CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
(FIRST CALL)
C o m p l e x S t o c h a s t i c S y s t e m s
in Biology and Medicine
Munich, 7-8 October, 2004
http://www.stat.uni-muenchen.de/sfb386/workshop/css2004/
SCIENTIFIC COMMITEE
Leonhard Held, Ludwig Fahrmeir, Eduardo Mendoza
Wolfgang Stephan, Korbinian Strimmer, Gerhard Winkler
SFB 386: "Statistical Analysis of Discrete Structures"
MSBF: "Munich Systems Biology Forum"
TOPICS
The data available from the various genome project allow for the
first time to build realistic models of genetic interactions in
a cell. While there is still limited knowledge of the underlying
biological mechanisms and functionalities, complex networked
systems have emerged in the postgenomics era as the new paradigm
in molecular biology.
Accordingly, data analysts are now challenged to develop
corresponding complex large-scale models of stochastic systems
with many interacting variables. Due to the "small n, large p"
character of current molecular data, inference and modeling pose
particularly hard problems and typically require advanced and
novel statistical techniques.
This meeting aims to bring together state-of-the-art researchers
working, e.g., on methods for
* graphical models and multiple time series,
* inference of high-dimensional models, and
* dynamics of complex systems
with focus on application areas such as
* genetic networks,
* gene expression analysis, and
* systems biology.
Experimental researchers working in these fields are also highly
welcome.
This workshop may also be considered as an (inofficial)
statistical satellite conference to ICSB 2004, the 5th International
Conference on Systems Biology that takes place in
Heidelberg (October 9-13, 2004).
INVITED SPEAKERS
Confirmed:
* Anne-Mette K. Hein (Imperial College, London)
* Dirk Husmeier (BioSS, Edinburgh)
* Linda Petzold (University of California, Santa Barbara)
* Claudia Rangel (University of California, Los Angeles)
* Anton Wakolbinger (University of Frankfurt)
* Lorenz Wernisch (Birkbeck College, London)
* Mike West (Duke University, Durham)
REGISTRATION
We invite applications for contributed talks (of length 25 minutes)
and for poster presentations. Please submit a title plus a one-page
abstract until
Friday, 30 July 2004.
Contributions by Ph.D. students and junior postdocs are particulary
encouraged.
If you want to participate only, registration is open until
September 15, 2004. Note, however, that there will be a limit of
about 75 participants.
Please check the meeting web site for details of registration.
FEES
Students: free
Postdocs: 25 EUR
Senior scientists: 50 EUR
Industry: 100 EUR
FURTHER INFORMATION
Please visit the web page
http://www.stat.uni-muenchen.de/sfb386/workshop/css2004/
where you will also find all contact details.
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Korbinian Strimmer http://www.stat.uni-muenchen.de/~strimmer
Dept. of Statistics, University of Munich, Ludwigstr. 33, 80539 Munich
+49 89 2180-3225 (phone), -5041 (fax), [log in to unmask]
