Bioinformatics is the field of science in which biology, computer
science, and information technology merge into a single discipline.
The ultimate goal of the field is to enable the discovery of new
biological insights as well as to create a global perspective from
which unifying principles in biology can be discerned.
Bioinformatics provides opportunities for developing novel data
analysis methods. Some of the grand challenges in bioinformatics
include protein structure prediction, homology search, multiple
alignment and phylogeny construction, genomic sequence analysis and
gene finding, as well as applications in gene expression data
analysis, drug discovery in pharmaceutical industry, etc. For example,
in protein structure prediction, one is interested in determining the
secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure of proteins, given their
amino acid sequence. Due to the surge of interest in this exciting and
rapidly expanding field, this special session on data mining in
Bioinformatics aims to showcase the latest developments. We solicit
papers with important new insights and experiences concerning
biological data analysis and modeling.
Submission Instructions
Authors are encouraged to submit
high quality, original work that has neither appeared in, nor is under
consideration by, other journals. Papers should be at most 6 pages
(inclusive of figures, labels, etc.). Text should be typed in 10pt
Times New Roman font on A4 sheet, single spacing, and single column
format, with 20mm margins 20mm all around. Papers should be sent to
tgharib@asunet.shams.edu.eg
or
mtarek62@yahoo.com
by email.
Important Dates
December 15, 2006:
Paper submission
January 15, 2007:
Notification of acceptance to authors
February 15, 2007:
Final Manuscript
February 15, 2007:
Author Registration
