ISBRA Symposium Announcements
2008-12-05 17:18:25 UTC
2nd Workshop on Computational Issues in Genetic Epidemiology
May 13-16, 2009
Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
The Workshop on Computational Issues in Genetic Epidemiology (CIGE)
provides a forum for computer scientists, geneticists, and statisticians
aiming to address current computational challenges in gene mapping. The
first edition of CIGE, held on August 21-22, 2008 at the DIMACS center of
Rutgers University, enjoyed a great success. The second edition will be
held in conjunction with the 5th International Symposium on Bioinformatics
Research and Applications (ISBRA'09, http://www.cs.gsu.edu/isbra09/) on
May 13-16, 2009 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
* Dealing with complex missing data patterns
* Effects of structural genomic variation
* Gene-gene and gene-environment interactions
* Multiple hypotheses testing
* Population substructure
* Using biological networks in whole-genome studies
We seek two categories of submissions: (1) papers for the proceedings
volume and (2) abstracts for presentation. Submission implies the
willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the
paper/abstract at the symposium.
PROCEEDINGS PAPER SUBMISSION
Papers of up to 12 pages in Springer LNCS format should be submitted
electronically at http://www.easychair.org/conferences?conf=isbra09 by
selecting the "Workshop on Computational Issues in Genetic Epidemiology --
Proceedings Papers" track. Accepted papers will be published as part of
the ISBRA'09 proceedings in a volume of Springer-Verlag's Lecture Notes in
Bioinformatics series.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Abstracts of up to 4 pages in Springer LNCS format should be submitted
electronically at http://www.easychair.org/conferences?conf=isbra09 by
selecting the "Workshop on Computational Issues in Genetic Epidemiology --
Abstracts" track. The abstracts accepted for either oral or poster
presentation will be distributed in electronic form on the ISBRA'08
website and on CD-ROM.
TRAVEL SUPPORT
Pending approval from NSF, we expect to have partial financial support for
graduate students and postdocs attending the workshop. Preference will be
given to students and postdocs presenting at the workshop.
IMPORTANT DATES
Papers for Proceedings Volume
Submission deadline January 19, 2009
Notification of acceptance February 6, 2009
Final version due February 20, 2009
Abstracts for Presentation
Submission deadline March 16, 2009
Notification of acceptance March 23, 2009
Final version due March 30, 2009
STEERING COMMITTEE
Andrew Allen, Duke University
Ion Mandoiu, University of Connecticut
Dan Nicolae, University of Chicago
Yi Pan, Georgia State University
Alex Zelikovsky, Georgia State University
PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Andrew Allen, Duke University
Itsik Pe'er, Columbia University
May 13-16, 2009
Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
The Workshop on Computational Issues in Genetic Epidemiology (CIGE)
provides a forum for computer scientists, geneticists, and statisticians
aiming to address current computational challenges in gene mapping. The
first edition of CIGE, held on August 21-22, 2008 at the DIMACS center of
Rutgers University, enjoyed a great success. The second edition will be
held in conjunction with the 5th International Symposium on Bioinformatics
Research and Applications (ISBRA'09, http://www.cs.gsu.edu/isbra09/) on
May 13-16, 2009 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
* Dealing with complex missing data patterns
* Effects of structural genomic variation
* Gene-gene and gene-environment interactions
* Multiple hypotheses testing
* Population substructure
* Using biological networks in whole-genome studies
We seek two categories of submissions: (1) papers for the proceedings
volume and (2) abstracts for presentation. Submission implies the
willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the
paper/abstract at the symposium.
PROCEEDINGS PAPER SUBMISSION
Papers of up to 12 pages in Springer LNCS format should be submitted
electronically at http://www.easychair.org/conferences?conf=isbra09 by
selecting the "Workshop on Computational Issues in Genetic Epidemiology --
Proceedings Papers" track. Accepted papers will be published as part of
the ISBRA'09 proceedings in a volume of Springer-Verlag's Lecture Notes in
Bioinformatics series.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Abstracts of up to 4 pages in Springer LNCS format should be submitted
electronically at http://www.easychair.org/conferences?conf=isbra09 by
selecting the "Workshop on Computational Issues in Genetic Epidemiology --
Abstracts" track. The abstracts accepted for either oral or poster
presentation will be distributed in electronic form on the ISBRA'08
website and on CD-ROM.
TRAVEL SUPPORT
Pending approval from NSF, we expect to have partial financial support for
graduate students and postdocs attending the workshop. Preference will be
given to students and postdocs presenting at the workshop.
IMPORTANT DATES
Papers for Proceedings Volume
Submission deadline January 19, 2009
Notification of acceptance February 6, 2009
Final version due February 20, 2009
Abstracts for Presentation
Submission deadline March 16, 2009
Notification of acceptance March 23, 2009
Final version due March 30, 2009
STEERING COMMITTEE
Andrew Allen, Duke University
Ion Mandoiu, University of Connecticut
Dan Nicolae, University of Chicago
Yi Pan, Georgia State University
Alex Zelikovsky, Georgia State University
PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Andrew Allen, Duke University
Itsik Pe'er, Columbia University