A workshop at the International Conference on Computational Science 2012 (ICCS 2012)
4 – 6 June 2012
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Call for Papers
Bioinformatics is a young discipline that integrates mathematical and computational techniques with biological knowledge to analyze genetic information. Bioinformatics techniques are playing an increasingly important role in the biosciences. Using these techniques, analysis of the vast amounts of data produced by DNA sequencing and mapping projects such as the Human Genome Project is uncovering hitherto unknown relationships between genes and diseases, having a profound impact on drug development and clinical trials, and is affecting medical diagnostics, pharmacogenomics and agricultural and industrial biotechnology. Despite its increasing importance, however, there is a general lack of integration of bioinformatics concepts into the undergraduate curriculum in the life sciences and related disciplines where they could be readily applied. Further, although molecular biology is a rich problem domain for computer scientists, most computer science students are not introduced to its potential.
The intent of this workshop is to bring together educators and researchers from the life and computer sciences to discuss strategies of integrating bioinformatics into the life sciences as well as presenting bioinformatics as an interesting problem domain for computer scientists. Also of interest are innovative ways of introducing bioinformatics as a scientific discipline and possible career path to pre-college students and teachers. Submissions pertaining to all levels of instruction, from course modules to entire curricula, will be welcomed. An expanded list of topics can be found on the Workshop page of the ICCS 2012 website (http://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2012/workshop-list.php).
Your submitted paper must be camera-ready and formatted according to the rules of Procedia Computer Science (http://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2012/cfp.html). PostScript and source versions of your paper must be submitted electronically through the conference’s paper submission system. (http://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2012/papers). Papers must not exceed ten pages in length when typeset using the Procedia format. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper.
Important dates:
Full paper submission: 16 January 2012 (note that this is different than the main track deadline)
Notification of acceptances: 15 February 2012
Early registration opens: 15 February 2012
Camera ready papers: 1 March 2012
Please feel free to contact the workshop co-organizers with any questions:
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Mark A. Pauley, Ph.D. 6001 Dodge Street, PKI 174H School of Interdisciplinary Informatics University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE 68182, USA Phone: (402) 554-2380 Fax: (402) 554-3284 mpauley@mail.unomaha.edu |
William E. Tapprich, Ph.D. 6001 Dodge Street, AH 114D Department of Biology University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE 68182, USA Phone: (402) 554-3380 Fax: (402) 554-3532 wtapprich@mail.unomaha.edu |