IWBNA 2013 - 6th International Workshop on Biomolecular Network Analysis

6th International Workshop on Biomolecular Network Analysis (IWBNA)
in conjunction with
ACM International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Biomedicine (BCB 2013)
Systematic study of complex interactions between molecular components is a new paradigm for characterizing molecular functions and functional pathways in a genome-wide scale. Modeling and analysis of the inherent, dynamic, and structural behaviors of biomolecular networks from a topological perspective is a primary issue in current bioinformatics research. However, these tasks have been challenging because of the large scale and complex connectivity of the biomolecular networks, structured by high-throughput experimental data. Typical examples include protein interaction networks, gene regulatory networks, and metabolic networks. A wide-range of computational techniques, in particular, graph-theoretic approaches, might be applied for effective analysis of the large-scale, complex biomolecular networks. These studies will have a great potential for various biomedical applications.
The 6th International Workshop on Biomolecular Network Analysis (IWBNA) will be held in conjunction with ACM International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Biomedicine (BCB) at Washington DC on September 22, 2013. This workshop aims to bring together researchers with expertise in bioinformatics, computational biology, systems biology and graph theory, and provide a forum to discuss state-of-the-art approaches for biological network analysis and opportunities for interdisciplinary collaborations.
Topics of interest include, but not limited to:
Biomolecular network modeling
Function prediction from biomolecular networks
Signaling pathway identification
Protein complex or functional module detection
Protein and genetic interaction prediction
Network motif analysis
Network dynamics and evolution
Graph data mining algorithms
Querying and retrieval of interaction data
Integration of genome, proteome and interactome data
Semantic analysis of interactome data
Application tools for biomolecular network analysis
Paper Submission
Papers should be formatted to ACM Proceedings Manuscript Formatting Guidelines. A full-length paper in PDF (maximum 10 pages, 2-column format) should be submitted via online workshop paper submission system at (www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwbna2013).
Publication
All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and ACM Digital Library. Selected high quality papers will be invited for publication in a journal special issue.
Important Dates
Paper submission due: June 22, 2013
Acceptance notification: July 1, 2013
Camera-ready paper due: July 15, 2013
Workshop date: September 22, 2013
Organizers
Program Chairs
Young-Rae Cho, Baylor University, USA, young-rae_cho-AT-baylor.edu
Pietro H. Guzzi, University of Catanzaro, Italy, hguzzi-AT-unicz.it
Program Committee (tentative list)
Alejandra Gonzalez-Beltran, University of Oxford
Concetto Spampinato, University of Catania
Hesham Ali, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Kamer Kaya, Ohio State University
Marco Mina, University of Padova
Maria Persico, University of Dresden
Omar Odibat, Wayne State University
Pierangelo Veltri, University of Catanzaro
Pritam Chanda, Johns Hopkins University
Saeed Salem, North Dakota State University
Taehyoung Kim, Carnegie Institute - Stanford
Previous Workshops
5th IWBNA in conjunction with IEEE BIBM 2012 at Philadelphia
4th IWBNA in conjunction with IEEE BIBM 2011 at Atlanta
3rd IWBNA in conjunction with ACM BCB 2011 at Chicago
2nd IWBNA in conjunction with IEEE BIBM 2010 at Hong Kong
1st IWBNA in conjunction with ACM BCB 2010 at Niagara Falls