From Heather.Vincent from manchester.ac.uk  Thu Dec 11 16:18:23 2008
From: Heather.Vincent from manchester.ac.uk (Heather Vincent)
Date: Thu Dec 11 17:56:37 2008
Subject: [Bio-matrix] Java for Biologists, March 2009
Message-ID: <4941839F.7020508@manchester.ac.uk>

Java is one of a number of languages now used in computational biology. 
  In March 2009 we will be running online courses in Java at two 
different levels, Introductory and Intermediate.  The introductory 
course is specifically designed for biologists with no previous 
experience in programming.

At The University of Manchester, UK, we have 10 years experience in 
running online programming courses for biologists.  We use a Virtual 
Learning Environment, which allows us to extend the classroom into the 
web.  We use a range of tools to support our online teaching activities.

Each course, which is paced to suit those in full-time employment, runs 
over 16 teaching weeks.

Introduction to software development in Java covers:

Object-oriented basics
Imperative programming
Classes, responsibilities and collaborations
Inheritance
Exception handling
Collections and algorithms
Building simple GUIs
Stream and file I/O


Intermediate software development using Java covers:

A review the main language features omitted from the introductory course
Algorithms and data structures
Concurrency
Storing and manipulating external data
Basics of OO design
Networking and client-server systems
Relational databases
Other OO languages

You will find information on all our courses, including fees and a link 
to the online application form, here : 
http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/bioinformatics/index.html  If you have any 
questions, or need advice on the module options, please contact 
Heather.Vincent@manchester.ac.uk

From petjames12 from gmail.com  Fri Dec 19 15:48:13 2008
From: petjames12 from gmail.com (Peter james)
Date: Fri Dec 19 17:06:37 2008
Subject: [Bio-matrix] BCBGC-09 call for papers
Message-ID: <3666c2d70812191248k5f2f9481nda27ffe7b7070900@mail.gmail.com>

BCBGC-09 call for papers



The 2009 International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology,
Genomics and Chemoinformatics (BCBGC-09) (website:
http://www.PromoteResearch.org <http://www.promoteresearch.org/> ) will be
held during July 13-16 2009 in Orlando, FL, USA. We invite draft paper
submissions. The conference will take place at the same time and venue where
several other international conferences are taking place. The other
conferences include:

?        International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern
Recognition (AIPR-09)

?        International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Control
Systems (ARCS-09)

?        International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web
Technologies (EISWT-09)

?        International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking
and Communication Systems (HPCNCS-09)

?        International Conference on Information Security and Privacy
(ISP-09)

?        International Conference on Recent Advances in Information
Technology and Applications (RAITA-09)

?        International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and
Practice (SETP-09)

?        International Conference on Theory and Applications of
Computational Science (TACS-09)

?        International Conference on Theoretical and Mathematical
Foundations of Computer Science (TMFCS-09)



The website http://www.PromoteResearch.org
<http://www.promoteresearch.org/>contains more details.



Sincerely

Peter James

Publicity committee
From hjgreenberg from gmail.com  Sun Dec 28 12:22:51 2008
From: hjgreenberg from gmail.com (Harvey Greenberg)
Date: Sun Dec 28 15:01:46 2008
Subject: [Bio-matrix] INFORMS Journal on Computing
Message-ID: <5c724b2a0812280922j51d6761n3d4749278c2cc18d@mail.gmail.com>

In case you did not know, the INFORMS Journal on Computing (JoC)
includes the Area:  Computational Biology and Medical Applications.  I
am its Area Editor, and I am writing to encourage you to submit a
research paper (or insightful survey) --- go to
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijoc and use the online submission
system.  For more information about this area and the submission
process, see http://www.informs.org/site/IJOC/.

It is important to archive the models and methods used to achieve
scientific results in a team effort.  JoC is an ideal outlet for that.
 Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Please share this announcement with your colleagues.

Thanks,
Harvey J. Greenberg
Area Editor, INFORMS Journal on Computing
Professor Emeritus, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
University of Colorado Denver