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CALL FOR PAPERS - ISMB '98

The Sixth International Conference on
Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology
June 28 - July 1, 1998
Montreal, Canada
http://www-lbit.iro.umontreal.ca/ISMB98

Sponsored by the International Society for Computational Biology

The ISMB conference provides a general forum for disseminating the latest developments in bioinformatics. ISMB is a multidisciplinary conference that brings together scientists from computer science, molecular biology, mathematics and statistics. Its scope includes the development and application of advanced computational methods for biological problems. Relevant computational techniques include, but are not limited to: machine learning, pattern recognition, knowledge representation, databases, combinatorics, stochastic modeling, string and graph algorithms, linguistic methods, robotics, constraint satisfaction, and parallel computation. Biological areas of interest include molecular structure, genomics, molecular sequence analysis, evolution and phylogenetics, metabolic pathways, regulatory networks, developmental control, and molecular biology generally. Emphasis is placed on the validation of methods using real data sets, on practical applications in the biological sciences, and on development of novel computational techniques.

The four-day conference will be held on the campus of the University of Montreal, which is picturesquely situated on top of Mount Royal (approximately 10 minutes from downtown Montreal). The second largest city in Canada, Montreal has a unique francophone culture and a reputation for fine cuisine and interesting night life. Located in Quebec, the city is easily accessible by air from most major centers in North America or Europe. The city is also served by an efficient rail system from the United States and Canada.

The conference is timed to coincide with the world reknowned Montreal Jazz Festival, which begins on July 1, 1998.

The conference will feature original, refereed papers, software demonstrations, posters and introductory tutorials. Papers will be published by the AAAI in an archival proceedings and are indexed in the Medline database. Previous ISMB meetings were held at:

1993: National Library of Medicine, USA 1994: Stanford University, USA
1995: Cambridge University, UK 1996: Washington University, USA
1997: Halkidiki, Greece




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Marie Pageau
Mon Jul 28 13:22:22 EDT 1997