-------------------------------------------------------------- -- CALL FOR PAPERS -- -- CompLife '06 (http://www.complife.org/) -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Following the success of the 1st International Symposium on Computational Life Science in Konstanz in September 2005 The 2nd International Symposium on Computational Life Science is to be held in Cambridge, United Kingdom, on September 27 - 29, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------- Topics of Interest The focus of the symposium are computational methods for the modeling, analysis and exploration of all aspects of life sciences, ranging from effects on the molecular level to complex interactions networks. Of prime importance for this truly interdisciplinary event will be the integration of the three disciplines Computer Science, Biology, and Chemistry. The program will consist of contributed presentations regarding applicational aspects as well as new theoretical developments. In addition, due to the interdisciplinary nature of the symposium the program will feature not only plenary speakers but also a series of short tutorials introducing relevant areas of the specific research fields to the audience from the respective other fields such as drug discovery, chemical similarity searching, receptor site docking, protein structure prediction, data mining, machine learning, to name a few. Submissions will be reviewed by representatives of all fields to make sure that not only the algorithmic aspects are suited for publication but the application to life science is promising as well. Submissions are sought in (but not limited to) the following areas: # Molecular data analysis # Systems biology # Analysis of heterogenous information sources # Human Computer Interaction in Information Mining # Computational proteomics # Integrative data analysis # Statistical data analysis # Data mining # Molecular simulation # Biological networks / Metabolism # Molecular informatics # Data pipelining # Data visualization # Large scale chemical computation # Data integration/semantics # Grid/web services # Computer architectures in life sciences The online submission system is open now. The link and further information regarding the submission is available on the conference web site. Student Grants A limited number of Student Grants are available for CompLife 2006: First priority will be given to full-time students who are first authors of papers and present their paper at the conference. Grants are handed out at the conference and will be in the amount of a maximum of ?500, covering registration, travel, and accommodation. When submitting a paper, students should indicate that they plan to apply for a student grant. Free Life Science Software Session A special session about free software in Life Sciences, where authors can present their programs, will be organised. For more information have a look at the conference web page. -------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates May 15 Papers due June 26 Notification of acceptance July 10 final papers and sources due Sept 27-29 CompLife '06 Final versions of accepted papers will appear in Springer's Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI) Series: http://www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,4-164-2-73658-0,00.html For further information, please refer to the conference website: http://www.complife.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Thorsten Meinl room: Z813 ALTANA Chair for Bioinformatics fax: +49 (0)7531 88-5132 and Information Mining phone: +49 (0)7531 88-5016 Box M712, 78457 Konstanz, Germany