CALL FOR PAPERS
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  QA-Gen Workshop

QA-gen Workshop: Quantitative approaches for knowledge discovery and
decision support in the post genomic era

In conjunction with the 15th International Conference on Conceptual
Structures (ICCS 2007)

22-27 of July, 2007, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Call for Papers and Participation

Bioinformatics research is booming and genomics, proteomics or even
metabolomics are the words of the moment. It is the sequencing of the
human genome that is expected to bring about a major impact on the
prevention, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, and outcome of several
diseases. Progress will most likely occur in a stepwise fashion with the
biggest initial impact in diagnosis and molecular targeting of new
medicines.

This abundance of new data, however, requires the combination of
statistical and machine learning techniques for the efficient extraction
of knowledge and analysis of data. Modelling, simulation, pattern
analysis, image analysis and data mining algorithms and techniques that
combine good performance both in terms of accuracy and computational
efficiency appear as a necessity if we want such systems to be put in
practice and to support clinical practice (diagnosis, prognosis,
treatment selection, drug design).

The goal of this workshop is to explore state-of-art approaches and
challenges on the field.

    Topics

Topics to be addressed in the submissions, include (without being
limited to) quantitative analysis, knowledge based or artificial
intelligence applications in bioinformatics related to:

    * Expression analysis
    * Sequence analysis
    * Structure prediction
    * Image processing, quantification and analysis
    * Web services and platforms
    * Ontology engineering
    * Simulation tools
    * In-silico oncology
    * Algorithms & tools to support knowledge discovery
    * Models & tools to support clinical bioinformatics

    Submission Details

Both contributions with a theoretical and a practical focus are welcome.
Papers could demonstrate algorithms and techniques related to
quantitative analysis and knowledge discovery in the bioinformatics
domain but also practical application and systems for related decision
support.

Papers will be reviewed for adherence to the workshop scope and quality
by the chairs and additional reviewers. Approximately 10-12 papers will
be selected for presentation. Accepted papers of appropriate quality
will be published in an ISBN numbered ICCS-2007 Workshop Volume by Springer.

    Important Dates

    * *Paper submission*:
          o Directly to the workshop chairs via e-mail
          o Deadline: April 4, 2007. 5-6 pages, in PDF format, following
            the Springer LNCS rules <http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs>.
            See the Workshops web site
    * *Notification of acceptance*: April 15, 2007
    * *Camera ready copy*: April 28, 2007
    * *Workshop*: July, 22 and 23 of July 2007.

    Program Chairs

    * Yorgos Goletsis, University of Ioannina, Greece, Technical Manager
      of MATCH project (e-mail: goletsis AT cc DOT uoi DOT gr)
    * Costas Papaloukas, University of Ioannina, Greece (e-mail:
      papalouk AT cc DOT uoi DOT gr)

    Further Information

For further information on the workshop you can contact directly the
conference chair.

See the ICCS 07 website <http://www.iccs.info> for further information
on ICCS 2007.

You can contact the workshop organisers directly for any further
information.

The workshop is organised within the framework of MATCH project
<http://www.match-project.com> (IST-2005-027266) with the co-operation
of University of Patras <http://www.upatras.gr>, Sheffield Halam
University <http://www.shu.ac.uk> and University of Ioannina
<http://www.uoi.gr>.