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Subject: Forthcoming IFIP TC 6 Meeting
Dear Our Guests,
The venue of the next TC6 meeting will be Ericsson's premises in Budapest,
Hungary.
Address: Budapest, Irínyi József u. 4-20. , XI. district
The meeting room is on the ground floor (for English people first floor)
close to the reception.
As you have probably known on Sunday evening there will be a boat trip on
the River Danube.
Please indicate whether you have an accompaning person with you who will
also take part in this evening program.
I kindly ask you to let me know if you have special food request (vegetarian
or other).
If you have not reserved your hotel room yet, please do it. Most of you
will stay at Hotel Korona.
(If you choose Hotel Korona please indicate that you come to Ericsson, to
the IFIP TC6 meeting, because the 88 EUs price is a special Ericsson rate).
You can find the requested information about the hotels below.
If you need help with the hotel booking or any other matters please do not
hesitate to contact me.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Budapest!
Best regards
Gabriella
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Gabriella Bátai
Assistant
Research Laboratory
Ericsson Hungary Ltd.
H-1117 Budapest
Irinyi J. u. 4-20.
Tel: +36 1 437 7701
Fax:+36 1 437 7672
E-mail: Gabriella.Batai(a)eth.ericsson.se
HOTEL MERCURE KORONA
Highly recommended.
To reach Ericsson Hungary at Science Park:
- 15 minutes by public transport one stop by metro line 3 to Ferenc
körút, than change tram 4 or 6 towards Buda side - three stops.
- 10 minutes by car / taxi
Location of Hotel
In the heart of the City of Budapest, opposite the National Museum.
Strolling in the City you can reach the bank of the Danube within 5
minutes.
Room rate: 88 EUR/ night
Access
>From the airport:
The main road to the City leads straight to the hotel. Distance approx.
18 km.
>From railway stations:
>From Déli (Southern) and Keleti (Eastern) railway stations by metro line
2 (red), change at Deák tér for line 3 (blue line) to Kálvin tér.
By car:
>From Vienna or Lake Balaton along motorways M1 and M7, respectively,
crossing the Danube via Elisabeth Bridge.
By public transport:
Tramways 47, 49, bus 15 and metro line 3, Kálvin tér station.
Address of Hotel:
H-1053 Budapest, Kecskeméti u. 14.
Telephone: (36-1) 317-4111
Fax: (36-1) 318-3867
More information on the Hotel Mercure Corona webpage:
http://www.mercure-korona.hu/koronaangol/
HOTEL MERCURE DUNA
Highly recommended.
To reach Ericsson Hungary at Science Park:
- 5 minutes by public transport : one stop by tram 4 or 6
towards Buda side
- 3 minutes by car / taxi
- 10 minutes of walk over a long bridge (Petofi bridge)
Location of Hotel
Situated very near to the city centre, the Mercure Budapest Duna's
traditional "Mercure comfort" and truly friendly atmosphere provides a
much more comfortable stay.
Room rate: 75 EUR / night
>From the Airport:
On the way to the city centre on Üll?i út turn left to the Haller utca.
The distance from the Airport is approximately 16 Km.
>From the railway stations:
The metro line 2 from the Déli (Southern) railway station to the Kossuth
tér, than change to tram No 2 towards the south and alight at Boráros
tér. The same metro can also be used from the Keleti (Eastern) railway
station to Blaha Lujza tér, than change to tram No 4 or 6. From the
Nyugati (Western) railway station the tram No 4 or 6 leads straight to
the Boráros tér.
By car:
The highways M1 and M7 from Vienna and Lake Balaton lead you to the
Pet?fi híd from where you can see the hotel to the right. From the M0
across the Lágymányosi híd, than turn left. From Szeged on M5 highway
drive to the Könyves Kálmán körút, than turn to the Soroksári út.
By public transport:
The trams No. 2, 4, 6 and buses No. 23, 54, 15 and 12 stop at a walking
distances from the hotel. The metro line 3 (Ferenc körút station) is 5
minutes walk from the hotel
Address of the hotel:
H-1095 Budapest, Soroksári út 12.
Telephone: (36-1) 455-8300
Fax: (36-1) 455-8385
e-mail: h2025(a)accor-hotels.com
More information on the Hotel Mercure webpage:
http://www.mercure-duna.hu
Other possibilities: http://inside.ericsson.se/hotelguide Budape
Dear TC6 members,
The deadline for hotel registration in Libon ended yesterday. I managed to
get an extension of that deadline until September 13th. Please remember that
the hotel cannot guarantee rooms after that date. I would thank also that
those of you who come to the Lisbon meeting, but are not staying in the
Melia Hotel, please let me know.
Best regards
Augusto
TC6 national delegates of official members of IFIP and all WG6.x
Chairs are invited to vote.
Prepare an email to
"Dorothy Hayden" <dh(a)ifip.or.at>, "Radford, Peter"
<Peter.Radford(a)logicacmg.com>
with "TC6 chair election" in the subject line
Paste in the body of this email the form below included between the two
dotted lines.
Fill the form as suggested and send you vote as soon as possible.
The voting period will be closed on November 26 at 17H00 GMT
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Fill the form
- by ticking and completing the relevant fields or
- by completing the fields of interest and erasing the non relevant lines.
Name : .......................
O National delegate
O Chairman of the WG 6....
For the position of TC6 Chairman for years 2004 to 2006,
O I vote for Otto Spaniol
O I vote for Ramon Puigjaner
O I abstain
Your vote will be valid if and only if you select only one choice.
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The results will be emailed to each of us by Dorothy around December 5
Andre
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ANDRE DANTHINE andre.danthine(a)ulg.ac.be
INSTITUT D'ELECTRICITE MONTEFIORE, B28
UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE B-4000, LIEGE (BELGIUM)
25, rue Henri Fays B-4160 Anthisnes (Belgium)
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>Dear TC6 MEMBER,
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>On behalf of the IFIP/IEEE ICT2004 Organising Committee, I have the
>pleasure to announce that the ICT2004 web site is ready for accepting
>registrations and paper submissions. I invite you for visiting it and
>getting access to your identification. Please circulate this announcement
>around you.
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>Best regards,
>
>Neuman.
>ICT2004 General Chair.
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Dear colleagues,
I need to receive the requests for reimbursements (payment form plus documents), which are within the TC6 budget for 2003 until 15th of December.
Best regards
Augusto
Dear all,
the following information might be of interest.
Best regards
Otto
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New statistics confirm decline in EU research investment and performance
[Date: 2003-11-26]
Warnings by research analysts were confirmed on 25 November when EU
Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin unveiled new statistics on
Europe's scientific performance, which show a drop in both investment and
performance.
'Key Figures 2003-2004' provides comprehensive data on all types of
research investment, as well as indicators enabling an assessment of
performance. For the first time, the statistics also include data from
the acceding and candidate countries, offering an insight into areas of
convergence and divergence between the existing and future Member States.
The statistics show that Europe is even losing its leadership with regard
to the number of scientific publications published.
'This is the logical outcome of under-investment in basic research,' said
Mr Busquin. 'Basic research is increasingly falling victim to difficult
budgetary conditions in the Member States, but this is not the right
response to ensure growth and prosperity in Europe. [...] The political
message is that, more than ever, Europe must make a real effort. Progress
is being made at the level of words, but we must now take action.'
The research and development (R&D) investment gap between the EU and the
US has continued to grow in favour of the US. Around 80 per cent of the
gap is the result of different levels of business R&D expenditure in
Europe and the US. For the EU to reduce this investment gap, the annual
growth rate for R&D investment would have to be almost doubled - 8 per
cent instead of the current 4.5 per cent.
One should not think, however, that private R&D investment is decreasing
in the EU. On the contrary, spending increased by 50 per cent between
1995 and 2001. But in the US, expenditure rose by 130 per cent over the
same period.
Growth in overall performance declined in almost every Member State
between 2000 and 2001, although to a lesser degree than for investment.
Looking at the acceding countries, it is possible to distinguish two
groups of countries. Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, the Czech Republic,
Malta and, to a lesser extent, Poland, were all catching up with the EU-
15 in 2000 and 2001, each with a productivity growth rate that was above
the EU average. The remaining acceding countries were falling further
behind over the same period, although strong investment growth in
Slovakia, Estonia and Cyprus mean that a substantial improvement is likely.
Assessing the impact of enlargement, the Commission concludes that
'Europe's strength in scientific output will be reinforced but its
technological performance will not follow the same rhythm, at least in
the short term.'
The current Member States hold on to the positions they attained in the
second half of the 1990s, although new tendencies are now evident. The
southern countries (Portugal, Spain, Greece and Italy) were still lagging
behind in 2001, and their catching up with the rest of Europe appeared to
have slowed down significantly. France, the UK, Germany, Austria,
Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands all kept their average positions,
although Germany experienced a drastic drop in investment growth, which
even became negative in 2001.
Finland, Denmark and particularly Sweden were still far ahead of the
other Member States in 2001, and were increasing the gap. The figures
therefore imply that the current economic downturn is creating more
divergence within the EU.
The importance of a strong European research sector has been recognised
by Commission President Romano Prodi, as evidenced by his Initiative for
Growth, which includes additional investment in research. Mr Busquin
welcomed this initiative, and said he believes that other colleagues in
the Commission are beginning to see the importance of promoting research.
For further information, please consult the following web address:
http://www.cordis.lu/indicators
Dear TC6 members,
I made a projection of our conferences for 2005. Please check the TC6 calendar of events carefully and let me know of any mistake or missing event.
Best regards
Augusto
Dear colleagues,
Please feel free to distribute the bioinformatics CFP
(http://www.baysf.org/bio/) to those interested. Otherwise, please
disregard. Note that the abstract is due in two weeks on December 10th,
2003.
Sincerely,
-Jake
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Call for Papers
Invited Session: Systems Biology and Bioinformatics
at
The 8th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics
(SCI 2004)
July 18-21, 2004 - Orlando , Florida , USA
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Session Topics
===============
Colorful analogies to cataclysmic events, including floods, avalanches,
tidal waves, and even explosions, have often been used to describe the
overwhelming nature of high-throughput, biological data. The deluge of data
shows no sign of abating, particularly as new technologies appear (protein
chips) and established technologies are improved (mass spectrometers, DNA
micro-arrays) or re-implemented on industrial scales. Finding new ways to
integrate, visualize, and interpret data from diverse sources is one of the
most important challenges facing the modern discipline of bioinformatics,
which merges information technology, computer science, statistics, and
biology. However, the benefits of bringing diverse data sources together by
far outweigh the costs, offering opportunities for scientists to gain a more
complete picture of cells and organisms than was previously possible. Data
sources of great interest to this endeavor include, but are not limited to:
* Genome, mRNA, and protein sequence
* DNA/RNA and protein motifs
* Sequence homology relationships
* Protein and protein complex 3-D structures
* Protein-protein interactions
* mRNA and protein expression
* Functional annotation of genes and proteins
* Ontological classifications
* Protein/gene pathways
* Biomedical literature
* Small molecule chemical properties
In practice, important new discoveries are rarely achieved using a single
informatics technique or data source. Instead, multiple tools and/or
methods are often needed to comprehend the significance of diverse data sets
such as DNA microarray results or protein-protein interaction data. These
tools and techniques can generally be classified into the following areas:
* Biology-specific knowledge representation
* Biological data preparation and cleansing
* High-throughput experimental data monitoring and tracking
* Sequence-based data analysis
* Network-based data analysis
* Biological data integration and visualization
* Modeling of cells, systems, and organisms
* Text mining
* Knowledge curation, annotation, and reporting
Due to the sometimes qualitative nature of biological data and the
difficulties involved in using just one tool to answer important biological
questions, systems biologists and bioinformaticians must often combine
multiple data sources and analyze these data using diverse tools. For this
reason, we invite paper submissions that emphasize integrated approaches,
such as:
1. An informatics technique, strategy, and tool that combine multiple
types of data.
2. Investigation of genome, transcriptome, proteome, or metabolome data,
using multiple computational techniques, strategies, and tools.
3. High-performance systems engineering ideas and strategies using
concepts learned from bioinformatics.
4. Significant biological discoveries using a consistent suite of
investigative tools.
Other novel bioinformatics topics in life sciences may also be considered,
as long as the topics contribute to the expansion of a system-scale
understanding of biological processes and/or the creation of practical
informatics solutions for real-world life science problems.
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Important Dates
================
December 10th, 2003
Submission of extended abstracts (500-2000 words) or paper
drafts (2000-5000 words).
December 29th, 2003
Final paper due.
February 24th, 2004
Notifications of acceptance.
March 15th, 2004
Electronic version of camera-ready papers due.
Note: All the receipt dates cutoff time are 11:59pm US Pacific Standard
Time.
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General Information on SCI 2004 (http://www.iiisci.org/sci2004/)
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SCI 2004 is an international forum for scientists, engineers, researchers,
consultants, theoreticians, and practitioners in the fields of Systemics,
Cybernetics and Informatics. The purpose of SCI 2004 is to promote
discussion and interaction between researchers and practitioners from
different knowledge domains (such as biology, physics, and social sciences)
or in interdisciplinary research and development areas (such as
bioinformatics). It is a forum for scientists to exchange ideas and results
in multi-, inter- and trans-disciplinary studies and projects. Particularly,
the conference is interested in informatics concepts, prototypes, and
applications that are able to benefit both academic research and industrial
applications. This is the 8th conference since its inception in 1995.
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Paper Submission Guideline
===========================
The invited session consists of peer-reviewed full-length papers reporting
on original work. All papers must be submitted to the session chairs in
electronic format. An early submission of the abstract and/or a prior
inquiry of the proposed topic with the session chairs are strongly
encouraged.
The only acceptable file formats are Adobe Acrobat (*.pdf) and Microsoft
Word (*.doc). Submitted files should be named with the abbreviated form of
the title no longer than 32 characters long without white space characters.
Each paper must include two separate files: 1) a one-page cover letter, and
2) a separate manuscript. The cover letter must include the following
information:
* The title of the paper and number of pages in the manuscript.
* The email address of the corresponding author.
* A complete list of all the authors and their affiliations.
* A statement indicating that the submitted paper contains original,
unpublished results, and is not currently under consideration elsewhere.
* (Optional) Recommendation of qualified reviewers to the session. If
so, indicate the reviewers'names, email addresses, and a one-sentence
description of their expertise areas within the session topic areas.
The manuscript is limited to fifteen (15) pages, which include the title
page and all figures, in fonts no smaller than 11 point, double-spaced. The
title page should include the paper tile, abstract (no more than 250 words),
and keywords, and should * not * contain author names or affiliation.
Figures may be included into the text body provided they are clearly legible
to the reviewers.
Hardcopy submissions or unprocessed TeX or LaTeX files will be rejected
immediately without review. Paper exceeding the page limit, or using a
format significantly different from the above guidelines may be returned
without review.
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Paper Presentation and Publication
===================================
All the accepted papers will be required to give a 20-25min presentation at
the SCI 2004 conference on the Systems Biology and Bioinformatics track,
which may be divided into one or more sessions. The acceptance of the paper
becomes final only after at least one of the authors has successfully
registered for the conference. If multiple papers are accepted from the same
group, according to SCI rules, each paper is required to be presented by a
different registered author.
Accepted papers will be published in both a hard-bound archival proceedings
volume and a CD-ROM. Depending on the quality of the paper and
interests/response from the conference session audience, organizers will
work with SCI program committee to compile a multi-author book, in which the
best papers will be included. Two such books were already published in
recent years from the conference.
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Session Co-chairs
==================
Jake Chen, Ph.D. Genoptica Systems Email: ychen(a)cs.umn.edu
Ann Loraine , Ph.D. Ontomorphic Informatics Email: loraine(a)loraine.net
I have now had votes from:
Miguel Nicolau I Vila, Gunter Haring, Andre Danthine, Jose Neuman de Sousa,
Kiril Boyanov, Lorne Mason, Dao-Yuan Hu, Jan Slavik, Villy Iversen, Otto
Spaniol, Sarolta Dibuz, Giancarlo Prati, Tadao Saito, Ignacius Niemegeers,
Finn Aagesen, Ahmed Al-Naamany, Adam Grzech, Augusto Casaca, Karol Fabian,
Koos Koen, Ramon Puigjaner, Dipak Khakhar, Harry Rudin, Vilas Wuwongse,
Lyman Chapin, Arun Iyengar, Jean Whiley, Guy Leduc, Guy Pujolle, Raouf
Boutaba, Dominique Gaiti, Harmen van As
I have yet to receive votes from:
Javier Diaz, Harry Dutton, Veikko Hara, Samir Thomé, Theodore
Apostolopoulos, Sunil Dutt Jha, Janez Bester, Peter Radford, Ioannis
Stravakakis, Guy Omydiar, Volker Tschammer
(and I know I'm on that list)
The deadline is 17:00 GMT on Wednesday 26th
Peter
Peter Radford
UK Representative to IFIP Technical Committee 6
T: +44(0)20 7446 1281
E: Peter.Radford(a)LogicaCMG.com
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