Conference on Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences (CSHALS)

Conference on Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences (CSHALS)

The deadline for abstract submission has passed.

Call for Presentations

ISCB Conference on Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences (CSHALS) is a forum for the presentation and discussion of semantics-based approaches and challenges currently faced in the Healthcare and Life Science Industry. The conference features keynote lectures, invited talks, selected oral presentations and posters.

Conference organizers are accepting abstract submissions for poster and oral presentations in the following topic areas:

Biomedical Semantics - use of semantic technologies in medicine and biological sciences, including pharmaceutical research and development.
Clinical Harmonization - use of semantic technologies for clinical trials and other highly-regulated environments relative to healthcare.
Compounds and Chemistry - use of semantic technologies for any aspect of work with chemical compounds.
Ontologies and Knowledge Bases - practical application of knowledge engineering principles and techniques.
Semantic Web and Pharma - practical application of Semantic Web standards and technologies to pharmaceutical R&D.
Translational Medicine - practical application of semantic technologies across multiple stages of the typical pharmaceutical R&D pipeline.
Other (New and Innovative)

Key Dates
September 25, 2009	Call for Oral and Poster Presentations Opens

November 6, 2009	Call for Oral Presentations Closes

November 20, 2009	Oral Presentation Acceptance Notification

January 8, 2010	Call for Poster Closes

January 15, 2010	Poster Presentation Acceptance Notification

January 20, 2010	Registration Deadline: Accepted Presenters Required

Participants interested in presenting at CSHALS are required to submit a 500-word abstract organized according to the sections described below. This abstract will be printed in the conference program and available on-line.

The submissions will be reviewed using the following criteria:

The objectives and motivation, as an introduction of the application of semantics relevant to CSHALS. (Note specifically, with which of themes, stated in the call for participation, your work aligns)
Method - name or describe the semantic tools and technologies used and any relevant analyses.
Results - present the main accomplishment of the work - what capability has been added? What was the impact? Lessons learned? Advantate/Disadvantage of using a semantic approach achieved.
Conclusions - present major theoretical contributions and practical implications of the study. This statement should be followed by specific recommendations.

Supporting PDF Document

In addition to the abstract, while not required, submitters are encouraged to upload a one-page PDF file in order to aid in the selection process. The supplemental PDF should only be uploaded to provide more information and context than is possible in the text abstract, such as figure(s), a description of character data, and/or a statement of the intended user community. PDFs that simply expand on the text of the abstract will be disregarded. This PDF will not be published and is intended for evaluation purposes only.

Please note: CSHALS conference registration must be completed by January 20, 2010 in order to be eligible to present at CSHALS.