CFP for 2nd International Workshop on Biological Data Management (BIDM 2004)

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 CALL FOR PAPER

2nd International Workshop on Biological Data Management (BIDM'04)
(In conjunction with DEXA 2004, Zaragoza, Spain)

URL: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/assourav/bidm/2004/main.html
URL: http://www.dexa.org


Technological advances in high-throughput techniques and efficient data 
gathering methods
coupled with a world wide effort  in computational biology have resulted in a 
vast amount 
of life science data often available in distributed  and heterogeneous 
repositories. These 
repositories contain interesting information such as sequence and structure 
data, annotations
for biological data, results of complex and expensive computations, bio-medical 
publications,
and so on. Newer and more sophisticated computational techniques to  analyze 
such data are 
also being developed and made available for public use at a rapid pace. 
Nonetheless, the 
multiplicity in the objectives, methods, representation, and platforms of these 
data sources 
and analysis tools have created an urgent and immediate need for research in 
resource 
integration and platform independent processing ofinvestigative queries 
involving 
heterogeneous data sources and analysis tools. It is now universally recognized 
that a 
database approach to analysis and management of biological data offers a 
convenient, high 
level, and efficient alternative to high volume biological data processing and 
management. 
Advances in database integration, query processing, web technology, work flow 
systems, and 
object-orientation can be leveraged to develop novel high-performance data 
management systems 
for biological applications.
 
Following the success of the 1st International Workshop on Biological Data 
Management last 
year, we are pleased to invite original contributions in  biological data 
management and 
analysis for the 2nd International Workshop on Biological Data Management to be 
held in 
Zaragoza, Spain.This year we encourage submission of papers in broad areas of 
biological data 
management, novel algorithms and analysis tools for life sciences data, and 
integration of 
biological resources. We particularly encourage submission of papers addressing 
the issue of 
processing queries and transactions in disparate heterogeneous biological 
resources in a 
database environment  (i.e., integration of analysis tools with data  
management systems).

In keeping with our mission, BIDM 2004 is intended to bring together  
researchers in 
biological data management, algorithms and tools development and provide a 
common forum 
for exchange of ideas and discussion. We solicit papers with important new 
insights and 
experiences on managing biological data, and integrating analysis tools and 
algorithms 
with database query processing techniques. Topics of interest lie at the 
intersection of 
data management  and general bioinformatics research. Following is a 
nonexclusive list of 
topics of interest for this year.

* Database integration and interoperability 
* Warehousing biological data   
* Change management 
* Biological data cleaning 
* Information Modeling, metadata and data sharing 
* Multidatabase indexing and multidatabase queries  
* Genomic algebra and query languages  
* Biological query processing and optimization 
* 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 and Analysis of Biochemical Pathways 
* Recognition of Genes and Regulatory Elements 
* Molecular Sequence analysis 
* Genome comparative analysis   
* Lab Information Management System (LIMS) 
* Microarray data management and analysis 
* Management of proteomic experimental data 
* Management of Bio images 
* XML and biological data management 
* Biologist-friendly user interface design 


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'2004 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 may be considered for publication 
in a special 
issue of an international journal (selected papers for BIDM 2003 are to be 
published in Data 
and Knowledge Engineering (DKE) Journal, Elsevier Science). 


IMPORTANT DATES:

* Abstract Submission Deadline: March 5, 2004
* Paper Submission Deadline: March 12, 2004
* Notification of Acceptance: April 24, 2004
* Camera-ready Copy Due: May 12, 2004
* Workshop Date: August 30 - September 3, 2004


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, Wayne State University, USA, 
jamil-RgmvZnd2rsX2fBVCVOL8/A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
* Dadabhai T Singh, Genvea Pte Ltd, Singapore, 
dtsingh-rymsrEptts7QT0dZR+AlfA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

* Tatsuya Akutsu, Kyoto University, Japan
* Omran Bukhres, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, USA 
* Phoebe Chen, Deakin University, Australia 
* Bhaskar Dasgupta, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA 
* C Forbes Dewey, Jr, MIT, USA 
* Deedayal Dinakarpandian, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA  
* Johann Eder, Universitat Klagenfurt, Austria 
* Jeppe Emmersen, Aalborg University, Denmark 
* William Farmerie, University of Florida, USA 
* Le Gruenwald, University of Oklahoma, USA
* George Karypis, University of Minnesota, USA 
* Sun Kim, Indiana University, USA 
* Zoe Lacroix, Arizona State University, USA
* Bin Ma, University of Western Ontario, Canada 
* Sanjay Madria, University of Missouri-Rolla, USA 
* Mukesh Mohania, IBM India Research Lab, India 
* Shinichi Morishita, University of Tokyo, Japan 
* Wee Keong Ng, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 
* Jignesh Patel, University of Michigan, USA 
* Tobias Scheffer, Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Germany 
* Ambuj Singh, University of California Santa Barbara, USA 
* Mona Singh, Princeton University, USA 
* Kian-Lee Tan, National University of Singapore, Singapore 
* Masaru Tomita, Keio University, Japan 
* Wei Wang, University of North Carolina, USA 
* Raymond Wong, University of New South Wales, Australia 
* Osmar Zaiane, University of Alberta, Canada
* Cheng Xiang Zhai, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA 

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