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ANNOUNCING GIW/ISCB-ASIA 2014
By Paul Horton, Conference Co-chair
The International Society for
Computational Biology (ISCB), the Japanese Society for
Bioinformatics (JSBi) and the Association of Asian Societies for
Bioinformatics (AASBi) are proud to announce GIW/ISCB-Asia 2014, the
first joint conference between ISCB and GIW.
GIW has a strong
history as a stage to communicate important scientific progress on
computational biology in East Asia. As they say in that region, one
look is worth more than a hundred reports. The photo below is from
GIW 2013. Note the expression of astonishment on the faces of the
2014 conference co-chairs (Kiyoshi Asai and Paul Horton) as they
intently focus on the lecture.
The positive influence of
teaming up with ISCB-Asia for this year's GIW is evident in the
exceptionally strong keynote speakers: Janet Kelso, Alfonso
Valencia, Thomas Lengauer, Shinya Kuroda, Sang-Yup Lee and Masami
Hirai, who will present the latest computational biology advances in
areas ranging from archaic human genomes, cancer genomics,
combination drug therapies, temporal coding of insulin action and
metabolic engineering.
In addition to these exciting keynotes,
the conference will continue the GIW tradition of a strong
proceedings track, giving young researchers an opportunity to
present "the devil in the details". Some selected presentations will
subsequently be published in journals such as
Bioinformatics,IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology, BMC
Genomics, BMC Systems Biology, and Journal of Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology. GIW/ISCB-Asia 2014 will be held on
December 15-17 in Tokyo, the city where GIW started 25 years ago.
Tokyo is a convenient, safe and modern city with a moderate
climate and despite its status as the world's largest metropolitan
area, enjoys good air quality. The conference venue is on the newly
developed, highly popular and yet surprisingly spacious "Odaiba"
waterfront area.
In addition to recreational opportunities,
Odaiba is a research hub, home of the Computational Biology Research
Center (AIST), and other national and municipal research facilities.
Tokyo (or Edo) also enjoys a rich history as the center of
Japanese civilization for the last 400 years and offers numerous
museums and tours for the curious.
December is a sunny month
with average temperature of 9C and relatively long days (similar
latitude to Malta). We are sure participants will greatly enjoy the
conference, the venue, and the city as a whole.
Potential
sponsors or exhibiters are encouraged to contact Stacy Slagor,
Director of Corporate Relations and Development, ISCB at
stacy.slagor@iscb.org or the local administrator, Hiroko Sakai, at
sakai-hiroko@aist.go.jp.
Important dates:
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August 11 - Highlights
Track Submission Closes
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August 24 - Poster
Submission Closes
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Octobor 6 - Last Poster
Submission Closes
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November 10 - Early Bird
Registration Closes
For more information please
see the official website at
www.jsbi.org/giw2014/
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