From info from icst.org Mon Jan 12 09:30:11 2009 From: info from icst.org (info@icst.org) Date: Mon Jan 12 14:12:36 2009 Subject: [Bionews] ICST - eHealth 2009 - Call for Papers Message-ID: <200901121430.n0CEUBf4031254@stargate.icst.org> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call for papers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ========================================================================================== eHealth 2009 2nd International ICST Conference on electronic healthcare: Patients or Users - who are we developing services for? www.electronic-health.org 23-25th September 2009 - Istanbul, Turkey Sponsored by ICST, Technically co-sponsored by Create-Net ACM (pending) ========================================================================================== CONFERENCE AIMS Building on a very successful eHealth 2008 conference, the aim of eHealth 2009 is to bring together experts from academia, industry and global healthcare institutions to stimulate cutting- edge research discussions, share experience with real-world healthcare service providers and policy makers as well as provide numerous business opportunities. Despite substantial budgets spent on eHealth in recent years, existing healthcare services do not sufficiently address the issue of patient privacy, trust, quality-assurance nor the potential in e-learning and web minding for delivering 21st century healthcare system for European citizens. The key topic of eHealth 2009 is investigating a realistic potential of the Internet in providing evidence-based medical advice and quality-assured education for patients to improve wellbeing of European and global citizens. CONFERENCE TOPICS 1. Privacy, Trust and Security - electronic patient records, models for trust and privacy, novel mobile encryption technologies, identity federation, role based access control, privacy enhancing technologies. 2. Epidemiology and Early Warning Systems and Outbreak Detection - information and IT support systems for early warning and outbreak detection programs, data management issues, data collection and analysis for surveillance and epidemiology. 3. Healthcare Ontologies and Knowledge Management Systems - annotation, health care ontologies, coding standards, communication standards, quality tagging and quality of service, distribution issues, coding systems and ontologies mapping, search, users customisation, alert agents. 4. E-learning, Educational Games and the Impact of Information Delivery to Patients and Professionals - using digital Libraries in building online communities, moderated discussion groups, qualitative and quantitative evaluation studies, user attitude towards the knowledge, studies of changes of user attitude with respect to digital libraries. 5. Web 2.0 in Healthcare, Wellbeing and Online Communities Of Practice - Community of practice, Web 2.0, user support groups, blogs, online support for healthy lifestyle, wellbeing and public interventions. CONFERENCE SESSIONS • Keynote Talks • Academic Papers Sessions • Industrial Paper Sessions • Research Projects and Industrial Products Demos • Industrial and SME/Start-Up Companies Exhibitions • PhD Students Session • Poster Sessions • Panel Discussions COMMITTEES General and Scientific Chair: Patty Kostkova, City ehealth Research Centre, City University, London, UK Programme Co-Chair: Rajarajan Muttukrishnan, Mobile Networks Research Centre, City University, London, UK Local Chair: TBC Publicity Chair: David DoHerty, 3G Doctor, Ireland Industry Chairs Knowledge Transfer Co-chair: Steve Bunting, City University, London, UK Industry Co-Chair: Simon Thompson, BT Poster and PhD Student Session Chair: Jason Bonander, Associate Director, Health Informatics Strategy, CDC, Atlanta Global Healthcare Chair: Anouk Berger, WHO Web Site Editor: David Liang, City University, UK Information Venue: Best Western, The President Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey Publications: Springer Verlag (LNCS) Important Dates Paper Submission Date:1st May 2009 Notification Date: 1st June 2009 Camera Ready Date: 1st July 2009 Conference Date: 23-25th September 2009 -------------------------------------------------- You are reading ICST conference newsletter. To report any kind of abuse, please contact admin at icst.org. To unsubscribe, please visit the following page: http://ipool.icstserver.org/unsubscribe.php?p=selttlokmv and enter your email address. From mourad12345678 from yahoo.com Sun Jan 11 20:18:17 2009 From: mourad12345678 from yahoo.com (Mourad Elloumi) Date: Mon Jan 12 14:13:32 2009 Subject: [Bionews] DEXA'09 / BIOKDD'09 CfP Message-ID: <944398.29902.qm@web31504.mail.mud.yahoo.com> CALL FOR PAPERS Higher School of Sciences and Technologies of Tunis (Tunisia) And=20 Faculty of Applied Sciences, Bucharest (Romania) Organize Biological Knowledge Discovery from Databases (BIOKDD'09) Workshop held in parallel with 20th International Conference on Database and=20 Expert Systems Applications (DEXA'09) www.dexa.org University of Linz, Austria August 31 - September 4, 2009 With the development of Biology during the last decades, we are witnessing = an exponential growth of both the volume and the complexity of biological d= atabases. For example, the Human Genome Project provided the sequence of th= e 3 billion DNA bases that constitute the human genome. And, consequently, = we are provided too with the sequences of about 100,000 proteins. Therefore= , we are entering the post-genomic era : After having focused so much effor= ts on the accumulation of biological data in databases, we have now to focu= s as much efforts, and even more, on the analysis of these data. Analyzing = this huge volume of biological data stored in databases is a challenging ta= sk because, not only, of its complexity and its multiple numerous correlate= d factors, but also, because of the continuous evolution of our understandi= ng of the biological structural and evolutionary mechanisms. Knowledge Disc= overy from Databases (KDD) is a response to these new trends. You are invited to submit a draft paper in PDF format before February 28, 2= 009 via DEXA'09 ConfDriver. Papers should not exceed 5 pages in IEEE format= www.ieee.org/web/publications/authors/transjnl/index.html All accepted pap= ers will be published in the proceedings of DEXA=9209 Workshops with IEEE C= SP. One of the authors of an accepted paper must register to DEXA=9209 conf= erence and present the paper at BIOKDD=9209 workshop. Program Committee: Mourad Elloumi, University of Tunis, Tunisia, (PC Chair) Cristian Toma, Politehnica University, Bucharest, Romania (PC Co-Chair) Jin-Kao Hao, University of Angers, France Beatrice Duval, University of Angers, France Abdelouahid Lyhyaoui. Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tanger, Morocco El-Ghazali Talbi, University of Sciences and Techniques of Lille, France Xiangchao Gan, University of Oxford, UK Kathleen Steinh=F6fel, King's College London, UK Dragan Bosnacki, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands Important Dates: Submission of Full Papers: February 28, 2009 Notification of Acceptance: May 10, 2009 Camera-ready Copies: May 31, 2009 From tekaia from pasteur.fr Tue Jan 13 05:24:00 2009 From: tekaia from pasteur.fr (Fredj Tekaia) Date: Tue Jan 13 13:22:23 2009 Subject: [Bionews] Bioinformatics and Comparative Genome Analysis EMBO course in Hong Kong Message-ID: <3EBE00CB-D170-4E39-AD42-814BF79B54DC@pasteur.fr> Call for application to the : Bioinformatics and Comparative Genome Analysis course August 17 - August 29, 2009 HKU-Pasteur Research Centre - Hong Kong http://www.pasteur.fr/~tekaia/BCGA2009.html Organizers/Contact: Roberto Bruzzone, HKU-Pasteur Research Centre - Hong Kong. Si Lok, Genome Research Center The University of Hong Kong - Hong Kong. Tin Wee Tan, National University of Singapore - Singapore. Ueng-Cheng Yang, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei - Taiwan. Fredj Tekaia, Institut Pasteur Paris - France. With financial support from: EMBO - Institut Pasteur Paris. Aim of the course and call for application The main objectives of the course are to familiarize young scientists (Biologists/Computer Scientists/Mathematicians) with bioinformatics and genome data analysis skills and to encourage multi-disciplinarity by introducing: 1- advanced fundamental algorithms in bioinformatics, 2- their application in genome analyses, 3- and recent knowledge acquired from genomes studies and perspectives. The course is aimed for motivated Ph.D and Post-doctoral students, as well as young assistant professors and junior scientists in Public Institutions particularly from Asia, Africa and South America, with background in Mathematics, Statistics, Biology or Computing, who are involved in Bioinformatics and Genomes studies. Duration: Full time from August 17 to August 29, 2009. Location: Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. Accommodation and social: Acceptance to the course includes free accommodation (double rooms based) breakfast, lunch and dinner. Application Deadline: April 15, 2009. More information about the course, how to apply and application form can be found at the following web page: http://www.pasteur.fr/~tekaia/ BCGA2009.html From Andrey.Kajava from crbm.cnrs.fr Tue Jan 20 05:34:23 2009 From: Andrey.Kajava from crbm.cnrs.fr (Andrey Kajava) Date: Tue Jan 20 13:22:58 2009 Subject: [Bionews] International Conference: Protein folds in infectious and neurodegenerative diseases Aussois, France, 25-29 April 2009. Message-ID: <4975A8AF.4050709@crbm.cnrs.fr> International Jacques Monod Conference: “Protein folds in infectious and neurodegenerative diseases” Aussois (Savoie), France, 25-29 April 2009. The deadline for applications to attend this conference is February 15th 2009. Please email the application(s) and abstract(s) to Andrey Kajava (andrey.kajava@crbm.cnrs.fr). The conference will be held in Aussois (http://www.caes.cnrs.fr/Vacances/Explorer/Aussois. Registration fee includes board and lodging (385 € for PhD students; 575 € for other participants). More information: http://www.cnrs.fr/sdv/cjm/2009/steven_e.html -- passerelle antivirus du campus CNRS de Montpellier -- From Heather.Vincent from manchester.ac.uk Tue Jan 20 09:29:02 2009 From: Heather.Vincent from manchester.ac.uk (Heather Vincent) Date: Tue Jan 20 13:23:26 2009 Subject: [Bionews] Distance courses - deadline reminder Message-ID: <4975DFAE.7060204@manchester.ac.uk> This is a reminder for those people considering taking one of our online courses in bioinformatics (http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/bioinformatics/index.html). The application deadline is 13 February. However, it is advisable to apply before the deadline to allow time for any questions in processing your application. These Masters level courses follow two themes, Bioinformatics and Computer Science. The Bioinformatics modules are: Introduction to Molecular Biology for Computer Scientists Introduction to Bioinformatics Bioinformatics for Systems Biology Introduction to Microarray Data Analysis Theory and Applications in Bioinformatics The Bioinformatics of Protein Structure The Science of Proteomics Molecular Modelling and Structure-based Drug Design The computing modules are: Introduction to software development in Java Intermediate software development using Java Biocomputing Object-oriented analysis and design with UML Introduction to Ontologies for the Biosciences You will find further information, including a link to the online application form, here : http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/bioinformatics/index.html If you have any questions, or need advice on the module options, please contact Heather.Vincent@manchester.ac.uk From zhangrong06 from gmail.com Fri Jan 23 02:38:40 2009 From: zhangrong06 from gmail.com (rong zhang) Date: Fri Jan 23 13:14:43 2009 Subject: [Bionews] The Second Call for Papers: IJCBS09 Message-ID: <8C505BDA-CE0B-45F0-AFEF-8F8E4C9B4088@gmail.com> ***************************** The International Joint Conference on Bioinformatics, Systems Biology and Intelligent Computing (IJCBS'09) will take place in Shanghai, China on August 3rd - 6th, 2009. You are invited to submit papers with unpublished original work describing recent advances on all aspects of Bioinformatics, Systems Biology and Intelligent Computing, including, but not restricted to the following topics: Bioinformatics: Bio-molecular and phylogenetic databases, bio- languages, interoperability in bio-databases, bio-ontology and data mining; identification and classification of genes; sequence search and alignment; protein structure prediction and molecular simulation; molecular evolution and phylogeny; functional genomics, proteomics; drug discovery; gene expression analysis; bioinformatics engineering; bio-data visualization; algorithms, modeling and simulation of bio- sets; biomarkers of toxicity; bio-imaging; signaling and computation, genetics and genomics. Systems Biology: Modeling and simulation of biological processes, pathways, networks, pipelines, mathematical and quantitative models of cellular and multicellular systems, emergence of properties in complex biological systems, methods to predict biological network behavior from incomplete information, statistical modeling of biological data, prediction and validation, synthetic biological systems, high performance bio-computing, self-organization in living systems (cells, organisms, swarms, ecosystems, etc.), platforms for computational modeling of living systems (parallel, distributed, and multi- resolution simulation methods), differential, discrete and/or stochastic modeling-language frameworks, applications of systems biology towards understanding disease mechanisms, pharmaceutical drug discovery and drug target validation. Intelligent Computing: Machine learning, data mining, pattern recognition, agents, neural computing, kernel methods, evolutionary computing, swarm intelligence and optimization; feature selection/ extraction; ensemble methods; manifold learning theory; artificial life and artificial immune systems; technology to develop artificial components, systematization methodology for intelligent systems, and scientific principles related to artificial life. Important Dates Workshop/Special Session Proposals: February 1, 2009 Paper Submission (maximum 8 pages with IEEE/CS conference format): February 15, 2009 Notification to Authors: March 15, 2009 Camera-Ready, Full Papers: April 5, 2009 Paper Submission and Publication IJCBS09 invites authors to submit papers using the link http://www.isibm.org/IJCBS/submission.html . By submitting your paper to IJCBS'09, you implicitly state that the paper is based on your own original research and that it was not and will not be submitted elsewhere. Papers should not exceed 7 pages with standard IEEE CS formats. All submitted papers should be written in English. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the work associated with the paper submitted. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed. All accepted papers of registered authors will be included in the proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society and indexed in EI. Selected papers will be invited to adapt their papers for their publication in several journals, including BMC Genomics, International Journal of Data Mining & Bioinformatics, International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, Journal of Supercomputing, International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design, IJFIPM and other SCI and PubMed indexed journals. Other Information Awards will be granted to the best paper of those presented at the conference. The IJCBS'09 will award a number of travel fellowships for students and authors of outstanding papers. Please find conference organization, workshops, special sessions, tutorials, keynotes, paper submission, author instructions and registration information at the IJCBS website http://www.isibm.org/ IJCBS. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Joe Zhang (USA) or Dr. Guozheng Li (China) by email ijcbs09@orca.st.usm.edu . IJCBS 2009 Program Committee and Organizing Committee Sponsors/Supporters: ISIBM, NSF, IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, Chinese Academy of Science and Tongji University in Shanghai From workshop+info from ks.uiuc.edu Wed Jan 28 11:41:13 2009 From: workshop+info from ks.uiuc.edu (workshop+info@ks.uiuc.edu) Date: Wed Jan 28 12:36:49 2009 Subject: [Bionews] "Hands-On" Workshop on Computational Biophysics, July 6-10 & August 10-14, 2009, Champaign, IL Message-ID: "Hands-On" Workshop on Computational Biophysics http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Training/Workshop/Champaign09J/ http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Training/Workshop/Champaign09A/ Application Deadline: May 3, 2009 The Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics (www.ks.uiuc.edu) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (www.uiuc.edu), will organize an "'Hands-On' Workshop on Computational Biophysics" to be held at the following dates and location: * July 6 to July 10, 2009 at the I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign, Illinois * August 10 to August 14, 2009 at the I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign, Illinois The workshop will explore physical models and computational approaches used for the simulation of biological systems and the investigation of their function at an atomic level. The course will be based on case studies including the properties of membranes and membrane proteins, mechanisms of molecular motors, trafficking in the living cell through water and ion channels, and signaling pathways. Relevant physical concepts, mathematical techniques, and computational methods will be introduced, including force fields and algorithms used in molecular modeling, molecular dynamics simulations on parallel computers and steered molecular dynamics simulations. The workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in computational and/or biophysical fields who seek to extend their research skills to include computational and theoretical expertise, as well as other researchers interested in theoretical and computational biophysics. Theory sessions in the morning will be followed by hands-on computer labs in the afternoon in which participants will be able to set up and run simulations. Applications to the workshop are due by May 3, 2009. Selection and notification of participants from the application pool will be completed by May 13, 2009. Those selected to attend must register and pay a workshop fee by May 23, 2009. The base registration fee is $200 for students, $300 for non-student academics, and $400 for all other applicants. Double-occupancy housing and all course materials are included in the fee. All participants are required to bring their own laptop for use in workshop tutorial sessions. The workshop can neither fund nor arrange participant travel. Due to space and equipment constraints, each workshop is limited to 20 participants. For further information, and online application, please visit the appropriate sites for each date: * July 6-10 workshop: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Training/Workshop/Champaign09J/ * August 10-14 workshop: http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Training/Workshop/Champaign09A/ Workshop Organizers e-mail contacts by date: * July 6-10 workshop: workshop+champaign09J@ks.uiuc.edu * August 10-14 workshop: workshop+champaign09A@ks.uiuc.edu