May 2004 - ifip-tc6 - lists.rwth-aachen.de

Pihotos of TC6 meeting
by Otto Spaniol 25 May '04

25 May '04

Dear all, here are two photos from our recent TC6 meeting. Thanks to Tadao Saito. Best regards Otto

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IEEE GLOBECOM Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks
by Ahmed M. Safwat 25 May '04

25 May '04

IEEE GLOBECOM Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks http://www.globecom2004.org/ Dallas, Texas Nov. 29 - Dec. 2004 This is a great opportunity to meet key researchers and practitioners in this exciting, challenging and emerging field. This is the second in a series of international annual workshops/symposia dedicated to Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks. The first event was held in conjunction with IEEE VTC and was a great success. This Workshop is aimed at fostering advances in the field of wireless ad hoc and sensor networks, and is dedicated to researchers and practitioners to present their state-of-the-art research and development in this interesting field. The outcomes of this year's Workshop will stimulate and exhilarate the deployment of reliable, sustainable, secure, and context-rich wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. Join this timely event and contribute to shaping the future of wireless communication networks! SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Original papers are solicited in the area of wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. Papers must represent high-quality and previously unpublished work, not currently under review by another conference, workshop, or journal. Papers accepted for presentation will be published in the GLOBECOM conference proceedings and will be available on IEEEXplore. Papers of particular merit will be proposed for publication in a journal special issue. All submissions will be handled electronically through the EDAS conference management system at http://edas.info, and must be in PDF format. Your submission should include the names, complete mailing addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and the email addresses of the authors. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission deadline: July 2, 2004 (NO EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED) Notification of acceptance: August 2, 2004 Camera-ready manuscripts: August 27, 2004 For further details, please visit: http://www.ece.queensu.ca/hpages/faculty/safwat/Conferences/GLOBECOM04/inde… Regards, Ahmed M. Safwat and Mohsen Guizani, Co-Chairs IEEE GLOBECOM Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks ahmed.safwat(a)ece.queensu.ca mguizani(a)cs.wmich.edu

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PDMC 2004 - Final CfP
by Martin Leucker 24 May '04

24 May '04

[[ -- Apologies for multiple copies of this message -- ]] ============================================================================= Call for Papers 3rd International Workshop on PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED METHODS IN VERIFICATION (PDMC 2004) September 4, 2004, London, U.K. Workshop affiliated to CONCUR'04, 31 August - 3 September 2004. http://www.fi.muni.cz/~brim/PDMC04 ============================================================================= OBJECTIVES: The growing importance of automated formal verification in industry is driving a growing interest in those aspects which have a direct impact on its applicability to real world problems. One of the main technical challenges is in devising tools that allow to handle large state spaces. Over the last years numerous approaches have been developed. Recently, an increasing interest is in parallelizing and distributing of verification techniques. The aim of the PDMC workshop series is to cover all aspects of parallel and distributed methods and techniques for formal verification. Theoretical results, algorithms and case studies are equally welcome. After two successful meetings in 2002 and 2003 with primary focus on parallelization of model checking, the scope of the workshop have been extended to cover all approaches where parallel and distributed techniques can make the automated verification more effective and/or extend its applicability. This extension is also reflected in the new name of the workshop. The PDMC workshop aims to provide a working forum for presenting, sharing, and discussing recent achievements in the field of parallel and distributed verification. The workshop will consist of invited talks and a selection from submitted papers. SCOPE AND TOPICS: Papers describing recent work on all aspects of parallel and distributed verification are solicited as contributions to PDMC. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * parallel and distributed model checking * parallel and distributed equivalence checking * parallel and distributed satisfiability checking * slicing and distributing the state space * distributed theorem proving * distributed constraints solving * parallel methods in probabilistic model checking * file systems for distributed transitions systems * parallel methods in performance evaluation * tools and case studies * industrial applications SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: There are two categories of submissions: regular papers and presentations. * Manuscripts of regular papers are limited to a maximum of 10 pages (excluding bibliography and technical appendices) in postscript or PDF format (ENTCS style strongly recommended). * Presentation reports on relevant results submitted to other forums or already published or on not yet finished work in progress. Presentations will appear in the workshop preliminary proceedings, but will not be considered for the final workshop proceedings. The space limit for presentations is 10 pages (excluding bibliography and technical appendices) in postscript or PDF format (ENTCS style strongly recommended). Submissions should be made electronically using PDMC'04 Submission Page. PROCEEDINGS: The preliminary workshop proceedings will be available as a Research Report of Imperial College London. The final proceedings appear as a volume of Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science. After the workshop, selected authors will be invited to submit full versions of their papers (regular papers or presentation results not submitted for journal publication) to a special issue of IEEE Transaction of Parallel and Distributed Systems (under negotiation). IMPORTANT DATES: * May 29, 2004: Submission deadline for regular papers. * July 5, 2004: Notification of acceptance. * July 10, 2004: Deadline for presentations. * July 31, 2004: Camera ready copy for proceedings. INVITED SPEAKER: Boi B. Faltings (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne) PROGRAM COMMITTEE: * Howard Barringer (Manchester Univ., UK) * Lubos Brim (Masaryk Univ., CZ) - Co-chair * Gianpiero Cabodi (Torino, IT) * Wan Fokkink (CWI Amsterdam, NL) * Hubert Garavel (INRIA, FR) * Hanne Gottliebsen (Queen Mary Univ. of London, UK) * Orna Grumberg (Haifa, Israel) * Boudewijn R. Haverkort (Univ. of Twente, NL) * Michael Jones (Brigham Young Univ., USA) * Marta Kwiatkowska (Univ. of Birmingham, UK) * Martin Lange (LMU Muenchen, DE) * Reinhard Letz (TU Muenchen, DE) * Martin Leucker (Uppsala Univ., SE) - Co-chair * Sharad Malik (Princeton Univ., USA) * Eric Mercer (Brigham Young Univ., USA) * Michel Rueher (Universite Nice Sophia Antipolis, FR) * Pascal Van Hentenryck (Brown University, USA) * Willem Visser (NASA Ames Research Center, USA) Lubos Brim & Martin Leucker workshop organizers

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MMNS'04 Application Sessions: Call for Presentations
by Raouf Boutaba 23 May '04

23 May '04

This is patterned after the very successful Application Sessions done in NOMS 2004. The web links are: MMNS 2004: https://www.itsharenet.org/MMNS Application Sessions for MMNS 2004: https://www.itsharenet.org/MMNS/Application_Sessions Autonomic Session Chair: John Strassner Multimedia Architecture Session Chair: Raymond Liao CfP is below: This year, MMNS 2004 is introducing the concept of an "application session". These sessions focus on the management of multimedia networks and services from an industry and end-user perspective. Particular emphasis will be placed on the experiences of enterprises, Service Providers, vendors, and customers in the following two areas: * The move towards implementing network autonomics * New architectures and mechanisms to support mission critical or next generation wireless/multimedia systems and services The first session includes any and all work on making all components of the managed environment (e.g., network devices, applications, servers, middleware, and others) behave in an autonomic fashion. The second session includes any and all work on management and control architectures, and the mechanisms that they use, to support next generation wireless/multimedia systems and services. The application sessions therefore complement the main conference track, which is focused on theory and research results. Its aim is to help encourage discussions between academia and industry, and to emphasize the practical application and problems encountered when building and managing multimedia systems and services. Please note that "vendor advertisements" will not be allowed. 1. How it will be organized The Application Session will consist of two groups of sessions. The first, focusing on Network Autonomics, will be chaired by John Strassner. The second, focusing on architectures, will be chaired by Raymond Liao. Both sessions will have their own application committee, which will be responsible for reviewing and selecting papers submitted to each application session. The Application Session will also use EDAS for paper submissions. 2. Organizational Details of the Application Session The paper format should be written in English. The presentation must be original that is not currently under review, and has not been previously published in another conference or journal. Submissions will be in the form of presentations, with the top half consisting of graphics, and the bottom half made up of explanatory text. Submissions should be no longer than 14 pages, including title and references. A sample PowerPoint file will be available from the MMNS website for use as a reference. Submissions using PowerPoint or PDF will be accepted. To submit your paper, go to <https://www.itsharenet.org/MMNS/Papers> Paper Submission. There is no specific limitation to topics for these workshops, as long as they relate to the two themes listed above. For further infomation, please contact the Session Chairs, <mailto:john.strassner@intelliden.com> John Strassner and <mailto:rliao@ttb.siemens.com> Raymond Liao. 3. Important Dates (for both application sessions) Submission Deadline: July 2, 2004 Notification of Acceptance: August 2, 2004 Final Version: August 23, 2004 4. Proceedings All application sessions will be published in their own separate proceedings. regards, John Strassner TeleManagement Forum Advisory Director John Strassner Chief Strategy Officer Intelliden Inc. 90 South Cascade Avenue Colorado Springs, CO 80906 USA phone: +1.719.785.0648 fax: +1.719.785.0644 email: <mailto:john.strassner@intelliden.com> john.strassner(a)intelliden.com

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Invitation to Montenegro and Sweden vip/ba
by IPSI conference 21 May '04

21 May '04

Dear Potential Speaker: This is an invitation for you to attend two IPSI BgD multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary conferences, one in Montenegro, and one in Sweden, as follows: Sveti Stefan, MONTENEGRO (arrival: 2.10.2004. departure 9.10.2004.) Keynote: Dr. de Gennes, Nobel Laureate, France Deadlines: May 31 2004 (abstract) + June 30 2004 (full paper) Stockholm, SWEDEN (arrival: 24.9.2004. departure: 26.9.2004.) Deadlines: May 31 2004 (abstract) + June 30 2004 (full paper). Keynote: Dr. Dino Karabeg, University of Oslo, Norway If you like to obtain more information on both conferences, please reply to this email. All IPSI BgD conferences are non-profit! They take place in the leading hotels of the world, and are aimed at bringing together the elite of the world science. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Internet, Computer Science and Engineering, Management and Business Administration, Education, e-Medicine, Electrical Engineering, Bioengineering, Environment Protection, and e-Economy. Sincerely Yours, Prof. Veljko Milutinovic, Chairman PS - If you plan to submit an abstract/paper, let us know immediately. If you are not able to attend now, but you like to be informed about the future IPSI BgD conferences, please let us know. If you do not like to receive future invitations, let us know, as well!

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Optical Networks and Technologies Conference - Pisa
by Elisa Razzoli 20 May '04

20 May '04

Dear all, I would like to bring to your attention that in the year 2004 the Integrated Research Center on Photonic Networks and Technologies located in Pisa, Italy will host an international Conference sponsored by IFIP TC6: OpNeTec 2004 - October 18-20, 2004 Optical Networks and Technologies Conference General Chairman: Giancarlo Prati The conference is organized by CNIT (Italian Inter-university Consortium for Telecommunications) You find all available information about the OpNeTec conference at http://www.pisa.cnit.it/opnetec or http://www.opnetec.it PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR THE EVENT IS JUNE 1st, 2004 Best regards, Giancarlo Prati

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CFPforSANPA04: 2nd International Workshop on Sensor and Actor Network Protocols and Applications
by Ozgur Baris Akan 19 May '04

19 May '04

We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SANPA 2004 Second International Workshop on Sensor and Actor Network Protocols and Applications August 22, 2004 Boston, Massachusetts, USA in Conjunction with MobiQuitous 2004 Submission Deadline: MAY 31, 2004 http://www.sanpa.org Call For Papers ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope: Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks (WSANs) are fast emerging as a new sensing paradigm based on the collaborative effort of large number of sensors deployed close to or inside the phenomenon to be observed, and have the potential of providing diverse services to numerous applications. The realization of WSANs require intensive technical research efforts especially in power aware scalable wireless ad hoc communications protocols due to their unusual application requirements and unique constraints such as the following: - WSANs are generally composed of large number of sensor nodes that have limited computational and storage capacity. - In many applications, sensor nodes can be randomly scattered in unreachable regions. - The sensed phenomenon must be acted on by the actor nodes in field in a timely and accurate manner. - The lifetime of a sensor network is generally limited to the battery lifetime of sensor nodes. SANPA 2004 is intended to provide a forum for researchers to present their contributions as technical papers related to communication protocols for WSANs, data management, access, aggregation and fusion techniques, and sensor network applications. SANPA 2004 will continue and build upon the success of SNPA 2003 (held in conjunction with ICC 2003). The papers solicited in SANPA 2004 cover a variety of topics including but not limited to: - Communication protocols for Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks at all layers - Novel sensor/actor network applications and services - Self organizing and scalable sensor/actor network architectures - Software platforms and tools for sensor/actor network application development - Energy efficient medium access control, error control, and traffic management protocols - Energy efficient system services such as localization and time synchronization - Robust distributed algorithms for collaborative processing - Mechanisms, protocols and algorithms for authenticated, secure communication - Application specific network and system services, including data-centric routing, attribute based addressing and location management - Data querying and dissemination - Data compression, association, aggregation and fusion Submission Instructions: The papers should confirm with the MobiQuitous paper format (www.mobiquitous.org) and can be up to 11 pages long. Authors should submit a PDF version of their paper to sanpa(a)ece.gatech.edu. For more information about the workshop, see http://www.sanpa.org/. Papers of particular merit will be published in the Ad Hoc Networks Journal (Elsevier Science). Important Dates: Manuscript Due: May 31, 2004 Acceptance Notification: July 9, 2004 Final Manuscript Due: July 23, 2004 Workshop Date: August 22, 2004 Organization Committee: Program Co-Chairs: Erdal Cayirci (erdal(a)ece.gatech.edu) Department of Computer Engineering Istanbul Technical University Istanbul, Turkey Raghupathy Sivakumar (siva(a)ece.gatech.edu) School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332-0250 Publicity Chair: Ozgur Baris Akan (akan(a)ece.gatech.edu) Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Middle East Technical University Ankara, Turkey Technical Program Committee: Ahmed Helmy (University of Southern California) Bhaskar Khrisnamachari (University of Southern California) Chiara Petrioli (University of Roma) Eylem Ekici (Ohio State University) Holger Karl (Technical University of Berlin) Jaudelice C. de Oliveira (Drexel University) Kay Roemer (ETH Zurich) Paul Havinga (University of Twente) Philippe Bonet (Univ. of Copenhagen) Prasun Sinha (Ohio State University) Sebnem Baydere (Yeditepe University) Sergio Palazzo (University of Catania) Stephan Olariu (Old Dominion University) Vedat Coskun (Naval Academy) Wei Ye (USC/ISI) Wendi Heinzelman (Univ. of Rochester) Wenye Wang (University of Northern California) Xudong Wang, (Kiyon Inc.)

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CFP AICCSA-05: Deadline Extention
by hella kaffel ben ayed 19 May '04

19 May '04

Call For Papers ***************************************** *** Deadline Extended to June 3, 2004 *** ***************************************** ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA-05) http://engr.smu.edu/cse/AICCSA-05/ <http://engr.smu.edu/cse/AICCSA-05/> Cairo, Egypt, January 3-6, 2005 The ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications is a forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent advances in the field of computer systems and their applications. Papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial, or descriptive in nature. In addition to usual research papers, AICCSA 2005 encourages papers that deliver any combination of the following contributions: a survey of the state of the art; an evaluation of an existing technology; a report on a successful technology transfer initiative; a discussion of future technological trends. Papers selected for presentation will appear in the Conference Proceedings, which are published by the IEEE Computer Society. Conference tracks are (1) Algorithms and Theory (2) Database and Data Mining (3) Networking and Wireless Technology (4) Security and Information Assurance (5) Software and Applications Submission Deadline: May 18, 2004 Notification: August 10, 2004 For more details, please consult http://engr.smu.edu/cse/AICCSA-05/ <http://engr.smu.edu/cse/AICCSA-05/> . ----------------------------- END --------------------------------------

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CFP AICCSA-05: Deadline Extention
by hella kaffel ben ayed 19 May '04

19 May '04

Call For Papers ***************************************** *** Deadline Extended to June 3, 2004 *** ***************************************** ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA-05) http://engr.smu.edu/cse/AICCSA-05/ <http://engr.smu.edu/cse/AICCSA-05/> Cairo, Egypt, January 3-6, 2005 The ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications is a forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent advances in the field of computer systems and their applications. Papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial, or descriptive in nature. In addition to usual research papers, AICCSA 2005 encourages papers that deliver any combination of the following contributions: a survey of the state of the art; an evaluation of an existing technology; a report on a successful technology transfer initiative; a discussion of future technological trends. Papers selected for presentation will appear in the Conference Proceedings, which are published by the IEEE Computer Society. Conference tracks are (1) Algorithms and Theory (2) Database and Data Mining (3) Networking and Wireless Technology (4) Security and Information Assurance (5) Software and Applications Submission Deadline: May 18, 2004 Notification: August 10, 2004 For more details, please consult http://engr.smu.edu/cse/AICCSA-05/ <http://engr.smu.edu/cse/AICCSA-05/> . ----------------------------- END --------------------------------------

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2 Weeks to Bioinformatics 2004 - Industry Impact and Outlook
by Lorraine Lescure 17 May '04

17 May '04

*************************************************** Bioinformatics 2004 - Industry Impact and Outlook A Visiongain b2b Conferences Event *************************************************** 26th & 27th May 2004, Marriott Kensington, London ***There are only two weeks left to secure your place at this event*** NB; A text agenda is featured below; for a PDF brochure, please email mailto:lorraine.lescure@visiongain.com This event will provide a detailed overview of the sector, in the form of case studies and presentations/analysis; * Pharmaceutical executives will find the best ways to integrate and/or outsource their bioinformatic systems. * IT and service providers will discover the exact demands of the market and be able to tailor their services to suit. * AND; perhaps most importantly, this event will provide an ideal opportunity for networking and building partnerships. * * * Don't be left behind; attend Bioinformatics 2004 and stay informed! ***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 & 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 & 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. 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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? * Key differentiators from alternative drug discovery approaches * Features and benefits of proprietary technology * Success in discovering potent small-molecule leads for anthrax infection and PTP1B * Genes to Leads success summary Dr. Kal Ramnarayan Vice President and CSO Cengent Therapeutics 14:40 CASE STUDY: SRS Gateway for Oracle, Reducing the Challenges for the Life Science Industry * SRS and the oracle database * What are the benefits of combining the power of two industry-leading platforms * Experience of SRS collaborations, the SRS evolution * The drive for drug discovery, a working progress Thure Etzold Senior VP Bioinformatics LION Bioscience 15:20 Afternoon Tea PROTEOMICS 15:40 Managing Collection, Analysis and Interpretation of Data from Functional Proteomics * Data from functional proteomics: how to effectively and efficiently manage it * Statistical input into the design, analysis and interpretation of functional proteomic studies * Achieving synergy between bioinformatics and statistics * Linking analysis of pharmacogenomic data into drug discovery and development David Lovell Reader in Medical Statistics University of Surrey 16:20 Pharmacogenomics in drug development Impact of pharmacogenomics on the cost of drug development and clinical trials Potential value of pharmacogenomics in clinical trials Incorporating pharmacogenomics into clinical trials: is it possible? 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