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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">The 2nd Workshop on Biological Distributed Algorithms (BDA 2014)</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">October 11-12, 2014, Austin, Texas USA - in conjunction with DISC 2014</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~saketn/BDA2014/" target="_blank">http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~saketn/BDA2014/</a></span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
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<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">We are excited to announce the second workshop on Biological </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Distributed Algorithms (BDA). BDA is focused on the relationships </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">between distributed computing and distributed biological systems and </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">in particular, on analysis and case studies that combine the two. Such </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">research can lead to better understanding of the behavior of the </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">biological systems while at the same time developing novel </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">computational algorithms that can be used to solve basic distributed </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">computing problems.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">The first BDA workshop, BDA 2013, was collocated with DISC 2013 (the </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">27th International Symposium on Distributed Computing) in Jerusalem. </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">BDA 2014 will be collocated with DISC 2014 in Austin, Texas. It will</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">take place just before DISC, on Saturday and Sunday, October 11-12, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">2014.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">BDA 2014 will include talks on distributed algorithms</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">related to a variety of biological systems. However, this time we will </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">devote special attention to communication and coordination in insect </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">colonies (e.g. foraging, navigation, task allocation, construction)</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">and networks in the brain (e.g. learning, decision-making, attention).</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">SUBMISSIONS</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">===========</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">We solicit submissions of extended abstracts describing recent results </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">relevant to biological distributed computing. We especially welcome </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">extended abstracts describing new insights and / or case studies </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">regarding the relationship between distributed computing and</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">biological systems even if these are not fully formed. Since a major </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">goal of the workshop is to explore new directions and approaches, we </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">especially encourage the submission of ongoing work. Selected </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">contributors would be asked to present, discuss and defend their work </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">at the workshop. By default, the submissions will be evaluated for </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">either oral or poster presentation, though authors may indicate in </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">their submission if it should be only considered for one of the </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">presentation types. Submissions should be in PDF and include title, </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">author information, and a 4-page extended abstract. Shorter</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">submissions are also welcome, particularly for poster presentation.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Please use the following EasyChair submission link:</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><a href="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bda2014" target="_blank">http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bda2014</a></span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Note: The workshop will not include published proceedings. In </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">particular, we welcome submissions of extended abstracts describing </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">work that has appeared or is expected to appear in other venues.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Financial support for student/postdoc participants</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">We will cover the registration fee and up to $500 of travel costs for </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">selected participants at the student/postdoc level. Please refer to </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">the workshop's website for further details.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">===============</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">IMPORTANT DATES</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">===============</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">July 23, 2014 - Extended abstract submission deadline</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">August 18, 2014 – Decision notifications</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">October 11-12, 2014 – Workshop</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">INVITED SPEAKERS</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">================</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Dmitri Chklovskii - HHMI Janelia Farm</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Alex Cornejo - Harvard</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Anna Dornhaus - University of Arizona</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Ofer Feinerman - Weizmann Institute</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Ila Fiete - UT Austin</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Deborah Gordon - Stanford</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Laurent Keller - University of Lausanne</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Amos Korman - CNRS and University of Paris Diderot</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Nancy Lynch - MIT</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">James Marshall - University of Sheffield</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Radhika Nagpal - Harvard</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Saket Navlakha - CMU</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Stephen Pratt - Arizona State University</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Andrea Richa - Arizona State University</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Nir Shavit - MIT</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">=================</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">PROGRAM COMMITTEE</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">=================</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Ziv Bar-Joseph - CMU (co-chair)</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Anna Dornhaus - University of Arizona</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Yuval Emek - Technion (co-chair)</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Amos Korman - CNRS and University of Paris Diderot (co-chair)</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Nancy Lynch - MIT</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Radhika Nagpal - Harvard</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Saket Navlakha - CMU</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:14px">Nir Shavit - MIT</span><br></div>