[Computational-biology] National Conference on Statistical, Computational and Visualization Methods in Medical Informatics (SCVMMI 2011)

[George Towfic]

** Apologies for cross-posting **

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 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS

 Statistical, Computational and Visualization Methods in Medical Informatics Conference 
June 3-4, 2011, Clarke University, Dubuque, Iowa
 http://www.clarke.edu/scvmmi
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 This two-day national medical informatics conference will explore
 recent advances to understand, improve and analyze the impact of
 medical data analysis on treating and better understanding human
 diseases. Health care professionals, clinical researchers, and
 scientists will discuss and present new developments in determining
 efficient models to explore treatments and disease patterns related to major epidemic diseases such as cancer and HIV.

 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
 Dr. Michael Coen, University of Wisconsin
 Dr. Dianne Cook, Iowa State University
 Dr. Frank Graziano, University of Wisconsin & Joint Clinical Research Center, Kampala, Uganda.
 Dr. Mary Sara McPeek, University of Chicago
 Dr. Robert Shafer , Stanford University
 Dr. George Weiner, The University of Iowa

 ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS
 Authors are invited to submit abstracts that demonstrate original
 unpublished research in all areas of biomedical informatics.  Surveys of important recent results and directions are also welcome.  Authors of accepted abstracts may submit a paper.  The three top papers will be announced at the conference, and winning authors will be reimbursed for publication costs if the paper is published before June 4, 2012 in a top tier journal. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

 Genetic Data Analysis
     * Genome-Phenome Analysis
     * Gene expression changes in adaptive immune response
     * Comparative approaches to immunology
     * Immunogenomics


 Software Developments in Medical Informatics
     * Machine learning for colossal datasets
     * Visualization and graphical methods for data mining and model
       diagnostics
     * Decision support systems in health and medical care
     * Biomedical Signal/Image Analysis
     * Immunoinformatics Databases, Knowledge Bases, Ontologies

 Statistical and Computational Methods in Medical Informatics
     * Statistical and computational modeling in Biomedical
       Intelligence, Immune Systems, Clinical Datasets, and Electronic Health Record
     * Drug and vaccine design including biomarker discovery and epitope analysis and prediction
     * Multi-agent based modeling of immune response

 HOW TO SUBMIT
 Abstract submissions must be made electronically to scvmmi from clarke.edu.
 Please include the names and affiliations of all authors, the title of
 the work, preferred presentation mode (talk/poster), and the
 corresponding author information (phone number, current position, and
 preferred e-mail address for notification). Submission implies the
 willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the work.

 IMPORTANT DATES
 Submission Deadline: April 10, 2011
 Notification of Acceptance: April 30, 2011
 Full paper contest submission deadline: May 20, 2011
    (Paper writers must submit the paper abstract by April 10th.)
 Registration Deadline: May 20, 2011

 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
 Karin Dorman, Iowa State University
 Roberta Lavin, Clarke University
 Judy Munshower, Clarke University
 George Towfic, Clarke University
 Samira Kettoola Towfic, Clarke University

 PROGRAM COMMITTEE
 Doina Caragea, Kansas State University
 Garrett Dancik, University of Colorado
 Brooke Fridley, Mayo Clinic
 Heike Hofmann, Iowa State University
 Peng Liu, Iowa State University
 Volodymyr Melnykov, North Dakota State University
 Sonya Snedecor, Pharmerit International


Also, please circulate this to your students, colleagues, and anyone else you think might be interested. We hope to see you in Dubuque!

Best regards,

SCVMMI  2011 Admin Team