From owner-comp-bio@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Thu Feb 8 23:49:27 2001 Return-Path: Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 110) id 5A49D17C30; Thu, 8 Feb 2001 23:49:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 6023) id 453A817AFD; Thu, 8 Feb 2001 23:49:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 6024) id 4D02417A93; Thu, 8 Feb 2001 00:28:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from chx400.switch.ch (chx400.switch.ch [130.59.10.2]) by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 129FB41741 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2001 00:27:59 +0000 (GMT) Received: from crestone.uchsc.edu ([140.226.191.21]) by chx400.switch.ch with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 14QewI-0004KS-00 for bionet-biology-computational@moderators.isc.org; Thu, 08 Feb 2001 01:27:58 +0100 Received: (from news@localhost) by Crestone.UCHSC.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA19484 for bionet-biology-computational@moderators.isc.org; Wed, 7 Feb 2001 17:26:36 -0700 To: bionet-biology-computational@moderators.isc.org From: Larry Hunter Subject: PSB 2002, Call for Session Proposals Followup-To: bionet.biology.computational Organization: Center for Computational Pharmacology X-Trace: Crestone.UCHSC.edu 981591996 19383 140.226.100.39 (8 Feb 2001 00:26:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: Newsmaster@UCHSC.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: 8 Feb 2001 00:26:36 GMT X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Newsgroups: bionet.biology.computational Message-Id: <20010208234924.453A817AFD@mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 23:49:24 +0000 (GMT) Sender: owner-comp-bio@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Call For Session Proposals Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing Kauai Marriott Resort and Beach Club, January 3-7, 2002 This is an invitation to submit proposals for sessions in the seventh Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB), to be held January 3-7, 2002 in Lihue, Kaua'i, Hawaii. PSB will bring together top researchers from the US, the Asian Pacific nations and around the world to exchange research results and address open issues in all aspects of computational biology. PSB will provide a forum for the presentation of work in databases, algorithms, interfaces, visualization, modeling and other computational methods, as applied to biological problems, with an emphasis on applications in data-rich areas of molecular biology. The PSB has been designed to be responsive to the need for critical mass in sub-disciplines within biocomputing. For that reason, it is the only meeting whose sessions are defined dynamically each year in response to specific proposals. PSB sessions are organized by leaders in the emerging areas, and targeted to provide a forum for publication and discussion of research in biocomputing's "hot topics." In this way, PSB provides an early forum for serious examination of emerging methods and approaches in this rapidly changing field. Proposals for such sessions are hereby solicited. A sessions proposal should identify a coherent topic that can be addressed by 3 to 12 papers. For example, a session might bring together papers on alternative approaches to a particular biological question or it might examine the applications of a particular technology in a variety of biological areas. A sample of the more than 30 different sessions at the previous PSB meetings includes: Genome, Pathway and Interaction Bioinformatics High Performance Computing for Computational Biology Computer Modeling in Physiology: From Cell to Tissue Natural Language Processing for Molecular Biology Biocomputing Education and Curriculum. Human Genome Variation: Linking Genotypes to Clinical Phenotypes For more information, you may want to consult the PSB web site: http://psb.stanford.edu A major goal of PSB is to create productive interaction among the rather different research cultures of computer science and biology. Recognizing that many in the computational community believe the value of a meeting depends on the quality of its review process, every full manuscript submitted to PSB is reviewed by at least two anonymous reviewers, as well as the session organizers and meeting chairs. Accepted papers are distributed in a proceedings volume at the meeting, and are indexed in Medline and other bibliographic databases. However we also recognize that many potential participants, particularly from the biological community, do not choose to submit full papers to conferences, even with assurances of availability and broad indexing. Therefore PSB also includes a separate open submission abstract book, open poster presentations, and open computer demonstration sessions in which any registrant can present research. Responsibilities of a session chair: As a proposer of an accepted session, you will become the session chair. The chair's primary responsibility is to solicit high quality papers for the session and oversee their review. You are to solicit manuscripts, have them refereed, collaborate with the conference chairs in determining which manuscripts are to be accepted and structure presentation time in your session. Please contact us at the address below if you have any questions about the obligations entailed in becoming a session organizer. Procedure for submitting proposals: Session proposals can be as short as a single page and should in no case be more than 6 pages. The proposal should: * Define a specific technical area to be covered. * Justify why the proposed area is appropriate for PSB. Discuss why the topic is timely and important, and how the topic has been addressed in other conferences or recent publications. * Argue that there is likely to be sufficient high quality, unpublished material to fill the session, e.g., a list of researchers you intend to solicit for papers. * Provide a short autobiographical sketch and an explicit statement that your organization endorses your involvement. Proposals and all conference related communication must be by email. Key Dates Proposals Due: February 12, 2001 Notification Regarding the Proposals: March 5, 2001 Each proposal will be evaluated by the organizing committee. We look forward to your submissions. Send you proposals to Larry.Hunter@uchsc.edu. -- Lawrence Hunter, Ph.D. Director, Center for Computational Pharmacology Associate Professor of Pharmacology, PMB & Computer Science URL: http://compbio.uchsc.edu/Hunter phone (303) 315-1094 UCHSC, Campus Box C236 fax (303) 315-1098 School of Medicine rm 2817b cell (303) 324-0355 4200 E. 9th Ave. email: Larry.Hunter@uchsc.edu Denver, CO 80262 .