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CALL FOR PAPERS
Special session on Metaheuristics and Bioinformatics
as a part of
META 2012
International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing
October 27-31, 2012 - Port El-Kantaoiui, Sousse, Tunisia
http://www.lifl.fr/META2012/
*** Submission deadline (2-page abstract): May 15, 2012***
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Bioinformatics represents a great challenge for optimization methods and
many bioinformatics problems can be modelized as large size optimization
problems. For example, many bioinformatics problems deal with the
manipulation of large sets of variables (SNPs, genes, GWA, proteins
...). In this special session we are particular interested in
metaheuristics to solve bioinformatics-optimizations problems.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Molecular sequence alignment and analysis
- RNA and protein folding and structure prediction
- Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis
- Motif and signal detection
- Molecular evolution and phylogenetics
- Gene finding
- Computational proteomics
- Metabolic pathway analysis
- Molecular docking and drug design
- Immuno- and chemo-informatics
- Analysis of large biological data sets
- High-throughput data analysis (microarrays, mass spectrometry, EST, etc.)
- Biological and medical ontologies
- Systems and synthetic biology
- Emergent properties in complex biological systems
- Medical image analysis and pattern recognition
- In-silico optimization of biological systems
- Ecoinformatics and applications to ecological data analysis
Papers on all topics related to the session's themes are solicited.
*Submission
Submission of papers should be in shape of a 2-page abstract (including
figures, tables, and references). extended versions of selected
META'2012 papers will be considered for publication in the following
journals (to be confirmed):
- COR: Computers and Operations Research
- ITOR: International Transactions in Operational Research
- JMMA: Journal of Mathematical Modeling and Algorithms
Details on the required paper format and submission process are
available on the website: http://www.lifl.fr/META2012/
* Important dates
- Submission (2-page abstract): May 15, 2012
- Notification of acceptance: July 15, 2012
- Camera-ready version: September 15, 2012
- Conference: October 27-31, 2012
* Organizers:
- Laetitia Jourdan, Professor, University of Lille 1 (France)
- Clarisse Dhaenens, Professor, University of Lille 1 (France)
* Contact:
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Pr. Laetitia Jourdan
LIFL/INRIA/USTL
INRIA Bureau 208
40, Avenue Halley
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Phone: +33 (0)3 59 57 78 81
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