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SCHLOSS DAGSTUHL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND RESEARCH CENTER FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE |
ComputationalBiology17-22
November, 2002 |
Dagstuhl
Seminar 02471 |
Organizing Committee |
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R. Altman (Stanford Univ., USA), D. Gilbert (Univ. of Glasgow,
GB), T. Lengauer (MPI Saarbrücken, D) |
Seminar Abstract
Computational Biology is experiencing rapid growth.
This seminar is aimed at bringing together experts from the field in order to
exchange new research ideas and inform each other about new developments.
On the one hand, computational biology is moving from technologies to support basic understanding the building blocks to technologies aimed at understanding their interplay. Thus, topics like gene finding and protein structure prediction are continually complemented with newer questions such as the analysis of gene expression data, the modeling of protein interactions, the regulation of genes, and the analysis and interpretation of SNPs. On the other hand, on the methodical side, advanced algorithmic and statistical techniques are increasingly playing an important role in the field of computational biology. In particular, the community is endeavouring to ensure that imperfect predictions be associated with levels of confidence, while developing sound validation procedures.
The seminar is aimed at bringing together experts
in computational biology in order to discuss the state of the field and
exchange new research results and ideas, as well as explore new directions of
research. In addition, computer scientists that are interested in moving into
the field are invited in order to get a broad view of the area. The seminar
will focus on topics including molecular interactions, gene expression and the
working of processes in the cell. However, the "classical" problems
of understanding the building blocks such as gene finding and protein structure
prediction continue to be of interest. The seminar intentionally has quite a
broad scope. While the field will undoubtedly fracture into subdisciplines, it
is important to maintain (as long as possible) a clear picture of the how
different subdisciplines relate to each other. This seminar is based on the
hypothesis that there is still a role for the generalist in computational
biology.
The seminar schedule will primarily include talks,
but will leave ample time for informal discussion and joint research. Schloss Dagstuhl is a secluded place in the
Southwest of Germany that provides a perfect setting for such a seminar. This
seminar is the fourth in a series of seminars that have taken place since the
beginning of the nineties.
Reports of the previous Seminar of the same topic
are still available at Dagstuhl office or via the Dagstuhl webserver. The last was Seminar 00491 (03.12.-08.12.2000)
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W e b m a s t e r Aik Choon TAN
email: actan@brc.dcs.gla.ac.uk