HiCOMB 2011 Call For Papers

High-performance computing is fast becoming an integral part of research and application in bioinformatics and computational biology. The large size of biological data sets, inherent complexity of biological problems and the ability to deal with error-prone data all result in large run-time and memory requirements. The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum for discussion of latest research in developing high-performance computing solutions to data-intensive and compute-intensive problems arising from molecular biology and related life sciences areas. We are especially interested in parallel algorithms, memory-efficient algorithms, large scale data mining techniques, algorithms on multicores and GPUs, and design of high-performance software for biological applications. The workshop will feature contributed papers as well as invited talks from reputed researchers in the field.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Bioinformatic databases
• Computational genomics and metagenomics
• Computational proteomics and metaproteomics
• DNA assembly, clustering, and mapping
• Gene expression and microarrays
• Gene identification and annotation
• Parallel algorithms for biological sequence analysis
• Parallel architectures for biological applications
• Molecular evolution and phylogenetic reconstruction algorithms
• Protein structure prediction and modeling
• String data structures and algorithms
• Parallel algorithms in chemical genetics and chemical informatics
• High performance algorithms for systems biology

Submission guidelines:

Papers reporting on original research (both theoretical and experimental) in all areas of bioinformatics and computational biology are sought. Surveys of important recent results and directions are also welcome. To submit a paper, upload a PDF copy of the paper here (this link is not yet active). The paper should not exceed 12 single-spaced pages (US Letter or A4 size) in 11pt font or larger. All papers will be reviewed. IEEE CS Press will publish the IPDPS symposium and workshop abstracts as a printed volume. The complete symposium and workshop proceedings will also be published by IEEE CS Press on CD-ROM and will also be available in the IEEE Digital Library.

Important Dates

Workshop Co-Chairs

Program Chair

Program Committee

• Gagan Agarwal, Ohio State University
• Eric Aubanel, University of New Brunswick, Canada
• Sanjukta Bhowmick, University of Nebraska
• Umit Catalyurek, Ohio State University
• Vipin Chaudhary, University of Buffalo SUNY
• Mark Clement, Brigham Young University
• Wuchun Feng, Virginia Tech
• Robert Germain, IBM Research
• Martin Herbordt, Boston University
• Heshan Lin, Virginia Tech
• Kamesh Madduri, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Harald Meier, Technische Universität München, Germany
• Chris Oehmen, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Jacques Rogemont, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, France
• Nagiza Samatova, North Carolina State University
• Bertil Schmidt, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Alexandros Stamatakis, Technische Universität München, Germany
• Tjerk P Straatsma, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Michela Taufer, University of Delaware
• Chau-Wen Tseng, University of Maryland, College Park
• Tiffani Williams, Texas A&M University
• Jaroslaw Zola, Iowa State University
• Albert Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Australia

For up-to-date information about this workshop, please visit http://www.hicomb.org/.

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Previous meetings

• 9th International Workshop on High Performance Computational Biology (HiCOMB 2010)
• 8th International Workshop on High Performance Computational Biology (HiCOMB 2009)
• 7th International Workshop on High Performance Computational Biology (HiCOMB 2008)
• 6th International Workshop on High Performance Computational Biology (HiCOMB 2007)
• 5th International Workshop on High Performance Computational Biology (HiCOMB 2006)
• 4th International Workshop on High Performance Computational Biology (HiCOMB 2005)
• 3rd International Workshop on High Performance Computational Biology (HiCOMB 2004)
• 2nd International Workshop on High Performance Computational Biology (HiCOMB 2003)
• 1st International Workshop on High Performance Computational Biology (HiCOMB 2002)