.net - online translation service of the Gene Quantification page to: - CHINESE DUTCH FRENCH GERMAN GREEK ITALIAN - JAPANESE KOREAN PORTUGUESE RUSSIAN SPANISH http://www.gene-quantification.asia http://chinese.gene-quantification.asia/ http://dutch.gene-quantification.info/ http://french.gene-quantification.info/ http://german.gene-quantification.info/ http://greek.gene-quantification.info/ http://italian.gene-quantification.info/ http://japanese.gene-quantification.asia/ http://korean.gene-quantification.asia/ http://portuguese.gene-quantification.info/ http://russian.gene-quantification.asia/ http://spanish.gene-quantification.info/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- single-cell handling The purpose of this single-cell handling page is to provide researchers and clinicians with workflows and resources for single-cell molecular analysis such as RT-PCR, quantitative PCR, and sequencing and with a focus on the front-to-backhandling of single cells =3D> http://single-cell-handling.gene-quantification.info Interest in single cell molecular analysis has risen dramatically over the last couple of years, chiefly because single cell molecular analysis is the only way to research genetic heterogeneity, i.e., differences in copy number or gene expression levels between individual cells, or genetically analyze very rare cells such as circulating tumor or fetal cells. Single cell molecular analysis has provided new insight in diverse research areas such as immunology, oncology, stem cells or forensics. However, an often overlooked aspect of single cell analysis is the difficulties of handling single cells for molecular analysis associate with all three major methods for single cell manipulation: - Micromanipulation - LCM =3D Laser Capture Microdissection - Flow cytometry - Publications - Interviews, Talks and Posters ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- Single-cell handling papers - New techniques for isolation of single prokaryotic cells. 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Quantification of mRNA in single cells and modelling of RT-qPCR induced noise. Transcription factor profiling in individual hematopoietic progenitors by digital RT-PCR. 220-plex microRNA expression profile of a single cell. MicroRNA quantitation from a single cell by PCR using SYBR Green detection and LNA-based primers. Split single-cell RT-PCR analysis of Purkinje cells. The real-time polymerase chain reaction (a section with single-cell qRT-PCR). Single-cell gene expression profiling. Gene expression and the myth of the average cell. Combining laser capture microdissection with quantitative real-time PCR: effects of tissue manipulation on RNA quality and gene expression. RNA amplification strategies for small sample populations. Gene expression of single chondrocytes. Gene expression profiling of individual bovine nuclear transfer blastocysts. Sensitive and quantitative measurement of gene expression directly from a small amount of whole blood. 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Disclaimer & Copyrights are displayed on the homepage www.gene-quantification.com From vpresutti from gmail.com Thu Oct 30 10:48:54 2008 From: vpresutti from gmail.com (valentina presutti) Date: Thu Oct 30 11:43:14 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] ESWC 2009 Call for Workshop Proposals Message-ID: <22299707-2FA0-43F2-ACF9-11F5F455A344@gmail.com> Apologies for multiple posts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Workshop Proposals The 6th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2009) 31 May - 4 June 2009 Crete, Greece http://www.eswc2008.org/ The ESWC is the leading European Conference on Theory, Practice and Applications of Semantic Web Technologies, constantly attracting a high number of high quality submissions participants from academia and industry. Besides the main technical programme, ESWC will host workshops on topics related to the Conference theme. Workshops promote scientific exchange amongst researchers interested in a particular topic and act as a meeting point for the community. The workshops should provide the opportunity to present and discuss ongoing work and new ideas in subfield of Semantic Web research. Of particular interest are workshop proposals with an interdisciplinary standpoint, proposals focusing on a specific technology of general interest, or gathering a sub-community. General Information and criteria * Co-located workshops cover topics falling in the general scope of the ESWC conference (refer to http://www.eswc2009.org/) * They are clearly focused. * There is potentially a significant community interested in the workshop's topic. * Workshop duration can be half a day or a full day. * We advise having more than one organizer and no more than four, preferably from different institutions, bringing different perspectives to the workshop topic. * Workshops are intended to be genuine interactive events and not mini- conferences. We welcome workshops with creative structures and organizations that attract various types of contributions and ensure rich interactions. Responsibilities * The organizers of accepted workshops will be responsible for their own paper selection process, publicity (i.e., website and call for paper), program design and proceedings production. They will be required to closely cooperate with the Workshops Chairs and the ESWC 2009 local organizers to finalize all organizational details. * The ESWC organizers will be reponsible for registration management, proceeding distribution, publishing workshop information on the ESWC web site, and room reservation. * The workshop attendees must pay the ESWC 2009 workshop registration fee, as well as the conference registration fee. Submission Guidelines Workshop proposals should be no more than 5 pages in length, should be in text or PDF format and should contain the following information: * The title and brief technical description of the workshop, specifying its goals and motivation. * A brief discussion of why the topic is of particular interest at this time. * A brief description of why and to whom the workshop is of interest, the workshop audience, as well as the expected number of participants. * A brief description (draft outline) of the proposed workshop format, discussing the mix of events such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, and general discussion. * A list of (potential) members of the program committee (at least 50% have to be known and confirmed at the time of the proposal). * An indication of whether the workshop should be considered for a half-day or full-day meeting. * If there have been previous editions of the workshop, their short description, including URLs as well as some statistics about submissions and acceptance rate. * The names and contact information (web page, email address) of the proposed organizing committee and short description of their relevant experience. Important Dates (11:59 pm Hawaii time) Workshop Proposals Due: November 22, 2009 Notification of Acceptance: December 8, 2008 Workshop Website Due: January 8, 2009 Workshop Proceedings camera-ready Due: May 1, 2009 Workshop Day: May 31 or June 1, 2009 Timeline for Workshops: Deadlines: March 7, 2009 Notifications: April 4, 2009 Camera ready: April 18, 2009 Workshop Chairs Jerome Euzenat (INRIA Rhone-Alpes, FR) Valentina Presutti (STLab ISTC-CNR, IT) From vpresutti from gmail.com Fri Oct 31 09:09:30 2008 From: vpresutti from gmail.com (valentina presutti) Date: Fri Oct 31 13:16:50 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] ESWC 2009 Workshop deadline: errata Message-ID: Apologies for multiple posts ------------------------------------------ With reference to ESWC 2009 call for workshop proposals circulated on October 30th the correct Workshop proposal deadline is the following: **November 22th, 2008** My apologies for the inconvenience Valentina Presutti (on behalf of ESWC 2009 Workshop chairs) From icdm08-publicity from isti.cnr.it Fri Oct 31 11:47:21 2008 From: icdm08-publicity from isti.cnr.it (Maurizio Atzori) Date: Fri Oct 31 13:16:57 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] IEEE ICDM08: Call for Participation and Early Registration Deadline Message-ID: Call for Participation IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM 2008) Pisa, Italy, December 15-19, 2008 http://icdm08.isti.cnr.it EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: extended to November 5, 2008. The 2008 edition of the IEEE International Conference on Data Mining series (ICDM 2008) will be held in Pisa, Italy, on December 15 thru 19, 2008. IEEE ICDM is well established as a top ranked research conference in data mining, providing a premier forum for presentation of original research results, as well as exchange and dissemination of innovative, practical development experiences. PROGRAM: More information on the program, including a list of accepted papers, is now available at http://icdm08.isti.cnr.it/ . Highlights are: three invited talks by Serge Abiteboul (INRIA Saclay and University Paris-Sud), Ravi Kumar (Yahoo! Inc.), and Harvey J. Miller (University of Utah); four tutorials, a panel on Social Networks and Data Mining, 8 demos, the ICDM contest and 10 workshops. All this in addition to 70 regular papers and 74 short papers accepted out of 724 submissions from 53 countries. VENUE & ACCOMMODATION: The conference venue is located in the historical city center of Pisa. Multiple hotels in all price categories are within walking distance of the venue; see http://icdm08.isti.cnr.it/Accomodation/ for details. TRAVEL: Pisa enjoys excellent accessibility. Pisa Aiport http://www.pisa-airport.com/ is directly reachable from all major European airports and many other airports throughout the world. REGISTRATION: http://icdm08.isti.cnr.it/Registration/ . More information on location, accommodation and travel is available at http://icdm08.isti.cnr.it/ . Hoping to see you in Pisa, Fosca Giannotti and Dimitrios Gunopulos IEEE ICDM 2008 PC Co-chairs Naren Ramakrishnan, Franco Turini, Carlo Zaniolo IEEE ICDM 2008 Conference Co-chairs