FYI David Sigfredo Angulo Faculty DePaul University School of Computer Science, Telecommunications, and Information Systems dangulo at cti.depaul.edu 312-362-5041 > > Special Issue on > > > > Information Theoretic Methods for Bioinformatics > > > > Call for Papers > > > > Information theoretic methods for modeling are at the center of the > > current efforts to interpret bioinformatics data. The high pace at > > which new technologies are developed for collecting genomic and > > proteomic data requires a sustained effort to provide powerful methods > > for modeling the data acquired. Recent advances in universal modeling > > and minimum description length techniques have been shown to be well > > suited for modeling and analyzing such data. This special issue calls > > for contributions to modeling of data arising in bioinformatics and > > systems biology by information theoretic means. Submissions should > > address theoretical developments,computational aspects, or specific > > applications. Suitable topics for this special issue include but are > > not limited to: > > > > o Normalized maximum-likelihood (NML) universal models > > o Minimum description length (MDL) techniques > > o Microarray data modeling > > o Denoising of genomic data > > o Pattern recognition > > o Data compression-based modeling > > > > Authors should follow the EURASIP JBSB manuscript format described at > > the journal site http://www.hindawi.com/GetJournal.aspx?journal=BSB. > > Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete > > manuscript through the EURASIP JBSB's Manuscript Tracking System at > > http://www.hindawi.com/mts/, according to the following timetable: > > > > Manuscript Due February 1, 2007 > > Acceptance Notification May 1, 2007 > > Final Manuscript Due July 1, 2007 > > Publication Date 3rd Quarter, 2007 > > > > Guest Editors: > > > > Jorma Rissanen, Computer Learning Research Center, University of > London, > > Royal Holloway,TW20 0EX, UK; jorma.rissanen at mdl-research.org > > > > Peter Grünwald, Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI), National > > Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science, P.O. Box > 94079, > > 1090 GB Amsterdam, The Netherlands; pdg at cwi.nl > > > > Jukka Heikkonen, Laboratory of Computational Engineering, Helsinki > > University of Technology, P.O. Box 9203, 02015 HUT, Finland; > > jukka.heikkonen at tkk.fi > > > > Petri Myllymaki, Department of Computer Science, University of > Helsinki, > > P.O. Box 68 (Gustaf Hallstromin katu 2b), 00014, Finland; > > petri.myllymaki at cs.helsinki.fi > > > > Teemu Roos, Complex Systems Computation Group, Helsinki Institute for > > Information Technology, University of Helsinki, P.O.Box 68, 00014, > Finland; > > teemu.roos at hiit.fi > > > > Juho Rousu, Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, > > P.O. Box 68 (Gustaf Hallstromin katu 2b), 00014, Finland; > > juho.rousu at cs.helsinki.fi > > > > <<< > > > > Please visit http://www.hindawi.com/GetJournal.aspx?journal=BSB for > more > > information about the journal. EURASIP JBSB articles are published > online > > as soon as they are accepted for publication. To submit a proposal of > a > > special issue, please contact the journal's editor-in-chief. > > > > In order not to receive any future "EURASIP JBSB-C4P" alert messages, > please > > simply click on the following link: > > http://alert.hindawi.com/remove.asp?j=bsb-c4p&e=carr@chem.umn.edu > > > > >>> > >