Parallel Bio-Computing
September 11-14, 2011, Torun, Poland
Latest News
Aug 28, 2011 - PPAM program (including PBC) and instructions for authors are now available!
Jul 01, 2011 - Review process has been completed! By now all authors should have received notification message.
Apr 25, 2011 - In accordance with the PPAM decision, the PBC deadline has been extended to May 15, 2011 !!!
Apr 15, 2011 - Paper submission system is now open!
Nov 23, 2011 - The call for papers is now available!
About PBC
PBC has been established in 2005 as a workshop accompanying
PPAM Conference. From the very beginning
its purpose is to provide an open forum for researchers from around
the world to exchange their latest research findings in all aspects
of parallel computational biology and bioinformatics.
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Call for Papers
Bioinformatics is the science of managing, mining, and extracting knowledge from biological
data. Since the last PBC workshop in 2009 the field has witnessed two growing
paradigm shifts: improved third generation sequencing technology and cloud computing.
Because of the flood of digital biological data in many more institutions, application
of diverse HPC techniques to solve bioinformatics problems has become even more crucial
to the success of the field.
The goal of this Workshop is to present the latest research in high-performance computing
applied to bioinformatics. We are especially interested in parallel and distributed
algorithms, memory efficient algorithms, and design of high-performance software for
clusters, grids and clouds. Submission of articles dealing with parallelization of applications
on multi-/many-core, massively parallel systems, accelerator architectures and
large distributed systems are specifically encouraged. Topics of interest include but are
not limited to:
- Bioinformatics databases
- Computational genomics and proteomics
- DNA assembly, clustering, and mapping
- Gene expression and microarrays
- Gene identification and annotation
- Molecular sequence analysis
- Phylogeny reconstruction algorithms
- Protein structure prediction and modeling
- Parallel algorithms for biological analysis
- Parallel architectures for biological applications
- System tools that support large scale high-performance bio-computing
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Paper Submission
The workshop consists of dedicated sessions containing selected
papers. Papers are refereed and accepted on the basis of their
originality, scientific merit and relevance to the Workshop topics.
Papers presented during the workshop are included into the proceedings of PPAM
Conference and are published after the conference by Springer-Verlag in the
LNCS series.
The only allowed format is Springer LaTeX style. To ensure reasonable quality
and consistency of preparation, please be sure to adhere closely to the LNCS
Author and Volume Editor Instructions. All papers should be prepared as a PDF
or PS file, and should be submitted using the PPAM Paper Submission
link (to be announced). Papers should not exceed 10 pages.
To submitt your paper please use PPAM's EasyChair.
Please make sure to select "Workshop on Parallel Computational Biology" in "New Submission" menu.
Important Dates
- Submission of Papers: May 15, 2011 (23:59 CET), was April 30, 2011
- Notification of Acceptance: June 15, 2011
- Camera-ready Papers: October 31, 2011
Programme Committee
David A. Bader, Georgia Tech, USA - workshop chair
Jaroslaw Zola, Iowa State University, USA - workshop chair
Scott Emrich, University of Notre Dame - programme chair
Frank Dehne, Carleton Univ., Canada
Mathieu Giraud, INRIA Lille, France
Heshan Lin, Virginia Tech., USA
Kamesh Madduri, LBNL, USA
Jaroslaw Nabrzyski, Univ. of Notre Dame, USA
Judy Qui, Indiana Univ., USA
Witold Rudnicki, ICM, Poland
Bertil Schmidt, Nayang Technological Univ., Singapore
Alexandros Stamatakis, HITS gGmbH, Germany
Michela Taufer, Univ. of Delaware, USA
Jerzy Tiuryn, Univ. of Warsaw, Poland
PBC Archive
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Jaroslaw Zola
Iowa State University
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
349 Durham Center
Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
Phone: +1 515 294-5498
Fax: +1 515 294-8432
Email: zola@iastate.edu
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