From info from areadne.org Fri Feb 1 17:10:56 2008 From: info from areadne.org (AREADNE Conferences) Date: Fri Feb 1 23:12:14 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] AREADNE 2008 Call for Abstracts Message-ID: <20080201151056.7eb054d4fa094d076ec21aa9c86fa1a7.361d659a28.wbe@email.secureserver.net> CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AREADNE 2008 Research in Encoding and Decoding of Neural Ensembles June 26 - 29, 2008 Nomikos Conference Center Santorini, Greece http://www.areadne.org info@areadne.org INTRODUCTION One of the fundamental problems in neuroscience today is to understand how the activation of large populations of neurons give rise to higher order functions of the brain including learning, memory, cognition, perception, action and ultimately conscious awareness. Electrophysiological recordings in behaving animals over the past forty years have revealed considerable information about what the firing patterns of single neurons encode in isolation, but it remains largely a mystery how collections of neurons interact to perform these functions. Recent technological advances have for the first time provided a glimpse into the global functioning of the brain. These technologies include functional magnetic resonance imaging, optical imaging methods including intrinsic, voltage-sensitive dye, and two-photon imaging, high-density electroencephalography and magnetoencephalography, and multi-microelectrode array electrophysiology. These technologies have expanded our knowledge of brain functioning beyond the single neuron level. At the same time, our understanding of how neuronal ensembles carry information has allowed the development of brain-machine interfaces (BMI) to enhance the capabilities of patients with sensory and motor deficits. Knowledge of how neuronal ensembles encode sensory stimuli has made it possible to develop perceptual BMIs for the hearing and visually impaired. Likewise, research in how neuronal ensembles decode motor intentions has resulted in motor BMIs by which people with severe motor disabilities can control external devices. CONFERENCE MISSION First and foremost, this conference is intended to bring scientific leaders from around the world to present their recent findings on the functioning of neuronal ensembles. Second, the meeting will provide an informal yet spectacular setting on Santorini in which attendees can discuss and share ideas outside of the presentations at the conference center. Third, this conference continues our long term project to form a systems neuroscience research institute within Greece to conduct state-of-the-art research, offer meetings and courses, and provide a center for visiting scientists from around the world to interact with Greek researchers and students. FORMAT AND SPEAKERS The conference will span four days, in morning and early evening sessions. Confirmed speakers include experts in the field of multi-neuron experiment and analysis (in alphabetic order): Larry Abbott, John Assad, John Dani, John Donoghue, Jennifer Groh, Naoum Issa, Nancy Kopell, George Kostopoulos, Gilles Laurent, Nikos Logothetis, Lee Miller, Jason MacLean, Eve Marder, Tony Movshon, Bill Newsome, Catherine Ojakangas, Tatiana Pasternak, Desmond Patterson, Yiota Poirazi, Alex Pouget, Erin Schuman, Krishna Shenoy, Murray Sherman, and Sara Solla. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS We are currently soliciting abstracts for poster presentation. Submissions will be accepted electronically, and must be received by March 8, 2008. Automated email acknowledgment of submission will be provided, and manual verification will be made a few days after submission. Notification of acceptance will be provided by April 3, 2008. Please see our on-line Call for Abstracts at http://areadne.org/call-for-abstracts.html for additional details. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE John Pezaris, Co-Chair Nicho Hatsopoulos, Co-Chair Dora Angelaki Catherine Ojakangas Thanos Siapas Andreas Tolias SPONSORS The AREADNE 2008 Conference is being sponsored by the Center for Integrative Neuroscience and Neuroengineering Research, University of Chicago and Illinois Institute of Technology. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION For further information please see the conference web site http://www.areadne.org or send email to info@areadne.org. -- Dr. J. S. Pezaris AREADNE Co-Chair Massachusetts General Hospital 55 Fruit Street Boston, MA 02114, USA john@areadne.org From asidhu from biomap.org Mon Feb 4 03:50:45 2008 From: asidhu from biomap.org (Amandeep Sidhu) Date: Mon Feb 4 11:28:22 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] Last CFP: 3rd Special Track on Ontologies for BiomedicalSystems for CBMS 2008 Message-ID: <2dbc82b00802040050m3605bf05w1ccf2cd7d57a0e56@mail.gmail.com> 3rd Special Track on Ontologies for Biomedical Systems for 21st IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems Jyv?skyl?, Finland June 17-19 2008 http://cbms08.biomap.org/ Call for Papers Biomedical Ontologies have developed in an uncoordinated way, often reflecting mere relations of 'association' between what are called 'concepts', and serving primarily the purposes of information extraction from on-line biomedical literature and databases. In recent years, we have learned a great deal about the criteria which must be satisfied if ontology is to allow true information integration and automatic reasoning across data and information derived from different sources. The goal of this track is to survey existing biomedical ontologies and reform them in such a way as to allow true information integration in biomedical domain. Authors are invited to submit original papers exploring the theories, techniques, and applications of biomedical ontologies. Papers are invited (but not limited) to the following themes: * Biomedical Ontologies for Genetics, Proteomics, Diseases, Privacy etc. * Conceptual Models for Biological and Medical Data * Semantics in Biological Data Modeling * Use of semantics to manage Interoperation in Biomedical Databases * Semantic Web technologies and formalisms for Biomedical Data * Ontology representation and exchange languages for bioinformatics * Biomedical Ontologies and OWL * Biological Data Integration and Management using Ontologies * Biomedical Data Engineering using Ontologies * Application of Biomedical Ontologies for Heterogeneous Database Access * Query Optimization Techniques for Biomedical Database using Ontologies * Support of Ontologies for Biological Information Retrieval and Web Services * Change Management in Biomedical Ontologies * Tools for Development and Management of Biomedical Ontologies Important Dates 04 February 2008 Paper Submission Due 28 February 2008 Notification of acceptance 28 March 2008 Final camera-ready paper due 28 March 2008 Pre-registration deadline Paper Submission Procedures Submitted papers have to be original, containing new and original results. Use a maximum of 6 pages IEEE two-column format, including figures and references. All submissions will be done electronically via the CBMS 2008 web submission system (http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=CBMS2008). Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper at the CBMS 2008 Symposium. All papers will be peer reviewed by at least two independent referees. All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings. High Quality submissions will be published in a special issue of Biomedical Ontologies Journal by Oxford University Press. Track Organizers Amandeep S. Sidhu Curtin University of Technology, Perth http://www.amandeep.org/ Tharam S. Dillon Curtin University of Technology, Perth Jake Chen Indiana University, USA http://informatics.iupui.edu/people/profile.php?id=74 Elizabeth Chang Curtin University of Technology, Australia http://www.fit.cbs.curtin.edu.au/~chang/docs/index.php Program Committee Alexey Tsymbal (Siemens, Germany) David Hansen (e-Health Research Centre, CSIRO, Australia) David Taniar (Monash University, Australia) Ernesto Damiani (Computer Science Department, Milan University, Italy) Fabio Porto (Database Laboratory, EPFL, Switzerland) Farookh K. Hussain (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) Fedja Hadzic (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) Huiru Zheng (University of Ulster, UK) Jake Chen (Indiana University, USA) James Geller (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA) Jason Wang (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA) Li Liao (University of Delaware, USA) Ling Feng (Tsinghua University, China) Maja Hadzic (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) Midori Harris (GO Consortium, European Bioinformatics Institute) Mustafa Jarrar (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) Robert Meersman (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) Silke Eckstein (Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany) Sourav S Bhowmick (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Sun Kim (School of Informatics, Indiana University, USA) Wenny Rahayu (La Trobe University, Australia) Werner Ceusters (New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences, USA) Yi Pan (Georgia State University, USA) From gbonte from ulb.ac.be Thu Feb 7 05:33:19 2008 From: gbonte from ulb.ac.be (gbonte) Date: Thu Feb 7 13:05:49 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] Open position at the ULB Computer Science Dept in Bioinformatics and Computational Methods for Life Sciences (Brussels, Belgium) Message-ID: <47AADE6F.8050200@ulb.ac.be> The Faculty of Science of the Universit? Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) announces the opening of a full-time academic position in the Department of Computer Science starting October 1st, 2008. Candidates are expected to lead high quality teaching and research programs in computational aspects of life sciences and bioinformatics. All applicants are expected to hold a Phd in Computer Science or related disciplines and have a strong record of publications and research experience in the areas of life science and computing. Experiences in interdisciplinary collaboration as well as a significantly long research stay in a foreign university or research laboratory are important assets. Required expertise: bioinformatics, computational and stochastic modelling of life sciences problems, machine learning, data mining, numerical methods, algorithmics and optimization. Applications should be sent as soon as possible, and before April, 1st 2008 Additional details are available on http://www.ulb.ac.be/di/vacancy1.html We appreciate if you can forward this announcement to potential candidates. -- Gianluca Bontempi Universite Libre de Bruxelles Departement d'Informatique Machine Learning Group Boulevard du Triomphe - CP212 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium email: gbonte@ulb.ac.be Office Phone: +32-2-650 55 91 Fax: +32 2 650.56.09 web: http://www.ulb.ac.be/di/mlg From tsd2008 from tsdconference.org Thu Feb 7 06:37:49 2008 From: tsd2008 from tsdconference.org (TSD 2008) Date: Thu Feb 7 13:07:15 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] TSD 2008 First Call for Papers Message-ID: ********************************************************* TSD 2008 - FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS ********************************************************* Eleventh International Conference on TEXT, SPEECH and DIALOGUE (TSD 2008) Brno, Czech Republic, 8-12 September 2008 http://www.tsdconference.org/ The conference is organized by the Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, and the Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen. The conference is supported by International Speech Communication Association. Venue: Brno, Czech Republic TSD SERIES TSD series evolved as a prime forum for interaction between researchers in both spoken and written language processing from the former East Block countries and their Western colleagues. Proceedings of TSD form a book published by Springer-Verlag in their Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series. TOPICS Topics of the conference will include (but are not limited to): text corpora and tagging transcription problems in spoken corpora sense disambiguation links between text and speech oriented systems parsing issues parsing problems in spoken texts multi-lingual issues multi-lingual dialogue systems information retrieval and information extraction text/topic summarization machine translation semantic networks and ontologies semantic web speech modeling speech segmentation speech recognition search in speech for IR and IE text-to-speech synthesis dialogue systems development of dialogue strategies prosody in dialogues emotions and personality modeling user modeling knowledge representation in relation to dialogue systems assistive technologies based on speech and dialogue applied systems and software facial animation visual speech synthesis Papers on processing languages other than English are strongly encouraged. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Frederick Jelinek, USA (general chair) Hynek Hermansky, Switzerland (executive chair) Eneko Agirre, Spain Genevieve Baudoin, France Jan Cernocky, Czech Republic Attila Ferencz, Romania Alexander Gelbukh, Mexico Louise Guthrie, GB Jan Hajic, Czech Republic Eva Hajicova, Czech Republic Patrick Hanks, Czech Republic Ludwig Hitzenberger, Germany Jaroslava Hlavacova, Czech Republic Ales Horak, Czech Republic Eduard Hovy, USA Ivan Kopecek, Czech Republic Steven Krauwer, The Netherlands Siegfried Kunzmann, Germany Natalija Loukachevitch, Russia Vaclav Matousek, Czech Republic Hermann Ney, Germany Elmar Noeth, Germany Karel Oliva, Czech Republic Karel Pala, Czech Republic Nikola Pavesic, Slovenia Vladimir Petkevic, Czech Republic Fabio Pianesi, Italy Josef Psutka, Czech Republic James Pustejovsky, USA Leon Rothkrantz, The Netherlands Ernst G. Schukat-Talamazzini, Germany Pavel Skrelin, Russia Pavel Smrz, Czech Republic Marko Tadic, Croatia Tamas Varadi, Hungary Zygmunt Vetulani, Poland Taras Vintsiuk, Ukraine Yorick Wilks, GB Victor Zakharov, Russia FORMAT OF THE CONFERENCE The conference program will include presentation of invited papers, oral presentations, and poster/demonstration sessions. Papers will be presented in plenary or topic oriented sessions. Social events including a trip in the vicinity of Brno will allow for additional informal interactions. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Authors are invited to submit a full paper not exceeding 8 pages formatted in the LNCS style (see below). Those accepted will be presented either orally or as posters. The decision about the presentation format will be based on the recommendation of the reviewers. The authors are asked to submit their papers using the on-line form accessible from the conference website. Papers submitted to TSD 2008 must not be under review by any other conference or publication during the TSD review cycle, and must not be previously published or accepted for publication elsewhere. As reviewing will be blind, the paper should not include the authors' names and affiliations. Furthermore, self-references that reveal the author's identity, e.g., "We previously showed (Smith, 1991) ...", should be avoided. Instead, use citations such as "Smith previously showed (Smith, 1991) ...". Papers that do not conform to the requirements above are subject to be rejected without review. The authors are strongly encouraged to write their papers in TeX or LaTeX formats. These formats are necessary for the final versions of the papers that will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes. Authors using a WORD compatible software for the final version must use the LNCS template for WORD and within the submit process ask the Proceedings Editors to convert the paper to LaTeX format. For this service a service-and-license fee of CZK 1500 will be levied automatically. The paper format for review has to be either PDF or PostScript file with all required fonts included. Upon notification of acceptance, presenters will receive further information on submitting their camera-ready and electronic sources (for detailed instructions on the final paper format see http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html#Proceedings.) Authors are also invited to present actual projects, developed software or interesting material relevant to the topics of the conference. The presenters of the demonstration should provide the abstract not exceeding one page. The demonstration abstracts will not appear in the conference proceedings. IMPORTANT DATES March 15 2008 ............ Submission of abstract March 22 2008 ............ Submission of full papers May 15 2008 .............. Notification of acceptance May 31 2008 .............. Final papers (camera ready) and registration July 23 2008 ............. Submission of demonstration abstracts July 30 2008 ............. Notification of acceptance for demonstrations sent to the authors September 8-12 2008 ...... Conference date Submission of abstract serves for better organization of the review process only - for the actual review a full paper submission is necessary. The contributions to the conference will be published in proceedings that will be made available to participants at the time of the conference. OFFICIAL LANGUAGE The official language of the conference is English. CONFERENCE FEES The conference fee depends on the date of payment and on your status. It includes one copy of the proceedings, refreshments, local transport, social events and organizing costs. The fee does not include accommodation. Full participant: Early payment (by May 31): CZK 8500 Late payment (by August 15): CZK 10000 On-site payment: CZK 12000 Student: Early payment (by May 24): CZK 7000 Late payment (by August 15): CZK 8500 On-site payment: CZK 10000 The payment may be refunded up until August 15, at the cost of CZK 1500. No refund is possible after this date. All costs are in Czech Crowns (Czech Koruna, CZK), see e.g. http://www.xe.com/ucc/ for the current exchange rate. At least one of the authors has to register and pay the registration fee by June 16, 2008 for their paper to be included in the conference proceedings. Only one paper of up to 8 pages is included in the regular registration fee. The additional paper and page charge is CZK 1000 per page. An author with more than one paper pays the additional paper(s) rates unless a co-author has also registered and paid the full registration fee. The organizing committee will provide discounts and grants for participants from East European countries (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, ..). To apply for a grant, send an email to tsd2008@tsdconference.org with subject 'Grant Application', in which you briefly describe the reasons for your application. Each applicant must send a separate e-mail. ACCOMMODATION The organizing committee will arrange discounts on accommodation in the 3-star hotel at the conference venue. The current prices of the accommodation will be available at the conference website. ADDRESS All correspondence regarding the conference should be addressed to Dana Hlavackova, TSD 2008 Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University Botanicka 68a, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic phone: +420-5-49 49 33 29 fax: +420-5-49 49 18 20 email: tsd2008@tsdconference.org The official TSD 2008 homepage is: http://www.tsdconference.org/ LOCATION Brno is the second largest city in the Czech Republic with a population of almost 400.000. The city is the country's judiciary and trade-fair center. Brno is the capital of Moravia, which is in the south-east part of the Czech Republic. Brno had been a Royal City since 1347 and with its six universities it forms also a cultural center of the region. Brno can be reached easily by direct flights from London, Moscow, Barcelona and Prague and by trains or buses from Prague (200 km) or Vienna (130 km). For the participants with some extra time, some nearby places may also be of interest. Local ones include: Brno Castle now called Spilberk, Veveri Castle, the Old and New City Halls, the Augustine Monastery with St. Thomas Church and crypt of Moravian Margraves, Church of St. James, Cathedral of St. Peter & Paul, Cartesian Monastery in Kralovo Pole, the famous Villa Tugendhat designed by Mies van der Rohe along with other important buildings of between-war Czech architecture. For those willing to venture out of Brno, Moravian Karst with Macocha Chasm and Punkva caves, battlefield of Battle of three emperors (Napoleon, Russian Alexander and Austrian Franz - Battle by Austerlitz), Chateau of Slavkov (Austerlitz), Pernstejn Castle, Buchlov Castle, Lednice Chateau, Buchlovice Chateau, Letovice Chateau, Mikulov with one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in Central Europe, Telc - a town on the UNESCO heritage list, and many others are all within easy reach. From ptan from cse.msu.edu Thu Feb 7 16:11:21 2008 From: ptan from cse.msu.edu (Pang-Ning Tan) Date: Thu Feb 7 18:02:01 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] SDM 2008 Call for participation Message-ID: ============================================================ CALL FOR PARTICIPATION SDM'08: 2008 SIAM International Conference on Data Mining Sponsored by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Atlanta, Georgia, USA April 24-26, 2008. This conference is held in cooperation with the American Statistical Association (ASA). ============================================================= [Pre-registration deadline: Monday, March 24, 2008] On-line registration (and more information) available at http://www.siam.org/meetings/sdm08/ HIGHLIGHTS ---------- * 4 plenary talks * 3 full day and 1 half day workshops * 4 tutorials * 40 full and 37 short papers ===================== PLENARY SPEAKERS ===================== * Geometry and Analysis on Digital Data, Emergent Structures and Knowledge Building Ronald Coifman, Yale University * Algorithms for understanding the Sky Andrew W. Moore, Google Inc. * Mining Multilingual Documents Dianne P. O'Leary, University of Maryland at College Park * Data Mining and Materials Informatics Krishna Rajan, Iowa State University ================================ Tutorials ================================ Note that tutorials are complementary with conference registration. * Mining Massive Collections of Shapes and Time Series: With Case Studies in Anthropology and Astronomy Eamonn Keogh, University of California - Riverside * Anomaly Detection Arindam Banerjee, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Varun Chandola, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Jaideep Srivastava, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Aleksandar Lazarevic, United Technologies * Data Mining based Social Network Analysis from Online Behavior Jaideep Srivastava, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Muhammad A Ahmad, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Nishith Pathak, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities David Kuo-Wei Hsu, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities * Fast N-body Algorithms for Massive Datasets Alex Gray, Georgia Tech =================================== Workshops =================================== * Data Mining for Biomedical Informatics (Full Day) * Link Analysis, Counterterrorism, and Security (Full Day) * Text Mining 2008 (Full Day) * Practical Privacy-Preserving Data Mining (Half Day) From gbonte from ulb.ac.be Mon Feb 11 11:13:56 2008 From: gbonte from ulb.ac.be (gbonte) Date: Mon Feb 11 13:49:56 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] JOB: academic position at the ULB Computer Science Dept in Bioinformatics and Computational Methods for Life Sciences (Brussels, Belgium) Message-ID: The Faculty of Science of the Universit? Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) announces the opening of a full-time academic position in the Department of Computer Science starting October 1st, 2008. Candidates are expected to lead high quality teaching and research programs in computational aspects of life sciences and bioinformatics. All applicants are expected to hold a Phd in Computer Science or related disciplines and have a strong record of publications and research experience in the areas of life science and computing. Experiences in interdisciplinary collaboration as well as a significantly long research stay in a foreign university or research laboratory are important assets. Required expertise: bioinformatics, computational and stochastic modelling of life sciences problems, machine learning, data mining, numerical methods, algorithmics and optimization. Applications should be sent as soon as possible, and before April, 1st 2008 Additional details are available on http://www.ulb.ac.be/di/vacancy1.html We appreciate if you can forward this announcement to potential candidates. -- Gianluca Bontempi Universite Libre de Bruxelles Departement d'Informatique Machine Learning Group Boulevard du Triomphe - CP212 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium email: gbonte@ulb.ac.be Office Phone: +32-2-650 55 91 Fax: +32 2 650.56.09 web: http://www.ulb.ac.be/di/mlg From prash from ruc.dk Mon Feb 11 12:58:41 2008 From: prash from ruc.dk (Prash) Date: Mon Feb 11 13:50:03 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] Call for papers: Systems Biology in present day Bioinformatics Message-ID: <1202752721.47b08cd11a76c@webmail.ruc.dk> Dear All, We invite you to present abstracts of the papers in the area of Systems Biology. The workshop is a part of International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation: IMETI 2008 in Florida. The workshop includes a tutorial and presentations of selected works in the field of systems biology. Papers of high quality are selected from three rounds of reviewing from elite panelists. More details can be had by visiting the following page: http://www.infocybereng.org/imeti2008/ If you wish to participate pr send the abastracts for the worskhop, please contact me at prash@ruc.dk Sincerely Prash on behalf of organizers of the workshop Systems Biology in present day bioinformatics Prashanth Suravajhala PhD Fellow http://ruc.dk/~prash/ ?Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.? ~~ Ralph Waldo From jeedward from yahoo.com Mon Feb 11 22:12:34 2008 From: jeedward from yahoo.com (John Edward) Date: Tue Feb 12 12:28:33 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] BCBGC-08 Draft paper submission deadline is just few days from now Message-ID: <713497.96220.qm@web45916.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Dear Professors, Colleagues and Friends Kindly share the announcement below with those who may be interested: thank you in advance. Sincerely John Edward BCBGC-08 Draft paper submission deadline is just few days from now The 2008 International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics and Chemoinformatics (BCBGC-08) (website: www.PromoteResearch.org ) will be held during July 7-10 2008 in Orlando, FL, USA. The draft paper submission deadline is extended until February 19 2008 due to several requests from the authors. The conference will be held at the same time and location where several major events (see below) will be taking place. BCBGC brings together both academic and industrial scientists and developers from a diverse range of disciplines including bioinformatics, computer science, computational biology, genomics, proteomics and chemoinformatics. One of the main goals of the conference is to promote the dissemination of research to a multidisciplinary audience and to facilitate communication among researchers in different fields. Papers that demonstrate applications of existing techniques or developments of new methods are equally welcomed to the conference. Sincerely John Edward ? International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR-08) ? International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Control Systems (ARCS-08) ? International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics and Chemoinformatics (BCBGC-08) ? International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies (EISWT-08) ? International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking and Communication Systems (HPCNCS-08) ? International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice (SETP-08) ? International Conference on Theoretical and Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (TMFCS-08) --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. From holste from alum.mit.edu Wed Feb 13 04:14:59 2008 From: holste from alum.mit.edu (Dirk Holste) Date: Wed Feb 13 10:24:07 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] Posting to list (JOB: open programmer position; academic; Vienna, Austria) Message-ID: <30579955.19221202894099949.JavaMail.gbourne@brunch.mit.edu> To whom it may concern: i'm a reader of the comp-bio list and would like to distribute an open position for a programmer/software developer at the University of Veterinary Medicine (VMU) Vienna. -Thanks. Dirk Holste -- JOB: open programmer position; academic; Vienna, Austria, The University of Veterinary Medicine (VMU) Vienna plans for the construction of several large-scale, heterogeneous biodatabases (e.g., for the comprehensive and long-term acquisition and information retrieval of cancer data) and searches for a programer or software developer. RESPONSIBILITIES: - Database construction, administration, integration, and processing of heterogenous data; - Requirement analysis (direct); - Analysis, design and implementation of application modules and web interfaces for applied biological research and e-learning; - Processing of scientific data; - Occasionally small amount of user support for hard/software. REQUIREMENTS: - Excellent knowledge of object oriented programming (Java/C++); - Web-based programming (JSP, XML+XSLT, HTML+JavaScript); - Database programming (SQL, postgreSQL) and data modelling in relational DBs - Knowledge of Linux/UNIX and OS X (scripting); Windows and Tomcat-experience are a plus; - Interest to actively collaborate in research projects in the fields of computational biology and/or population genetics; - Professional, cooperative, systematical, and goal-oriented working style - Good communications skills. PREFERENCES: - Completed education in computer science; - Experience in design and implementation of sofware applications. LOCALE: http://www.vu-wien.ac.at/en. Department of Genetics. SALARY AND BENEFITS: To be negotiated. HOW TO APPLY: E-mail: or . DEADLINE: As long as position is open. From kavya.swaminathan from gmail.com Thu Feb 14 01:11:14 2008 From: kavya.swaminathan from gmail.com (Kavya Swaminathan) Date: Thu Feb 14 14:11:16 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] Replikon '08 Message-ID: <13da18e6-5e3c-458f-b811-a5bd863bb894@t55g2000hsa.googlegroups.com> CODE-ON!..A bioinformatics programming contest (do you get the word play in the name...smart huh?). A first of its kind (to the best of our knowledge) programming contest mainly for students of bioinformatics. To all students of bioinformatics, this is your chance to prove your super cool computer geekhood! And if you are not a bioinformatics student, this is still a chance to prove your super cool computer geekhood, and get interested in bioinformatics and computational biology in the process. If you can code, then you are our man! Code-on is being conducted as a part of Replikon '08, the technical fest of the School of Biotechnology, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, VIT University, TN. The event is being co-organised by RSG-India, the Indian wing of ISCB-SC(International society for computational biology-Student council). Date: 22 Feb 2008 Languages: Perl, Python, C , C++ Teams: Max 2 per team For more details look up http://www.vit.ac.in/replikon08/codeon.html or call Avinash +91-9361154426 From dgci2008 from liris.cnrs.fr Thu Feb 14 08:56:41 2008 From: dgci2008 from liris.cnrs.fr (DGCI 2008) Date: Thu Feb 14 14:11:21 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] DGCI 2008 - Call for Participation Message-ID: <20080214135641.02D8F1D309@liris.cnrs.fr> ------------------------------------------------ Call for Participation The 14th International Conference on DISCRETE GEOMETRY for COMPUTER IMAGERY (DGCI 08) April 16th - 18th 2008 Lyon, France http://liris.cnrs.fr/dgci2008 ------------------------------------------------ DGCI'2008 is the 14th in the series of international conferences on Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery. Its aim is to gather researchers in discrete geometry and topology, and discrete models, with applications in image analysis and image synthesis. Discrete geometry plays an expanding role in the fields of shape modelling, image synthesis, and image analysis. It deals with topological and geometric definitions of digitized objects or digitized images and provides both a theoretical and computational framework for computer imaging. We are pleased to announce the complete Scientific Program available at: http://liris.cnrs.fr/dgci2008/program.html Invited Lectures: ================= - Pr. Dinesh Manocha, Department of Computer Science, University of N. Carolina, USA - Pr. Ullrich Köthe, Multidimensional Image Processing Group, Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Computing of the University of Heidelberg, Germany - Pr. Jean-Pierre Reveilles, Equipe Image, Laboratoire d'Algorithmique et Image de Clermont-Ferrand, France Useful Links: ============= - Registration: http://liris.cnrs.fr/dgci2008/registration.html - Accommodations: http://liris.cnrs.fr/dgci2008/accommodations.html From andy.zaayenga from nospam.com Fri Feb 15 02:10:29 2008 From: andy.zaayenga from nospam.com (Andy Zaayenga) Date: Fri Feb 15 11:54:05 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] Automated Biorepositories: Successful Models Message-ID: Meeting Announcement Automated Biorepositories: Successful Models Dear colleagues, LRIG will host a second annual meeting on biorepositories with an emphasis on how automation has been successfully applied to solve problems with managing collections. The meeting consists of a technology exhibition, tours of RUCDR and social period followed by presentations and discussion. It will take place at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey in Piscataway, NJ from 3:00-9:00 PM on February 28, 2008. The web page with full details may be found at . An abbreviated agenda: Tours: Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository (RUCDR) Dr. David Toke, Associate Managing Director, Rutgers University Cell & DNA Repository (RUCDR) >From 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Dr. Toke will conduct tours of the Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository. Presentation: Development and validation of the UK Biobank sample handling, processing and archiving protocol Tim Peakman, Executive Director, UK Biobank Presentation: Implementation of the UK Biobank Paul Downey, Director of Operations, UK Biobank Presentation: The Pfizer Liquid Store, DNA & BioFluids REMP Store Craig Hines, Manager, Liquid Store Center of Emphasis, Pfizer - Kings Heights Technology Center Diane Johnson, Head of DNA & BioFluids Center of Emphasis, Pfizer - Kings Heights Technology Center Leonid Vodonos, Facility Manager, Pfizer - Kings Heights Technology Center Presentation: The Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository Dr. Andrew Brooks, Associate Director of Technology Development for the Rutgers University Cell and DNA Repository (RUCDR) Presentation: ISBER ISBER is the leading international forum that addresses the technical, legal, ethical, and managerial issues relevant to repositories of biological and environmental specimens. Exhibitors include: Applied Biosystems, ArcticWhite, BioMicroLab, Brady Corporation, C&R Laboratory Equipment, Cosmo Bio, Genvault, Hamilton Storage Technologies, Hudson Robotics, ISC BioExpress / Micronic, Laboratory Disposable Products, LabVantage Solutions, Phenix Research Products, Qiagen, REMP, Tecan Group, RTS Life Science, The Automation Partnership, Thermo Fisher Scientific / Matrix Liquid Handling Solutions, Tomtec, Worldwide Glass Resources . We have a complimentary menu, courtesy of the exhibitors, consisting of deli buffet and hot entrees beginning at 3:00 PM. The Laboratory Robotics Interest Group (LRIG) is a continuously growing special interest group focused on laboratory automation. Our membership consists of over 9,000 scientists and engineers. We are a non-profit group. No dues are collected, and no fees are charged to attend meetings. We hope to see you there! Thank you, Andy Zaayenga Executive Chair The Laboratory Robotics Interest Group web site: http://lab-robotics.org From hra from pixel.cviog.uga.edu Fri Feb 15 18:14:36 2008 From: hra from pixel.cviog.uga.edu (Hamid R. Arabnia) Date: Sat Feb 16 00:01:56 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] Call For Papers: CS and CE Conferences - July 2008, USA, WORLDCOMP'08 (deadline: Feb. 25, 2008) Message-ID: <20080215232851.EC9E48DB6C4@pixel.cviog.uga.edu> Dear Colleagues: Please share the following announcement with those who may be interested; I would be most grateful. The deadline for the submission of papers is Feb. 25, 2008. Thank you, Hamid ----- CALL FOR PAPERS WORLDCOMP'08 The 2008 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing July 14-17, 2008, Las Vegas, USA http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/ (composed of 25 Joint Conferences) Academic Sponsors include research labs at: Harvard University, MIT, UCLA, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Texas at Austin, University of Iowa, University of Minnesota, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Emory University, University of North Dakota, PSU/Saudi, Russian Academy of Sciences, and others (see below). Corporate sponsors include Google and NIIT. You are invited to submit a paper for consideration. All accepted papers will be published in the respective conference proceedings. 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 BIOCOMP'08: The 2008 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology o CDES'08: The 2008 International Conference on Computer Design o CGVR'08: The 2008 International Conference on Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality o CIC'08: The 2008 International Conference on Communications in Computing o CSC'08: The 2008 International Conference on Scientific Computing o DMIN'08: The 2008 International Conference on Data Mining o EEE'08: The 2008 International Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government o ERSA'08: The 2008 International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms o ESA'08: The 2008 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications o FCS'08: The 2008 International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science o FECS'08: The 2008 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering o GCA'08: The 2008 International Conference on Grid Computing and Applications o GEM'08: The 2008 International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Methods o ICAI'08: The 2008 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence o ICOMP'08: The 2008 International Conference on Internet Computing o ICWN'08: The 2008 International Conference on Wireless Networks o IKE'08: The 2008 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering o IPCV'08: The 2008 International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition o ITSL'08: The 2008 International Conference on Information Theory and Statistical Learning o MLMTA'08: The 2008 International Conference on Machine Learning; Models, Technologies and Applications o MSV'08: The 2008 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods o PDPTA'08: The 2008 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications o SAM'08: The 2008 International Conference on Security and Management o SERP'08: The 2008 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice o SWWS'08: The 2008 International Conference on Semantic Web and Web Services (a link to each conference's URL can be found at http://www.world-academy-of-science.org) 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. David Cheriton (Stanford U.), 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. FEATURED 2008 KEYNOTE LECTURES: Prof. David A. Patterson University of California at Berkeley, California, USA Member, National Academy of Engineering Member, National Academy of Sciences Fellow of IEEE, ACM, and AAAS Shared (with John Hennessy) the IEEE John von Neumann Medal Prof. Ophir Frieder Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA The Royden B. Davis, SJ, Chair in Interdisciplinary Studies at Georgetown University, IITRI Chair Professor of Computer Science at Illinois Institute of Technology, Director, Information Retrieval lab (IIT) Fellow of IEEE, ACM, and AAAS (in addition to the above, each of the 25 conferences will have at least one keynote and one invited lecture). FEATURED TUTORIAL: Prof. H. J. Siegel Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA Abell Endowed Chair Distinguished Professor of ECE Professor of Computer Science Director, CSU Information Science and Technology Center (ISTeC) Fellow of IEEE and ACM (in addition to the above, there will also be 11 planned other tutorials). SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft paper (about 5 to 7 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. IMPORTANT DATES: Feb. 25, 2008: Submission of papers (about 5 to 7 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) GENERAL CO-CHAIR / COORDINATOR: Prof. Hamid R. Arabnia Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer) Vice President, Int'l Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine 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 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 compiled. 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, a short biography together with research interests and the name of the conference offering to help with. Many who have already joined the committees of individual tracks are renowned leaders, scholars, researchers, scientists and practitioners of the highest ranks; many are directors of research laboratories, fellows of various societies, heads/chairs of departments, deans and provosts. 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: 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. SPONSORS: (this is a partial list) Academic/Technical Co-Sponsors: (a partial list) --> Computational Biology and Functional Genomics Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA --> International Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine --> Horvath Lab, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA --> Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, USA --> Functional Genomics Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA --> BioMedical Informatics & Bio-Imaging Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA --> Intelligent Data Exploration and Analysis Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA --> Biomedical Cybernetics Lab, HST of Harvard University and MIT, USA --> Center for the Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA --> Harvard Statistical Genomics and Computational Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA --> Hawkeye Radiology Informatics, Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa, USA --> Medical Image HPC & Informatics Lab (MiHi Lab), University of Iowa, Iowa, USA --> The University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA --> PSU - Prince Sultan University --> Institute for Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. Corporate Co-Sponsors: (a partial list) --> Google, Inc. --> NIIT Technologies Other Co-Sponsors: (a partial list) --> High Performance Computing for Nanotechnology (HPCNano) --> International Technology Institute (ITI) --> GridToday --> HPCwire --> Hodges' Health (H2CM), UK From jeedward from gmail.com Sun Feb 17 05:34:49 2008 From: jeedward from gmail.com (john) Date: Sun Feb 17 13:40:57 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] BCBGC-08 Draft paper submission deadline is just few days from now Message-ID: <62556c56-fa33-47c1-a3ca-006ddba16c73@o10g2000hsf.googlegroups.com> BCBGC-08 Draft paper submission deadline is just few days from now The 2008 International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics and Chemoinformatics (BCBGC-08) (website: www.PromoteResearch.org ) will be held during July 7-10 2008 in Orlando, FL, USA. The draft paper submission deadline is extended until February 19 2008 due to several requests from the authors. The conference will be held at the same time and location where several major events (see below) will be taking place. BCBGC brings together both academic and industrial scientists and developers from a diverse range of disciplines including bioinformatics, computer science, computational biology, genomics, proteomics and chemoinformatics. One of the main goals of the conference is to promote the dissemination of research to a multidisciplinary audience and to facilitate communication among researchers in different fields. Papers that demonstrate applications of existing techniques or developments of new methods are equally welcomed to the conference. Sincerely John Edward * International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR-08) * International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Control Systems (ARCS-08) * International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics and Chemoinformatics (BCBGC-08) * International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies (EISWT-08) * International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking and Communication Systems (HPCNCS-08) * International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice (SETP-08) * International Conference on Theoretical and Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (TMFCS-08) From shandar from nibio.go.jp Mon Feb 18 06:40:17 2008 From: shandar from nibio.go.jp (Shandar Ahmad) Date: Mon Feb 18 11:08:54 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] PRIB 2008 Message-ID: <1203334817.3081.14.camel@slitheen> ** Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement ** FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS, INVITED SESSIONS AND TUTORIALS ____________________________________________________________________________ Third IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition in Bioinformatics October 15-17, 2008 Novotel, St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia Web:http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/prib08 _____________________________________________________________________________ Important Deadlines: Paper submission: 15 April 2008 Proposals for Special Sessions: 15 March 2008 Proposals for Tutorials: 15 May 2008 Author notification: 15 May 2008 Camera-ready papers: 15 June 2008 ______________________________________________________________________________ PRIB 2008 is aimed at bringing together top researchers, practitioners, and students from around the world to discuss the applications of pattern recognition methods in the field of bioinformatics to solve problems in life sciences. Pattern recognition techniques of interest include: statistical, syntactic, and structural approaches, Bayesian, hidden Markov and graphical models, neural networks, fuzzy and genetic algorithms, data mining, and their hybrids. Papers in areas of (but not limited to) bio-sequence analysis, gene and protein expression analysis, structure prediction, protein folding, docking, metabolic pathway analysis and regulatory networks, system biology, drug design, and bioimaging, are solicited for presentation at the conference. All papers will be peer reviewed and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings as an edited volume in Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics by Springer. Submission of papers will be electronic and through the conference website. Proposals for special sessions and tutorials at the conference are also invited in all related areas of research. Authors of selected papers presented at the conference will also be invited for publication in Special Issues of reputed journals. Location: Melbourne is a sophisticated city in the south-east corner of mainland Australia. It is known for its attractive site seeing places, great events, passion for food and wine and fabulous scenery. Boasting as a style-setter, Melbourne is home to continuous program of festivals, art exhibitions and musical extravaganzas. Warning: you might never want to go home. For latest information on PRIB 2008, visit the conference web site or email the secretariat at prib2008.melb@infotech.monash.edu.au ______________________________________________________________________ General Chair: Madhu Chetty (Monash University, Australia) General Co-Chair: Raj Acharya (Pennsylvania State University, USA) Program Chair: Jagath Rajapakse (NTU, Singapore) Technical Chairs: Elena Marchiori (Vrije University, The Netherlands) Bertil Schmidt (NICTA, Australia) Special Session Chairs: Jennifer Hallinan (New Castle University, UK) Alioune Ngom (University of Windsor, Canada) Local Chair: Shyh Wei Teng (Monash University, Australia) Publicity Chairs: Shandar Ahmad (Inst. of Biomedical Innovation, Japan) Phoebe Chen (Deakin University, Australia) Mariofanna Milanova (University of Arkansas at LR, USA) Md. Tamjidul Hoque (Griffith University, Australia) Publication Chairs: Sy Loi Ho (NTU, Singapore) Girija Chetty (University of Canberra, Australia) Sponsorship Chair: Dieter Bulach (CSIRO, Australia) Finance Manager: Tim Stephens (Monash University, Australia) Secretariat: Tina Bradshaw (Monash University, Australia) Web Master: Margot Schuhmacher (Monash University, Australia) _______________________________________________________________________________ Contact: PRIB 2008 Secretariat Gippsland School of Information Technology Monash University Churchill, Victoria - 3842, Australia Tel: +61 3 9902 6566 Fax: +61 3 9902 7137 Email: prib2008.melb@infotech.monash.edu.au _________________________________________________________________________________ From steven.gustafson from research.ge.com Mon Feb 18 15:21:51 2008 From: steven.gustafson from research.ge.com (Gustafson, Steven M (GE, Research)) Date: Mon Feb 18 16:17:10 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] 2nd Reminder: Workshop Announcement and CFP: 11th Annual GRADUATE STUDENT WORKSHOP - GECCO 2008 Message-ID: <2D5B42F6B139944C9767C21408CF9D0B028AC149@CINMLVEM12.e2k.ad.ge.com> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ Call for Papers 11th ANNUAL GRADUATE STUDENT WORKSHOP to be held as part of the 2008 GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION CONFERENCE (GECCO-2008) July 12-16, 2008 (Saturday-Wednesday) Renaissance Atlanta Hotel Atlanta, Georgia, USA Sponsored by ACM SIGEVO www.sigevo.org/GECCO-2008 PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR WORKSHOP: March 26, 2008 Workshop Website: http://www.gustafsonresearch.com/gecco08_graduate_workshop/ This full day workshop will involve presentations by approximately 12 selected students pursing research in some aspect of evolutionary computation. Students will make 15-20 minute presentations to an audience that will include a 'mentor' panel of established researchers in evolutionary computation. Presentations will be followed by a 10 minute question and discussion period led by the mentor panel. Submit a 4-page paper describing your current research. Students will also be invited present their work as a poster at the Tuesday evening Poster Session - an excellent opportunity to network with industry and academic members of the community. The goal of this workshop is to assist students regarding their research: research methodology, goals, and plans. Students will also receive feedback on their presentation style. Other attendees will benefit by learning about current research, engaging in technical discussions and meeting researchers with related interests. Other students are encouraged to attend as a means of strengthening their own research. The group of presenting students will be chosen with the intent of creating a diverse group of students working on a broad range of topic areas. Awards will be presented for best work and best presentation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ From mourad12345678 from yahoo.com Tue Feb 26 10:00:25 2008 From: mourad12345678 from yahoo.com (Mourad Elloumi) Date: Tue Feb 26 12:42:16 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] Deadline Approaching - ALBIO'08 (Vienna, July 2008 ) Message-ID: <860538.94831.qm@web31515.mail.mud.yahoo.com> CALL FOR PAPERS Higher School of Sciences and Technologies of Tunis (Tunisia) Organizes Algorithms in Molecular Biology (ALBIO'08) Workshop held in parallel with 2nd International Conference on Bioinformatics Research and Development (BIRD?08) www.birdconf.org Technical University of Vienna, Austria July 7-9, 2008 Computational Molecular Biology has emerged from the Human Genome Project as an important discipline for academic research and industrial application. The exponential growth of the size of biological databases, the complexity of biological problems and the necessity to deal with errors in biological sequences, result in time efficiency and memory requirements. The development of fast, low memory requirements and high-performances algorithms is thus increasingly important in Computational Molecular Biology. We are interested in papers that deal with algorithms that solve fundamental and/or applied problems in Molecular Biology, that are computationally efficient, that have been implemented and experimented on simulated and/or on real biological sequences, and that provide interesting new results. The submitted papers should present recent research results and identify and explore directions for future research. Topics include, but not limited to: (i) strings processing, (ii) biological sequences comparison, (iii) structures prediction, (iv) phylogeny reconstruction, (v) DNA sequences assembly, clustering, and mapping, (vi) molecular evolution, (vii) genes prediction/recognition, (viii) genes expression (ix) haplotyping (x) genomes rearrangement (xi) strings barecoding. You are invited to submit a draft paper in PDF format before March 1, 2008 to the Workshop Chair: Dr. Mourad Elloumi, E.Mail: Mourad.Elloumi@fsegt.rnu.tn or Mourad12345678@yahoo.com Papers should not exceed 10 pages in Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI) format. All accepted papers will be published in LNBI www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html by Springer Verlag. Program Committee: . Mourad Elloumi, University of Tunis, Tunisia, (Chair) . Sami Khuri, San Jos? State University, USA . Alain Gu?noche, Institute of Mathematics of Luminy, Marseille, France. . Nadia Pisanti, University of Pisa, Italy . Gianluca Della Vedova, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy . Pierre Peterlongo, IRISA-INRIA, Rennes, France . Jan Holub, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic Important Dates: Submission of Full Papers: March 1, 2008 Notification of Acceptance: April 1, 2008 Camera-ready Copies: April 15, 2008 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -------------- next part -------------- CALL FOR PAPERS Higher School of Sciences and Technologies of Tunis (Tunisia) Organizes Algorithms in Molecular Biology (ALBIO'08) Workshop held in parallel with 2nd International Conference on Bioinformatics Research and Development (BIRD?08) www.birdconf.org Technical University of Vienna, Austria July 7-9, 2008 Computational Molecular Biology has emerged from the Human Genome Project as an important discipline for academic research and industrial application. The exponential growth of the size of biological databases, the complexity of biological problems and the necessity to deal with errors in biological sequences, result in time efficiency and memory requirements. The development of fast, low memory requirements and high-performances algorithms is thus increasingly important in Computational Molecular Biology. We are interested in papers that deal with algorithms that solve fundamental and/or applied problems in Molecular Biology, that are computationally efficient, that have been implemented and experimented on simulated and/or on real biological sequences, and that provide interesting new results. The submitted papers should present recent research results and identify and explore directions for future research. Topics include, but not limited to: (i) strings processing, (ii) biological sequences comparison, (iii) structures prediction, (iv) phylogeny reconstruction, (v) DNA sequences assembly, clustering, and mapping, (vi) molecular evolution, (vii) genes prediction/recognition, (viii) genes expression (ix) haplotyping (x) genomes rearrangement (xi) strings barecoding. You are invited to submit a draft paper in PDF format before March 1, 2008 to the Workshop Chair: Dr. Mourad Elloumi, E.Mail: Mourad.Elloumi@fsegt.rnu.tn or Mourad12345678@yahoo.com Papers should not exceed 10 pages in Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI) format. All accepted papers will be published in LNBI www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html by Springer Verlag. Program Committee: . Mourad Elloumi, University of Tunis, Tunisia, (Chair) . Sami Khuri, San Jos? State University, USA . Alain Gu?noche, Institute of Mathematics of Luminy, Marseille, France. . Nadia Pisanti, University of Pisa, Italy . Gianluca Della Vedova, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy . Pierre Peterlongo, IRISA-INRIA, Rennes, France . Jan Holub, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic Important Dates: Submission of Full Papers: March 1, 2008 Notification of Acceptance: April 1, 2008 Camera-ready Copies: April 15, 2008 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ From akhtung from gmail.com Wed Feb 27 13:07:54 2008 From: akhtung from gmail.com (akhtung@gmail.com) Date: Wed Feb 27 13:14:23 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] Postdoc/RA: Gene Expression Mining Project in Natl' U. of Message-ID: <3d2a75b9-dff5-4efe-8905-45bae320ad35@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> The GEMINI project(http://nusdm.comp.nus.edu.sg/) is a cross faculty project between the School of Computing and the Faculty of Medicine at the National University of Singapore(NUS). This project involves: 1. Development of advance data mining techniques for analyzing high throughput gene expression datasets. 2. Designing of microarray experiments to be performed on tissue samples from the NUS/NUH Tissues Repository so as to facilitate the construction of pathways that are involved in the development of cancer tissues. 3. Building of a system that make use of the techniques developed in (1) to support (2). The project currently have a position for a postdoc fellow and a research assistant. The requirement for these positions are as follow: 1)Postdoc Fellow ----------------- Candidate must have a relevant Phd. degree in Computer Science, Computational Biology or Bioinformatics. He/She must be a proficient programmer and is familiar with various aspect of biological pathway analysis and modelling. Familiarity with statistical modelling tools like Bayesian Network will be added bonus. Salary for this position varies from S$60,000 to S$80,000 depending on qualification. Initial appointment is for one year with possible extension for another year. 2)Research Assistant -------------------- Candidate must have a relevant BSc. or MSc. degree in Computer Science, Computational Biology or Bioinformatics. He/She must be a good system programmer with strong background in mathematics and algorithms. Knowledge in XML, HTML, Java, C++ and J2EE is required. Salary for this position varies from S$30,000 to S$50,000 depending on qualification. Initial appointment is for one year with possible extension for another year. Interested candidates should send a CV with the names of three references to Dr Anthony K. H. Tung (atung at comp.nus.edu.sg). These positions are open until filled. From hra from pixel.cviog.uga.edu Wed Feb 27 18:33:00 2008 From: hra from pixel.cviog.uga.edu (Hamid R. Arabnia) Date: Wed Feb 27 22:12:19 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] Call For Papers: Extended deadline: March 10 - WORLDCOMP'08 Congress (CS and CE Conferences - July 2008, USA) Message-ID: <20080227233301.041A12245820@pixel.cviog.uga.edu> Dear Colleagues: I would be most grateful if you would share the announcement below with those who may be interested. The paper submission deadline is extended to March 10, 2008. Thank you, Hamid ----- Extended Paper Submission Deadline: March 10, 2008 Call For Papers WORLDCOMP'08 The 2008 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing July 14-17, 2008, Las Vegas, USA http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/ (composed of 25 Joint Conferences) Academic Sponsors include research labs at: Harvard University, MIT, UCLA, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Texas at Austin, University of Iowa, University of Minnesota, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Emory University, University of North Dakota, PSU/Saudi, Russian Academy of Sciences, European Union at Institute of Discrete Mathematics, and others (see below). Corporate sponsors include Google, Salford Systems, and NIIT. You are invited to submit a paper for consideration. All accepted papers will be published in the respective conference proceedings. 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 PDPTA'08: The 2008 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications o CDES'08: The 2008 International Conference on Computer Design o CGVR'08: The 2008 International Conference on Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality o CSC'08: The 2008 International Conference on Scientific Computing o EEE'08: The 2008 International Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government o ESA'08: The 2008 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications o FCS'08: The 2008 International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science o FECS'08: The 2008 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering o GCA'08: The 2008 International Conference on Grid Computing and Applications o GEM'08: The 2008 International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Methods o ICAI'08: The 2008 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence o ICOMP'08: The 2008 International Conference on Internet Computing o ICWN'08: The 2008 International Conference on Wireless Networks o IKE'08: The 2008 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering o IPCV'08: The 2008 International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition o BIOCOMP'08: The 2008 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology o MLMTA'08: The 2008 International Conference on Machine Learning; Models, Technologies and Applications o MSV'08: The 2008 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods o SAM'08: The 2008 International Conference on Security and Management o SERP'08: The 2008 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice o SWWS'08: The 2008 International Conference on Semantic Web and Web Services o ITSL'08: The 2008 International Conference on Information Theory and Statistical Learning o DMIN'08: The 2008 International Conference on Data Mining o ERSA'08: The 2008 International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms o CIC'08: The 2008 International Conference on Communications in Computing (a link to each conference's URL can be found at http://www.world-academy-of-science.org) 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. 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. David Cheriton (Stanford U.), 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. FEATURED 2008 KEYNOTE LECTURES: Prof. David A. Patterson University of California at Berkeley, California, USA Member, National Academy of Engineering Member, National Academy of Sciences Fellow of IEEE, ACM, and AAAS Shared (with John Hennessy) the IEEE John von Neumann Medal Prof. Ophir Frieder Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA The Royden B. Davis, SJ, Chair in Interdisciplinary Studies at Georgetown University, IITRI Chair Professor of Computer Science at Illinois Institute of Technology, Director, Information Retrieval lab (IIT) Fellow of IEEE, ACM, and AAAS (in addition to the above, each of the 25 conferences will have at least one keynote and one invited lecture). FEATURED TUTORIAL: Prof. H. J. Siegel Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA Abell Endowed Chair Distinguished Professor of ECE Professor of Computer Science Director, CSU Information Science and Technology Center (ISTeC) Fellow of IEEE and ACM (in addition to the above, there will also be 11 planned other tutorials). SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft paper (about 5 to 7 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12) to H. R. Arabnia by March 10, 2008. email submissions in MS document or PDF formats are preferable. 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. IMPORTANT DATES: March 10, 2008: Submission of papers (about 5 to 7 pages) April 7, 2008: Notification of acceptance April 28, 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) GENERAL CO-CHAIR / COORDINATOR: Prof. Hamid R. Arabnia Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer) Vice President, Int'l Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine 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 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: 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. SPONSORS: (this is a partial list) Academic/Technical Co-Sponsors: (a partial list) --> Computational Biology and Functional Genomics Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA --> International Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine --> Horvath Lab., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA --> Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, USA --> Functional Genomics Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA --> BioMedical Informatics & Bio-Imaging Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA --> Intelligent Data Exploration and Analysis Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA --> Biomedical Cybernetics Laboratory, HST of Harvard University and MIT, USA --> Center for the Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA --> Harvard Statistical Genomics and Computational Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA --> Hawkeye Radiology Informatics, Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa, USA --> Medical Image HPC & Informatics Lab (MiHi Lab), University of Iowa, Iowa, USA --> The University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA --> PSU - Prince Sultan University --> Institute for Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. --> NEMO/European Union at Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry, TU Vienna Corporate Co-Sponsors: (a partial list) --> Google, Inc. --> Salford Systems --> NIIT Technologies Other Co-Sponsors: (a partial list) --> High Performance Computing for Nanotechnology (HPCNano) --> International Technology Institute (ITI) --> GridToday - enewsletter focused on Grid, SOA, Virtualization, Storage, Networking and Service-Oriented IT --> HPCwire - The Leading Source for Global News and Information Covering the Ecosystem of High Productivity Computing --> Hodges' Health (H2CM), UK From ptan from cse.msu.edu Thu Feb 28 12:06:33 2008 From: ptan from cse.msu.edu (Pang-Ning Tan) Date: Thu Feb 28 15:14:07 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] SDM 2008 Call for Participation Message-ID: [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ============================================================ CALL FOR PARTICIPATION SDM'08: 2008 SIAM International Conference on Data Mining Sponsored by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Atlanta, Georgia, USA April 24-26, 2008. This conference is held in cooperation with the American Statistical Association (ASA). ============================================================= [Pre-registration deadline: Monday, March 24, 2008] On-line registration and conference program schedule is now available at http://www.siam.org/meetings/sdm08/ HIGHLIGHTS ---------- * 4 plenary talks * 3 full day and 1 half day workshops * 4 tutorials * 40 full and 37 short papers ===================== PLENARY SPEAKERS ===================== * Geometry and Analysis on Digital Data, Emergent Structures and Knowledge Building Ronald Coifman, Yale University * Algorithms for understanding the Sky Andrew W. Moore, Google Inc. * Mining Multilingual Documents Dianne P. O'Leary, University of Maryland at College Park * Data Mining and Materials Informatics Krishna Rajan, Iowa State University ================================ Tutorials ================================ Note that tutorials are complementary with conference registration. * Mining Massive Collections of Shapes and Time Series: With Case Studies in Anthropology and Astronomy Eamonn Keogh, University of California - Riverside * Anomaly Detection Arindam Banerjee, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Varun Chandola, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Jaideep Srivastava, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Aleksandar Lazarevic, United Technologies * Data Mining based Social Network Analysis from Online Behavior Jaideep Srivastava, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Muhammad A Ahmad, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Nishith Pathak, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities David Kuo-Wei Hsu, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities * Fast N-body Algorithms for Massive Datasets Alex Gray, Georgia Tech =================================== Workshops =================================== * Data Mining for Biomedical Informatics (Full Day) * Link Analysis, Counterterrorism, and Security (Full Day) * Text Mining 2008 (Full Day) * Practical Privacy-Preserving Data Mining (Half Day) From vicini from u.washington.edu Fri Feb 29 19:18:40 2008 From: vicini from u.washington.edu (Paolo Vicini) Date: Sat Mar 1 12:42:42 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] Population Analysis Introductory Workshop, Seattle, WA Message-ID: <001101c87b31$cd90ec20$b48c5b45@DCX6SL81> The Resource Facility for Population Kinetics (RFPK) is pleased to offer an Introductory Workshop on Population Analysis using the System for Population Kinetics in Seattle, WA, USA, on March 24-25, 2008. The two-day workshop will feature: Model development, testing and identifiability; hands-on introduction to differential equation and numerical modeling; individual and population models, population distributions; approaches to population analysis based on likelihood approximations. The understanding, practical usage and implementation of modeling concepts described in the workshop will be reinforced through hands-on use of published data sets. The System for Population Kinetics (SPK) will be used for workshop training. The SPK is a web-based service for modeling and simulation being developed by the RFPK at the University of Washington. SPK facilitates nonlinear least squares and mixed effects modeling via a web browser and Java interface and uses a NONMEM-compatible language for model specification. The service is freely available and individual accounts will be provided to workshop participants (pursuant to the SPK Terms of Service). The SPK is accessible through the RFPK website located at http://www.rfpk.washington.edu. Cost of attendance for the workshop is USD 400 (USD 200 for students and postdoctoral fellows), and includes workbooks, coffee breaks and lunch both days. Space is limited. Software and computer access during the workshops will be provided. Registration and more information can be found at: http://workshops.rfpk.washington.edu. For more information about the RFPK, see http://www.rfpk.washington.edu. From angom from cs.uwindsor.ca Fri Feb 29 11:40:20 2008 From: angom from cs.uwindsor.ca (Ngom Alioune) Date: Sat Mar 1 12:42:46 2008 Subject: [Computational-biology] PRIB 2008 Melbourne Australia Message-ID: <200802291640.m1TGeKqO004748@sol.newcs.uwindsor.ca> FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS, INVITED SESSIONS AND TUTORIALS ____________________________________________________________________________ Third IAPR International Conference on Pattern Recognition in Bioinformatics October 15-17, 2008 Novotel, St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia Web:http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/prib08 _____________________________________________________________________________ Important Deadlines: Paper submission: 15 April 2008 Proposals for Special Sessions: 15 March 2008 Proposals for Tutorials: 15 May 2008 Author notification: 15 May 2008 Camera-ready papers: 15 June 2008 ______________________________________________________________________________ More information on the attachment ...