Minisymposium: "Computational Biology: Algorithms and Models"

in conjunction with the International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics
Minisymposium theme and goals
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Computational Biology is still a fast developing and important discipline in academic research and industrial application. The analysis of bio molecular sequences and their relation to the functioning of organisms has created a number of challenging problems for mathematicians and computer scientists.
The interdisciplinary field of computational biology covers areas such as classification of DNA and protein sequences; analysis of gene expression patterns for uncovering regulatory pathways, and for relating phenotype to mRNA expressions; understanding protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions. The large size of biological data sets, the inherent complexity of biological problems and the ability to deal with error-prone data all require careful and appropriate modelling and efficient numerical solutions. This involves the application of a wide range of methods from numerical analysis, applied statistics, combinatorial optimization, theory of computer science, and machine learning. The goal of the workshop is to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of latest research on models and efficient computing solutions for problems arising from molecular biology.
Submission Guidelines
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Authors are requested to submit an extended abstract of 3-4 A4 pages in electronic version (in word or pdf format) directly to the organizing committee (mailto: [email protected] and [email protected]), on or before June 01, 2005, following the instructions published in:
http://www.uop.gr/~icnaam/abstract.htm
Authors will be notified about acceptance by June 20, 2005. Camera ready copy of accepted abstracts will be due by June 30, 2005. Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings. At least one of the authors of an accepted paper should register and present the paper in the minisymposium.

Important Dates
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Submissions deadline: June 01, 2005
Notification of acceptance: June 20, 2005
Camera ready copy due: June 30, 2005
Registration and full payment: June 30, 2005
Submission of full paper for consideration
for publication in the journals: November 15, 2005

Publication
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Extended abstracts will be published in a Special Volume of Wiley-VCH.
Selected full papers from the ICNAAM proceedings will also be published in the following journals:
1. "Applied Numerical Analysis and Computational Mathematics"(ANACM)
(Wiley-VCH)
2. "Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences" (Wiley & Sons)