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                        First call for papers

                              CS2Bio'13
                    4th International Workshop on
          Interactions between Computer Science and Biology

                      Affiliated to DisCoTec'13

                          06th of June 2013
                           Florence, Italy

                     http://cs2bio13.di.unito.it/

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Systems Biology is a stimulating field of application for computer
scientists and a promising resource for biologists. The aim of this
workshop is to gather researchers in formal methods that are
interested in the convergence of Computer Science and Life Sciences.
In particular, in this forth edition, we solicit the contribution of
original results, from any research areas, such as Mathematics,
Physics, Complex Systems, and Computational Sciences that address both
theoretical aspects of modelling and applied work on the comprehension
of biological behaviour. Furthermore, to facilitate the integration of
different research areas we encourage the presentation of the main
objectives and preliminary results of active projects on the CS2Bio
topics conducted by interdisciplinary teams. 


*** SCOPE ***

Contributions selected for presentation at CS2Bio should either present
the modelling of a specific biological phenomenon using formal
techniques, or a modelling, simulation, testing or verification
approach in computer science that leads to a novel and promising
application to a range of biological or medical systems. In the latter
case, some emphasis on the scope and scalability of the approach will
be required. The workshop intends to attract researchers interested in
models, verification, tools, and programming primitives concerning the
complex interactions encountered. Topics of interest include, but shall
not be limited to:

- Formal Biological Modelling
 - Formal methods for the representation of biological systems and
   their dynamics;
 - Theoretical links and comparisons between different formal models
   for the modelling of biological processes;
 - Quantitative (probabilistic, timed, stochastic, etc.) languages
   and calculi;
 - Spatial (geometrical, topological) languages and calculi;
 - Prediction of biological behaviour from incomplete information;
 - Model checking, abstract interpretation, type systems, etc.

- Novel Computational Paradigms for Understanding Biological Complex
 Systems
 - Quantum information and life sciences;
 - Geometry, algebraic and computational topology and
   biomathematics;
 - Information processing and biomedicine;
 - Statistical mechanics and biophysics.

- Tools and Simulations
 - Modelling, analysis and simulation tools for systems biology;
 - Emergence of properties in complex biological systems;
 - Tools for parallel, distributed, and multi-resolution simulation
   methods;
 - Detailed biological case-studies.


*** INVITED SPEAKERS ***

 - Giuseppe Longo (ENS Paris, France)
 - Mario Rasetti (ISI Foundation, Italy)


*** SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ***

We solicit three kinds of contributions:
 - Regular papers: must report previously unpublished work and not be
   submitted concurrently to a journal or to another conference with
   refereed proceedings (limited to 14 pages).
 - Tool presentations: describing new tools or platforms for the
   modelling of biological systems (limited to 7 pages).
 - Dissemination of project results: concern recent or ongoing work
   on topics relevant to CS2Bio and are intended to provide discussion
   and stimulate feedback during the workshop. The focus of a
   dissemination should be put on the main objectives and preliminary
   results of active projects on topics relevant to the workshop. There
   are no restrictions about previous or future publication of the
   contents of a dissemination, it could also be based on a recently
   published paper or on a work which has not yet been submitted
   (limited to 4 pages).

Authors should submit their contributions via EasyChair
(http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cs2bio13) in the form of a
pdf file compiled using the ENTCS style for the workshop proceedings
(http://www.entcs.org/files/cs2bio/prentcsmacro.sty). If necessary,
detailed proofs or other additional material can be added in an appendix
(referees might review it at their discretion).


*** DISSEMINATION ***

The proceedings of the workshop will be published in a volume of the
Elsevier series "Electronic Notes on Theoretical Computer Science". After
the event, papers presented at the workshop will be invited to be
furtherly extended and submitted to an open special issue of the journal
"Theoretical Computer Science".


*** IMPORTANT DATES ***

- Submission deadline: 26 March 2013
- Notification to authors: 03 May 2013
- Workshop: 06 June 2013


*** PROGRAM COMMITTEE ***

 - Erik de Vink
 - Jasmin Fisher
 - Paola Giannini
 - Radu Grosu
 - Jean Krivine
 - Pietro Lio'
 - Daniele Manini
 - Emanuela Merelli (Co-chair)
 - Paolo Milazzo
 - Ion Petre
 - Marco Pettini
 - Christian Reidys
 - David Safranek
 - Luca Tesei
 - Angelo Troina (Co-chair)
 - Verena Wolf


*** STEERING COMMITTEE ***

 - Erik de Vink
 - Paola Giannini
 - Jean Krivine
 - Angelo Troina


-- 
Paola Giannini
Dipartimento di Informatica   
Universita' del Piemonte Orientale    
via Teresa Michel, 11        
15100 Alessandria, Italy 
phone: (+39) 0131 360171
fax  : (+39) 0131 360390
email: [email protected]
http://www.di.unito.it/~giannini



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