Connectionists: Biological Distributed Algorithms 2021

[Navlakha, Saket]

Subject: BDA 2021 — call for presentations


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The 8th Workshop on Biological Distributed Algorithms (BDA 2021)
July 29-30, 2021. Virtual event, in conjunction with PODC 2021
https://www.navlakhalab.net/BDA/2021/
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We are excited to announce the 8th workshop on Biological Distributed Algorithms (BDA). The aim of the workshop is to foster collaborative research between biologists and distributed computing theory researchers. Such research can lead to a better understanding of the behavior of the biological systems, while at the same time developing novel algorithms that can be used to solve basic distributed computing problems. We invite presentations related to any biological system.

The workshop will be virtual, spanning the following two time slots:
    Thursday, July 29, 19:00-21:00 CEST
    Friday, July 30, 17:00-21:00 CEST


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SUBMISSIONS
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We solicit submissions of extended abstracts describing recent results relevant to biological distributed computing. We especially welcome extended abstracts describing new insights and / or case studies regarding the relationship between distributed computing and biological systems even if these are not fully formed. Since a major goal of the workshop is to explore new directions and approaches, we especially encourage the submission of ongoing work. Selected contributors would be asked to present, discuss and defend their work at the workshop.

Submissions should be in PDF and include title, author information, and a 4-page extended abstract. 

Note: The workshop will not include published proceedings. In particular, we welcome submissions of extended abstracts describing work that has appeared or is expected to appear in other venues.


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IMPORTANT DATES
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May 10, 2021 – Extended abstract submission deadline
May 31, 2021 – Decision notifications
July 29-30, 2021 – Workshop


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INVITED SPEAKERS [more to come]
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George Bassel - University of Warwick
Josh Bongard - UVM
Anne Condon - UBC
Mike Levin - Tufts


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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Ziv Bar-Joseph - CMU
Anna Dornhaus - University of Arizona
Yuval Emek - Technion (co-chair)
Ile Fiete - MIT
Amos Korman - CNRS and University of Paris Diderot
Nancy Lynch - MIT
Frederik Mallmann-Trenn - King's College London
Melanie Moses, University of New Mexico
Saket Navlakha - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (co-chair)
Calvin Newport - Georgetown
Merav Parter - Weizmann Institute of Science
Ted Pavlic - Arizona State University
Andrea Richa - Arizona State University