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LAST CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
PPSN WORKSHOP ON BIO-INSPIRED COMPUTING IN COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
Organized by: Systems Optimization Group, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: July 31, 2006
September 9, 2006
PPSN IX 2006, Reykjavik, Iceland
http://ppsn2006.raunvis.hi.is/index.php?page=workshops#W4
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Workshop scope:
Computational biology aims at understanding biological phenomena by
means of mathematical models and computational methods, e.g.,
optimization techniques. In the analysis of biological data sets, a
variety of complex optimization problems need to be addressed.
Bio-inspired computing offers high flexibility in this respect as it can
deal with complex problem formulations and does not require a specific
algorithm to be developed for each variation of a problem formulation.
The increasing interest of the biology community and the increase of
available high-throughput data creates many opportunities for innovative
contributions in this highly interdisciplinary field.
Workshop format:
There are two invited speakers, namely David Corne, Department of Computer Science,
University of Exeter, and James Foster, Department of Biological
Sciences, University of Idaho. In addition, several short presentations are
planned focusing on current EA-related research topics in computational biology.
The workshop will end with a discussion about selected topics.
Submissions:
We invite submissions of original, possibly preliminary work as extended
abstracts of two pages together with a tentative title of the talk, author name(s),
affiliation(s), and email addresses. The extended abstracts should be submitted
in PDF format via email to [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] Accepted
contributions will be included in the workshop proceedings, which will
be distributed among the workshop participants, and will be presented
by one of corresponding authors at the workshop.
Important Dates:
* Deadline for abstract submissions: July 31, 2006
* Notification of acceptance: August 14 , 2006
* Workshop: September 9, 2006
Organizers:
Stefan Bleuler, Dimo Brockhoff, and Eckart Zitzler
Systems Optimization Group
Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
http://www.tik.ee.ethz.ch/sop/
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