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ICBO 2014 Call for
Participation
5th International Conference on Biomedical
Ontologies (ICBO 2014)
Houston, Texas |
October 6 - 9, 2014
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The biomedical area has seen
an explosive growth in data in the last decade from electronic
health records, procedures, imaging, lab tests, genomics, and
sensors. More recently the emergence of consumer health
devices and the improved understanding of the microbiome has
contributed greatly to this growth. While Big Data approaches
have been useful to tackle the volume and velocity aspects,
variability aka the 'small data’ issue is especially
challenging in the healthcare and life sciences areas.
Ontologies provide the means to tackle this variability
challenge with the ability to represent the meaning of the
data formally in a computable manner. In addition, a large
part of healthcare data is unstructured data. Natural Language
Processing (NLP) and data mining techniques are being used for
information extraction into a more structured form, a process
wherein ontologies provide the knowledge models and the
lexicon to extract the information meaningfully.
A large number of biomedical
ontologies are now available, and ontology frameworks and
ecosystems have also emerged to facilitate interoperability
among the models. The 5th International Conference on
Biomedical Ontologies (ICBO) aims to bring together
application of ontologies as well as foundational issues in
biomedical ontologies. The theme of ICBO 2014 is Ontologiesdriving Innovation -
the main emphasis will be on the applied aspects of ontologies
and demonstration of innovative ontology-driven solutions for
all areas of healthcare and life sciences.
Important dates
Date Events
4/01/2014 Workshop and
tutorial proposal submission deadline
4/15/2014 Notification of
acceptance of workshops and tutorial proposals
5/01/2014 Scientific paper
submission deadline
7/01/2014 Notification of
scientific paper acceptance
7/25/2014 Software demo,
early career, and workshop paper submission deadline
8/15/2014 Notification of
software demo, early career, and workshop paper acceptance
8/15/2014 Poster
submission deadline
9/01/2014 Notification of
acceptance of posters
9/15/2014 Deadline for
all camera-ready copies for the proceedings
10/6/2014 ICBO
Topics
Papers, posters, workshops,
tutorials, and software demonstrations are invited on a broad
range of topics covering ontology development and use in the
healthcare and life sciences areas. These include, but are not
limited to, ontology engineering and reuse, ontologies
promoting data integration, fluidity and reuse, data
visualization, pathway analysis, and especially knowledge
discovery.
Areas of special focus
- Foundational
issues in Biomedical Ontologies
- Ontology
development tools, reuse, and interoperability
- Data Science
and Big Data
- Linked Open
Data and Semantic Web services
- Ontologies
for clinical decision support
- Pharma-biotech
and genomics
- Personalized
medicine
- Translational
science
- Consumer
health data
- Ontologies
for life sciences, biodiversity, and evolutionary biology
- Reasoning
with biomedical ontologies
- Natural
language processing, text mining, and information
extraction
- Bridging
between ontologies and controlled vocabularies such as
ICD-9/10
Submissions
- Scientific
paper - up to 6 pages
- Early career
track paper - 4 pages (students/post-docs/junior faculty
should be the first authors)
- Poster
abstract - 2 pages
- Software
demos - 2 pages (include screenshots and links to demos)
- Workshop and
tutorial proposals - 2 pages (1 page for proposal, 1 page
for organizers)
Submission Format
Submission Types
Scientific paper: A
scientific paper describes a major advance in the field of
biological and biomedical ontologies. It can report a new
ontology, a major revision or extension to an existing
ontology, a new application of an existing ontology, a
substantial critique of an existing ontology with a proposed
alternative approach, the result of applying an ontology--for
example--to data interoperability and/or data analysis. Minor
additions and/or refinements to an existing ontology are not
appropriate.
Note that per the topic list
above, a scientific paper may also describe thorough analysis
of foundational issues in biological and biomedical ontologies
without the requirement for a use case or specific application
domain. Advancements and innovations in the field benefit from
theoretical analysis and discussion.
Early career track paper: An
early career track paper describes mentored work in the field
of ontology carried out by a student (undergraduate and
graduate) or post-doctoral fellow, or junior faculty (within 5
years of appointment), who must be the first author on the
paper. Additional authors,
including senior researchers, are permitted. This
category of paper gives early career ontologists the
opportunity to benefit from constructive criticism, feedback,
and advice from a broad audience of senior scientists and
practitioners in the field.
Poster abstract: A
poster abstract describes formative work, early or preliminary
results, late-breaking developments, minor refinements to
existing ontologies, proposed or planned applications of
ontologies to particular use cases, and the opportunity to
showcase mature work in a visual format.
Software demonstration: Demonstrations
showcase innovative uses of ontologies and engage the audience
providing a deeper understanding of how the software works,
how different parts of the system interact, and the ways in
which ontologies form a core aspect of the solution.
Publication
All accepted submissions will
be included in the conference proceedings and published at
CEUR Workshop Proceedings. A selection of high quality paper
submissions will be invited for revision and publication in
Journal Special Issues in a timely manner.
Organizing Committee
Members
Scientific Chair: Sivaram
Arabandi, ONTOPRO & Health 2.0
Scientific Chair: Bill
Hogan, Univ. of Arkansas Medical Sciences
Local Organizer: Brian
Lang, Seniors in Touch & Health 2.0
Program Chair: Mathias
Brochhausen, Univ. of Arkansas Medical Sciences
Workshop and Tutorial Chair:
Melissa Haendel, Oregon Health & Science
University
Proceedings and Special Issue
Chair: Cui Tao, SBMI, UT Health Sciences in Houston
Early Career Chair: Alexander
Diehl, University at Buffalo
Poster and Demonstrations
Chair: James P. McCusker, 5AM Solutions
Sponsorship and Publicity: Health
2.0 Houston
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