First CFP: The Second Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference (APBC2004)

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        The Second Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference 
            
           Within Australia Computer Science Week 

          Dunedin, New Zealand, 18-22 January 2004 

          http://www.fit.qut.edu.au/~chenp/APBC2004
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The Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference series is an annual forum for 
exploring research, 
development and novel applications of Bioinformatics. The Second Asia-Pacific 
Bioinformatics 
Conference, APBC'04, will be held at the University of Otage, New Zealand  
as part of the Australasian Computer Science Week. 

The conference week also includes: 
-the Australasian Computer Science Conference (ACSC'04), 
-the Australasian Database Conference (ADC'04), 
-Computing: The Australasian Theory Symposium (CATS'04), 
-the Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC'04). 
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As with previous years, registration to the Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics 
Conference will 
enable delegates to attend sessions in any conference participating in the 
Australasian 
Computer Science Week.

Key Information
The importance of bioinformatics is growing rapidly and the volume of 
biological data is 
increasing exponentially. These data are characterized by variety and 
heterogeneity: 
they are related to different organic structures, environments, and spatial 
scales, and derive 
from multiple sources. The aim of this conference is to provide an 
international forum for 
researchers, professionals, and industrial practitioners to share their 
knowledge of how 
to surf this tidal wave of information. 

Database management, artificial intelligence, data mining, and knowledge 
representation can 
provide key solutions to the challenges presented by biological data. These 
approaches require 
powerful and sophisticated computational tools to provide efficient solutions 
to very complex 
problems.   Exciting opportunities are emerging for integrating molecular 
biology components 
of bioinformatics with computational, physiological, morphological, taxonomic, 
and ecological 
components. Addressing this challenge will facilitate the way life science 
researches access, 
retrieve, analyze and visualize data and relationships in a collaborative work 
environment. 

We invite submissions that address conceptual and practical issues of 
bioinformatics. 

The main objective of this conference is to bring together researchers in all 
aspects 
of computer-based management of biological data. 
  
Topics of Interest 

Papers are solicited on, but not limited to, the following topics: 
-Bioinformatics Applications 
-Computational Analysis of Biological Data 
-Scientific/Biological Visualization 
-Fuzzy Logic for Biological Data 
-Bioinformatics Data Mining & Statistical Modeling 
-Complex Data Input 
-Intelligent Biological Systems 
-Biological Database Migration and Integration 
-Biological Data Intensive XML / Web-based Biological Data Access
-Machine Learning for Bioinformatics 
-High Dimensional Biological Indexing and Similarity Search 


GENERAL CHAIR 
    Satoru Miyano University of Tokyo, Japan

PROGRAM CHAIR 
   Yi-Ping Phoebe Chen 
   Queensland University of Technology , Australia 

PROGRAM COMMITTEE 
    Catherine Abbott, Flinders University, Australia 
    Philip Bourne, Uni of California, USA
    Matthew Bellgard, Murdoch Uni, Australia
    Kevin Burrage, Uni of Queensland, Australia
    Shi-Kuo Chang, Uni of Pittsburgh, USA
    Sung-Bae Cho, Yonsei Uni, Korea
    Ross Coppel, Monash Uni, Australia
    David Dagan Feng, PolyTech Uni, Hong Kong
    Gavin Huttley, Au. National Uni, Australia
    Hasan Jamil, Mississippi State Uni, USA
    Sang Yup Lee, KAIST, Korea 
    Minoru Kanehisa, Kyoto University, Japan
    Nik Kasabov, Auckland Uni of Tech, NZ
    Ashok Kolaskar, Uni of Pune, India
    Tim Littlejohn, BioLateral Ltd, Australia
    Ming Li, University of Waterloo, USA 
    JingChu Luo, Peking University, China
    Satoru Miyano, University of Tokyo, Japan
    Pavel Pevzner, University of California, USA
    Michael Poidinger, ANGIS, Australia
    Allen Rodrigo, Uni of Auckland, NZ
    Mark Ragan, Uni of Queensland, Australia
    Shoba Ranganathan, APBioNet, Singapore
    M. Vidyasagar, Tata Services, India
    Tan Tin Wee, University of Singapore 
    Limsoon Wong, I2R, Singapore
    Hong Yan, City Uni of HK, Hong Kong 
    Ueng-Cheng Yang, Nat Yang-Ming Uni, Taiwan
    Ren Zhang, Wollongong Uni, Australia
    Xiaofang Zhou, Uni of Queensland, Australia

ORGANIZATION CO-CHAIRS 
    Ian MacDonald, University of Otago, NZ
    Mike Atkinson, University of Otago, NZ

IMPORTANT DATES 

    Submission of Abstract:          Fri, 29 Aug 2003
    Submission of full papers:        Fri, 5 Sept 2003
    Notification of acceptance:      Fri, 17 Oct 2003
    Camera-ready copy:               Fri, 14 Nov 2003
    Author registration:               Fri, 14 Nov 2003 
    Conference:                        18-22 Jan 2004

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 
APBC2004 invites high-quality original papers on any topic related to 
Bioinformatics. 
Papers should be no more than 10 pages in length conforming to the formatting 
instructions for the series Conferences in Research and Practice in Information 
Technology (instructions available at the APBC2004 website). 
Each paper will be fully refereed by an international program committee. 
Papers will be judged on originality, significance, correctness and clarity.  
Authors should submit one (1) copy of a PDF or MS Word file to "APBC2004 Paper 
Submission Website". 
The title and abstract should be submitted before 29 Aug 2003, and the full 
paper must be 
submitted by 5 Sep 2003. . 
The proceedings of the conference will be published through the Australian 
Computer Society 
as the Second Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference 2004 - Australian Computer 
Science 
Communications. The best papers are being offered the opportunity to revise and 
resubmit 
their paper for publication in the Journal of Research and Practice in 
Information Technology. 
To publish the paper in the conference, one of authors needs to register and 
present in the conference. 

THE ADDRESS FOR ALL CORRESPONDENCE IS AS FOLLOWS: 
Dr. Phoebe Chen
Program Chair of APBC2004 
Faculty of Information Technology,  
Queensland University of Technology 
Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia, Phone: +61 7 3864-9482 Fax: +61 7 38649390 
email: p.chen-OLQOJ2pKmJQQrrorzV6ljw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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