From r.m.sabou from open.ac.uk Thu Nov 6 09:45:54 2008 From: r.m.sabou from open.ac.uk (Marta Sabou) Date: Thu Nov 6 14:28:53 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] ESWC 2009 PhD Symposium - Call for Papers Message-ID: [Apologies for multiple postings ] ********************************************************************* * PhD SYMPOSIUM - CALL FOR PAPERS * * Collocated with * * The 6th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2009) * * Crete, Greece, 1st of June 2009 * ********************************************************************* The ESWC2009 PhD Symposium will continue the successful series of PhD symposia collocated with the main Semantic Web conferences. The goal of the symposium is to provide a unique opportunity for PhD students to open up their work in front of other academics than their supervisors. Students will be able to present their work and get feedback on their topic and approach from leading scientists in the field and from fellow students. Additionally, the forum will provide an opportunity to meet other students, to learn about their work and last, but not least, to discuss PhD related issues. We welcome submissions on all major topics related to Semantic Web research, including, but not limited to those of relevance for ESWC2009. Submissions will be reviewed by at least two members of the scientific advisory board. Selected papers will be published in the conference proceedings and will be presented in front of other students and senior researchers (either in a regular presentation session or in a poster session). Each accepted contribution will be assigned to a scientific advisor who will provide extended feedback on the presented research. We encourage submissions from all PhD students, and especially those in their first years of PhD. ------------------------------- Submission guidelines ------------------------------- Submissions should be structured around the following topics which are the key methodological components required for a sound research narrative: * Problem: describe the core problem of the PhD and motivate its relevance for the Semantic Web area; * State of the art: describe relevant related work and point out areas that need to be improved; * Proposed Approach: present the approach taken and motivate how this is novel with respect to existing work; * Methodology: sketch the methodology that is (or will be) adopted and, in particular, the approach to be taken for evaluating the results of the work; * Results: describe the current status of the work and any results that have been reached so far; * Conclusions and future work: conclude and specify the major items of future work. Note that students which have a paper accepted in the main research track on a certain topic can still submit a paper in which they describe the overall idea and status of their PhD following the template above. Submissions should be no longer than 5 pages and must be formatted in the style of the Springer Publications format for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). Papers must be in PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format) format and must be submitted electronically through the conference submission site. Papers will not be accepted in any other format. We will not accept research papers that, at the time of submission, are under review for or have already been published in or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. --------------------- Important dates --------------------- Submission: January 16, 2009 (11:59 pm Hawaii time) Notification: February 23, 2009 Camera Ready: March 09, 2009 PhD Symposium: June 01, 2009 -------------- Co-Chairs -------------- Riichiro Mizoguchi (The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University) Marta Sabou (Knowledge Media Institute (KMi), The Open University) ------------------------- Further information ------------------------- For any questions regarding the event please contact Marta Sabou ( r.m.sabou_at_open.ac.uk ). =============== The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302). From smajumde from uvm.edu Tue Nov 18 10:19:13 2008 From: smajumde from uvm.edu (Sukanya Majumder) Date: Tue Nov 18 11:40:32 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] question Message-ID: <20081118101913.dikseslxzujlkww@webmail.uvm.edu> Hello, I have the Fiske Subbarao reagent for measuring inorganic phosphate from Sigma, but I don't know how to make solution from it, as no ratio of suifonic acid, Na sulphite, Na metabisulphite is been written on the bottle. Can you help me in this matter? Thank you. Sukanya. Sukanya Majumder, Graduate Student, Department of Biology, Room No. MLS 224, University of Vermont, 120A MLS, 109 Carrigan Drive, Burlington, Vermont-05405. Contact No. 802-656-0704 (Office). From engelbert_buxbaum from hotmail.com Fri Nov 21 12:08:23 2008 From: engelbert_buxbaum from hotmail.com (Dr Engelbert Buxbaum) Date: Fri Nov 21 16:17:34 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] Re: question References: Message-ID: Am 18.11.2008, 11:19 Uhr, schrieb Sukanya Majumder : > Hello, > I have the Fiske Subbarao reagent for measuring inorganic phosphate from > Sigma, but I don't know how to make solution from it, as no ratio of > suifonic acid, Na sulphite, Na metabisulphite is been written on the > bottle. A search in the literature (e.g. with google scholar) should quickly guide you to the original publication (J.Biol.Chem. 66 (1925) 375), which is freely available online even if your library doesn't have it. Pre-mixed reagent sets from various suppliers can save a lot of time (and hence money), but there is a danger associated with them: Unless you are careful you become a kit-chemist, incapable of independent work and without idea of what you are actually doing. From wce_2008 from iaeng.org Sat Nov 22 18:52:37 2008 From: wce_2008 from iaeng.org (wce_2008@iaeng.org) Date: Sun Nov 23 14:39:40 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] Call for Papers: IAENG International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2009) Message-ID: <42d860d4-6aa8-47a3-bed3-c08f8f6814fc@k19g2000yqg.googlegroups.com> CFP: IAENG International Conference on Software Engineering ICSE 2009 From: International Association of Engineers The 2009 IAENG International Conference on Software Engineering 19-21 March, 2009, Hong Kong http://www.iaeng.org/IMECS2009/ICSE2009.html The conference ICSE'09 is held under the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2009. The IMECS 2009 is organized by the International Association of Engineers (IAENG), and serves as good platforms for the engineering community members to meet with each other and to exchange ideas. The last conference in 2008 has attracted a total of over one thousand participants from over 50 countries. All submitted papers will be under peer review and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceeding (ISBN: 978-988-17012-2-0). The abstracts will be indexed and available at major academic databases. The accepted papers will also be considered for publication in the special issues of the journal Engineering Letters, in IAENG journals and in edited books. Revised and expanded version of the selected papers may also be included as book chapters in the standalone edited books under the framework of cooperation between Springer, America Institute of Physics, IEEE Computer Society, and IAENG. For reference, the following IAENG post conference edited books, Trends in Intelligent Systems and Computer Engineering, Advances in Communication Systems and Electrical Engineering, and Advances in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, have been published recently by Springer. Important Dates: Draft Manuscript submission deadline: 8 December, 2008 Camera-Ready papers & Pre-registration due: 10 January, 2008 ICSE 2009: 18-20 March, 2009 Submission: ICSE 2009 is now accepting manuscript submissions. Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft paper in full paper (any appropriate style) to imecs{at}iaeng.org by 8 December, 2008. The submitted file can be in MS Word format, PS format, or PDF formats. The first page of the draft paper should include: (1) Title of the paper; (2) Name, affiliation and e-mail address for each author; (3) A maximum of 5 keywords of the paper. Also, the name of the conference that the paper is being submitted to should be stated in the email. The topics of the ICSE'09 include, but not limited to, the following: Software requirements engineering Software architecture design Software reusable components Software testing and analysis Software processes and workflows Software safety, security and reliability Software maintenance Reverse engineering Grid software Software economics Distribution systems Programming languages Embedded software systems And their applications ICSE Conference Co-Chairs and Committee Members: Chin-Chen Chang IEEE Fellow, IEE Fellow Chair Professor in Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, Feng Chia University, Taiwan Zonghua Gu (co-chair) Assistant Professor Dept. of Computer Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Abdelaziz Guerrouat Assistant Professor, Institute of Computer Sciences, Technische Universitat Clausthal, Germany Pao-Ann Hsiung Associate Professor, Institute of Computer Science and Information Engineering National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan Haeng Kon Kim (co-chair) Dean of Engineering College, Catholic University of DaeGu, South Korea Jahwan Koo Research Professor at Intelligent HCI Convergence Research Center, School of Information and Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea Prof. A. Alper Ozalp Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering and Architecture Faculty, Uludag University, Turkey Quah Tong Seng (co-chair) Professor of Information Communication Institute of Singapore (ICIS) Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Chen-Hua She (co-chair) Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering Da-Yeh University, Taiwan Waralak V. Siricharoen Professor, University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC), Bangkok, Thailand Dr. Dat Tran (co-chair) Senior Lecturer in Computing, School of Information Sciences and Engineering, University of Canberra, Australia Jie Yuan Assoaciate Professor, School of Computer Technology and Science, Shanghai University, China Prof. Yousuo Joseph Zou Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Guam, USA It is our target that the reviewing process and the result notification for each submitted manuscript can be completed within one month from its submission. The reviewing process is to ensure the quality of the accepted papers in the WCE congress. The conferences have enjoyed high reputation among many research colleagues ( for example, see the http://cs.conference-ranking.net/ or http://www.conference-ranking.com/ or http://www.conference-ranking.org/cs.html ). More details about the IMECS 2009 can be found at: http://www.iaeng.org/IMECS2009/index.html http://www.iaeng.net/IMECS2009/index.html http://www.iaeng.com/IMECS2009/index.html More details about the International Association of Engineers, and the IAENG International Journal of Computer Science, and the IAENG International Journal of Applied Mathematics can be found at: http://www.iaeng.org/about_IAENG.html http://www.iaeng.org/IJCS/index.html http://www.iaeng.org/IJAM/index.html The official journal web site of Engineering Letters at: http://www.engineeringletters.com http://www.engineeringletters.net http://www.engineeringletter.com ******** It will be highly appreciated if you can circulate these calls for papers to your colleagues. From wcom from worldcomp.cviog.uga.edu Mon Nov 24 09:34:50 2008 From: wcom from worldcomp.cviog.uga.edu (WORLDCOMP'09 Congress Conferences) Date: Mon Nov 24 11:32:37 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] Call For Papers: Computer Science & Computer Engineering Conferences - July 13-16 2009, USA, WORLDCOMP'09 Message-ID: <20081124143450.482BA5101F@worldcomp.cviog.uga.edu> CALL FOR PAPERS and Call For Workshop/Session Proposals WORLDCOMP'09 The 2009 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing July 13-16, 2009, Las Vegas, USA (composed of 22 Joint Conferences) You are invited to submit a paper (and/or a proposal to organize a session/workshop). All accepted papers will be published in the respective conference proceedings. The 2009 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'09) is composed of the following 22 conferences (all will be held simultaneously, same location and dates: July 13-16, 2009, USA): o BIOCOMP'09: The 2009 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology o CDES'09: The 2009 International Conference on Computer Design o CGVR'09: The 2009 International Conference on Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality o CSC'09: The 2009 International Conference on Scientific Computing o DMIN'09: The 2009 International Conference on Data Mining o EEE'09: The 2009 International Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government o ERSA'09: The 2009 International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms o ESA'09: The 2009 International Conference on Embedded Systems and Applications o FCS'09: The 2009 International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science o FECS'09: The 2009 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering o GCA'09: The 2009 International Conference on Grid Computing and Applications o GEM'09: The 2009 International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Methods o ICAI'09: The 2009 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence o ICOMP'09: The 2009 International Conference on Internet Computing o ICWN'09: The 2009 International Conference on Wireless Networks o IKE'09: The 2009 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering o IPCV'09: The 2009 International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition o MSV'09: The 2009 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods o PDPTA'09: The 2009 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications o SAM'09: The 2009 International Conference on Security and Management o SERP'09: The 2009 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice o SWWS'09: The 2009 International Conference on Semantic Web and Web Services (a link to each conference's URL can be found at http://www.world-academy-of-science.org ) ACADEMIC CO-SPONSORS: Currently being prepared - it will include a number of active research laboratories and centers that have helped to shape our field. The Academic Co-Sponsors of the last offering of WORLDCOMP included research labs at Harvard University, UCLA, University of Minnesota, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University, University of Texas at Austin, MIT, George Mason University, University of Iowa, Russian Academy of Sciences, NEMO/European Union, and others. Corporate Co-Sponsors included, Google, Salford Systems, Synplicity, Supermicro, NIIT, and others. General Co-Chair and Coordinator: H. R. Arabnia, PhD Professor, Computer Science Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer) Advisory Board, IEEE Technical Committee on TCSC Vice President, Int'l Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine The University of Georgia Department of Computer Science 415 Boyd Building Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, USA Tel: (706) 542-3480 Fax: (706) 542-2966 E-mail: hra@cs.uga.edu PURPOSE / HISTORY: This set of joint conferences is the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. Many of the joint conferences in WORLDCOMP are the premier conferences for presentation of advances in their respective fields. We anticipate to have 2,400 or more attendees from over 85 countries participating in the 2009 joint conferences. The motivation is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated research conferences into a coordinated research meeting held in a common place at a common time. The main goal is to provide a forum for exchange of ideas in a number of research areas that interact. The model used to form these annual conferences facilitates communication among researchers from all over the world in different fields of computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. Both inward research (core areas of computer science and engineering) and outward research (multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary, and applications) will be covered during the conferences. WORLCOMP'09 will be composed of research presentations, keynote lectures, invited presentations, tutorials, panel discussions, and poster presentations. In recent past, keynote and/or tutorial speakers included: Prof. David A. Patterson (U. of California, Berkeley); Prof. Michael J. Flynn (Stanford U.); Prof. John H. Holland (U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Prof. Brian D. Athey (U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor), Prof. H. J. Siegel (Colorado State U.); Prof. Barry Vercoe (MIT); Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy (U. of California, Berkeley); Prof. Jun Liu (Harvard U.); Dr. Jim Gettys (OLPC + developer of X Window); Dr. Chris Rowen (President and CEO, Tensilica, Inc.); and many other distinguished speakers. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft papers by uploading them to http://worldcomp.cviog.uga.edu/ . Submissions must be received by Feb. 25, 2009 and they must be in either MS doc or pdf formats (about 5 to 7 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12). All reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable (later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their papers for publication.) 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 draft paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, and email address for each author. The first page should also identify the name of the Contact Author and a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the content of the paper. Finally, the name of the conference that the paper is being submitted to must be stated on the first page. Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, impact, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two experts in the field who are independent of the conference program committee. The referees' evaluations will then be reviewed by two members of the program committee who will recommend a decision to the chair of the track that the paper has been submitted to. The chair will make the final decision. Lastly, the Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one member of the program committee. PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING SESSIONS/WORKSHOPS: Each session will have at least 6 paper presentations from different authors (12 papers in the case of workshops). The session chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their sessions; including, soliciting papers, reviewing, selecting, ... The names of session chairs will appear as Associate Editors in the conference proceedings and on the cover of the books. Proposals to organize sessions should include the following information: name and address (+ email) of proposer, title of session, a 100-word description of the topic of the session, the name of the conference the session is submitted for consideration, and a short description on how the session will be advertised (in most cases, session proposers solicit papers from colleagues and researchers whose work is known to the session proposer). email your session proposal to H. R. Arabnia (address is given above). We would like to receive the proposals by January 16, 2009. IMPORTANT DATES: Jan. 16, 2009: Proposals for organizing/chairing sessions/workshops Feb. 25, 2009: Submission of papers (about 5 to 7 pages) March 25, 2009: Notification of acceptance April 25, 2009: Camera-Ready papers and Registration due July 13-16, 2009: The 2009 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'09 - 22 joint conferences) MEMBERS OF PROGRAM AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEES: The Program Committee includes members of chapters of World Academy of Science (chapters: supercomputing; scientific computing; AI; imaging science; databases; simulation; software engineering; embedded systems; internet and web technologies; communications; computer security; and bioinformatics.) The Program Committee for individual conferences is currently being formed. Those interested in joining the Program Committee should email H. R. Arabnia (hra@cs.uga.edu) the following information: Name, affiliation and position, complete mailing address, email address, a short biography together with research interests and the name of the conference offering to help with. Many who have already joined the committees of individual tracks are renowned leaders, scholars, researchers, scientists and practitioners of the highest ranks; many are directors of research laboratories, fellows of various societies, heads/chairs of departments, deans and provosts. LOCATION OF CONFERENCES: The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (with any overflows at other near-by hotels). This is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000 rooms. It is minutes from the airport with 24-hour shuttle service to and from the airport. This hotel has many recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, spa, pools, sunning decks, Easy River, wave pool, lighted tennis courts, health spa, nightly shows, a number of restaurants, ... The negotiated room rate for conference attendees is very reasonable. The hotel is within walking distance from most other attractions (recreational destinations, Golf courses, ...) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This email was sent to: bioforum@net.bio.net To opt out of this email list: http://worldcomp.cviog.uga.edu/cgi-bin/rm/full.cgi?1B432AEC-BA23-11DD-B917-937FD1D63057 From jeedward from yahoo.com Wed Nov 26 09:13:16 2008 From: jeedward from yahoo.com (John Edward) Date: Wed Nov 26 17:21:22 2008 Subject: [Bioforum] BCBGC-09 call for papers Message-ID: <90924.16494.qm@web45903.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> BCBGC-09 call for papers ? The 2009 International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics and Chemoinformatics (BCBGC-09) (website: http://www.PromoteResearch.org ) will be held during July 13-16 2009 in Orlando, FL, USA. We invite draft paper submissions. The conference will take place at the same time and venue where several other international conferences are taking place. The other conferences include: ????????? International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR-09) ????????? International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Control Systems (ARCS-09) ????????? International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies (EISWT-09) ????????? International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking and Communication Systems (HPCNCS-09) ????????? International Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ISP-09) ????????? International Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology and Applications (RAITA-09) ????????? International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice (SETP-09) ????????? International Conference on Theory and Applications of Computational Science (TACS-09) ????????? International Conference on Theoretical and Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (TMFCS-09) ? The website http://www.PromoteResearch.org contains more details. ? Sincerely John Edward Publicity committee ? ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/bioforum/attachments/20081126/4decc267/attachment.html