Call for Papers: 1st International Workshop on Biological Data Management (BIDM)

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CALL FOR PAPER 

1st International Workshop on Biological Data Management (BIDM'03) 
(In conjunction with DEXA 2003, Prague, Czech Republic)

URL: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/assourav/bidm.htm
URL: www.dexa.org

Technological advances in high throughput screening coupled with the genomic 
revolution resulted in a large amount of life science data. This data, which
 lies at the foundation of hypothesis development and experiment validation, 
is often stored in geographically distributed databases. These databases contain
 annotated genomic sequence information, or the results of new high-throughput 
techniques such as microarray experiments, or curated databases containing 
carefully scrutinized existing research, systematically compiled by domain 
experts. It is useful to correlate these databases with those containing 
medical 
records, information on disease, databases on references to literature, 
databases 
containing information on the properties of chemicals and their molecular 
structure. These databases hold information that is critical to biomedical and 
life science researchers. Hence, the problem of integrating, querying and 
mining 
heterogenous bioinformatics resources is of immense importance. Useful queries 
do 
span through a multitude of databases in the categories mentioned above.

However, integrating, querying and mining biological data from disparate 
sources 
is a challenging problem due to the nature of biological data. Most data
pertaining to genomics and molecular biology is characterized by being highly 
evolving 
and semi-structured. Moreover, genomic data available from public and private 
repositories is voluminous, highly heterogeneous, and not consistently 
represented. The 
heterogeneity results from our evolving understanding of complex biological 
systems; 
the numerous disparities in modeling biological systems across organisms, 
across tissue, 
in different environments and over time; and disparities across the scientific 
community 
in their understanding of these systems. Moreover, there continues to be a lack 
of common 
standards in the representation of biological data. In fact, the extremely 
rapid pace 
of change of the field - in terms of science, technology, and business - 
discourages the 
development of stable standards for interoperation and formation of commercial 
companies that can deliver specialized software of reasonable prices. This 
results in crippling incompatibilities among software tools and databases. 
Scientists find it slow, cumbersome, and labor-intensive to establish 
connections across information resources that fuel scientific research. 
Addressing this challenge will facilitate the way life science data is 
accessed, retrieved, analyzed and combined with other data.
This workshop is intended to bring together researchers in the management of 
biological  
data. We solicit papers with important new insights and experiences on managing 
biological data. Topics of interest lie at the intersection of data management 
and bioinformatics. They include, but are not limited to  

-Database integration and interoperability 
-Warehousing biological data 
-Information Modeling, metadata and data sharing 
-Multidatabase indexing and multidatabase queries 
-Data semantic and control 
-Ontology design 
-Biological Workflows
-Knowledge discovery and data mining 
-Algorithms for large scale and distributed biological databases 
-Protein structure prediction 
-Modeling of Biochemical Pathways 
-Recognition of Genes and Regulatory Elements 
-Molecular Sequence analysis 
-Genome comparative analysis 

PAPER SUBMISSION: 

The full paper submissions should not be more than 5 pages (Two columns IEEE 
format) 
in length. Please submit the PDF version of your manuscript to 
assourav-HU4z9rI8l8BQFrIA2EnZrA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Papers will be reviewed by at least 3 program committee members for their 
technical merit, 
originality, significance, and relevance to the workshop. Accepted papers will 
be 
published by IEEE Computer Society Press in the Proceedings of the DEXA'2003 
Workshops. 
Please send abstract (no more than 250 words in ASCII text) of the paper via 
email 
including title of the paper, authors' name, and 3-4 keywords. 

Extended versions of selected accepted papers will be considered for 
publication in a 
special issue of Data and Knowledge Engineering (DKE) journal (Elsevier 
Science). 


IMPORTANT DATES: 

Abstract Submission Deadline: 28th February, 2003 
Paper Submission Deadline: 7th  March, 2003 
Notification: 14th April, 2003 
Camera-ready Copy Due: 12th May, 2003 
Workshop Date: 1st - 5th September, 2003 

WORKSHOP ORGANIZER:
Sourav S Bhowmick 
School of Computer Engineering 
Nanyang Technological University 
Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798 
assourav-HU4z9rI8l8CLvajZxc+D7Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Phone : (65)67904320 
Fax: (65)67926559 

PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR :
 * Sourav S Bhowmick, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 
assourav-HU4z9rI8l8CLvajZxc+D7Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS : 
 * Hasan Jamil, Mississippi State University, USA, 
jamil-whrFl7wGAqjbI6/z8TGyug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 * Dadabhai T Singh, Helixense Pte Ltd, Singapore, 
dtsingh-10x1/RBuB/tl57MIdRCFDg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:  
 
* Carole Goble, University of Manchester, UK, 
cgoble-I9UBhjeNIXeFxr2TtlUqVg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
* Le Gruenwald, University of Oklahoma, USA, 
ggruenwald-GrrYUJ3DTa8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
* Gavin Huttley, Australia National University, Australia, 
gavin.huttley-FCV4sgi5zeUQrrorzV6ljw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
* Zoe Lacroix, Arizona State University, USA, 
zoe.lacroix-tTJs1oqo2yY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
* Amey Laud, Helixense Pte Ltd, Singapore, 
alaud-10x1/RBuB/tl57MIdRCFDg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
* Sanjay Madria, University of Missourri-Rolla, USA, 
madrias-yd4//antqpM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
* Mukesh Mohania, IBM India Research Lab, India, 
mkmukesh-xthvdsQ13ZrQT0dZR+AlfA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
* Wee-Keong Ng, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 
awkng-HU4z9rI8l8CLvajZxc+D7Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
* Martin Senger, EMBL, UK, senger-jcUp+/l53Jxaa/9Udqfwiw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
* Kian-Lee Tan, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 
tankl-re5r+meJ/dN84TsAtUCrkA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
* Raymond Wong, University of New South Wales, Australia, 
wong-YbfuJp6tym7X/JP9YwkgDA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
* Justin Zobel, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia, 
jz-MTgBGfZJYvW7NGdpmJTKYQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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