From paolo at ist.unige.it Wed Apr 7 06:48:43 2004 From: paolo at ist.unige.it (Paolo Romano) Date: Wed Apr 7 09:32:40 2004 Subject: [Biopython-announce] Call for Papers - NETTAB 2004 Message-ID: <200404071048.MAA14510@ist.unige.it> Dear biopython members, I'm glad to announce the launch of the Call for Papers for the NETTAB 2004 Workshop on "MODELS AND METAPHORS FROM BIOLOGY TO BIOINFORMATICS TOOLS". I hope to see many of you in Camerino on next September. Bye. Paolo Romano --- NETTAB 2004 Call for Papers NETWORK TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS IN BIOLOGY Fourth International NETTAB Workshop on MODELS AND METAPHORS FROM BIOLOGY TO BIOINFORMATICS TOOLS http://www.nettab.org/2004/ Universita' di Camerino, September 5-7, 2004, Camerino, Italy IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------- Paper submission (full paper): June 15, 2004. Notifications of acceptance to authors: July 15, 2004. Final version of accepted papers: August 1, 2004 Poster submission: June 31, 2004 Workshop: September 5-7, 2004 MOTIVATION AND SCOPE ---------------------- The post-genomic era can be seen as characterized by two different scenarios: on the one hand, the huge amount of available biological data sets all over the world requires suitable tools and methods both for modelling biological processes and analyzing biological sequences; on the other, many new computational models and paradigms inspired and developed as metaphors of biological systems are ready to be applied in the context of computer science. It may now be a good time to: (i) report on the results achieved in these two areas, (ii) present some open problems in computational biology, (iii) advertise novel computational tools successfully applied to biological issues, (iv) spread the knowledge on computational models inspired by biological processes, and (v) foster the application of computational models to govern real biological systems. The workshop intends to bring together bioscientists and computer scientists and to compare their approaches and their ideas for solving computational biology open problems. In particular, we expect the participation of those who are developing novel bioinformatics tools and those who are working towards the vision of biological systems as a model for designing new tools. The workshop will also aim to inspire future collaboration between the different communities, to strengthen the relationships within the bioinformatics community, to activate a cooperation between bioscientists and computer scientists, to collect the latest ideas, achievements and proposals in computational models and metaphors from biology. TOPICS OF INTEREST ---------------------- Topics to be covered will include, but not limited to, the following list: >From Biologists - Open problems in: - Molecular evolution and theoretical biology - Gene regulation and expression - Functional genomics - Comparative genomics - Protein structure and interaction - Gene and enzyme networks - Metabolic pathways and responses - Genetic and ecological systems - Pharmacogenomics and Toxicogenomics >From Bioinformaticians - Novel techniques and computational tools in: - Bio-information processing systems - Data Integration - Ontologies and knowledge management - Protein interaction pathways and responses - Protein structure and modelling - Gene networks - Genomics and comparative genomics - Functional genomics - Microarrays and gene expression patterns - Sequence analysis - Motif finding >From Computer Scientists - Promising models and metaphors in: - Bioware languages and models - Data management methods and systems - Biologically inspired systems - Evolutionary algorithms - Machine learning - Genetic computation - DNA computing - Computation in neural systems - Neural hardware - Autonomous and evolutionary robotic - Cellular automata - Self-organizing, self-repairing and self- replicating systems - Data mining in bioscience literature - Concurrent languages for biology - New technologies and methods SUBMISSION ---------------------- NETTAB04 welcomes original contributions, containing new and unpublished results, on both theoretical and practical issues of computational paradigms and novel tools inspired or applied particularly to biological systems. Submitted papers should normally have at most 12 pages using the Springer LNCS style. Templates (llncs.cls, llncs.sty, or sv-lncs.dot) are available under the "Downloads" heading at: http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,10735,5-164-2-72376-0,00.html Posters sessions will be organized as opportunity to exhibit late-breaking results and to discuss these results with conference participants in an informal setting. Abstracts for posters should consist of a 1-2 page summary of the work to be presented. PROCEEDINGS AND POST-PROCEEDINGS ---------------------- All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Furthermore, the best papers will be published in a special issue of Springer-Verlag "Transaction on Computational Systems Biology" http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,10735,5-164-2-109319-0,00.html WORKSHOP CHAIRS ---------------------- Emanuela Merelli, DMI, Universita' di Camerino, Italy (Emanuela.merelli@unicam.it) Pablo Gonzalez, DEIS, Universita' di Bologna a Cesena, Italy (pgonzalez@ingce.unibo.it) Andrea Omicini, DEIS Universita' di Bologna a Cesena, Italy (andrea.omicini@unibo.it) ADVISORY BOARD ---------------------- Paolo Romano, National Cancer Research Institute, Genova, Italy Luca Toldo, Merck KGaA, Germany Emanuela Merelli, Universita' di Camerino, Italy Luciano Milanesi, CNR Milano, Italy Angelo Facchiano, CNR Avellino, Italy Peter McBurney, University of Liverpool, UK PROGRAMME COMMITTEE ---------------------- Russ Altman, Stanford University Medical Center, USA Jeffrey Bradshaw, Human and Machine Cognition in Pensacola, USA Luca Cardelli, Microsoft Research, Cambridge,UK Pierpaolo Degano, Universita' di Pisa, Italy Marco Dorigo, Universita' Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium David Gilbert, City University, UK Carole Goble, University of Manchester, UK Pablo Gonzalez, DEIS, Universita' di Bologna a Cesena, Italy Anna Ingolfsdottir, University of Aalborg, Denmark Michael Luck, University of Southsampton, UK Peter McBurney, University of Liverpool, UK Emanuela Merelli, Universita' di Camerino, Italy Andrea Omicini, DEIS Universita' di Bologna a Cesena, Italy Corrado Priami, Universita' di Trento, Italy Aviv Regev, Harvard University, USA Giorgio Valle, Universita' di Padova, Italy Franco Zambonelli, Universita' di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy LOCAL ORGANIZERS ---------------------- Mauro Angeletti, Roberto Ciccocioppo, Emanuela Merelli, Cristina Miceli, Universita' di Camerino IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------- Paper submission (full paper): June 15, 2004. Notifications of acceptance to authors: July 15, 2004. Final version of accepted papers: August 1, 2004 Poster submission: June 31, 2004 Workshop: September 5-7, 2004 ABOUT CAMERINO ---------------------- Although not very famous, Camerino is indeed one of the most beautiful little towns of Central Italy, being its medieval historical center one of the oldest in Region Marche. Camerino hosts one of the most ancient university in Italy. Placed on a spur on the Appennini Mountains at 670 meters high on the sea-level, Camerino achieves its period of greatest splendour under the rule of the Da Varano family. From the top of its rock it dominates the large valleys of the rivers Chienti and Potenza underneath, occupied by towers and fortresses. But if the town might look austere, the countryside, instead, is colourful and offers a lot of farms holidays where to spend a weekend ---- Paolo Romano (paolo.romano@istge.it) National Cancer Research Institute Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, I-16132, Genova, Italy Tel: +39-010-5737-288 Fax: +39-010-5737-295 From dlondon at ebi.ac.uk Wed Apr 28 06:06:37 2004 From: dlondon at ebi.ac.uk (Darin London) Date: Wed Apr 28 06:21:06 2004 Subject: [Biopython-announce] BOSC 2nd Call For Papers Message-ID: {Please pass the word!} SECOND CALL FOR SPEAKERS BOSC PROGRAM & CONTACT INFO * Web: http://www.open-bio.org/bosc2004/ * Email: bosc@open-bio.org * Online registration: https://www.cteusa.com/iscb3/ The program committee is currently seeking abstracts for talks at BOSC 2004. BOSC is a great opportunity for you to tell the community about your use, development, or philosophy of open source software development in bioinformatics. The committee will select several submitted abstracts for 25-minute talks and others for shorter "lightning" talks. Accepted abstracts will be published on the BOSC web site. If you are interested in speaking at BOSC 2004, please send us: * an abstract (no more than a few paragraphs) * a URL for the project page, if applicable * information about the open source license used for your software or your release plans. *** Abstracts for formal presentations must be recieved by 5-May-2004. *** LIGHTNING-TALK SPEAKERS WANTED! The program committee is currently seeking speakers for the lightning talks at BOSC 2004. Lightning talks are quick - only five minutes long - and a great opportunity for you to give people a quick summary of your open source project, code, idea, or vision of the future. If you are interested in giving a lightning talk at BOSC 2004, please send us: * a brief title and summary (one or two lines) * a URL for the project page, if applicable * information about the open source license used for your software or your release plans. We will accept entries on-line until BOSC starts, but space for demos and lightning talks is limited.
SOFTWARE DEMONSTRATIONS WANTED! If you are involved in the development of Open Source Bioinformatics Software, you are invited to provide a short demonstration to attendees of BOSC 2004. If you are interested in giving a software demonstration at BOSC 2004, please send us: * a brief title and summary (one or two lines) * a URL for the project page, if applicable * Internet connectivity requirements (e.g. website Application served on the world wide web, or web based client application). We will accept entries on-line until the BOSC starts, but space for demos and lightning talks is limited. ** Because the mission of the OBF is to promote Open Source software, we will favor submissions for projects that apply a recognized Open Source License, or adhere to the general Open Source Philosophy. See the following websites for further details: href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ href="http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php cheers, -- Darin London dlondon@ebi.ac.uk European Bioinformatics Institute, +44 (0)1223 49 2566 Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton +44 (0)1223 49 4468 (fax) Cambridgeshire CB10 1SD, UK