http://ieeebibm.org/BIBM2020/index.html December 16-19 Virtual
Proceedings published in: IEEE digital library indexed by Google Scholar and Scopus.
Workshop Rationale
Precision Medicine is currently a hot research field and is of high interest for the bioinformatics community. The field attracts the interests of computer scientists, biologists and medical doctors interested in the applications to biology, precision medicine and pharmacology.
The rationale underlying the research is that many biological processes in different fields, from molecular biology to neurological sciences, may be elucidated only considering mutual interactions among different players. For instance, the regulation of messenger RNA (mRNA) levels is due to the synergistic and antagonist actions of transcription factors (TFs) and microRNAs (miRNAs).
Similarly, network based approaches have been recently applied to modelling the human brain. A common aspect of these different scenarios is that available technological platforms enable the investigation of only a single aspect of these mechanisms, e.g., the quantification of levels of mRNA or miRNA or the investigation of the activity of single brain regions.
Consequently, comprehensive and holistic analysis is made possible only by the integration of these data sources. Currently, the interest of researchers in this area is growing, the number of projects is increasing, and the number of challenges and issues for computer scientists is considerable. Many approaches are based on the use of results coming from graph theory, thus, the need for a workshop bringing together computer scientists and biologists/doctors arises.
Recent approaches integrated big data in heterogeneous networks. This workshop solicits submissions discussing general concepts related to improvements and challenges in this field. In addition, surveys or positions on data integrations, as well as novel approaches of analysis, are welcome. Future papers are also invited. Peer reviewed papers will be included in conference proceedings which are included in the IEEE digital library indexed by Google Scholar and Scopus. Papers are also exchanged via informal proceedings. A special issue in a journal is also planned. Last workshop special issue was published in Springer Interdisciplinary Sciences, a scopus indexed journal, we are waiting for a confirmation.
Pietro Hiram Guzzi, University of Catanzaro
Laura Antonelli, ICAR-CNR
Swarup Roy, Sikkim University
Andrew Adamatzky, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
Mario Rosario Guarracino, ICAR - CNR, IT
Monica Jha, North Eastern Hill University, IND
Lucia Maddalena, ICAR - CNR, IT
Ananda Mohan Mondal, Florida International University, USA
Saba Nafees, Texas Tech University, USA
Theodore Trafalis, University of Oklahoma, USA
Pierangelo Veltri, UniversitĂ della Magna Grecia, IT
Workshop Submission Page
Paper Submission:
Please submit a full-length paper (up to 8 page IEEE 2-column format) through the online submission system (you can download the format instructions here, http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html
Electronic submissions (in PDF or Postscript format) are required. Selected participants will be asked to submit their revised papers in a format to be specified at the time of acceptance.
Online Submission Web Site:
https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2020/bibm20/index.php