From owner-metabolic-reg@net.bio.net Fri Sep 13 23:00:00 1996 Newsgroups: bionet.metabolic-reg Path: biosci!daresbury!yama.mcc.ac.uk!liv!lucs!rcp From: rcp@csc.liv.ac.uk (Ray Paton) Subject: IPCAT '97 - CALL FOR PAPERS Sender: news@csc.liv.ac.uk (News Eater) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 15:01:28 GMT Lines: 120 Nntp-Posting-Host: rcp@hudson.csc.liv.ac.uk Organization: Computer Science, Liverpool University PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS - IPCAT '97 SECOND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON INFORMATION PROCESSING IN CELLS AND TISSUES IPCAT '97 SHEFFIELD, UK, September 1 - 4, 1997 PURPOSE OF IPCAT WORKSHOPS The purpose of the IPCAT workshop series is to bring together multidisciplinary groups of scientists working in the general area of modelling cells and tissues. A central theme will be the nature of biological information and the ways it is processed in cells and tissues. The workshop is intended to provide a forum to report research, discuss emerging topics and gain new insights into information processing systems, enzyme and gene networks, second messenger systems and signal transduction, automata models, PDP models, cellular automata models, single neuron computation, information processing in developmental systems, information processing in neural and non neural systems and new insights into non linear aspects of physiological behaviour. A key motivation is to provide a common ground for dialogue and reporting research without emphasising one particular research constituency or way of modelling or singular issue in this area. IPCAT '97 will seek to further the meaningful dialogue and exchangeof ideas started at IPCAT '95 between biologists, physicists, computer scientists and mathematicians. SUBMISSION DETAILS Papers should be 1.5 spaced in 12 point Times font. Maximum length of papers should be 12 pages. [Note: shorter contributions are also welcome]. 4 copies of papers should be submitted to: Ray Paton Department of Computer Science The University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 3BX UK Video and computer demonstrations are also welcome. PLEASE NOTE: The papers for the external proceedings will change according to publisher's style. IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline ............................ February 15th 1997 Notification of acceptance ..................... April 20th 1997 Camera ready copies (internal proceedings) ..... May 20th 1997 Conference dates ............................... September 1st-4th 1997 Camera ready copies (published proceedings) .... October 5th 1997 WORKING LANGUAGE The working language of the Conference will be English which will be used for all printed material, presentations and discussion. INFORMATION ON IPCAT For further details about please see the IPCAT HomePage http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/users/biocomp/iphome.htm or email tissues@csc.liv.ac.uk Please let us know your interest in the workshop by emailing Ray Paton at: tissues@csc.liv.ac.uk PUBLISHER (under negotiation) Plenum CONFERENCE VENUE The meeting will take place in Halifax Hall (University of Sheffield). This is a former steel baron's mansion which has been extensively refurbished to provide high grade accommodation. It is located in Broomhill a leafy suburb of Sheffield about 10 minutes walk from the main University campus and 20 minutes from the city centre. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE FOR IPCAT '97 Guenter Albrecht-Buehler (Cell Biology) - Northwestern University, Chicago Dennis Bray (Zoology) - University of Cambridge David Brown (Neurobiology) - Babraham Institute, Cambridge Robin Callard (Immunology) - University of London, London Chris Cannings (Statistics) - University of Sheffield Teresa Chay (Biological Sciences) - University of Pittsburgh Michael Conrad (Computer Science) - Wayne State University, Detroit John Easterby (Biochemistry) - University of Liverpool Bard Ermentrout (Mathematics) - University of Pittsburgh Leon Glass (Biological Sciences) - McGill University Albert Goldbeter (Nonlinear Systems) - University Libre, Brussels Uwe an der Heiden (Mathematics) - University of Witten/Herdecke Mike Holcombe (Computer Science) - University of Sheffield Felix Hong (Physiology) - Wayne State University, Detroit Tsuguchika Kaminuma (Biosciences) - NIHS, Tokyo George Kampis (Philosophy of Science) - Budapest Douglas Kell (Biochemistry) - University of Wales, Aberystwyth Rolf Koetter (Neurobiology) - University of Dusseldorf Gareth Leng (Physiology) - University of Edinburgh Philip Maini (Mathematics) - University of Oxford Pedro Marijuan (Electronics/BioInformatics) - University of Zaragoza Koichiro Matsuno (BioEngineering) - University of Nagaoka Hiroshi Okamoto (Neurobiology) - Fuji Xerox, Kanagawa Ray Paton (Computer Science) - University of Liverpool Peter Schuster (Molecular Biotechnology) - University of Jena Gordon Shepherd (Neurobiology) - Yale University Richard Stark (Mathematics) - University of South Florida, Tampa Rene Thomas (Molecular Biology) - University Libre, Brussels Chris Tofts (Computer Science) - University of Leeds Rickey Welch (Biochemistry) - University of Maryland Hans Westerhoff (Mathematical Biochemistry) - Free University, Amsterdam Gershom Zajicek (Medicine) - Hebrew University of Jerusalem .