-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Call For Papers HiCOMB 2011 10th IEEE International Workshop on High Performance Computational Biology http://www.hicomb.org/ held in conjunction with the International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium http://www.ipdps.org/ Monday, May 16, 2011 Anchorage, Alaska -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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 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 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 from the workshop web page (http://www.hicomb.org/). 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: ---------------- December 17, 2010 Workshop Submissions Due January 10, 2011 Author Notification February 10, 2011 Camera-ready Paper Due Workshop Co-Chairs: ------------------- David A. Bader College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332 USA Phone: +1.404.894.3152 http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~bader Srinivas Aluru Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engg. Iowa State University 3227 Coover Hall Ames, IA 50011 USA Phone: +1.515.294.3539 Email: aluru@iastate.edu http://www.ee.iastate.edu/~aluru Program Chair: -------------- Ananth Kalyanaraman School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164 Email: ananth@eecs.wsu.edu http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/~ananth 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 Universitat Munchen, Germany * Chris Oehmen, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory * Jacques Rogemont, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, France * Nagiza Samatova, North Carolina State University * Bertil Schmidt, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore * Alexandros Stamatakis, Technische Universitat Munchen, 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/ .