2nd Workshop on Computational Issues in Genetic Epidemiology May 13-16, 2009 Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
The Workshop on Computational Issues in Genetic Epidemiology (CIGE) provides a forum for computer scientists, geneticists, and statisticians aiming to address current computational challenges in gene mapping. The first edition of CIGE, held on August 21-22, 2008 at the DIMACS center of Rutgers University, enjoyed a great success. The second edition will be held in conjunction with the 5th International Symposium on Bioinformatics Research and Applications (ISBRA'09, http://www.cs.gsu.edu/isbra09/) on May 13-16, 2009 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Dealing with complex missing data patterns * Effects of structural genomic variation * Gene-gene and gene-environment interactions * Multiple hypotheses testing * Population substructure * Using biological networks in whole-genome studies We seek two categories of submissions: (1) papers for the proceedings volume and (2) abstracts for presentation. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper/abstract at the symposium. PROCEEDINGS PAPER SUBMISSION Papers of up to 12 pages in Springer LNCS format should be submitted electronically at http://www.easychair.org/conferences?conf=isbra09 by selecting the "Workshop on Computational Issues in Genetic Epidemiology -- Proceedings Papers" track. Accepted papers will be published as part of the ISBRA'09 proceedings in a volume of Springer-Verlag's Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics series. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Abstracts of up to 4 pages in Springer LNCS format should be submitted electronically at http://www.easychair.org/conferences?conf=isbra09 by selecting the "Workshop on Computational Issues in Genetic Epidemiology -- Abstracts" track. The abstracts accepted for either oral or poster presentation will be distributed in electronic form on the ISBRA'08 website and on CD-ROM. TRAVEL SUPPORT Pending approval from NSF, we expect to have partial financial support for graduate students and postdocs attending the workshop. Preference will be given to students and postdocs presenting at the workshop. IMPORTANT DATES Papers for Proceedings Volume Submission deadline January 19, 2009 Notification of acceptance February 6, 2009 Final version due February 20, 2009 Abstracts for Presentation Submission deadline March 16, 2009 Notification of acceptance March 23, 2009 Final version due March 30, 2009 STEERING COMMITTEE Andrew Allen, Duke University Ion Mandoiu, University of Connecticut Dan Nicolae, University of Chicago Yi Pan, Georgia State University Alex Zelikovsky, Georgia State University PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS Andrew Allen, Duke University Itsik Pe'er, Columbia University _______________________________________________ ISBRA-L mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dna.engr.uconn.edu/mailman/listinfo/isbra-l _______________________________________________ BBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/bbb
