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Call for ISMB 2003 Papers - PLEASE NOTE - THE DEADLINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 11:59pm (GMT+10h) January 6, 2003


INTRODUCTION
ISMB provides a general forum for disseminating the latest developments in bioinformatics. It is a multidisciplinary conference that brings together scientists from molecular biology, medicine, computer science, mathematics and statistics. Its scope includes computational problems in the interpretation and analysis of molecular biological data including:

  • Data management methods and systems
  • Sequence analysis, motifs, and pattern matching
  • Gene networks and applications
  • Gene expression
  • Networks, pathways, and modeling thereof
  • New technologies and methods
  • Protein structure and modeling
  • Protein interactions
  • Text mining of biological literature
  • Protein function and evolution
  • Comparative genomics and annotation
  • Mass spectrometry and proteomics
  • Genetic variation (SNPs, haplotypes, etc.)

Relevant computational techniques include: machine learning, data mining, text analysis, pattern recognition, knowledge representation, databases, combinatorics, stochastic modeling, string and graph algorithms, linguistic methods, robotics, constraint satisfaction, data visualization, and parallel computation. Biological areas of interest include: protein structure, protein function, genomics, proteomics, molecular sequence analysis, evolution and phylogenetics, molecular interactions, molecular structure, gene expression, metabolic pathways, regulatory networks, developmental control and systems biology.

CALL FOR PAPERS
Original research papers (including significant works-in-progress) are solicited in all of the areas above. Papers will be published as a special issue of the journal Bioinformatics and indexed in the Medline database. This year, as an experiment, we are also soliciting "short papers" as described below. Both types of papers will be considered by the program committee and follow the same timeline for submission, notification of acceptance, and so on.

Full Papers:
Attendees are invited to submit papers for oral presentation at ISMB 2003. Submitted papers should be a maximum of 10 pages (including title, abstract, figures, tables, and bibliography), single spaced, and set in 12 point type. The first page should give keywords, postal and electronic mailing addresses, as well as telephone and fax numbers.

Short Papers:
Short papers are limited to 2-3 pages, and will be given 15 minute presentation slots during an afternoon of the conference (as opposed to 25 minutes for full papers). Typically a short paper is a brief communication about novel software, implementations, databases, and network services, as well as biologically interesting discoveries using established bioinformatics techniques. The committee is open to other content concepts subject to the operational limits on time and space. All papers must be submitted electronically in postscript format. Complete formatting details for papers and submission instructions are available below.


The deadline for ISMB 2003 paper submissions has been extended to 11:59pm (GMT+10h) January 6, 2003. All submissions will be reviewed by at least 2 members of the Program Committee. Notification of acceptance will be given by February 20, 2003. Final, corrected versions of accepted papers are due no later than March 6, 2003. Those submitting papers that were not accepted are invited to resubmit their work as a poster.

Submission Guidelines:
Papers must include an abstract of not more than 250 words. Submitted papers should be a maximum of 10 pages, single-spaced, 12 point font, including title, abstract, figures, tables, and bibliography. The first page should give keywords, postal and electronic mailing addresses, telephone and fax numbers. Submit papers electronically to CyberChairPRO in either Postscript or PDF format. Papers will only be accepted electronically. For accepted papers, figures with multiple colors can be printed, but the author has to pay for the expense. Upon acceptance, authors must comply with the formatting instructions for final papers - available here.

Papers submitted for review should represent original, previously unpublished work. At the time the full paper is submitted to ISMB 2003, and for the entire review period, the paper should not be under review by any other conference or scientific journal.
PAPERS NOT CONFORMING TO THESE GUIDELINES WILL BE RETURNED WITHOUT REVIEW
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