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CMSB04 - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
by Sergi 19 Apr '04

19 Apr '04

*************************************************** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ( Apologies for multiple postings ) ** CMSB04 ** Second International Workshop on Computational Methods in Systems Biology 2004 May 26 - 28, 2004 Hotel Meridien Montparnasse, Paris, France Organized by Genoscope, Evry – Genopole, Evry – CNRS – University of Paris VII – BioPathways Consortium Conference website: http://www.biopathways.org/CMSB04/ *************************************************** ******* CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION ******** The complexity of signalling, regulatory and metabolic processes taking place within a cell have motivated a series of attempts at modelling these processes to facilitate system description and help simulate or analyze their dynamic behaviour. These attempts have spanned a large spectrum of formalisms, from discrete to continuous, from systems of deterministic or stochastic differential equations to process algebra, Petri-nets, Boolean networks, logical formalisms, state-charts, rewriting systems, constraint programming languages or hybrid automata. Simultaneously, the view of cellular mechanisms as computational processes has been gaining acceptance, not only for its relevance as a metaphor, but also because of the added explanatory value of concepts such as syntax vs semantics, abstraction, the relationship between a specification and an implementation, and of the promised analytical power of formal tools such as verification techniques or model-checking. As the field matures, it is becoming increasingly obvious that there is probably no 'one-size fits all' formal language for molecular biology, but rather several modelling paradigms, each with its strengths and weaknesses relatively to specific analytical goals. Theoretical arguments supporting one representation over others or actual biological analyses conducted using a formal language and associated formal methods are still lacking. Also, while a model of a biological system should ideally have explanatory or predictive value, and could have applications in understanding the causes of genetic diseases or developing new drugs, most modelling attempts are still far from this degree of maturity. The CMSB (Computational Methods in Systems Biology) conference series was established in 2003 to help catalyze the convergence between modellers – theoretical computer scientists from fields such as language design, concurrency theory or program verification, as well as physicists and mathematicians, – and biologists interested in a systems-level understanding of cellular processes. Among the conference topics: - Formal models for regulatory, signalling or metabolic networks - Formal methods to analyse biomolecular systems - Qualitative or quantitative analyses of biomolecular systems - Theoretical comparisons between different formal models of cellular processes - Applications of formal techniques to reverse-engineering of biological networks - Detailed case-studies on how a biological question was successfully addressed using formal models - Definition and study of theoretical properties of biologically-inspired formal languages **** The list of accepted papers is available on the website. **** ********** KEYNOTE SPEAKERS *********** Trey Ideker, University of California, San Diego, USA Rene Thomas, Free University of Brussels, Belgium Alfonso Valencia, CNB-CSIC, Madrid, Spain ********** PROGRAMME COMMITTEE *********** Gilles Bernot, University of Evry, France Alexander Bockmayr, Henri Poincare University, Nancy, France Luca Cardelli, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK Vincent Danos (co-chair), University of Paris, France François Fages, INRIA Rocquencourt, France Walter Fontana, Santa Fe Institute, USA François Kepes, CNRS / Epigenomics Program, Evry, France Kurt Kohn, National Cancer Institute, NIH, US Marta Kwiatkowska, University of Birmingham, UK Nicolas Le Novère, European Bioinformatics Institute, UK Pat Lincoln, Stanford Research International, US Satoru Miyano, University of Tokyo, Italy Eric Neumann, Beyond Genomics, Cambridge, US Bernard Palsson, UCSD, US Gordon Plotkin, University of Edinburgh, UK Corrado Priami, University of Trento, Italy Aviv Regev, Harvard University, US Vijay Saraswat, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, US Vincent Schachter (co-chair), Genoscope, France Birgit Schoeberl, MIT, US Adelinde Uhrmacher, University of Rostock, Germany Alfonso Valencia, CNB-CSIC, Spain ************* ACCOMMODATION ************* Conference attendees are responsible for booking their own accommodation. A block of rooms has been reserved at the conference venue (Hotel Meridien) at a discounted price. A selection of alternative hotels is available on the conference website. ************** REGISTRATION **************** Online registration is now open at http://www.biopathways.org/CMSB04 We advise you to register before the end of April, as attendance to the workshop is limited. ****** CONFERENCE ORGANISATION ****** Monique Meugnier and Catherine Sarlande Genoscope CMSB04 Conference Organisation email: cmsb04(a)genoscope.cns.fr ************************************************** Please forward this email to potentially interested parties. -- http://www.biopathways.org/CMSB04/

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CFP: BroadWIM 2004
by Marco Conti 19 Apr '04

19 Apr '04

[Apologies for possible multiple copies] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- First International Workshop on Broadband Wireless Multimedia: Algorithms, Architectures and Applications (BroadWIM) co-located with BroadNets 2004 Friday, October 29, 2004 San Jose, California, USA http://www.broadwim.org CALL FOR PAPERS The emergence and adoption of broadband wireless access standards, such as 802.16, 802.16a and 802.11a, offers exciting new possibilities for delivering rich multimedia content over the "last mile". The workshop is intended to present and discuss new architectures for delivering such rich media over single-hop or mesh broadband wireless architectures. It also focuses on the algorithms and protocols needed to integrate the application layer requirements, such as QoS, security etc. with the base functionality offered by the standardized 802.16/11 and other WLAN and WWAN interfaces. Of particular interest are practical case studies, demonstrations or pilots of innovative techniques for delivering a variety of multimedia content over such broadband local or metropolitan wireless networks. Preliminary results on interesting ideas and techniques are more welcome than detailed analysis of existing schemes. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * System Prototypes and Experiences with Broadband Multimedia Delivery * IP-based Multimedia Services over WLANs and WMANs * Signaling for Converged Multimedia Applications * QoS for Real-time Voice and Video in Broadband Wireless Networks * Encoding Alternatives for Multi-media Streams * Video/Audio Distribution Architectures in Broadband WLANs and WMANs * Multicasting and Broadcasting Problems and Solutions * Caching and Content Management in WLANs and WMANs * Algorithms for Controlling Delay and Jitter in Broadband Channels * Integration of Broadband Wireless and WPANs/WBANs * Wireless Broadband Multimedia and Sensor Applications * Multimedia delivery for broadband vehicular networks * Multimedia services for Ambient Intelligent and Pervasive Environments PAPERS SUBMISSION Papers should be written in English and should not exceed approximately 5000 words, including figures and references. (Each figure counts as 250 words). For the initial submissions, the papers should be in double-spaced, single-column format with a separate abstract of at most 250 words. Papers should be submitted in PDF format according to the instruction reported on the web site: http://www.broadwim.org. All papers will be peer reviewed. Papers of particular merit will be considered for a special issue of a reputed journal. Submission Deadline: June 15, 2004. Acceptance Notification:July 13, 2004 Final paper submission: August 10, 2004 Workshop date: October 29, 2004 WHORKSHOP ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Workshop Chairs: --------------- Marco Conti Istituto Informatica e Telematica (IIT) Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Italy and Archan Misra IBM T.J. Watson Research USA Technical Program Committee (confirmed) --------------------------------------- Arup Acharya, IBM Research, USA Kevin Almeroth, UC Santa Barbara , USA John Apostopolous, HP Labs, USA Giuseppe Bianchi, Univ. of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy Rajarathnam Chandramouli, Stevens Institute of Tech, USA Sunghyun Choi, Seoul Natl. Univ, Korea Jon Crowcroft, Univ. of Cambridge, UK Sujit Dey, UC San Diego, USA Magda El-Zarki, UC Irvine, USA Aura Ganz, Univ. of Massachusetts, USA Javier Gomez, Natl. Univ. of Mexico, Mexico Martin Mauve, Univ. of Düsseldorf, Germany Giacomo Morabito, Univ. of Catania, Italy Hiroyuki Morikawa, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan Michael Paterakis, Technical Univ. of Crete, Greece Sanjoy Paul, Lucent Bell Labs, USA Keith Ross, Brooklyn Poly, USA Ioannis Stavrakakis, Univ. of Athens, Greece Vijay Subramanian, Motorola Research, USA Fouad Tobagi, Stanford University, USA Ooi Wei Tsang, Natl. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore Thierry Turletti, INRIA, France Roger Zimmerman, Univ. of Southern California, USA

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Prel. Attendance List
by Otto Spaniol 19 Apr '04

19 Apr '04

Dear all, please find enclosed the preliminary attendance list for meeting 2004/1 in Athens. If your name is not in the list (or if the information given is not correct) then please give me a feedback as soon as possible: Meeting documents are very heavy and I don't want to carry too many of them to Greece. The dream of having the documents in electronic version only appears to be still unrealistic since many parts of the documents (in particular the papers from Council and General Assembly) don't exist in electronic format. Best regards Otto

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New for WG chairs
by Otto Spaniol 19 Apr '04

19 Apr '04

Dear WG chairs, some of you asked whether a template would be available for the reports. Here is one (see appendix) which is probably due to Augusto. RThank you very much for that, Augusto. It is not obligatory to use the template. But the document shows which information should be given. Best regards Otto

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Call For Papers for post-conf: CS & CE joint conferences; USA; June 21-24, 2004
by Hamid Arabnia 18 Apr '04

18 Apr '04

Call For Papers: Post-Conference Proceedings (Due Date: May 4, 2004) The 2004 International Multiconference in Computer Science and Computer Engineering (Joint Int'l Conferences) Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA June 21-24, 2004 This is a Call For Papers for publications in post-conference proceedings/books; if accepted, papers would be published in the proceedings AFTER the conferences. This announcement is ONLY for those who missed the opportunity to submit their papers in response to earlier announcements (authors who have already been notified that their papers have been accepted should ignore this announcement.) We have received a large number of requests for permission to submit papers to be considered as RRR, SRP, or PST papers (see below for categories of accepted papers.) I am happy to report that we now have the infrastructure to consider all such submissions if received by May 4, 2004. You are invited to submit a draft paper (see instructions below.) All accepted papers submitted in response to this Call For Papers will be published in the respective Post-Conference proceedings/books. The Post-Conference proceedings will be available after the conferences. We expect to have about 1500 attendees for the whole event. The Joint Conferences are: O. The 2004 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'04) O. The 2004 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IC-AI'04) O. The 2004 International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology (CISST'04) O. The 2004 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV'04) O. The 2004 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP'04) O. The 2004 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering (IKE'04) O. The 2004 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications (ESA'04) O. The 2004 International Conference on Internet Computing (IC'04) O. The 2004 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'04) O. The 2004 International Symposium on Web Services and Applications (ISWS'04) O. The 2004 International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PCC'04) O. The 2004 International Conference on Security and Management (SAM'04) O. The 2004 International Conference on Mathematics and Engineering Techniques in Medicine and Biological Sciences (METMBS'04) O. The 2004 International Conference on Machine Learning; Models, Technologies and Applications (MLMTA'04) O. The 2004 International Conference on Communications in Computing (CIC'04) O. The 2004 International Conference on VLSI (VLSI'04) O. The 2004 International Conference on Algorithmic Mathematics and Computer Science (AMCS'04) (a link to each conference's url can be found at http://www.world-academy-of-science.org ) You are requested to submit your paper for consideration to the following site (in electronic form): http://ww2.ucmss.com/cr/main/papersPostConf/first_html SUBMISSION OF PAPERS (for consideration for publication in Post-Conference proceedings): Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers (about 5 pages - single spaced and font size of 10 to 12 - all reasonable typesetting format is acceptable) to http://ww2.ucmss.com/cr/main/papersPostConf/first_html by May 4, 2004. The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (IEEE style) pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, E-mail address, telephone number, and Fax number for each author. The first page should also include the name of the conference the paper is being submitted to. All submissions will be reviewed by two people and if accepted will be published in the post-conference proceedings/books. IMPORTANT DATES: May 4, 2004: Submissions Due May 14, 2004: Notification of acceptance June 1, 2004: Camera-Ready papers & Registration June 21-24, 2004: Joint Int'l Conferences PRESENTATION FORMATS / PAPER CATEGORIES: The Accepted Paper Categories are (in response to this Call For Papers): RRR papers (Regular Research Report) will be a maximum of 7 IEEE style pages in Camera-Ready form (will be published in the proceedings). RRR papers will be presented in Discussion Sessions. Authors of these papers are expected to bring with them to the conference a maximum of 10 pages describing their paper. These pages will be pinned to presentation boards during the Discussion Sessions. Please use large fonts so that the paper can be read from about 1.5 meter distance - any reasonable typesetting format is acceptable. Authors of RRR papers are expected to be present during these sessions to answer any questions that readers might have (scheduled times for Discussion Sessions will be emailed to you in June. Please note that you are still required to send us the Camera-Ready of your paper by the due date for publication in the post-conference proceedings. Your Camera-Ready paper should not exceed 7 IEEE style pages. SRP papers (Short Research Paper): Same as RRR papers (above) except SRP papers will be a maximum of 4 IEEE style pages in Camera-Ready form (will be published in the proceedings). PST papers (Poster Paper): Same as RRR papers (above) except PST papers will be a maximum of 2 IEEE style pages in Camera-Ready form (will be published in the proceedings).

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ICQT'04 - Final Call for Papers
by reichl＠FTW.at 16 Apr '04

16 Apr '04

[Please apologize for multiple copies] Dear colleague, this is to notify you that the submission process for the 4th International Workshop on Advanced Charging and QoS Technology has now started. ICQT'04 will be held on Oct 1st, 2004, in Barcelona, Spain, in colocation with QoFIS'04 and WQoSR'04. Paper submission is managed through the EDAS system at www.edas.info. Note that the submission deadline of May 2nd, 2004, is approaching rapidly. For your convencience, please find attached the Final Call for Papers. For further information we refer to the ICQT homepage at http://www.ftw.at/icqt, or feel free to contact one of the TPC co-chairs at icqt04(a)ftw.at. Best wishes, B. Stiller P. Reichl R. Gibbens ICQT'04 TPC Co-chairs ============================================= Final Call for Papers Fourth International Workshop on Advanced Internet Charging and QoS Technologies (ICQT'04) "QoS has its Price" co-located with the Fifth International Workshop on Quality of future Internet Services (QofIS'04) September 29 - October 1, 2004 Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain ICQT'04 URL: http://www.ftw.at/icqt Scope ^^^^^ The current shift of Internet communications towards differentiated services enables and supports a huge variety of prosperous business models. The resulting combination of support service issues with technological and economic perspectives drives many relevant and interesting research topics for application developers, business architects, network providers, service providers, and customers. Especially the identification of novel Internet charging solutions, the investigation and evaluation of their technical feasibility, and the consolidation of technical and economic mechanisms for enabling a fast, guaranteed, and efficient charging of communications services is of fundamental importance for the future evolution of the Internet, and as such the central focus of the international ICQT workshop series. ICQT'04 is the fourth event in this series, following the highly successful workshops ICQT'01 in Vienna (Austria), ICQT'02 in Zurich (Switzerland) and ICQT'03 in Munich (Germany). The focus of this year's workshop is on the economics of Internet services, pricing for Quality-of-Service (QoS), and the required technology in support of charging. Besides charging technology in terms of monitoring, accounting, and security mechanisms, also pricing and charging models for peer-to-peer applications, multicast, wireless, and QoS services are of importance. Therefore, authors are invited to submit work on issues related to, but not limited by, the following list of topics: o Network economics and economic models for the Internet o Internet pricing, tariffing, and billing o Internet charging technologies o Monitoring, measuring, and accounting o ISP cost and business models o Charging for QoS, services, and content o Pricing mobile and wireless services o Application service provider models o Security mechanisms for charging o Management of Service Level Agreements Papers and Submissions ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Papers are solicited as full papers (in English), of no more than 10 single-spaced pages, each of which will be subject to a full review process. Submissions should already follow the author guidelines as specified below and must include: title, authors, affiliations, 100-word abstract, and a list of at most five keywords. The corresponding author should be identified clearly, including name, position, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address. An electronic, PDF-based submission of papers is mandatory. Papers submission is being handled through the EDAS system running at http://www.edas.info. The submission procedure is a three-step process: (1) First, you have to register the author(s) within the EDAS system. To do this, go to the EDAS system and follow the instructions. (2) Next, you have to register the paper within the EDAS system. To do this, login into the EDAS system, find "ICQT'04" in the list of conferences and click on the link to submit a paper for ICQT'04. You have to fill out a form which describes your paper. (3) Finally, you can (from within EDAS) upload your PDF file. Once the upload has completed successfully, the submission procedure ends. If you experience problems with the system, please feel free to send an email to icqt04(a)ftw.at. Please check the URL http://www.ftw.at/icqt for further submission instructions or contact icqt04(a)ftw.at for additional information. The conference proceedings are being published as hard-copy and electronically by Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series and will be available during the event. Authors are obliged to follow the LNCS's guidelines (see http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,10735,5-164-2-72376-0, 00.html for detailed information) in preparing their manuscript. Author guidelines with respect to the final camera ready paper formats are to be strictly followed without exception, including the 10 page limit. Important Dates ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Deadline for submissions: May 2, 2004 Notification of acceptance: July 2, 2004 Camera ready version: July 25, 2004 Workshop date: October 1, 2004 General Information ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The final program will be run as a full day on October 1, 2004, preceded by QofIS'04 on September 29-30, 2004, http://www.qofis.org. The registration fee for this event will include the attendance of both ICQT'04 and QoFIS'04. For more information please visit http://www.ftw.at/icqt or contact icqt04(a)ftw.at. Program Co-Chairs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Burkhard Stiller UniBw Munich, Germany and ETH Zurich, Switzerland Peter Reichl FTW Vienna, Austria Richard Gibbens Cambridge University, U.K. Program Committee ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Joern Altmann University of Berkeley, U.S.A. Ragnar Andreassen Telenor, Norway Sandford Bessler FTW Vienna, Austria Torsten Braun University of Bern, Switzerland Bob Briscoe BT exact Technologies, U.K. Roland Bueschkes T-Mobile International, Germany Costas Courcoubetis Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Chris Edwards Lancaster University, U.K. Martin Karsten University of Waterloo, Canada Peter Key Microsoft Research Cambridge, U.K. Claudia Linnhoff-Popien LMU Munich, Germany Simon Leinen SWITCH Zuerich, Switzerland Peter Marbach University of Toronto, Canada Robin Mason University of Southampton, U.K. Lee McKnight Syracuse University, U.S.A. Andrew Odlyzko University of Minnesota, U.S.A. Huw Oliver Lancaster University, U.K. Maximilian Ott Semandex Networks, U.S.A. Kihong Park Purdue University, U.S.A. Guido Petit Alcatel, Belgium Douglas Reeves North Carolina State University, U.S.A. Bjoern Rupp Arthur D. Little, Germany Jens Schmitt Universitaet Kaiserslautern, Germany Vasilios Siris ICS Forth, Greece Otto Spaniol RWTH Aachen, Germany Bruno Tuffin INRIA Rennes, France

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IEEE ICNP 2004 Deadline approaching !!!
by Hartmut König 16 Apr '04

16 Apr '04

Please excuse if you received that Call for Papers several times. ===================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS ICNP 2004 12th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols Berlin, Germany October 5-8, 2004 http://www.icnp2004.de.vu ICNP 2004, the annual international conference on network protocols, is a highly selective single-track conference dealing with all aspects of network protocols including design, analysis, specification, verification, implementation, and performance. The program consists of a full day of tutorials followed by a single 3-day track of peer- reviewed papers, including a limited number of invited talks, panels, and a student poster session.This year marks the 12th time the conference has been held. Papers describing significant research contributions to the field of network protocols are solicited for submission. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: protocol testing and analysis protocol design and implementation network measurement and monitoring security and resiliency peer-to-peer/overlay protocols routing protocols wireless and mobile networks ad-hoc and sensor networks QoS and signaling flow and congestion control multimedia distributed gaming IMPORTANT DATES: Paper and tutorial submission (hard deadline): May 7, 2004 Acceptance: July 7, 2004 Camera ready: July 23, 2004 Student posters: July 23, 2004 GENERAL CHAIRS: Hartmut Koenig, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus Wolfgang Effelsberg, University of Mannheim, Germany PROGRAM CHAIRS: Tom La Porta, Pennsylvania State University, USA Ram Ramjee, Bell Labs, USA Hartmut Koenig, BTU Cottbus, Germany (Vice Chair) TUTORIAL CHAIR: Wolfgang Effelsberg, University of Mannheim, Germany PUBLICITY CHAIR Martina Zitterbart, University of Karlsruhe, Germany LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS Katrin Willhoeft, BTU Cottbus, Germany Christian Noack, BTU Cottbus, Germany Alek Opitz, BTU Cottbus, Germany STEERING COMMITTEE: Mostafa Ammar, Georgia Tech,USA Mohamed Gouda, University of Texas at Austin, USA Simon Lam, University of Texas at Austin, USA David Lee, Bell Labs,USA Ming T. (Mike) Liu, Ohio State University, USA Raymond Miller, University of Maryland, USA Krishan Sabnani, Bell Labs, USA Teruo Higashino, Osaka University,Japan Further Information - ICNP 2004 Web site: http://www.icnp2004.de.vu - IEEE ICNP Web site: http://www.ieee-icnp.org/ - For questions: icnp2004-org(a)informatik.tu-cottbus.de -- ________________________________________________________________________ Hartmut König Tel: +49 355 69 22 36 koenig(a)informatik.tu-cottbus.de Fax: +49 355 69 21 27 BTU Cottbus LS Rechnernetze und Kommunikationssysteme PF 10 13 44, D-03013 Cottbus, Germany http://www-rnks.informatik.tu-cottbus.de ________________________________________________________________________

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Bioinformatics - Industry Impact and Outlook
by Lorraine Lescure 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

> Bioinformatics 2004 > - Industry Impact and Outlook - > 26th & 27th May 2004, Marriott Kensington, London > > Effective use of bioinformatic systems can drastically > reduce drug discovery and development timescales > * By using information technology and software tools > to analyse gene sequences, genotypes that correspond > to certain medical conditions may be identified. > * Informatics can then lead to the discovery of potential > molecular targets and subsequently the development > and design of drugs far more rapidly than previously possible. > Bioinformatics 2004 will provide a unique overview of > the technologies available and in development: > > ***Latest Confirmed Speaker: Dr Stephen Dobson, Pharmacogenomics Informatics Scientist, Pfizer*** > > Key themes will include: > * In depth analysis and strategies to improve information-flow > * Tactics for knowledge management and evolution of innovative informatic solutions > * Finding the best ways to handle e-clinical data and upcoming opportunities in this market > * Data analysis and integration: pointers on data mining, in silico research and use of informatic tools > * Case studies of informatic systems: learn from leaders in the industry > * Current market and outlook: genomics, proteomics and pharmacogenomics > > Industry Leading speakers confirmed at this event: > * Dr. Mark Swindells, Chief Scientific Officer, Inpharmatica > * Dr. Charlie Hodgman, Chair of Bioinformatics, Uni. Nottingham & Midlands Centre for Integrative Biology & Former Senior Informatics Leader, GSK > * Dr Luca Casareto, Director Bioinformatic Solutions, Invitrogen Bioinformatics (Informax) > * Robin Clark, Managing Consultant, IBM Business Consulting Services > * Dr. Krister Kristianson, Director of Clinical Research, Merck > * Hani Kamel, Quality and Security Advisor, Novo Nordisk > * Dr. Richard Scott, Director of Technology Development, De Novo Pharmaceuticals > * Kevin Wandryk, VP Marketing & Business Development, Silicon Genetics > * Dr. Ulrich Meier, Industry Marketing Manager Life Sciences, Sun Microsystems > * Dr. Kal Ramnarayan, Vice President and CSO, Cengent Therapeutics > * Thure Etzold, Senior VP Bioinformatics, LION Bioscience > * David Lovell, Reader in Medical Statistics, University of Surrey & Former Associate Director, European Head of Statistical Support to Clinical Pharmacology, Pfizer > > Who Should attend? (by job title) > * Global Head, Informatics & Knowledge Management > * Director of Medical Informatics > * Director of Discovery Research Informatics > * Head of Advanced Computing > * Head of Global IT Management > * Head/ Director of Bioinformatics > * Head of Datamining and Visualisation > * Senior Informatics Leader > * Head of Life Science Informatics > * Senior Scientist, Genomic Collaborations > * European Applications Specialist > * Director, Discovery Bioinformatics > * European Manager, Statistics & Information Science > * Director, IT Discovery Pharmaceuticals > * Director, Global Information Solutions > * Head of Informatics > > Please find below the conference agenda. To book your place at > Bioinformatics 2004 simply give me a quick ring or email me > stating whether you require a single place or a group booking > > - PRICING - > Attend the: > ** Conf. + pre conf. workshop GBP 1600.00 Plus VAT > ** Conference only Fee: GBP1299.00 Plus VAT > ** Pre conference workshop only Fee: GBP 650.00 Plus VAT > > - BOOKINGS - > Booking is easy, simply contact Lorraine on: > Telephone: +44 (0)20 8767 6711 > Fax: +44 (0)20 8767 5001 > Email: mailto:lorraine.lescure@visiongain.com > Terms and conditions apply - see below. > I look forward to hearing from you soon. > > Regards, > > Lorraine Lescure > Account Manager > Visiongain b2b Conferences > Tel: +44 (0) 20 8767 6711 > http://www.b2b-conferences.com > mailto:lorraine.lescure@visiongain.com > > > Sponsorship Opportunities> > This event will provide unrivalled opportunities to promote your brand to an audience of senior level delegates. Decision makers from all aspects of the Bioinformatics industry will be in attendance, what better way to elevate your product? We are continually recognised for providing innovative and effective means to support your marketing requirements through sponsorship and exhibitions at our leading events. > Options include: > * Full Conference Sponsorship > * Exhibition Stand/Booth > * Promotional Inserts > * Delegate Bag Sponsor > * Cocktail Reception Sponsor > Whatever your budget, whatever your requirements we can find you a way to place your brand at Bioinformatics 2004. > > > > ***Agenda*** > > > Pre-Conference Interactive Workshop > Successful Licensing and Business Development > Tuesday 25th May 2004 > > Workshop Leaders: Mrs. Sharon Finch and Prof. Bill Dawson, Medius Associates > > Topics Under discussion: > * Logistics and planning the due diligence process > * Scientific and regulatory due diligence > * Intellectual property rights, legal and corporate due diligence > * Commercial and financial issues > * Logistics- planning and negotiation > * Preparation > * Understanding the third party > * Team roles and negotiation styles > * Negotiation tactics > > > DAY 1 Wednesday 26th May 2004 > > Conference Chairman > David Lovell > Reader in Medical Statistic > University of Surrey > > 9:00 Registration and coffee > > 9:30 Opening remarks from the Chair > > STRATEGIC PLANNING > > 9:40 How to Transform Data into Commercially Valuable > Information > *> Overcoming challenges faced by the pharmaceutical industry > *> Key organisational strategies: meeting the needs of the > pharmaceutical vs biotech > *> What is the optimal structure for informatics in R&D? > *> How to use informatic services to facilitate drug discovery and > development > *> A guide to transforming sequence data into validated drug targets > Dr. Mark Swindells > Chief Scientific Officer > Inpharmatica > > 10:20 Aiding Business Strategy: An Information-Flow Model > *> Model: structured map of pharmaceutical information, depicting > issues faced > *> Strategies for reducing costs through portfolio management and > interconnectivity > *> Proposals for using information mechanisms for increased > efficiency > *> Model for biotech: > - where a novel technology might impact upon and improve the > R&D process > - where can service/ information providers position themselves for > maximum benefit > *> Key thinking for business development > Dr. Charlie Hodgman > Chair of Bioinformatics > Uni. Nottingham and Directorship of the Midlands Centre > for Integrative Biology > > 11:00 Morning Coffee > > 11:20 Pointers for Choosing the Best Partnership for You > *> Licensing out products following pre-clinical development > *> How to identifying the correct product to license in > *> Gaining or giving access to technologies, which will be the best for > you? > *> Recommendations on which route to take: comparison of different > agreements > Panel Discussion and Questions > > KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT > > 12:00 Procedures in Driving Data Workflow Integration for > Effective Information Management > *> How to alleviate the bottlenecks in the life science pipeline > - better investment in tools and applications > *> Can better integration techniques ease the burden of delivering > faster processes? > *> Large bioinformatic systems versus integrated discrete solutions > *> Informax bioinformatics solutions for workflow optimisation and > pipeline integration > Dr Luca Casareto > Director > Bioinformatic Solutions > Invitrogen Bioinformatics (Informax) > > 12:40 Lunch > > DATA ANALYSIS AND INTEGRATION > > 14:00 In silico Research: Bridging the gap between Drug Discovery and Development > *> How to use in silico tools for rational chemical design > *> Advantages of in silico drug discovery > *> Potential enhancement of the overall R&D productivity> > *> Challenges of in silico biology technology for tomorrow > *> The future of simulation - Systems Biology? > Dr. Richard Scott > Director of Technology Development > De Novo Pharmaceuticals > > 14:40 Informatics Software Market: Breaking Constraints and > Handling Competition > *> Area sectors: specialising in software packages for visualising, > interpreting and analysing data > *> How to overcome constraints of this niche market > - limited number of customers > - diverse informatic needs of clients > *> How to handle direct competition > - free or publicly available software and tools > - direct competition from academic institutions > - small startups v large companies > Kevin Wandryk > VP Marketing & Business Development > Silicon Genetics > > 15:20 Afternoon Tea > > HANDLING E-CLINICAL DATA > > 15:40 Strategies for Reducing the Time and Cost of Running Trials, > whilst increasing the Quality of Data > *> Difficulties faced in drug development > *> Turning challenges to opportunities > *> How to simplify and automate trial processes, for example: > - by transforming trial management > - taking EDC to the next level > - implementing an efficient archival strategy > *> A holistic approach to clinical data > Robin Clark > Managing Consultant > IBM Business Consulting Services > > 16:20 Questions and Discussion > > 16:40 Close of Day One > > DAY 2 Thursday 27th May 2004 > > Conference Chairman > David Lovell > Reader in Medical Statistic > University of Surrey > > 9:00 Registration and Coffee > > 9:30 Opening remarks from the chair > > 9:40 Electronic Medical Records or e-source: how to cut your > monitoring cost in half by no more SDV, no more data entry > no missed data > *> EMR's - a challenge to the conduct of clinical trials > *> How to deal with its rapid entry into the hospital and medical > records > *> Increased complications in the access to the source: security and > privacy of the hospital system > *> How to use opportunities in the market > Dr. Krister Kristianson > Director of Clinical Research > Merck > > 10:20 Data Standards and the FDA: Overcoming the Challenges > Associated with E-Clinical Trials > *> Evaluating FDA acceptance of new technologies in clinical trials > *> Implementation of e-signatures > *> Reconciliation with HL7 standards > *> Using clinical data interchange standards for the development of > e-clinical trials > Charles Jaffe > Director of Medical Informatics > AstraZeneca > > 11:00 Morning Coffee > > 11:20 Key Tactics to Enhance Global Data Security > *> Meeting universal requirements: what regulatory problems could > arise? > *> Overcoming the scientific problems that can arise from poor > security > *> Recommendations for enabling global security to fit unobtrusively > into the clinical environment > *> Proposals to ensure clinical data security over the web > Hani Kamel > Quality and Security Advisor > Novo Nordisk > > PRACTICAL BIOINFORMATICS: IN THE INDUSTRY > > 12:00 CASE STUDY: Grid Computing and its Impact on Your > Network > *> Grid computing solutions- tackles complex computer intensive > tasks quickly and cost-effectively > *> Three basic deployment types: cluster grids, enterprise grids, and > global grids > *> What benefits do grids delivery that traditional computing models > are not able to? > *> Sun's bio-grid strategy > *> Sun infrastructure solutions: transforming technology into business > results > *> Deploying grid computing for a competitive advantage > Dr. Ulrich Meier > Industry Marketing Manager > Life Sciences > Sun Microsystems > > 12:40 Lunch > > 14:00 CASE STUDY: Accelerating Your Drug Discovery with Genes > to Leads > *> How can genes to leads deliver selective hits in as little as 60 > days? 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To TC6 WG chairs
by Otto Spaniol 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

To WG 6.1 - 6.11 chairs! Dear WG chairs, please send me your WG activity report until *** April 26, 2004 ** in order to include it in the meeting document for the Athens meeting. [I have already the report of WG 6.8]. Best regards Otto

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FW: MMNS04 Call For Papers
by Raouf Boutaba 15 Apr '04

15 Apr '04

-----Original Message----- From: Vicente, John [mailto:john.vicente@intel.com] Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 1:02 AM Subject: MMNS04 Call For Papers Dear MMNS04 TPC colleagues, The MMNS04 CPF submission deadline is fast approaching (April 30th). Please forward the below MMNS04 CFP to your local research community. We have also attached PDF and DOC versions of the CFP, if you would be kind enough to print one and post locally. The updated MMNS04 CFP includes information on our invited Keynote Speakers, Application Sessions, E2EMON Workshop and planned 2004 Conference Tutorial topics. This year, we will provide 6 student stipends towards Best Student Papers to encourage quality contributions from the academic community. Best regards, John and David MMNS 2004 Call for Papers 7th International Conference on Management of Multimedia Networks & Services http://www.intel.com/it/mmns/index.htm Organized by: IT@Intel Information Technology Research and School of Computer Science, Lancaster University, UK Hilton Hotel Harbor Island, San Diego, California, USA October 3-6, 2004 The 7th MMNS conference brings together researchers and scientists from industry and academia researching and developing state-of-the-art management systems, while creating a public venue for results dissemination and intellectual collaboration. Providing keynote speakers, application sessions, workshop, and tutorials with a focus on network autonomics and new architectures in wireless systems and multimedia services. A single-track conference, MMNS will provide participants with an intimate setting for industry and collegial discussion and debate. The MMNS program committee is soliciting original papers describing research in the area of management of multimedia networks and services. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): . Network autonomics & autonomous systems . Adaptive computing systems . Wireless and mobile multimedia network management . Ad-hoc and Sensor networks . Distributed multimedia service management . End-to-end IP multimedia management . Converged communications (VoIP) service management . Active multimedia network management . Multimedia session management . Video, streaming, real-time video service management . Middleware, reflective systems support for management . Multimedia traffic management . Multimedia content protection . Large-scale monitoring and provisioning systems . Policy-based management . Network programmability for multimedia services . Trustworthy & survivable systems . Quality of service management . Resource, performance and fault management . Multi-point, multicast services management . Deployment of multimedia services . Traffic engineering and optimization . Network management models and architectures . Billing and security for multi-media services . Content distribution networking . RFID-based management systems . Cable multimedia network management . Optical multimedia network management MMNS 2004 Keynote Speakers: * Pertti Alapuranen, Mesh Networks, Inc., USA * Patrick Reilly, Intel Corporation, USA Application Sessions: This year, MMNS 2004 Program will solicit industrial contributions and hold sessions featuring selected talks in the main topic areas for this year's conference: * Network autonomics * New architectures in wireless systems and multimedia services Tutorials: MMNS 2004 Program will offer tutorials pertaining to application adaptability, multimedia security, multimedia traffic and measurement, and wireless IP QOS. Workshop: Title: E2EMON End-to-End Monitoring Techniques and Services After a very successful Workshop in 2003, E2EMON will continue as part MMNS 2004. Workshop papers in the area of end-to-end monitoring are solicited. ***Student Stipends*** MMNS 2004 will award six student stipends to Best Student Papers. Stipends may be used towards conference fee and hotel stay. Paper Submission: Papers must be submitted electronically in postscript or PDF format. Detailed instructions are provided on the conference web site, https://www.itsharenet.org/MMNS/Papers. Sponsored by: Intel Corporation, IEEE, IEEE Communications Society, IFIP For further information, please contact the co-chairs: John Vicente (john.vicente(a)intel.com) or David Hutchison (d.hutchison(a)lancaster.ac.uk) Important dates: Submission deadline: April 30, 2004 Notification of acceptance: June 29, 2004 Final version: July 30, 2004 MMNS04 Conference: October 3-6, 2004

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