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Conference on Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences

News

2013:

  • Jan 30:  Poster presentations now available on-line.   Visit the Poster Presentations page >>click here<< and check back as full detailed posters are added to the site.

  • Jan 17:  ISCB is pleased to note the Joint SWAT4LS and CSHALS Thematic Series published by the Journal of Biomedical Sementics is available at: http://www.jbiomedsem.com/series/SWAT4LSCSHALS

    This thematic series focuses on the application of web based technologies for knowledge representation and data integration in life sciences, that seek to facilitate biomedical research and healthcare practice. The series originates in research presented at two conferences, SWAT4LS (Semantic Web Application and Tools for Life Sciences) which is held annually in Europe, and CSHALS (Conference on Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences), which is held annually in the United States. These two venues foster critical discussions on the limits, challenges, and opportunities in the adoption of semantic web technologies in healthcare and life sciences.

    The emergence of the Web as the primary communication medium; the ever increasing amount of biomedical information and the convergence of disciplines in the biomedical spectrum are all phenomena that point at the Web as a promising technology platform to increase the efficiency of biomedical research and healthcare delivery. At the same time, they make evident the need for semantic approaches in order to integrate information that arises from different processes and disciplines in a meaningful way. At this convergence of Web and semantic solutions we are witnessing a front of innovation where various approaches, including Semantic Web and Linked Data solutions, are proposed.

    The objective of this thematic series, and of the events that underpin it, is to explore this front of innovation, both in the critical assessment of current technologies and in novel proposals.

    The series is open for any submission that fits into these objectives.

  • Jan 11: Agenda and Conference Presentation details now available.  Click HERE

  • Jan 07: FINAL CALL for Poster Presentations - Deadline Jan 11.
    Full Details are available here.

2012:

  • Nov 09: Introducing the CSHALS 2013 Keynote Speakers  Click HERE