Contributions are invited for a special issue of the Constraints Journal
on Constraints in BioInformatics and BioComputing:
Bioinformatics is the development and application of methods in
informatics for approaching problems in molecular biology, whereas
Biocomputing uses naturally occurring architectures and behaviours as
models for computational methods, for example neural networks, genetic
algorithms, genetic programming and DNA computing.
Submissions are solicited from from researchers working in any of these
exciting fields; topics include (but are not restricted to) the
application of constraint technology to
sequencing and sequence analysis
languages for the description of biomolecular structures (primary,
secondary and tertiary)
description of sequences and patterns in biomolecular databases
algorithms for locating structures in biomolecular databases
discovery and data mining of biostructures
protein folding problems
neural networks
genetic algorithms
genetic programs
DNA computing
Papers that combine theory and practice are especially welcome.
Authors are strongly encouraged to ensure high quality of both
the biological as well as the computer science aspects of their submissions.
General information for authors is available at the URL below; we would
envisage keeping to the page limit of 35pp:
http://kapis.www.wkap.nl/kapis/CGI-BIN/WORLD/journalhome.htm?1383-7133
Deadline: 1 June 1998
Submissions (preferably by email as encapsulated postscript) to:
D R Gilbert tel: +44-171-477-8444 (direct)
Department of Computer Science fax: +44-171-477-8587
City University, Northampton Square email: drg at cs.city.ac.uk
London EC1V 0HB, UK http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~drg
