Call for Papers of the Special Session on GRID, PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED BIOINFORMATICS APPLICATIONS
19th Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed, and network-based Processing (PDP 2011), 9-11 February 2011 in Ayia Napa, Cyprus
Bioinformatics is a discipline that aims to perform analysis of complex biological systems using a computer science approach, with the result of producing huge amounts of data. The major issue is represented by the need to turn this information into real knowledge, therefore the potential of exploiting parallel computing and distributed solutions in this field is clear. Porting applications and developing new systems on computer clusters improves performance when addressing genome wide analysis. Moreover, distributed technology such as Grid computing represents an emerging solution for establishing platforms to deal with data produced using new high throughput technology and gives researchers scalable solutions.
The aim of this special session is to present the latest efforts in parallel and distributed bioinformatics applications in grid computing. We are especially interested in parallel algorithms and libraries for biological analysis and tools to perform large scale computation on distributed platforms like the Grid.
Topics
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Biological databases for high throughput analysis
- Parallel Algorithms for genomics and proteomics
- DNA assembly, clustering, and mapping
- Bio-Molecular sequence based analysis
- Gene identification and annotation
- SNP analysis and classification
- Gene expression Microarray analysis
- Tissue Microarray pattern recognition
- Systems biology and pathway analysis
- Phylogeny reconstruction algorithms
- Molecular dynamics simulation
- Structural analysis for prediction and modelling
- Parallel architectures for biological applications
- System infrastructure for high-performance bio-computing
Submission
Authors should submit a full paper not exceeding 5000 words in length and including a 150-200 word abstract. To facilitate an anonymous reviewing process, the first page of the paper should contain only the title and abstract; moreover names of authors should not appear in citations in the Reference section.
Authors of accepted papers are expected to register and present their papers at the Conference.
Important Dates:
16 July 2010: Closing date for submissions
04 Oct. 2010: Notification
29 Oct. 2010: Camera-ready versions
9-11 Feb. 2011: Conference
Details for submission of papers are available at the conference website.
Session Chairs
Daniele D'Agostino, IMATI-CNR, Italy
Ivan Merelli, ITB-CNR, Italy