From chunmei from scs.howard.edu Thu Nov 1 19:47:11 2007 From: chunmei from scs.howard.edu (Chunmei Liu) Date: Thu Nov 1 22:13:44 2007 Subject: [Computational-biology] Computational Biology Post-doctoral Researcher Position Message-ID: <6e954a830711011747m43e15c6ana5ad2849e4a6730f@mail.gmail.com> Dear All, The Dept. of Systems and Computer Science at Howard University seeks applications for a 1-year full-time post-doctoral researcher position in Structural Bioinformatics starting immediately. Strong research experience in Computational Biology and Ph.D. in CS or related field is required. Experience in Proteomics and Machine Learning is a plus. Please send your complete resume to Dr. Chunmei Liu at chunmei@scs.howard.edu. Sincerely, Dr. Chunmei Liu From angom from cs.uwindsor.ca Sat Nov 3 10:08:31 2007 From: angom from cs.uwindsor.ca (Ngom Alioune) Date: Sun Nov 4 08:18:34 2007 Subject: [Computational-biology] CEC'08 Special Session in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Message-ID: <200711031508.lA3F8V5G016131@sol.newcs.uwindsor.ca> ***We apologize if you have received this CFP multiple times" 2008 IEEE CONGRESS ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION HONG KONG, June 1-6, 2008 SPECIAL SESSION ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION IN BIOINFORMATICS AND COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY Bioinformatics and computational biology present a number of difficult optimization problems with large search spaces. Recent applications of evolutionary computation in this area suggest that they are well-suited to this area of research. This special session will highlight applications of evolutionary computation to a broad range of topics. Particular interest will be directed towards novel applications of evolutionary computation to problems in these areas. The bioinformatics special session has been a part of CEC since 1999 and is soliciting high quality papers of original research and application papers that have not been published elsewhere and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers will be rigorously reviewed by at least 3 reviewers. Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE CEC'08 proceedings. There is a clear interest in both the computational intelligence community and biology communities for this special session. TOPICS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: Drug docking, protein folding, regulatory network, sequence alignment, phylogenetics, RNA structure, genomics, proteomics, metabolics, medicine, ecological modeling IMPORTANT DATES: * Paper Submission: 1 December 2007 * Decision Notification: 1 February 2008 * Camera-Ready Submission: 1 March 2008 PAPER SUBMISSION: Electronic web submission in PDF format. See http://www.wcci2008.org/. SPECIAL SESSION ORGANIZERS: Alioune Ngom School of Computer Science, University of Windsor Windsor, Ontario, Canada Clare Bates Congdon Departement of Computer Science, University of Southern Maine Portland, Maine, USA -------------- next part -------------- 2008 IEEE CONGRESS ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION SPECIAL SESSION ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION IN BIOINFORMATICS AND COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY Bioinformatics and computational biology present a number of difficult optimization problems with large search spaces. Recent applications of evolutionary computation in this area suggest that they are well-suited to this area of research. This special session will highlight applications of evolutionary computation to a broad range of topics. Particular interest will be directed towards novel applications of evolutionary computation to problems in these areas. The bioinformatics special session has been a part of CEC since 1999 and is soliciting high quality papers of original research and application papers that have not been published elsewhere and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers will be rigorously reviewed by at least 2 reviewers. Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE CEC?08 proceedings. There is a clear interest in both the computational intelligence community and biology communities for this special session. TOPICS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: Drug docking, protein folding, regulatory network, sequence alignment, phylogenetics, RNA structure, genomics, proteomics, metabolics, medicine, ecological modeling IMPORTANT DATES: * Paper Submission: 1 December 2007 * Decision Notification: 1 February 2008 * Camera-Ready Submission: 1 March 2008 PAPER SUBMISSION: Electronic web submission in PDF format. See ?Paper Submission? at http://www.wcci2008.org/. SPECIAL SESSION ORGANIZERS: Alioune Ngom Clare Bates Congdon School of Computer Science Department of Computer Science 5115 Lambton Tower 96 Falmouth Street University of Windsor University of Southern Maine Windsor, N9B 3P4, Ontario Portland, ME 04104-9300 Canada USA E-mail: angom@cs.uwindsor.ca E-mail: congdon@usm.maine.edu Web page: http://www.cs.uwindsor.ca/~angom Web page: http://cs.usm.maine.edu/~clare From E.Hart from napier.ac.uk Tue Nov 6 05:16:36 2007 From: E.Hart from napier.ac.uk (Hart, Emma) Date: Tue Nov 6 07:44:43 2007 Subject: [Computational-biology] ICARIS 2008 : stream on computational immunology Message-ID: <735F04A99D358E468A16EDB64FC045550420B216@EVS1.napier-mail.napier.ac.uk> Call for Papers 7th International Conference on Artificial Immune Systems http://biosoft.kaist.ac.kr/icaris2008 10-13 August 2008, Phuket, Thailand Aims and Scope -------------- Artificial Immune Systems are one of the most exciting recent new areas of research, focussing on biologically-inspired algorithms based on biological immune systems and on the use of computers to model and analyse biological immune systems. The seventh International Conference on AIS continues the tradition of providing a forum for the world's leading researchers in the area to present their latest results. ICARIS also encourages and supports newer researchers to the field, whether from academia or industry. Student grants will be available to contribute towards travel costs. If you perform research into artificial immune systems or modelling of immune systems, you need to come to Thailand and join us! World-leading researchers in the field will be present plenary lectures and a number of general and specialist tutorials will be run just before the main conference. All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings, published by Springer- Verlag as part of their Lecture Notes series. Details of Springer Verlag can be found at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/index.html and formatting details can be found at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html. The conference will have four streams: 1. Computational immunology (for modelling and biology-specific work) Stream leader: Emma Hart 2. Applied AIS (for immune-inspired computer science systems, practical "AIS Success Story" applications in industry, commerce, arts, and academia) Stream leaders: Henry Lau < hyklau@hkucc.hku.hk> Vincenzo Cutello 3. Theoretical AIS (for theoretical analyses of computer science, information theory and/or biology) Stream leader: Andy Hone 4. Position papers (providing a novel argument - philosophical or methodological - relating to AIS and/or immunobiology). Stream leader: Jon Timmis Please contact individual stream leaders for more information. Note that position papers will have shorter time to present, and longer for discussion at the end. Important Dates --------------- Paper submission: April 4, 2008 Acceptance: May 2, 2008 Final Papers: May 16, 2008 Conference: August 10-13, 2008 Submission Instructions ----------------------- - All papers will undergo a blind review process, with at least three reviewers per paper. - The author name(s) and affiliation(s) should not appear on the paper. - Please follow the formatting instructions at the Springer-Verlag site (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). - Papers should be a maximum of twelve (12) pages. - Authors are requested to submit a PDF file no later than the submission deadline. - Papers should be submitted via the ICARIS 2008 paper submission website: http://biosoft.kaist.ac.kr/icaris2008 Organising Committee: --------------------- Conference Chairs: Doheon Lee, KAIST, Korea dhlee@biosoft.kaist.ac.kr Peter Bentley, University College, London, UK P.Bentley@cs.ucl.ac.uk Local Conference Chairs: Supiya Ujjin, NECTEC, Thailand ujjins@gmail.com Boonserm Kaewkamnerdpong, NECTEC, Thailand boonserm@gmail.com Publicity Chair: Sungwon Jung, KAIST, Korea swjung@biosoft.kaist.ac.kr Venue: ------ We are pleased to invite you to a wonderful beach-side hotel resort: Phuket Graceland Hotel (extremely reasonable accommodation will be available at the hotel at a discounted rate). http://www.phuketgraceland.com/ Excursions to the nearby islands will also be arranged for fun. 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From T.MAHENDER from CGIAR.ORG Sat Nov 10 00:03:42 2007 From: T.MAHENDER from CGIAR.ORG (Mahender, T (ICRISAT-IN)) Date: Sat Nov 10 16:08:07 2007 Subject: [Computational-biology] Analysis of Molecular Variance : A Windows 3.0 program Message-ID: <5CBEAEEB834D1D4BAF7B9EACF61E49A6036E6A3C@ICRISATINEX1.ICRISAT.CGIARAD.ORG> Dear Dr. Excoffier I was trying to work out AMOVA using Arlequin ver3.11, I would greatly appreciate if can help me in this regard I have gone through the manual of Arlequin ver3.11 and could get how to prepare the input files for calculating the AMOVA I have genotyped 24 inbred lines using 40 SSR markers and obtained 0, 1 matrix data Say for instance G1 G2 G3 G4 ...........G24 (genotypes) M1(markers) 0 1 1 1..............1 M2 1 0 0 0 1 . From ccml06 from hndx02.hainu.edu.cn Sun Nov 11 09:56:35 2007 From: ccml06 from hndx02.hainu.edu.cn (CISP-BMEI2008) Date: Mon Nov 12 16:29:54 2007 Subject: [Computational-biology] Extended Deadline: 1 December 2007, BMEI 2008, Sanya, China Message-ID: <200711112132003901874@hainu.edu.cn> ** Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement * ** As per author requests, we are extending the deadline for paper * ** submissions and invited session proposals to 1 December 2007. * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2008 International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI 2008) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 28 - 30 May 2008, Sanya, Hainan, China Extended Submission Deadline: 1 December 2007 http://www.tjut.edu.cn/BMEI2008 Call for Papers, Invited Sessions & Sponsorship The aim of BMEI2008 is to bring together researchers working in many different areas of biomedical engineering and informatics to foster international collaborations and exchange of new ideas. The BMEI 2008 conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE and will be indexed in both EI and ISTP. Selected good papers will be recommended for publication in SCI/SCI-E indexed international journals. The BMEI 2008 will be co-located with the 2008 Congress on Image and Signal Processing (CISP 2008: http://www.tjut.edu.cn/CISP2008), in order to promote cross-fertilization between the broad areas of biomedical engineering and signal processing. ABOUT SANYA Sanya is one of China premier tourist destinations, with white-sand beaches, charming scenery, hot-springs, and popular activities such as scuba-diving and rafting. More than 20 ethnic groups, including Han, Li, Miao, and Hui, inhabit Sanya and make Sanya a wonderful place to appreciate the various cultures of China. For more information, visit the conference web page or email the secretariat at bmei2008@hainu.edu.cn 2007-11-11 CISP-BMEI2008 From hra from pixel.cviog.uga.edu Wed Nov 14 16:19:22 2007 From: hra from pixel.cviog.uga.edu (Hamid R. Arabnia) Date: Wed Nov 14 18:57:12 2007 Subject: [Computational-biology] Call For Papers: WORLDCOMP'08; 25 Int'l Joint Conferences in Computer Science, July 2008, USA Message-ID: <20071114211922.91ECC2246010@pixel.cviog.uga.edu> Dear Colleagues: Please disseminate the following announcement to those who may be interested. I would be most grateful. Thank you, Hamid ----- Call For Papers and Call For Session Proposals The 2008 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing WORLDCOMP'08 (composed of 25 Joint Conferences) July 14-17, 2008, Las Vegas, USA You are invited to submit a paper and/or a proposal to organize a session/workshop. All accepted papers will be published in the respective conference proceedings. The Academic Co-sponsors of WORLDCOMP'08 will soon be finalized which will include research laboratories affiliated with major institutions (Academic Co-sponsors of WORLDCOMP'07 included: major research laboratories at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, The University of Texas at Austin, Purdue University, Indiana University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Russian Academy of Sciences, and others. Corporate sponsors included: Google, Inc.; Intel Corporation; and Salford Systems). The 2008 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'08) is composed of the following 25 conferences (all will be held simultaneously, same location and dates: July 14-17, 2008, USA): o The 2008 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Grid Computing and Applications (GCA'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Computer Design (CDES'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Scientific Computing (CSC'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Methods (GEM'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Machine Learning; Models, Technologies and Applications (MLMTA'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Information Theory and Statistical Learning (ITSL'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BIOCOMP'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition (IPCV'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality (CGVR'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Internet Computing (ICOMP'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Semantic Web and Web Services (SWWS'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Security and Management (SAM'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering (IKE'08) o The 2008 International Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government (EEE'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications (ESA'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science (FCS'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms (ERSA'08) o The 2008 International Conference on Communications in Computing (CIC'8) (a link to each conference's URL can be found at http://www.world-academy-of-science.org - the web site is currently under construction; servers are being replaced - the link shown above would take you to the 2007 offering of WORLDCOMP; later, the same link would take you to the the 2008 WORLDCOMP.) General Chair and Coordinator: H. R. Arabnia, PhD Professor, Computer Science Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer) The University of Georgia Department of Computer Science 415 Graduate Studies Research Center Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, USA Tel: (706) 542-3480 Fax: (706) 542-2966 E-mail: hra@cs.uga.edu Purpose / History: This set of joint conferences is the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. Many of the 25 joint conferences in WORLDCOMP are the premier conferences for presentation of advances in their respective fields. We anticipate to have 2,600 or more attendees from over 80 countries participating in the 2008 joint conferences. The motivation is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated research conferences into a coordinated research meeting held in a common place at a common time. The main goal is to provide a forum for exchange of ideas in a number of research areas that interact. The model used to form these annual conferences facilitates communication among researchers from all over the world in different fields of computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. Both inward research (core areas of computer science and engineering) and outward research (multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary, and applications) will be covered during the conferences. WORLCOMP'08 will be composed of research presentations, keynote lectures, invited presentations, tutorials, panel discussions, and poster presentations. In recent past, keynote and/or tutorial speakers included: Prof. Michael J. Flynn (Stanford U.); Prof. John H. Holland (U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Prof. H. J. Siegel (Colorado State U.); Prof. Barry Vercoe (MIT); Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy (U. of California, Berkeley); Prof. A. K. Dunker (Indiana U. and Purdue U.); Prof. Jun Liu (Harvard U.); Dr. Jim Gettys (developer of X Window, ...); Dr. Chris Rowen (President and CEO, Tensilica, Inc.); and many other distinguished speakers. Proposal for Organizing Sessions/Workshops: Each session will have at least 6 paper presentations from different authors (12 papers in the case of workshops). The session chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their sessions; including, soliciting papers, reviewing, selecting, ... The names of session chairs will appear as Associate Editors in the conference proceedings and on the cover of the books. Proposals to organize sessions should include the following information: name and address (+ email) of proposer, title of session, a 100-word description of the topic of the session, the name of the conference the session is submitted for consideration, and a short description on how the session will be advertised (in most cases, session proposers solicit papers from colleagues and researchers whose work is known to the session proposer). email your proposal to H. R. Arabnia (address is given above). We would like to receive the proposals by December 10, 2007. Submission of Papers: Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft paper (about 5 to 8 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12) to H. R. Arabnia by Feb. 25, 2008. email submissions in MS document or PDF formats are preferable (Fax or postal submissions are also fine.) All reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable (later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their papers for publication.) The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (IEEE style) pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, email address, and telephone number for each author. The first page should also identify the name of the Contact Author and a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the content of the paper. Finally, the name of the conference that the paper is being submitted to must be stated on the first page. Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, impact, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two experts in the field who are independent of the conference program committee. The referees' evaluations will then be reviewed by two members of the program committee who will recommend a decision to the chair of the track that the paper has been submitted to. The chair will make the final decision. Lastly, the Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one member of the program committee. Members of Program and Organizing Committees: The Program Committee includes members of chapters of World Academy of Science (chapters: supercomputing; scientific computing; AI; imaging science; databases; simulation; software engineering; embedded systems; internet and web technologies; communications; computer security; and bioinformatics.) The Program Committee for individual conferences is currently being formed. Those interested in joining the Program Committee should email H. R. Arabnia (hra@cs.uga.edu) the following information: Name, affiliation and position, complete mailing address, email address, tel/fax numbers, a short biography together with research interests and the name of the conference offering to help with. Location of Conferences: The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (with any overflows at other near-by hotels). This is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000 rooms. It is minutes from the airport with 24-hour shuttle service to and from the airport. This hotel has many recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, spa, pools, sunning decks, Easy River, wave pool, lighted tennis courts, health spa, nightly shows, a number of restaurants, ... The negotiated room rate for conference attendees is very reasonable. The hotel is within walking distance from most other attractions (recreational destinations, Golf courses, ...) Important Dates: Dec. 10, 2007: Proposals for organizing/chairing sessions/workshops Feb. 25, 2008: Submission of papers (about 5 to 8 pages) March 25, 2008: Notification of acceptance April 25, 2008: Camera-Ready papers and Registration due July 14-17, 2008: The 2008 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'08 - 25 joint conferences) Topical Scope for each Conference: To receive the complete list of topics for each of the 25 conferences, send an email to hra@cs.uga.edu or wait for the conferences' url's to be constructed. Future Announcements: If you do not wish to receive future announcements about this event, please send an email to hra@cs.uga.edu. From tavares from fe.up.pt Sat Nov 17 07:55:24 2007 From: tavares from fe.up.pt (tavares@fe.up.pt) Date: Sat Nov 17 13:16:38 2007 Subject: [Computational-biology] Symposium "Image Processing and Analysis" within the ICCES'08 USA - Announce & Call for Papers Message-ID: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Symposium "Image Processing and Analysis" International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering & Sciences 2008 (ICCES'08) USA, 17-22 March 2008 http://icces.org/cgi-bin/ices08/pages/index We would appreciate if you could distribute this information by your colleagues and co-workers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Colleague, Within the International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering & Sciences 2008 (ICCES'08), to be held in USA, in 17-22 March 2008, we are organizing the Symposium "Image Processing and Analysis". Examples of some topics that will be considered in that symposium are: Image restoring, Image description, Image compression, Image segmentation, Objects description, Objects tracking, Objects matching, Objects reconstruction, Objects Registration, Software Development for Image Processing and Analysis, Grid Computing in Image Processing and Analysis, Applications of Image Processing and Analysis. Due to your research activities in those fields, we would like to invite you to submit your work and participate in the Symposium "Image Processing and Analysis". For instructions and submission, please access to the conference website at: http://icces.org/cgi-bin/ices08/pages/index. Please note that, when submitting your work you should choose the Symposium "Image Processing and Analysis". Important dates: - 15 Dec 2007: Deadline for abstract submission; - 20 Dec 2007: End of abstract selection; - 1 Feb 2008: Deadline for final 6-page paper submission. Kind regards, Jo?o Manuel R. S. Tavares (tavares@fe.up.pt) Renato Natal Jorge (rnatal@fe.up.pt) (University of Porto, Portugal - Symposium organizers) From javeda from cs.rpi.edu Tue Nov 20 21:59:54 2007 From: javeda from cs.rpi.edu (javeda@cs.rpi.edu) Date: Tue Nov 20 22:22:56 2007 Subject: [Computational-biology] (no subject) Message-ID: <3602.74.67.1.27.1195613994.squirrel@webmail.cs.rpi.edu> Dear Colleague: We would like to bring to your attention a workshop on Data Mining for Biomedical Informatics at the SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM08), in Atlanta, Georgia, April 24 - 26, 2008. This is the second workshop in the series of Data Mining for Biomedical Informatics workshops held in conjunction with SDM. The URL for the workshop is: http://www.cs.rpi.edu/DMBIO08/ This workshop intends to provide a venue to facilitate the exchange of ideas between scientists in computer science, biology, mathematics and clinical research by bringing together researchers to discuss and present sources of data, research topics that may be addressed by such data, and data mining algorithms that may be used to analyze them. We encourage the submission of papers that use techniques from disciplines such as statistics, linear algebra, functional analysis, and signal processing, applied in some biomedical domain, as well as papers exposing rich sources of publicly available biomedical data that are of interest to the data mining community. Important Dates =============== Papers due: January 11, 2008 Notification of acceptance: January 20, 2008 Final version: February 4, 2008 Workshop: April 26, 2008 We are looking forward to receiving your submission. With best regards, Asif Javed, Publicity Chair javeda@cs.rpi.edu On behalf of the organizers Petros Drineas drinep@cs.rpi.edu Michael W. Mahoney mahoney@yahoo-inc.com Rui Kuang kuang@cs.umn.edu