CAIMS*SCMAI E-News Volume 02 Number 4 July 6, 2002 Editor: Sue Ann Campbell (sacampbell@uwaterloo.ca) CONTENTS 1. CAIMS*SCMAI 2002 Annual Meeting 2.* CAIMS*SCMAI 2003 Annual Meeting 3.* Update on ICIAM 2003 4. Robert Moody Receives $100K Killiam Prize 5. Matiur Rahman earns Eminent Scientist Medal 6. Xingfu Zou receives Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award 7. Fields Institute Fellows announced 8. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software 9. Postdoctoral fellow/visiting research assistant professor position in Mathematical and Computational Modelling for Brain Biomechanics available at Waterloo 10.* Second Virtual Conference on Genomics and Bioinformatics: September 24-26, 2002. 11.* Modelling and Simulation for Computer-Aided Medicine and Surgery: November 15-16, 2002, France. 12.* ICONIP'02-SEAL'02-FSK'02: November 18-22, 2002, Orchid Country Club, Singapore. 13.* 2nd International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS'02): December 01 - 04, 2002, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. 14.* Third International Conference on Systems Biology: December 13-15, 2002, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 15.* 3rd WSEAS International Conference on Mathematics and Computers in Biology and Chemistry: December 19-21, 2002, Peurto De La Cruz, Canary Islands, Spain 16.* Announcement of 2003 conferences organised by Wessex Institute of Technology (WIT), UK. 17.* 2003 Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 18. CAIMS*SCMAI E-News Information * Links to the web pages for these and other conferences can be found by clicking on "Related Links" at the CAIMS*SCMAI home page www.caims.ca. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 1 ====== From: Sue Ann Campbell Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 15:22:33 -0400 (EDT) The 2002 CAIMS*SCMAI Annual Meeting was a very successful event. Participants enjoyed talks by the excellent plenary speakers including Nira Dyn (Tel Aviv) speaking on "Subdivision schemes in geometric modelling", Ann Gargett (Old Dominion University) speaking on "Vertical mixing in the ocean: cause and effects", Jerrold Marsden (Caltech) speaking on "Variational Integrators", Hilary Ockendon (University of Oxford) speaking on "Mathematics in thte textile industry", and Gordon Swaters (University of Alberta) speaking on "Dynamics of abyssal ocean currents". There was a diverse array of specialized sessions including Computational Finance organized by Ali Lari-Lavassani, Hamiltonian Systems organized by Larry Bates, Environmental Mathematics organized by Paul Sullivan and Philip Chatwin, Fluid Dynamics organized by Sam Shen and T. Bryant Moodie, Mathematical Aspects of Graphics and Visualization organized by Len Bos, and Modelling organized by Rex Westbrook. In addition about 15 students and postdocs participated in the Poster Session. Thanks go to local organizers Paul Binding and Tony Ware of the Department Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Calgary for a job well done. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 2 ====== From: Sue Ann Campbell Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 15:22:33 -0400 (EDT) First Joint Meeting of CAIMS*SCMAI and SIAM 24th Annual Meeting of CAIMS*SCMAI 2003 SIAM Annual Meeting June 16-20, 2003 Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec Organizing Committee: Canadian Chair: Jacques Belair, Universite de Montreal, Canada U.S. Chair: Ilse Ipsen, North Carolina State University Members: Anne Bourlioux, Universite de Montreal, Canada Russell Caflisch, University of California, Los Angeles Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Cornell University Carolyn Cho, Physiome Sciences Martin Golubitsky, University of Houston Norden E. Huang, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center William Newman, University of California, Los Angeles George Papanicolaou, Stanford University Robert Russell, Simon Fraser University, Canada Sam Shen, University of Alberta, Canada Conference Themes: Fluid Dynamics Environment Mathematical Biology Nanosciences Quantum Computing Numerical Methods Details, as they become available, will be posted on the conference web site http://www.siam.org/meetings/an03/index.htm. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 3 ====== From: Sue Ann Campbell Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 15:22:33 -0400 (EDT) Update on ICIAM 2003 July 7-11, 2003, Sydney Australia The Registration Brochure is now available electronically in PDF format on the ICIAM web site, www.iciam.org. There is still plenty of time to submit proposals for minisymposia. For guidelines go to www.iciam.org and click on "Minisymposia". Submission deadlines * 31 August 2002 - early deadline for minisymposia proposals; * 31 Oct 2002 - normal deadline for minisymposia proposals; - deadline for contributed talks; (proposals received after this date will be by poster session) * 28 Nov 2002 - notification of acceptance of abstracts. * 31 January 2003 - deadline for minisymposium abstract submissions; - final deadline for abstract submissions to poster sessions. Registration categories (Regular/Student rate) (At time of writing, AUD 1 = CAD 0.85) * 29 Nov 2002 deadline for Early Bird registration (AUD 583/AUD 242) * 7 March 2003 deadline for regular registration fee (AUD 715/AUD 297) (Beware: speakers not yet registered will have their talks rejected.) * 20 June 2003 deadline for late registration fee (AUD 825/AUD 352) (on-site registrations will still be accepted for all delegates.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 4 ====== From: Sam Shen Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2002 16:53:23 -0500 Robert Moody Received $100K Killiam Prize Ottawa, 4 April 2002 - Five prominent Canadian scholars in the fields of law, philosophy, information technology, mathematics and genetics will be honoured with the 2002 Killam Prizes, Canada's most distinguished annual awards for outstanding career achievement in social sciences, humanities, engineering, natural sciences and health sciences. The awards to Harry W. Arthurs, Ian Hacking, Nicolas D. Georganas, Robert V. Moody and Lap-Chee Tsui were announced today by the Canada Council for the Arts, which administers the Killam program. Robert Vaughan Moody - Natural Sciences Mathematician Robert Vaughan Moody's research has been described as "a classic example of the fruitful interplay between mathematics and physics that has been at the heart of major scientific advances since the time of Newton." Born in England in 1941, Dr. Moody is currently a Professor in the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He has recently been appointed as the first Scientific Director of the newly-founded Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (BIRS). After spending his high school years in Ottawa, Dr. Moody completed his B.A. at the University of Saskatchewan in 1962 and received his M.A. (1964) and Ph.D. (1966) from the University of Toronto. His dissertation contained the basis for what is considered one of his greatest achievements, the Kac-Moody algebras, which he discovered independently from and simultaneously with Russian mathematician Victor G. Kac. The Kac-Moody algebras have given rise to numerous applications in various fields of mathematics and mathematical physics. By the mid-1980s, the Kac-Moody algebras and their offspring, Virasoro algebras, had emerged as the basic mathematical structure underlying superstring theory. The Kac-Moody algebras won him and Kac the 1994-95 Eugene Wigner Medal. Dr. Moody took up his first academic position at the University of Saskatchewan in 1966 and joined the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at the University of Alberta in 1989. He has published 68 ground-breaking research papers in top international journals and has written six books. The Canadian Mathematical Society has twice bestowed honours on Dr. Moody. He received the inaugural Coxeter-James Prize in 1978, given annually to The most outstanding Canadian mathematician within 10 years of his or her degree. In 1995, he was given the highest honour awarded by the Society, the Jeffrey-Williams Prize, for his outstanding contribution to mathematical research. Other awards and distinctions include the 1995 Gordin Kaplan Award for Excellence in Research, the highest research prize awarded by the University of Alberta; the 1966 Province of Alberta Science and Technology Award for Outstanding Research; and the 1998 Centre de Recherches de Mathematique/Fields Institute Prize. In 2000, he was granted the title Docteur honoris causa at the Universite de Montreal; he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an Officer of the Order of Canada. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 5 ====== From: "Dr. Matiur Rahman" Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 07:04:41 -0300 Matiur Rahman earns Eminent Scientist Medal Canada's Dalhousie University Fluid Mechanics Professor Matiur Rahman earned a Wessex Institute of Technology's (WIT, UK) "EMINENT SCIENTIST" medal for his outstanding research contributions of great integrity in Fluid Mechanics Science, and the medal was presented at the Fourth International Conference on Advances in Fluid Mechanics held at Ghent, Belgium on 15 May 2002. This is the First WIT medal awarded to a Canadian Scientist and, in particular, to a Dalhousie University Professor, and the 25th since the Institute introduced this award in 1985. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 6 ====== From: Jianhong Wu Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 15:01:12 -0400 Xingfu Zou receives Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award Xingfu Zou, an Assistant Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland, has received the Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award for his work on dynamical systems, neural networks and mathematical biology. The Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award is given out annually to recognize, promote and support outstanding young faculty researchers whose academic work is particularly innovative, enhances the learning environment in the department in which they study, and has the potential to be significant to society at large. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 7 ====== From: Program Manager Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 10:27:50 -0400 FIELDS INSTITUTE FELLOWS At its Annual General Meeting this morning, The Fields Institute announced the names of recipients of the first Fields Institute Fellows. This is a title which is conferred on certain individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the Fields Institute, its programs, and to the Canadian mathematical community. It is a lifetime appointment. J. Arthur M. Goresky E. Muller E. Bierstone S. Halperin P. Nicholson D. Brillinger V. Jones J. Paldus A. Carty R. Kane N. Pippenger J. Chadam M. Kolster C. Riehm S. Cook F. Lalonde T. Salisbury D. Coxeter P. Lancaster L. Seco G. Elliott W. Langford W. Shadwick P. Fillmore J. Marsden M. Sigal J. Friedlander M. Milevsky V. Snaith A. George R. Moody J. Stewart In future years, there will be a call for nominations to appoint a few new Fields Institute Fellows each year at the discretion of the Board. The new recipients of this honour will be announced at the Annual General Meeting each year. Kenneth R. Davidson Director The Fields Institute 222 College St. Toronto ON M5T 3J1 Ph: 416-348-9710 Fx: 416-348-9714 www.fields.utoronto.ca ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 8 ====== From: Jorge More' Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 16:37:08 -0500 The Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software In honour of the outstanding contributions of James Hardy Wilkinson to the field of numerical software, Argonne National Laboratory, the National Physical Laboratory, and the Numerical Algorithms Group award a numerical software prize of US $1000. The first prize was awarded to Linda Petzold for DASSL at the International Conference in Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 91), the second prize was awarded to Chris Bischof and Alan Carle for ADIFOR 2.0 at ICIAM 95, and the third prize was award to Matteo Frigo and Steven Johnson for FFTW at ICIAM 99. The 2003 prize will be awarded at ICIAM 2003 in Sydney, July 7-11, 2003. Rules for Submission Each author of an entry must be at most 40 years of age on January 1, 2003. Each entry must contain the following: * Software written in a widely available high-level programming language. * A paper describing the algorithm and the software implementation. The paper should give an analysis of the algorithm and indicate any special programming features. * Documentation of the software, which describes its purpose and method of use * Examples of use of the software, including a test program and data. * A (two page) summary of the main features of the algorithm and software implementation. Submissions must be in English. Entries must be received by November 4, 2002. Selection Criteria The award will be mad to the entry that best addresses all phases of the preparation of high-quality numerical software, including * clarity of the paper and of the software implementation and documentation; * portability, reliability, efficiency, and usability of the software implementation; * depth of analysis of the algorithm and th software; * importance of application addressed by the software; and * quality of the test software. Submissions Submissions should ideally be in the form of a uuencoded, gzipped or tar archive. Submissions should include a README file describing the contents of the archive and Makefiles for executing the test programs. Submissions can be sent by email to wilkinson-prize@mcs.anl.gov. Contact this address for further information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ====== ITEM 9 ====== From: Sivabal Sivaloganathan Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 NSERC funded postdoctoral fellow/visiting research assistant professor ====================================================================== (depending on research experience) Mathematical and Computational Modelling for Brain Biomechanics. ---------------------------------------------------------------- An individual with expertise in scientific computation and continuum/fluid mechanics is sought. The project is concerned with the analysis and development of mathematical/computational models of the clinical condition known as hydrocephalus. The project involves both theoretical and computational work although the primary focus will be on the eventual development of a 3-D software package to aid the neurosurgeon in the effective placement of shunts which is the treatment of choice in the management and control of hydrocephalus. The position is for one year in the first instance but renewable up to a maximum of three years. It will be based in the Fluid Mechanics/Biomechanics group of the Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo and will involve significant interaction with the Neurosurgical Unit, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto. To apply for the position or for further information, please contact: Siv Sivaloganathan Dept. of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 Canada Tel: (519) 885 1211 x3248 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 10 ======= Second Virtual Conference on Genomics and Bioinformatics Sharing Knowledge with the World (No registration fees) September 24-26, 2002 http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/virtual-genomics/upcom2.htm Speakers List http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/virtual-genomics/program.htm Review Committee List http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/virtual-genomics/reviewpanel.htm Deadline: June 30, 2002 for abstracts Deadline: August 15, 2002 for complete documents The "Virtual Conference on Genomics and Bioinformatics" is an advanced environment for the exchange and discussion of information related to innovations of the post-genomic era. Since genomic research has led to an explosive rate of data accumulation and to a shift in the way biological research is conducted, the conference features high profile researchers and educators working actively in the development of new applications in the areas of genomics and bioinformatics. While genomic technologies offer an enormous scientific potential to understand genome functions, structure and interaction, the increasing amount of data generated present new challenges for biologists, sociologists, mathematicians, computer scientists and biological modelers. Therefore the main goals of the Virtual Conference in Genomics and Bioinformatics are: 1) Transcend geographical and economical barriers to the exchange of ideas that facilitates the interaction and collaboration among scientists and educators around the world. 2) Address the benefits and limitations of the newest developments in post-genomic technologies. 3) Explore the social and ethical implications of genomic and bioinformatic research 4) Establish new ways to introduce high school community about today's multidisciplinary science. Topics of the Virtual Conference includes but not limited to: - Structural and Functional Genomics - Post-Genomic Data Standardization, Management, and Integration - Statistical and Computational Approaches for Gene Expression Analysis - Sequence Annotation - Metabolic Profiling and Simulation of Cellular Processes - Social and Ethical Implications of Genomic Research - High Throughput Computing and Distributed Memory Infrastructures Willy Valdivia Granda Plant Stress Genomics and Bioinformatics Group North Dakota State University PO BOX 5130 Fargo, USA 701 231-8440 (Lab) 701 231 8255 (Fax) www.ndsu.edu/virtual-genomics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 11 ======= MS4CMS'02 Modelisation & Simulation pour la Medecine et la Chirurgie Assistee par Ordinateur Modelling & Simulation for Computer-aided Medicine and Surgery INRIA Rocquencourt 12 - 15 Novembre 2002 November 12 - 15th, 2002 http://conference.inria.fr/MS4CMS/ Themes / Topics Les themes des sessions de communications seront : The topics for sessions of communication will be: * J1 Mardi 12/11 : Techniques d'imageries me'dicales et de ve'locime'tries in vivo non-invasives D1 Tuesday 12/11: medical image acquisition and in vivo non invasive velocimetry * J2 Mercredi 13/11 (matin) : traitement des images me'dicales - reconstruction 3D D2 Wednesday 13/11 (morning): medical image processing and geometrical modelling * J3 Jeudi 14/11 (matin) : re'alite' virtuelle en me'decine et en chirurgie D3 Thursday 14/11 (morning): medical applications of computer graphics and virtual reality * J4 Vendredi 15/11 (matin) : automatique et robotique me'dicale et chirugicale D4 Friday 15/11 (morning): medical and surgical robotics and system control * J2, 3, 4 (apre`s-midi) : Simulations nume'riques base'es sur les images me'dicales D2, 3, 4 (afternoon): medical image - based numerical simulations and topics related to numerical biomechanics * J4 (apre`s-midi) et J5 Samedi 16/11 : Journe'es Canada-France D4 (afternoon) and D5 Saturday 16/11: Canada-France days ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 12 ======= 9th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP'02) 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Simulated Evolution And Learning (SEAL'02) International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD'02) November 18 - 22, 2002, Orchid Country Club, Singapore Home Page: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/nef Mirror Page: http://www.cic.unb.br/~weigang/nef ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 13 ======= 2nd International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS'02) December 01 - 04, 2002 Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile http://his02.hybridsystem.com HIS'02 is technically co-sponsored by: - IEEE Region 9 - The World Federation on Soft Computing - European Neural Network Society - European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology - European Network of Excellence in Evolutionary Computing - IOS Press. Deadline for Paper Submission: July 31, 2002 HIS'02 is the second International conference that brings together researchers, developers, practitioners, and users of soft computing, computational intelligence, agents, logic programming, and several other intelligent computing techniques. The aim of HIS'02 is to serve as a forum to present current and future work as well as to exchange research ideas in this field. HIS'02 invites authors to submit their original and unpublished work that demonstrate current research using soft computing/computational intelligence and other intelligent computing techniques and their applications in science, technology, business and commercial. Please submit a full paper of 8 to 10 pages (Letter or A4 paper) for oral presentation. The proceedings of the Conference will be published by IOS Press, Netherlands. A selected number of papers will also be considered for a special issue of the Elsevier Science Journal "Applied Soft Computing" and for a special issue of the IOS Press Journal- Intelligent Data Analysis. Please follow the author's guidelines given by IOS Press for more information on submission. Author's guidelines HIS02 Important Dates Deadline for Events Proposals June 30, 2002 Deadline for Paper Submission (full paper) July 31, 2002 Notification of Acceptance August 30, 2002 Deadline for Camera Ready Papers September 10, 2002 HIS'02 Conference in Chile December 01-04, 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 14 ======= CALL FOR PAPERS - ICSB 2002 THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEMS BIOLOGY "THE LOGIC OF LIFE" Dec 13-15, 2002 Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Home page: http://www.ki.se/icsb2002 This is an invitation to attend the conference and to contribute a paper (4-12 pages), extended abstracts (2 pages) or a poster abstract (1/2 page) for review and assessment. Apart from the speakers already identified, another eight speakers will be selected for presentations in the main conference programme based on extended abstracts and papers submitted before August 1. Accepted full length papers will be published in a special issue of Genome Research (http://www.genome.org/ ). The deadline for submission of papers is November 1. Further instructions for submission can be found on: http://www.ki.se/icsb2002/call.htm Practical information about registration is now also available. ICSB 2002 will feature experimental, computational and theoretical advances in the rapidly advancing fields of gene expression acquisition technologies, gene expression data analysis, functional analysis of biological control systems, proteomics, modelling and analysis of kinetic networks, metabolomics, signal transduction, morphogenesis, and much more... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 15 ======= 15.* 3rd WSEAS International Conference on Mathematics and Computers in Biology and Chemistry: December 19-21, 2002, Peurto De La Cruz, Canary Islands, Spain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 16 ======= From: "WIT Marketing" Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 10:47:17 +0100 Conference Announcements - CALL FOR PAPERS CMEM 2003 Eleventh International Conference on Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements 12 - 14 May 2003, Halkidiki, Greece http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2003/cmem03/ Paper Deadline: 11 November 2002 Contact: Conference Secretariat , CMEM03, Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst Southampton, SO40 7AA, UK. Telephone: 44 (0) 238 029 3223 Fax: 44 (0) 238 029 2853 Email: gcossutta@wessex.ac.uk BETECH 2003 15th International Conference on Boundary Element Technology 19 - 21 May 2003, Detroit, USA http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2003/betech03/ Paper Deadline: 19 November 2002 Contact: Conference Secretariat , Betech03, Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst Southampton, SO40 7AA, UK. Telephone: 44 (0) 238 029 3223 Fax: 44 (0) 238 029 2853 Email: rgreen@wessex.ac.uk OPTI 2003 Eighth International Conference on Computer Aided Optimum Design of Structures 19 - 21 May 2003, Detroit, USA http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2003/opti03/ Paper Deadline: 25 November 2002 Contact: Conference Secretariat , OPTI03, Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst Southampton, SO40 7AA, UK. Telephone: 44 (0) 238 029 3223 Fax: 44 (0) 238 029 2853 Email: rgreen@wessex.ac.uk BEM 25 25th World Conference on Boundary Element Methods Incorporating Electromagnetic Effects on Human Beings and Equipment Seminar 8 - 10 September 2003, Split, Croatia http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2003/bem25/index.html Paper Deadline: 7 March 2003 Contact: Conference Secretariat , BEM 25, Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst Southampton, SO40 7AA, UK. Telephone: 44 (0) 238 029 3223 Fax: 44 (0) 238 029 2853 Email: gcossutta@wessex.ac.uk ELECTROCOMP 2003 Sixth International Conference on Computational Methods for the Solution of Electrical and Electromagnetic Engineering Problems Incorporating Electromagnetic Effects on Human Beings and Equipment Seminar 10 - 12 September 2003, Split, Croatia http://www.wessex.ac.uk/conferences/2003/electrocomp03/index.html Paper Deadline: 12 March 2003 Contact: Conference Secretariat , ELECTROCOMP 03, Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst Southampton, SO40 7AA, UK. Telephone: 44 (0) 238 029 3223 Fax: 44 (0) 238 029 2853 Email: gcossutta@wessex.ac.uk Short Course: EXPOSURE OF HUMANS TO ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION 20 - 21 June 2002 Sintra, Portugal http://www.wessex.ac.uk/programmes/expofhumanstoelectrorad.html Presented by Professor Dragan Poljak, University of Split Contact: Jane Chantler Course Secretariat, Wessex Institute of Technology Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton, SO40 7AA, UK Tel: 44 (0) 23 80 293223 Fax: 44 (0) 23 80 292853 E-Mail: jchantler@wessex.ac.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 17 ======= Call For Papers, Abstracts and Demonstrations Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing Kauai, Hawaii - January 3-7, 2003 The seventh Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB), will be held January 3-7, 2003 in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii. PSB will bring together top researchers from North America, the Asian Pacific nations, Europe and around the world to exchange research results and address open issues in all aspects of computational biology. PSB will provide a forum for the presentation of work in databases, algorithms, interfaces, visualization, modeling and other computational methods, as applied to biological problems, with emphasis on applications in data-rich areas of molecular biology. PSB intends to attract a balanced combination of computer scientists and biologists, presenting significant original research, demonstrating computer systems, and facilitating formal and informal discussions on topics of importance to computational biology. To provide focus for the very broad area of biological computing, PSB is organized into a series of specific sessions. Each session will involve both formal research presentations and open discussion groups. The PSB 2003 sessions are: * Informatics Approaches In Structural Genomics * Genome-wide Analysis and Comparative Genomics * Linking Biological Language, Information and Knowledge * Biomedical Ontologies * Human Genomic Variation: Haplotypes, Linkage Disequilibrium and Populations * Genome, Pathway and Interaction Bioinformatics * Gene Regulation In addition, PSB 2003 will offer two panel discussions: * Genetic Diversity and DNA-based Identification * Graduate and Undergraduate Bioinformatics Education Papers and Posters The core of the conference consists of rigorously peer-reviewed full-length papers reporting on original work. Accepted papers will be published in a hard-bound archival proceedings, and the best of these will be presented orally to the entire conference. Researchers wishing to present their research without official publication are encouraged to submit a one page abstract by November 1, 2002, and present their work in the poster sessions. Important dates Paper submissions due: *July 15, 2002 * Notification of paper acceptance: * August 19, 2002 * Final paper deadline: * September 23, 2002 * Abstract deadline: * November 1, 2002 * Meeting: * January 3-7, 2003 * Paper format All papers must be submitted to russ.altman@stanford.edu in electronic format. The file formats we accept are: Adobe Acrobat (*.pdf) and Microsoft Word documents (*.doc). Attached files should be named with the last name of the first author (e.g. altman.pdf or altman.doc). Hardcopy submissions or unprocessed TEX or LATEX files will be rejected without review. Each paper must be accompanied by a cover letter. The cover letter must state the following: * The email address of the corresponding author * The specific PSB session that should review the paper or abstract * The submitted paper contains original, unpublished results, and is not currently under consideration elsewhere. * All co-authors concur with the contents of the paper. Submitted papers are limited to twelve (12) pages in our publication format. Please format your paper according to instructions found at http://www.smi.stanford.edu/projects/helix/psb-online/psb-submit/. If figures can not be easily resized and placed precisely in the text, then it should be clear that with appropriate modifications, the total manuscript length would be within the page limit. Color pictures can be printed at the expense of the authors. The fee is $500 per page of color pictures, payable at the time of camera ready submission. Contact Russ Altman (russ.altman@stanford.edu ) for additional information about paper submission requirements. Travel support We have been able to offer partial travel support to many PSB attendees in the past. /However, no one is guaranteed travel support./ Travel support applications will be available on the Web site after July 1, 2002. PSB 2003 Sessions Each session has a chair who is responsible for organizing submissions. Please contact the specific session chair relevant to your interests for further information. Contact information and detailed calls for participation for each session can be found at the conference website http://psb.stanford.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======= ITEM 18 ======= CAIMS*SCMAI E-News Information CAIMS*SCMAI E-News is distributed electronically several times a year by the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society/Societe Canadienne de Mathematiques Appliquees et Industrielles (http://www.caims.ca). Past issues are available on the web at http://www.caims.ca/Society/pub.html Submissions are welcome and should be sent in plain text format to: sacampbell@uwaterloo.ca. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of the Board or Membership of CAIMS*SCMAI. 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