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2016 International Conference on Intelligent
Biology and Medicine (ICIBM 2016)
GeneralChairs:
ZhongmingZhao,JiajieZhang
UniversityofTexasHealthScience
CenteratHouston
KeynoteSpeakers:
JohnN.Weinstein,MDAnderson
CancerCenter
NancyJ.Cox,VanderbiltUniversity
EdwardM.Marcotte,Universityof
TexasatAustin
TreyIdeker,UniversityofCalifornia,
SanDiego
SteeringCommittee:
W.JimZheng,UniversityofTexas
HealthScienceCenteratHouston
YidongChen,UniversityofTexas
HealthScienceCenteratSanAntonio
SteveWong,Methodist
Hospital/CornellUniversity
HanLiang,MDAndersonCancer
Center
MichaelZhang,UniversityofTexasat
Dallas
ProgramCommitteeChairs:
ZhandongLiu,BaylorCollegeof
Medicine
GeneveraAllen,RiceUniversity
PublicationCommitteeChairs:
JianhuaRuan,UniversityofTexasat
SanAntonio
YinLiu,UniversityofTexasHealth
ScienceCenteratHouston
Workshop/TutorialCommitteeChairs:
KenChen,MDAndersonCancer
CenterYanGuo,VanderbiltUniversity
PublicityCommitteeChair:
DeguiZhi,UniversityofAlabamaat
Birmingham
AwardCommitteeChairs:
HuaXu,UniversityofTexasHealth
ScienceCenteratHouston
YufeiHuang,UniversityofTexasatSan
Antonio
TraineeCommitteeChairs:
AdrianaRubio,UniversityofTexas
HealthScienceCenteratHouston
AndrewLaitman,BaylorCollegeof
Medicine
LocalChairs:
W.JimZheng,UniversityofTexas
HealthScienceCenteratHouston
LengHan,UniversityofTexasHealth
ScienceCenteratHouston
CallforPapers
The2016InternationalConferenceonIntelligentBiologyandMedicine(ICIBM2016)willbeheld
onDecember8-10,2016inHouston,Texas,USA.Youareinvitedtosubmitpaperswithunpublished
original work describing recent advances on all aspects of Bioinformatics, Systems Biology and
IntelligentComputing,includingbutnotrestrictedtothefollowingtopics:
Bioinformatics:
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Genomicsandgenetics,includingintegrative&functionalgenomics,genomeevolution.
Nextgenerationsequencingdataanalysis,applications,andsoftwareandtools.
Bigdatascienceincludingstorage,analysis,modeling,visualization,andcloud.
Precisionmedicineandtranslationalbioinformatics.
Drugdiscovery,design,andre-purposing.
Proteomics,andproteinstructureprediction,molecularsimulationandevolution.
Imageanalysisandprocessing.
Singlecellsequencingdataanalysis.
IntelligentComputing:
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Machinelearning,datamining,patternrecognition,andknowledgediscovery.
Naturallanguageprocessing,literaturemining,semanticontology,andhealthinformatics.
Neuralcomputing,kernelmethods,featureselection/extraction.
Evolutionarycomputing,swarmintelligence/optimization,ensemblemethods.
Manifoldlearningtheory,artificiallifeandartificialimmune.
BiomedicalInformaticsgeneraltopics.
SystemsBiology:
• Modelingandsimulationofbiologicalprocesses,pathways,andnetworks.
• Mathematicalandquantitativemodelsofcellularandmulti-cellularsystems.
• Multi-dimensionalomicsdataintegration.
• Syntheticbiologicalsystems.
• Metalobolomics,microbiome,andlipidomics.
• Self-organizationinlivingsystems(cells,organisms,swarms,ecosystems,etc.).
• Applicationsofsystemsbiologyapproachestobiomedicalstudies.
PaperSubmissionandPublication:
ProspectiveauthorsareinvitedtosubmitunpublishedworktoICIBM2016.Allpapersand
abstractswillbesubmittedthroughEasyChairConferenceSystem.Detailedinformationis
availablethrough:https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icibm20160
All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed. The accepted papers of registered authors will be
publishedinspecialissuesofseveraljournals,includingBMCGenomics,BMCSystemsBiology,BMC
Bioinformatics, BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, and International Journal of
ComputationalBiologyandDrugDesign.Authorsneedtopreparemanuscriptsintheformatof
thecorrespondingjournalthattheyprefer.
TravelAwards
Upto20travelawardsareavailabletostudents/postdocs;awardswillbegrantedthroughanNSF
grantandcertificateswillbegiventoawardees.
ImportantDates:
• Deadlineforpapersubmission:August15,2016
• Notificationtoauthorsofpapers:September15,2016
• Notificationtoauthorsofhighlightpaper:October1,2016
• Deadlineforabstractsubmission:September24,2016
• Notificationtoauthorsofabstracts:October1,2016
• Conferenceearlyregistration:October1,2016
• Conferenceearlyregistrationdeadline:October31,2016
• ICIBMconference:December8-10,2016
Contact:[email protected] Web:https://www.uth.edu/cph/icibm/