German Conference on BIOINFORMATICS (GCB'96)
September 30th - October 2nd, 1996
Invited Speakers: see below
Program:
The conference will take place at the University of Leipzig, September 30th - October 2nd, 1996, and is intended to bring together scientists who are addressing problems in biosciences and medicine using advanced computational methods including data modeling, simulation, artificial intelligence, computer graphics (visualization), robotics, combinatorial and stochastic optimization. The conference is concerned with all aspects combining computer science and biosciences. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to:
- Genome Analysis
- Molecular Phylogenetics
- Molecular Taxonomy
- Models of Gene Regulation
- Formal Languages and DNA
- Molecular Docking and Recognition
- Molecular Modeling and Protein Design
- Models of Pattern and Structure Formation
- Models in Cell Biology
- Models of Dynamic Biological Systems
- Self-Organization and Complex Systems
- Metabolic Engineering
- Metabolic Pathways
- High Performance Computing
- Biological Database Technology
- Visualization and Animation of Biological Processes
- Artificial Intelligence and Complex Systems
- Evolutionary Computing
- DNA Computing
- Biological Paradigms in Computer Science
Proceedings
Extended abstracts of all accepted presentations including posters and computerdemos will be published in the conference abstract book which will be distributed to all participants. It is planned that full length papers will be invited by the PC for publication by Springer-Verlag "Lecture Notes in Computer Science" after the conference.
Submission Procedures
The closing date for receiving papers (extended abstracts of 3 pages), posters and computer demos (abstracts of 1 page) is May 1, 1996. The conference offers the possibility for the presentation of tutorials (abstracts of 1 page). The decision on acceptance for presentation will be communicated by June 15, 1996.
Authors are urged to specify the category to which they are submitting their paper. Submissions must be written in English and should include title, author's name, mailing address, telephone number, fax number, email address and a list of keywords.
They should be sent to:
PD Dr. R. Hofestaedt Tel.: +49-341-9716100
Prof. Dr. M. Loeffler Fax: +49-341-9716109
University of Leipzig email: GCB96@imise.uni-leipzig.de
Department of Medical Informatics,
Statistics and Epidemiology
Liebigstr. 27
04103 Leipzig
Organizing Committee
R. Hofestaedt (Leipzig & Koblenz, GI-FG, Germany)
T. Lengauer (Bonn, GI-FG, Germany)
M. Loeffler (Leipzig, GMDS, Germany)
D. Schomburg (Braunschweig, DECHEMA, Germany)
Program Committee
J. Collado-Vides (Mexico), H. Mewes (Germany),
A. Danchin (France), J. Shavlik (USA),
A. Dress (Germany), S. Suhai (Germany),
P. Karp (USA), M. Vingron (Germany),
H. Kubinyi (Germany), E. Wingender (Germany),
H. Lim (USA), H. Zima (Austria),
M. Mavrovouniotis (USA)
Registration :
Important Dates
Deadline of Submission: May 1, 1996
Notification of Acceptance: June 15, 1996
Receipt of Camera Ready Manuscript August 1, 1996
Registration Fees
Full participation 250 DM
GI, GMDS, DECHEMA 200 DM
Student 80 DM
One day registration 90 DM
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Registration form (to send preferably by email):
GCB'96
Universitaet Leipzig
Institut fuer Medizinische Informatik, Tel.: +49-341-9716100
Statistik und Epidemiologie Fax: +49-341-9716109
Liebigstr. 27 email: GCB96@imise.uni-leipzig.de
04103 Leipzig
Germany
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Deadline for Abstracts: May 1, 1996
Email for Requests and Registration: GCB96@imise.uni-leipzig.de