-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] CfP Workshop on Grid Computing and Computational Biology (GCCB 2006) Datum: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:41:38 +0100 Von: Mathilde Romberg m.romberg@fz-juelich.de Antwort an: m.romberg@fz-juelich.de Organisation: "OptimaNumerics" An: Computational Science Mailing List computational.science@lists.optimanumerics.com

CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------------------

International Workshop on Distributed, High-Performance and Grid Computing in Computational Biology (GCCB 2006)

to be held as part of

5th European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB 2006) Eilat, Israel, 10-13 September 2006

Objectives and Workshop Format ----------------------------------------- The GCCB workshop will bring together computational biologists, bioinformaticians and life scientists who have researched and applied distributed, high-performance and grid computing technologies in the context of computational biology and bioinformatics. The workshop will discuss innovative work in progress and important new directions. By sharing the insights, discussing ongoing work and the results that have been achieved, we hope the workshop participants will glean a comprehensive view of the state of the art in this area and identify emerging and future research issues. The goal of the GCCB workshop is to make a valuable contribution in encouraging and shaping future work in this field.

The workshop is structured into a one-day session consisting of invited speeches from industry and academia, and presentations of the papers selected for the workshop. Please monitor the workshop Web site (http://gccb2006.ulster.ac.uk) for details on invited speakers, the workshop program, and other aspects. The workshop proceedings will be published in Springer’s Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics series.

Topics of Interest ----------------------- Contributions of interest will address topics related to the development, deployment, application and evaluation of distributed, high-performance and grid computing technologies in the context of the following computational biology and bioinformatics areas:

* Analysis, modeling and simulation of processes like pathways, biological networks, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, protein-protein interaction, transcription initiation, and whole systems; * Computational approaches to biological entities and processes, e.g. to functional genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, epidemiology, epigenetics, biodiversity, ecosystems, neuroscience; * Linkage and sequence analysis; * Molecule design; * Prediction of protein-, DNA-, and RNA-structure, toxicity, AMDE (absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion), etc.; * Protein folding and unfolding; * Information retrieval and knowledge discovery including data and text mining; * Management and integration of biological data and information; * Distributed ontologies and semantic Web/grid approaches; * Visualization and image management and processing of biological data; * Grid tools for computational biology and bioinformatics; * Distributed systems and databases; * Development of diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic (drugs) technologies; * Large-scale (storage, computation, components/systems) studies in computational biology and bioinformatics.

Please note that contributions to the workshop will only be considered IF they (a) contain a considerable element of distributed, high-performance or grid computing, AND (b) address a problem in computational biology and bioinformatics. Contributions falling outside of this scope are not relevant to the workshop.

Important Dates --------------------- 15 July 2006: Deadline for manuscript submission 10 August 2006: Notification of acceptance 20 August 2006: Camera-ready papers and electronic presentations due for publication on conference CD 10 September 2006: Workshop at ECCB 2006 in Eilat, Israel 20 September 2006: Final camera-ready papers due

Paper Submission Details --------------------------------- Manuscripts (in English up to 6 000 words) should be submitted electronically at http://gccb2006.ulster.ac.uk. Submission file formats are PDF and Microsoft Word/LaTeX. Accepted GCCB’06 papers will be published in the Springer's Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI) series. The actual hardcopies of the workshop proceedings will be available in December 2006 and be posted to all workshop participants. Required LNCS Microsoft Word/LaTeX templates can be found on the workshop Web site. All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed. To be included in the workshop proceedings, at least one of the authors must confirm his/her attendance to the workshop and present the paper. A CD containing the workshop papers and slide presentations will be prepared and be made available at the workshop.

Program Co-Chairs -------------------------- Werner Dubitzky, University of Ulster, School of Biomedical Sciences, Coleraine, UK Assaf Schuster, TECHNION, Computer Science Department, Haifa, Israel Peter Sloot, University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Michael Schröder, Dresden University of Technology, Biotechnological Centre, Dresden, Germany Mathilde Romberg, University of Ulster, School of Biomedical Sciences, Coleraine, UK

For all further information visit http://gccb2006.ulster.ac.uk

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