BIOMATRIX SOCIETY FORMS
February, 1991 (SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO): Organizers have announced the
formation of "Biomatrix -- A Society for Biological Computation and
Informatics." The society is devoted to the establishment of an
infrastructure for biological understanding based on information-processing
technology. It advocates the view that biological science, driven by enormous
collections of data and a very large and diverse literature, can be better
ordered and comprehended by applying new methods of data base management,
artificial intelligence, computational theory and computer modeling. The
society's activities include meetings and workshops, electronic bulletin
boards, networking, and a quarterly newsletter.
During its first year the group will be run by an executive committee
consisting of Robert Bolender (University of Washington), Lindley Darden
(University of Maryland), Dan Davison (University of Houston), Larry Hunter
(National Library of Medicine), Peter Karp (SRI International), Harold
Morowitz (George Mason University), and Chris Overton (Unisys Corp.). The
society will be administered by the Santa Fe Institute, a private, independent
organization dedicated to multidisciplinary scientific research. For more
information contact Ginger Richardson, Santa Fe Institute, 1120 Canyon Road,
Santa Fe, NM 87501 (grr at sfi.santafe.edu).
