[alife] Systems Biology Workshop at ECAL: Deadline Extended

[Jan T. Kim]

Dear Colleagues,

in response to requests for an extension of the submission period, the
deadline for submissions to the Systems Biology Workshop at ECAL 2005
is now 29 May 2005.

Please accept my apologies if you receive multiple copies of this posting.

Kind regards, Jan T. Kim

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Final Call for Papers

Systems Biology Workshop at ECAL 2005
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organised by:
Jan T. Kim, School of Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia

website:
http://www.cmp.uea.ac.uk/sysbio_ecal/

part of the workshop programme of the European Conference on
Artificial Life, http://www.ecal2005.org/


Aims and Scope
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Systems Biology and Artificial Life both involve computer modelling
of living systems, and both aim at revealing mechanisms that underlie
biological processes and phenomena. Systems Biology is closely associated
with analysing "postgenomic" data, coming from novel, high-throughput
methods such as microarrays, mass spectroscopy etc. On the other
hand, Artificial Life embraces computational models as objects of
experimentation. The Systems Biology and Artificial Life communities
can mutually benefit from each other. Artificial Life models can
be tested using biological data from high-throughput measurements,
Systems Biology methods can be evaluated using Artifical Life models,
and modelling approaches can be compared and finally be integrated to
arrive at advanced models of biological systems.

The Systems Biology workshop at the ECAL 2005 will focus on bringing
the Systems Biology and the Artificial Life communities closer
together in order to enable such synergies. To achieve this, it will
provide an introduction into Systems Biology which is accessible to a
general Artificial Life audience, and presentations of research from
(the intersection of) Systems Biology and Artificial Life. The
workshop intends to bridge gaps and difficulties that result from
differences in technical jargon, to increase the awareness of Systems
Biology progress in the Artificial Life community, and to give Systems
Biology researchers an opportunity to discuss their work under
Artificial Life perspectives.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to

    * Modelling of biological processes in evolutionary biology,
      ecology, developmental biology, immunology, cell biology and
      molecular biology
    * Using pattern recognition / machine learning to analyse data
      from molecular biology
    * Platforms for computational modelling of living systems
    * Applications of Systems Biology in the design of biological and
      of technical systems
    * Complexity and its emergence in biological processes
    * Self-organization in living systems (cells, organisms, swarms,
      ecosystems, ...)
    * Dynamics of information in living and life-like systems
    * ... 

Developing and strengthening links between Systems Biology and Artificial
Life is a major focus of the Systems Biology Workshop at the European
Conference on Artificial Life. Therefore, contributions that are
accessible and relevant to both fields are especially encouraged. Examples
of such work includes generic computational and mathematical modelling
approaches and tools, approaches to parameterise such model based on
"post-genomic" data sets, application of bio-inspired techniques for
analysing such data sets, and more. Furthermore, we also solicit reviews
of research in Systems Biology and Artificial Life that are suitable
for providing a common basis, enabling communication and collaboration
among the communities.


Important Dates
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29. May 2005		*Extended* deadline for submissions
15. June 2005		Notification of acceptance
22. June 2005		Final camera-ready copies due
5. September 2005	Systems Biology Workshop at ECAL 2005


Publication
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All accepted contributions will be published in the ECAL 2005 Workshop
Proceedings, which will be provided on CD to all ECAL 2005 workshop
participants. In addition, papers accepted for the Workshop will be
considered for publication in a special issue of Artificial Life devoted
to Systems Biology.


Submissions
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Full papers and extended abstracts will be considered for the workshop.
Extended abstracts must provide reviewers with a self-contained description
of content to be presented.

Publication in the special issue of Artificial Life on Systems Biology
is subject to an additional review process.

For technical details of the submission procedure, please refer to the
workshop website http://www.cmp.uea.ac.uk/sysbio_ecal/ .


Programme Committee
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    * J. Andrew Bangham, University of East Anglia
    * Mark A. Bedau, Reed College
    * Dennis Bray, University of Cambridge
    * Peter Dittrich, University of Jena
    * Roland Eils, University of Heidelberg
    * Andrew Finney, University of Hertfordshire
    * Jan T. Kim, University of East Anglia (organiser)
    * Winfried Kurth, Brandenburg University of Technology
    * Thomas Martinetz, University of Lübeck
    * Wolfgang Marwan, University of Magdeburg
    * Eric Minch, Merck Research Laboratories
    * Vincent Moulton, University of East Anglia
    * Chrystopher Nehaniv, University of Hertfordshire
    * Herbert Sauro, Keck Graduate Institute
    * Markus Schwehm, University of Tübingen
    * Masaru Tomita, Keio University
    * Claus O. Wilke, Keck Graduate Institute

Please see the workshop website

    http://www.cmp.uea.ac.uk/sysbio_ecal/

for updated information on the Systems Biology workshop at the
European Conference on Artificial Life, 2005.