[hpc-announce] DEADLINE EXTENSION - Special session “Parallel and distributed high-performance computing solutions in Systems Biology” (PDP 2018)

[Paolo Cazzaniga]

***Apologies for multiple posting. Please kindly disseminate this Call for
Papers to your colleagues and contacts***Special session on “Parallel and
distributed high-performance computing solutions in Systems Biology” hosted
by PDP 2018 (http://www.pdp2018.org/)

Computer Lab, Cambridge, UK
21-23 March, 2018

Important dates
- Paper submission: 30 November, 2017
- Acceptance notification: 10 December, 2017
- Camera ready due: 24 December, 2017
- Conference: 21 - 23 Mar, 2018


Organized by:

Daniela Besozzi (co-chair), University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Paolo Cazzaniga (co-chair), University of Bergamo, Italy
Marco S. Nobile, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Carlos F. Lopez, Vanderbilt University, USA


Aim and Scope
Systems Biology deals with the analysis of natural systems at various
scales of complexity, requiring different modeling frameworks and
computational methods. The applicability of these approaches may be
hampered by excessively burdensome execution times.  The scope of this
special session is to bring together researchers involved in the
development of computational methods specifically accelerated either by
means of conventional architectures (e.g., computer clusters, GRID
computing) or by unconventional technologies (e.g., Graphics Processing
Units, Many Integrated Core coprocessors, cloud computing, biomimetic
devices).

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:


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   analysis at the single-cell level
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   analysis and visualization of genome-wide models
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   analysis of robustness of cellular networks
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   Bayesian inference of biological systems
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   biomedical model parameterization
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   cancer progression models
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   design of synthetic biological components and circuits
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   drug design
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   emergent properties in complex biological systems
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   flux balance analysis
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   biomedical image analysis
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   metabolic engineering
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   metabolic pathway analysis
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   models of neural activity
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   model verification and refinement methods
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   multi-scale modeling and simulation of biological systems
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   parameter estimation methods
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   personalized models in Systems Medicine
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   reverse engineering of reaction networks
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   software tools for Systems and Synthetic Biology
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   spatio-temporal modeling and simulation of biological systems



Program Committee
John Albeck (UC Davis, USA)

Daniela Besozzi (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)

Michael L. Blinov (University of Connecticut Health Center, USA)

Tiziana Castrignanò (CINECA, Italy)

Paolo Cazzaniga (University of Bergamo, Italy)

Eric J. Deeds (University of Kansas, USA)

James R. Faeder (University of Pittsburgh, USA)

Mohammad Fallahi-Sichani (University of Michigan Medical School, USA)

Hitoshi Iba (University of Tokyo, Japan)

Daniel C. Kirouac (Genentech Inc., USA)

David Klinke (West Virginia University, USA)

Robin E. C. Lee (University of Pittsburgh, USA)

Carlos F. Lopez (Vanderbilt University, USA)

Molly Maleckar (Allen Institute for Cell Science, USA)

Giancarlo Mauri (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)

Marco S. Nobile (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)

Ion Petre (Åbo Akademi University, Finland)

Alex Pothen (Purdue University, USA)

Daniele Ramazzotti (Stanford School of Medicine, USA)

Filippo Spiga (University of Cambridge, UK)

David Umulis (Purdue University, USA)

Marco Villani (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)


Submission of papers
Prospective authors should submit a full paper not exceeding 8 pages in the
Conference proceedings format (double-column, 10pt) to the conference main
track through the EasyChair conference submission system (
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?confpdp2017
<https://euromicro-pdp2018-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1yNFAg-ytlyZo1yogmGJ84cw6klLpj7CSs8C1ZmVoRlU-290871323&key=YAMMID-95955778&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.easychair.org%2Fconferences%2F%3Fconfpdp2017>).
The possibility to submit a paper to a special session will appear soon.

Double-blind review: the paper should not contain authors names and
affiliations; in the reference list, references to the authors' own work
entries should be substituted with the string "omitted for blind review".

Publication: All accepted papers will be included in the same volume,
published by the Conference Publishing Services (CPS). The Final Paper
Preparation and Submission Instructions will be published after the
notification of acceptance. Authors of accepted papers are expected to
register and present their papers at the Conference. Conference proceedings
will be submitted to IEEE explore, CDSL, and for indexing among others, to
DBLP, Scopus ScienceDirect, and ISI Web of Knowledge.


Conference post-proceedings

The best papers submitted to this special session may be eligible for
publication in a Special Issue of BMC Bioinformatics.
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