[BiO BB] CFP: 8th International Symposium on Health Informatics and Bioinformatics (HIBIT 2013) [Paper deadline: May 3, 2013]

[Tolga Can]

*CALL FOR PAPERS*****

*8th International Symposium on Health Informatics and Bioinformatics*****

*HIBIT 2013*****

*METU, Ankara, Turkey*****

*September 25-27, 2013*

*http://www.hibit.org.tr*****

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*PURPOSE*****

The *International Symposium on Health Informatics and Bioinformatics,
(HIBIT)*, now in its eighth year (HIBIT 2013), aims to bring together
academics, researchers and practitioners who work in these popular and
fulfilling areas and to create the much-needed synergy among medical,
biological and information technology sectors. HIBIT is one of the few
conferences emphasizing such synergy. HIBIT provides a forum for
discussion, exploration and development of both theoretical and practical
aspects of health informatics and bioinformatics and a chance to network
with others working and researching in this area.****

*SCOPE*

The topics of the conference include but are not limited to:****
*Bioinformatics *
- Genomics
- Transcriptomics
- Proteomics
- Epigenetics
- Interactomics
- Protein Structure Analysis and Prediction
- Next Generation Sequencing Technology
- Comparative Sequence Analysis
- Systems Biology
- Text Mining and Information Extraction

*Health Informatics*
- Electronic Health Records and Standards
- Medical Imaging and Diagnostic Instrumentation
- Decision Support Systems and Computer Aided Diagnosis
- Evaluation Methods in Health Informatics
- Clinical Informatics and Hospital Information Systems
- Telemedicine and Mobile Applications
- Health Informatics (HI) Education
- Computational Neuroscience
- Security, Ethics and Privacy
- Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in HeaIth Informatics



*IMPORTANT DATES*****

Submission of full papers: May 3rd, 2013

Notification of acceptance: June 14th, 2013

Submission of poster abstracts: June 14th, 2013

Camera-Ready Papers: August 15th, 2013

Notification of acceptance of posters: September 5th, 2013

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*PAPER SUBMISSIONS*

Papers will be selected on the basis of originality, significance and
clarity. Length of submitted full papers is limited to 8 pages. Submissions
can be made electronically at *http://2013.hibit.org.tr/submissions/ *

*ORGANIZATION*

*HONORARY CHAIR*

Neşe Yalabık, Middle East Technical University

*CONFERENCE CO- CHAIRS*****

Rengül Çetin-Atalay, Bilkent University****

Aybar C. Acar, Middle East Technical University

*ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE*

Can Alkan, Bilkent University****

Volkan Atalay, Middle East Technical University****

Yeşim Aydın-Son, Middle East Technical University****

Tolga Can, Middle East Technical University****

Bala Gür-Dedeoğlu, Ankara University****

Özlen Konu, Bilkent University****

Beste Mimaroğlu-Altunay, Middle East Technical University****

Ü. Erkan Mumcuoglu, Middle East Technical University****

Ergin Soysal, Hacettepe University****

Ayşe Gül Yaman, Middle East Technical University****

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*PROGRAM COMMITTEE*

Osman Abul, TOBB University of Economics and Technology****

Ayşen Akkaya, Middle East Technical University****

Jens Allmer, Izmir Institute of Technology****

Mehmet Serkan Apaydın, Istanbul Sehir University****

Abdullah Arslan, Texas A & M University - Commerce****

Ergin Atalar, Bilkent University****

Burcu Bakır-Güngör, Bahcesehir University****

Nazife Baykal, Middle East Technical University****

Elif Erson Bensan, Middle East Technical University****

Hüseyin Boyacı, Bilkent University****

Zehra Çataltepe, Istanbul Teknik Universitesi****

Mustafa Çulha, Yeditepe University****

Murat Çokol, Sabanci University****

Uğur Doğrusöz, Bilkent University****

Melih Elçin, Hacettepe University****

Burak Erman, Koç University****

Hakan Ferhatosmanoğlu, Bilkent University****

Çiğdem Gündüz-Demir, Bilkent University****

Attila Gürsoy, Koç University****

Türkan Haliloğlu, Boğaziçi Üniversity****

Özlem İlk, Middle East Technical University****

Yalçın İşler, Zonguldak Karaelmas University****

Tamer Kahveci, University of Florida****

Zeynep Kalaylıoğlu, Middle East Technical University****

Süleyman Kaplan, Ondokuz Mayıs University****

Bilge Karaçalı, Izmir Institute of Technology****

Zeki Kaya, Middle East Technical University****

Mehmet Koyutürk, Case Western Reserve University****

Işıl Kurnaz, Yeditepe University****

Mohy Mohyuddin, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center****

Banu Onaral, Drexel University****

Hasan Otu, Istanbul Bilgi University****

Hasan Oğul, Baskent University****

Vilda Pürütçüoğlu-Gazi, Middle East Technical University****

Hakan Öktem, Middle East Technical University****

Murat Özgören, Dokuz Eylül University****

Sevgi Özkan, Middle East Technical University****

Cenk Şahinalp, Simon Fraser University****

Ömer Sinan Saraç, Dresden University of Technology****

Ahmet Saçan, Drexel University****

Ivo Sbalzarini, ETH Zurich University****

Uğur Sezerman, Sabanci University****

Kulwinder Singh, University of Calgary****

Cağdaş D. Son, Middle East Technical University****

İnci Togan, Middle East Technical University****

Kemal Turhan, Karadeniz Technical University****

Gözde Ünal, Sabanci University****

Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber, Middle East Technical University****

Malik Yousef, The Galilee Society R&D Center****

*CONGRESS SECRETERIAT*

Asterya Destination and Events Management, Ankara, Turkey****

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*CONTACT*

*HIBIT2013*

c/o Graduate School of Informatics****

Middle East Technical University****

Dumlupınar Blv. #1****

06800 ODTÜ-Ankara    ****

TURKEY****



Phone:  +90 (312) 210 3742, ****

Fax: +90 (312) 210 3745,

E-mail: *hibit2013 at hibit.org.tr*****