CALL FOR PAPERS
8th International Symposium on Bioinformatics Research and Applications
May 21-23, 2012, Dallas,Texas

http://www.cs.gsu.edu/isbra/

The International Symposium on Bioinformatics Research and Applications (ISBRA)
provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and results among researchers,
developers, and practitioners working on all aspects of bioinformatics and
computational biology and their applications. Submissions presenting original
research are solicited in all areas of bioinformatics and computational
biology, including the development of experimental or commercial systems.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

* Biomedical databases and data integration
* Biomolecular imaging
* Bio-ontologies
* Comparative genomics
* Computational genetic epidemiology
* Computational proteomics
* Data mining and visualization
* Gene expression analysis
* Genome analysis
* High-performance bio-computing
* High-throughput sequencing data analysis
* Molecular evolution
* Molecular modeling and simulation
* Pattern discovery and classification
* Population genetics
* Software tools and applications
* Structural biology
* Systems biology

We seek two categories of submissions: extended abstracts of up to 12 pages in
Springer LNCS format, and short abstracts of up to 4 pages. Both types of
submissions must be made electronically by following the instructions at
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isbra2012. Submission implies
willingness of at least one author to register and present at the symposium.

Accepted extended abstracts will be published prior to the symposium in
Springer-Verlag's Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics series and presented orally
at the symposium. Accepted short abstracts will be published online and on
CD-ROM and selected for either oral or poster presentation. As in previous
years, full versions of selected extended abstracts presented at the symposium
will be invited to a peer-reviewed special issue of IEEE/ACM Transactions on
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. The authors of remaining extended
and short abstracts will be invited to submit full versions to a peer-reviewed
volume to be published after the symposium in BMC Bioinformatics.

KEY DATES
Extended Abstracts Short Abstracts
(12 pages) (4 pages)

Submission deadline February 6, 2012 April 9, 2012

Notification of acceptance March 5, 2012 April 16, 2012

Final version due March 15, 2012 April 23, 2012


STEERING COMMITTEE

Dan Gusfield (UC Davis)
Ion Mandoiu (UConn)
Yi Pan (GSU), Chair Marie-France Sagot (INRIA)
Alexander Zelikovsky (GSU)

GENERAL CHAIRS

Ovidiu Daescu (UT Dallas)
Raj Sunderraman (GSU)

PROGRAM CHAIRS

Leonidas Bleris (UT Dallas)
Ion Mandoiu (UConn)
Russell Schwartz (Carnegie Mellon)
Jianxin Wang (Central South Univ.)