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Special Session on Multiobjective Optimization in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Biomedical Engineering
in IEEE CIBCB 2016
5-7 October 2016, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Submission deadline: April 30 2016
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This special session invites papers discussing recent advances in the development and application of Multiobjective Optimization in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Biomedical Engineering.
Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Biomedical Engineering (BCBBE) are interdisciplinary scientific fields involving many branches of computer science, engineering, mathematics, and statistics. Broadly speaking, we can define Bioinformatics as a field concerned with the creation/engineering of tools (e.g. algorithms, databases) that solve problems based on biological data, while Computational Biology is concerned with the (scientific) study of biology using computational techniques with the goal to learn new biology and knowledge about living systems (Russ Altman). Finally, Computational Biomedical Engineering is an emerging research field concerned with the development of software and hardware tools to ultimately enhance human health.
Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology and Biomedical Engineering are fields in which challenges and issues can often be formulated as optimization problems subject to multiple conflicting objectives. Such multiobjective optimization problems span from traditional problems, such as the optimization of biochemical processes, construction of gene regulatory networks, protein structure alignment and prediction, to more modern problems, such as big data analysis of healthcare data, and medical imaging and pattern recognition.
The main aim of this special session is to bring together both experts and new-comers working on Multiobjective Optimization in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Biomedical Engineering to discuss new and exciting issues in this area.
We encourage submission of methodology papers describing new challenges and optimization techniques as well as application papers discussing the power and applicability of these novel methods to multiobjective problems in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Biomedical Engineering. You are invited to submit papers that are unpublished original work for this special session at IEEE CIBCB 2016. The topics are, but not limited to, the following
• Multiobjective optimization techniques for problems in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Biomedical Engineering (BCBBE)
• Evolutionary algorithms
• Swarm Intelligence
• Metaheuristics
• Fuzzy optimization
• Surrogate-based methods
• Hybrid optimization algorithms (combinations of heuristics and exact methods)
• Preference-based methods
• Tuning of multiobjective optimization and decision-making techniques for problems in BCBBE
• Performance measures
• Test and benchmark problems
• Visualization techniques
• Optimization and visualization software
• Applications of multiobjective optimization techniques in BCBBE
• Gene expression array analysis
• Structure prediction and folding
• MicroRNA analysis
• Biological network reconstruction
• Signal and image processing
• Medical imaging and pattern recognition
• Biomaker discovery and development
• Further prominent and emerging topics in multiobjective optimization in BCBBE
• Scaling up from lab-based work to commerical manufacture
• Challenging problem features (e.g. many decision variables, dynamic problems, uncertainty, expensive and limited evaluations, etc)
• Closed-loop applications and challenges
• Multiobjective data mining
• Predictive fitness landscape design
• Many-objective optimization
• Side effect machines and other kernal representations for sequence analysis
• Ecoinformatics
• Visual analytics
• Data modelling/mining, and Big Data analytics
Submission instructions
We welcome original contributions describing ongoing projects or completed work. The instructions for authors, and LaTeX and Word templates can be found at http://www.cibcb2016.org/
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Important dates
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Paper submission: April 30, 2016
Author notification: June 30, 2016
Final Submission: July 30, 2016
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Program committee
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Ashlock Daniel, University of Guelph, Canada
Ashlock Wendy, York University, Canada
Auephanwiriyakul Sansanee, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Branke Juergen, University of Warwick, UK
Brown Joseph, Innopolis University, Russia
Brown Michael, University of Maryland University College, USA
Coker James, University of Maryland University College, USA
Corns Steven, Missouri University, USA
Fogel Gary, Natural Selection Inc, USA
Handl Julia, University of Manchester, UK
Houghton Sheridan, Brock University, Canada
Jin Yaochu, University of Surrey, UK
Jung-Hsien Chiang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Knowles Joshua, University of Manchester, UK
Langdon Bill, University College London, UK
Lavygina Anna, Imperial College London, UK
Mostaghim Sanaz, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
Rombo Simona, University of Palermo, Italy
Wiese Kay, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Yifeng Li, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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