Call For Participation: The 2011 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BIOCOMP'11), USA, July 18-21, 2011

[A. M. G. Solo]

Call For Participation

BIOCOMP'11
The 2011 International Conference on Bioinformatics
and Computational Biology

July 18-21, 2011, Las Vegas, USA

http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/

This is an invitation to attend BIOCOMP'11 Conference. BIOCOMP'11 is
an
important part of WORLDCOMP'11 (a federated science gathering).
WORLDCOMP'11 is composed of 22 main tracks (12 tutorials, 167 sessions
and workshops, 37 keynotes/invited lectures/panel discussions, ...);
all
will be held simultaneously, same location and dates: July 18-21,
2011.
Attendees will have full access to all conferences' sessions, tracks,
and tutorials. Registration is required to attend. We anticipate about
2,000 attendees for WORLDCOMP (62% from academia; 26% from industry;
9%
from government agencies; and 3% unknown - about half of the attendees
are from outside USA). See below for:

A. General Information
B. Topical Scope
C. Registration Information
D. Financial Assistantship for full-Time Students
E. List of Co-Sponsors of WORLDCOMP 2011
F. Detailed Congress Schedules/Programs
G. Location of WORLDCOMP
H. Planned Tutorials and Featured Keynotes
I. Members of Steering Committee

We look forward to seeing you in July.

Steering Committee, WORLDCOMP 2011
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A. General Information - select the tab "BIOCOMP"
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/

B. Topical Scope of BIOCOMP'11 (list of topics that appeared in CFP):

Microarrays; Molecular dynamics and simulation; Molecular
interactions
Molecular sequence classification, alignment and assembly;
Molecular
sequence and structure databases; Computational Systems Biology;
Gene
regulation; Gene pattern discovery and identification; Gene
expression
analysis; Gene expression databases; Genetic network modeling and
inference; Comparative genomics; Evolution of regulatory genomic
sequences;
RNA and DNA structure and sequencing; Biomedical engineering;
Combinatorics
and bioinformatics; Biological data mining and knowledge discovery;
Biological databases and information retrieval; Bio-ontologies +
semantics;
Biological data integration and visualization; Image processing in
medicine
and biological sciences; Pattern classification and recognition;
Sequence
analysis and alignment; Informatics and Statistics in
Biopharmaceutical
Research; Software tools and methods for computational biology and
bioinformatics; Protein modeling; Proteomics; Protein folding and
fold
recognition; Metabolic modeling and pathways; Evolution and
phylogenetics;
Macromolecular structure prediction; Medical informatics; Epidemic
models;
Structural and functional genomics; Amino acid sequencing;
Stochastic
modeling; Cheminformatics; Computational drug discovery;
Experimental
medicine and analysis tools; Personalized medicine; Cancer
informatics;
Graph theory and computational biology; Experimental studies and
results;
Application of computational intelligence in drug design; High-
performance
computing and applications in biology; Computer-based medical
systems
(automation in medicine, ...).

C. Registration Information:
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp11/ws/registration

D. Financial Assistantship for full-Time Students:

The congress has finalized the financial assistantship decisions
for students
who are affiliated with non-USA institutions (decisions were
communicated
with the awardees in March and May 2011). Unfortunately, 34 of the
awardees
are not able to secure USA visa in a timely manner to attend the
meeting. The
congress is now providing these 34 slots to full-time graduate
students who
are enrolled in USA institutions. This financial assistantship is
for
attendance only (ie, excludes speakers and authors of papers).
Sponsored
students will receive the complete conference package (printed
books/proceedings,
CD, dinner reception, 4 breakfasts, 12 refreshments, access to all
tracks and
tutorials, ...), registration fee waiver, partial help with hotel
accommodation,
and/or possibly some help with airfare. In order to apply, send the
following
information for consideration to wc...@world-comp.org as soon as
possible
(include as attachments in pdf only): a 2-page CV; a letter from
your major
professor or Department Head/Chair stating that you are a full-time
graduate
student in good standing; and a break-down of your itemized costs
(airfare,
hotel, ...). In the Subject Header of your email write "student
sponsorship".
Award decisions will be finalized by July 2, 2011 (so there is not
much time).

E. List of Co-Sponsors of WORLDCOMP & BIOCOMP 2011:
Appears on the right-most column of Home Page below:
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/

F. Detailed Congress Schedules/Programs: (look for BIOCOMP)
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp11/ws/program/schedule.pdf

G. Location of BIOCOMP:
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp11/ws/location

H. Planned Tutorials and Featured Keynotes: (WORLDCOMP)
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp11/ws/tutorials
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp11/ws/keynotes

I. Members of Steering Committee:
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp11/ws/committee
(The list of program committee of individual tracks of WORLDCOMP
appears at each track's web site.)