CFP Neurocomputing - Special Issue on Bioinformatics

[Koning, Esther (ELS)]

CALL FOR PAPERS

NEUROCOMPUTING

An International Journal


published by Elsevier Science B.V., vol. 49-55, 24 issues, in 2003
ISNN 0925-2312, URL:  <http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/neucom>


Special Issue on Bioinformatics

Paper Submission Deadline: October 31st, 2002


Bioinformatics applies -- simply stated -- computational methods to
the solution of biological problems.  Bioinformatics, genomics,
molecular biology, molecular evolution, computational biology, and
affine fields are at the intersection between two axes: data
sequences/physiology and information technology. Sequences include DNA
sequences (gene, genome, organization), molecular evolution, protein
structure, folding, function, and interaction, metabolic pathways,
regulation signaling networks, physiology and cell biology
(interspecies, interaction), as well as ecology and
environment. Information technology in this context includes hardware
and instrumentation, computation, as well as mathematical and physical
models. The intersection between two subfields, one in each axis,
generates areas including those known as genome sequencing,
proteomics, functional genomics (microarrays, 2D-PAGE, ...), high-tech
field ecology, genomic data analysis, statistical genomics, protein
structure, prediction, protein dynamics, protein folding and design,
data standards, data representations, analytical tools for complex
biological data, dynamical systems modeling, as well as computational
ecology. Research in these fields comprises property abstraction from
the biological system, design and development of data analysis
algorithms, as well as of databases and data access web-tools. Genome
sequencing and related projects generate vast amounts of data that
needs to be analyzed, thus emphasizing the relevance of efficient
methods of data analysis and of the whole discipline.


The Neurocomputing journal invites original contributions for the
forthcoming special issue on Bioinformatics from a broad scope of
areas.  Some topics relevant to this special issue include, but are
not restricted to:

		-- Theoretical foundations, algorithms, implementations, and
complete systems
		-- Sequence analysis (single, multiple), alignment,
annotation, etc.
		-- Improvements in databases and web-tools for
bioinformatics
		-- Novel metrics and biological data preprocessing for
posterior analysis
		-- Systems biology models and data modeling techniques
including statistical inference, stochastic processes, random walks, Markov
chains, hidden Markov models, motifs, profiles, dynamic programming, pattern
recognition techniques, neural networks, support vector machines,
evolutionary models, tree estimation, etc.
		-- Pathway inference, e.g. to determine where to target a
drug using gene expression data and address side effects by providing
information on where else a target metabolite appears.
		-- Key applications in diverse fields including
bioinformatics, genomics, molecular biology, molecular evolution,
computational biology, drug design, etc.
Please send two hardcopies of the manuscript before October 31st, 2002, to:


V. David Sanchez A., Neurocomputing - Editor in Chief -
Advanced Computational Intelligent Systems
P.O. Box 1424
La Ca=F1ada, CA 91012, U.S.A.
Street address:
1149 Wotkyns Drive
Pasadena, CA 91103, U.S.A.
Fax: +1-626-793-5120
Email:  vdavidsanchez at earthlink.net


including abstract, keywords, a cover page containing the title and author
names, corresponding author name's complete address including telephone,
fax, and email address, and clear indication to be a submission to the
Special Issue on Bioinformatics.



Guest Editors


Harvey J. Greenberg
Center for Computational Biology
University of Colorado at Denver
P.O. Box 173364
Denver, CO 80217-3364
Phone: (303) 556-8464
Fax:     (303) 556-8550
Email: Harvey.Greenberg at cudenver.edu


Lawrence Hunter
Center for Computational Pharmacology
University of Colorado Health Science Center
4200 E. Ninth Ave.
Denver, CO 80262
Phone: (303) 315-1094
Fax:     (303) 315-1098
Email: Larry.Hunter at uchsc.edu


Satoru Miyano
Human Genome Center
Institute of Medical Science
University of Tokyo
4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan.
Phone:  +81-3-5449-5615
Fax:      +81-3-5449-5442
Email:  miyano at ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Ralf Zimmer
Praktische Informatik und Bioinformatik
Institut f=FCr Informatik
LMU M=FCnchen
Theresienstrasse 39
D-80333 M=FCnchen
Phone:  +49-89-2180-4447
Fax:      +49-89-2180-4054
Email:   zimmer at bio.informatik.uni-muenchen.de


V. David Sanchez A., Neurocomputing - Editor in Chief -
Advanced Computational Intelligent Systems
P.O. Box 1424
La Ca=F1ada, CA 91012, U.S.A.
Fax: +1-626-793-5120
Email:  vdavidsanchez at earthlink.net