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Special session on Metaheuristics and Bioinformatics.

Bioinformatics represents a great challenge for optimization methods and many bioinformatics problems can be modelized as large size optimization problems. For example, many bioinformatics problems deal with the manipulation of large sets of variables (SNPs, genes, GWA, proteins ...). In this special session we are particular interested in metaheuristics to solve optimizations problems in bioinformatics.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Molecular sequence alignment and analysis
  • RNA and protein folding and structure prediction
  • Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis
  • Motif and signal detection
  • Molecular evolution and phylogenetics
  • Gene finding
  • Computational proteomics
  • Metabolic pathway analysis
  • Molecular docking and drug design
  • Immuno- and chemo-informatics
  • Analysis of large biological data sets
  • High-throughput data analysis (microarrays, mass spectrometry, EST, etc.)
  • Biological and medical ontologies
  • Systems and synthetic biology
  • Emergent properties in complex biological systems
  • Medical image analysis and pattern recognition
  • In-silico optimization of biological systems
  • Ecoinformatics and applications to ecological data analysis

Papers on all topics related to the session's themes are solicited.

Submission

Submission of papers should be in shape of a 2-page abstract (including figures, tables, and references). extended versions of selected META'2012 papers will be considered for publication in the following journals (to be confirmed):

  • COR: Computers and Operations Research
  • ITOR: International Transactions in Operational Research
  • JMMA: Journal of Mathematical Modeling and Algorithms

Details on the required paper format and submission process are available on the website: http://www.lifl.fr/META2012/

Important dates

  • Submission (2-page abstract): May 15, 2012
  • Notification of acceptance: July 15, 2012
  • Camera-ready version: September 15, 2012
  • Conference: October 27-31, 2012

Organizers:

  • Laetitia Jourdan, Professor, University of Lille 1 (France)
  • Clarisse Dhaenens, Professor, University of Lille 1 (France)

Contact:

  • laetitia.jourdan@lifl.fr