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J. Parallel Distrib. Comput. 65 (2005) 983 www.elsevier.com/locate/jpdc Call for papers Special Issue: Grids in bioinformatics and computational biology Bioinformatics is fast emerging as an important discipline for academic research and industrial application. Research and development in bioinformatics and computational biol- ogy create and develop advanced information and computa- tional techniques to manage and extract useful information from the DNA/RNA/protein sequence being generated by high-throughput technologies (e.g., DNA microarrays, DNA sequencers). It is the comprehensive application of math- ematics (e.g., probability and graph theory), statistics, sci- ence (e.g., biochemistry), and computer science (e.g., com- puter algorithms and machine learning) to the understanding of living systems. Those techniques are extremely compu- tationally or data intensive, providing motivation for using Grids. Grids are an enabling technology that permit the transparent coupling of geographically dispersed resources (machines, networks, data storage, visualization devices, and scientific instruments) for large-scale distributed applications. Grids provide several important benefits for users and applications to share: computing and data storage, knowledge, instru- ments, etc. This special issue of the Journal Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC) is seeking original unpublished research articles that describe recent advances in using Grids in bioin- formatics and computational biology. Topics of interest include but are not limited to GRIDS in Bio-ontology and data mining, data visualization. DNA assembly, clustering, and mapping, molecular evo- lution and phytogeny. doi:10.1016/j.jpdc.2005.03.001 Gene expression and micro-arrays, gene identification and annotation. Molecular modeling and simulation, molecular sequence analysis. Protein structure prediction. Sequence assembly, sequence search and alignment. Bio data intensive applications, grid infrastructures, mid- dleware and tools for bio data. Submission guidelines The manuscripts must be submitted to http://www.ees. elsevier.com/jpdc. A paper must not exceed 25 pages. Important dates Full papers submission: September 10, 2005 Notification of acceptance of papers: January 10, 2006 Final manuscript due: March 25, 2006 Tentative publication date: June 2006. Co-Guest Editors Prof. El-Ghazali Talbi, LIFL INRIA Futurs University of Lille 1, France E-mail address: talbi@lifl.fr URL: http://www.lifl.fr/talbi Prof. Albert Zomaya University of Sydney, Australia E-mail address: [email protected] URL: http://www.cs.usyd.edu.au/zomaya

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Page 1: Call for papers special issue of the journal of parallel distributed computing (JPDC): Grids in bioinformatics and computational biology

J. Parallel Distrib. Comput. 65 (2005) 983www.elsevier.com/locate/jpdc

Call for papers

Special Issue:Grids in bioinformatics and computational biology

Bioinformatics is fast emerging as an important disciplinefor academic research and industrial application. Researchand development in bioinformatics and computational biol-ogy create and develop advanced information and computa-tional techniques to manage and extract useful informationfrom the DNA/RNA/protein sequence being generated byhigh-throughput technologies (e.g., DNA microarrays, DNAsequencers). It is the comprehensive application of math-ematics (e.g., probability and graph theory), statistics, sci-ence (e.g., biochemistry), and computer science (e.g., com-puter algorithms and machine learning) to the understandingof living systems. Those techniques are extremely compu-tationally or data intensive, providing motivation for usingGrids.

Grids are an enabling technology that permit the transparentcoupling of geographically dispersed resources (machines,networks, data storage, visualization devices, and scientificinstruments) for large-scale distributed applications. Gridsprovide several important benefits for users and applicationsto share: computing and data storage, knowledge, instru-ments, etc.

This special issue of the Journal Parallel and DistributedComputing (JPDC) is seeking original unpublished researcharticles that describe recent advances in using Grids in bioin-formatics and computational biology.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to

GRIDS in

• Bio-ontology and data mining, data visualization.• DNA assembly, clustering, and mapping, molecular evo-lution and phytogeny.

doi:10.1016/j.jpdc.2005.03.001

• Gene expression andmicro-arrays, gene identification andannotation.

• Molecular modeling and simulation, molecular sequenceanalysis.

• Protein structure prediction.• Sequence assembly, sequence search and alignment.• Bio data intensive applications, grid infrastructures, mid-dleware and tools for bio data.

Submission guidelines

The manuscripts must be submitted tohttp://www.ees.elsevier.com/jpdc. A paper must not exceed 25 pages.

Important dates

• Full papers submission: September 10, 2005• Notification of acceptance of papers: January 10, 2006• Final manuscript due: March 25, 2006• Tentative publication date: June 2006.

Co-Guest Editors

Prof. El-Ghazali Talbi,LIFL INRIA Futurs University of Lille 1, FranceE-mail address:[email protected]: http://www.lifl.fr/∼ talbi

Prof. Albert ZomayaUniversity of Sydney, AustraliaE-mail address:[email protected]: http://www.cs.usyd.edu.au/∼ zomaya