Eighth IEEE International Workshop on High Performance Computational Biology
Monday, May 25, 2009
Rome, Italy
(Held in conjunction with the International Parallel and
Distributed Processing Symposium)
Monday, May 25, 2009
Rome, Italy
(Held in conjunction with the International Parallel and
Distributed Processing Symposium)
Abstract:
Speaker Biography:
Computational Biology is fast emerging as an important discipline for
academic research and industrial application. 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 problems arising from molecular biology. We are
especially interested in parallel algorithms, memory-efficient
algorithms, large scale data mining techniques, and design of
high-performance software. 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:
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 postscript or PDF copy of
the
paper here.
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.
For up-to-date information about this workshop, please visit
http://www.hicomb.org/. HiCOMB Online Proceedings
Advance Program for HiCOMB 2009
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(Please note that the IPDPS 2009 registration includes access to this workshop, and that there is no separate workshop registration).
HiCOMB 2009 Keynote Talk
De Novo Modeling of GPCR Class A Structures
Charles L. Brooks III
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
In this talk I will describe recent work to develop novel methods to
model GPCR structures from their sequence information and
statistically significant side chain contacts within a "template"
structure. Our approach utilizes methods of bioinformatics to identify
likely high confidence side chain side chain TM helical contacts and
then reconstitutes the seven TM helical domain through a simulated
annealing protocol with refinement using replica exchange and an
implicit solvent/implicit membrane sampling scheme. Results will be
presented for de novo prediction of the b2 adenergic receptor, the
adenine receptor and a number of other amine receptors.
Charles L. Brooks III is the Warner-Lambert Professor of Chemistry and
Professor of Biophysics at the University of Michigan. Prior to moving
to Michigan in 2008, Professor Brooks was professor of Molecular
Biology at The Scripps Research Institute since 1994 and professor of
Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University until 1993, where he began as
an assistant professor in 1985. Professor Brooks received his
undergraduate training in chemistry, physics and mathematics from Alma
College. He studied chemical physics at Purdue University, where he
received his Ph.D. in 1982, and was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard
University from 1982-85. Professor Brooks' research focuses on the
applications of statistical mechanics, quantum chemistry, and
computational methods to solve chemically and physically oriented
problems in biology.
Papers to be presented at HiCOMB 2009:
Yongchao Liu, Bertil Schmidt, and Douglas Maskell
Haixiang Shi, Bertil Schmidt, Weiguo Liu, and Wolfgang Mueller-Wittig
Michael Kalugin and Alexandr Teplukhin
Eric Aubanel, Patricia Evans, and Eric Snow
Yanteng Sun, Peng Li, Guochang Gu, Yuan Wen, Yuan Liu, and Dong Liu
Yaohang Li, Dougalas Wardell, and Vincent Freeh
Nikolaos Alachiotis, Euripides Sotiriades, Apostolos Dollas, and Alexandros Stamatakis
Elijah Roberts, John Stone, Leonardo Sepulveda, Wen-Mei Hwu, and Zaida Luthey-Schulten
Lukasz Ligowski and Witold Rudnicki
May Siksik and Vikram Krishnamurthy
Jason W. Schmidberger, Blair Bethwaite, Colin Enticott, Mark A. Bate, Steve G. Androulakis, Noel Faux, Cyril F. Reboul, Jennifer M. N. Phan, James C. Whisstock, Wojtek J. Goscinski, Slavisa Garic, David Abramson, and Ashley M. Buckle
Adam L. Beberg, Guha Jayachandran, Siraj Khaliq, Vijay S. Pande
HiCOMB 2009 Call For Papers
Submission guidelines:
Important Dates
Workshop Paper Due:
November 30, 2008 (Extended Deadline)
Author Notification:
December 25, 2008
Camera-ready Paper Due:
February 15, 2009
Workshop Co-Chairs
Srinivas Aluru
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engg. and
Lawrence H. Baker Center for Bioinformatics
& Biological Statistics
Iowa State University
3227 Coover Hall
Ames, IA 50011, USA
Phone: +1.515.294.3539
Email:
David A. Bader
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
Phone: +1.404.894.3152
Email:
Program Chair
Michela Taufer
Dept. of Computer and Information Sciences
University of Delaware
103 Smith Hall
Newark, DE 19716 USA
Phone: +1.302.831.0071
Email:
Program Committee
Novosibirsk and Novosibirsk State University (Russia)
Call for Papers for HiCOMB 2009:
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