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cns.bu.edu>The 2001 International Conference on Mathematics and Engineering Techniques in Medicine and Biological Sciences (METMBS'2001) http://www.cns.bu.edu/metmbs/ June 25 - 28, 2001 Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Call for Papers Recent advances in computer technology have provided the tools and the environment to study, analyze, and better understand complex systems. This technological development has enabled researchers to collect and analyze massive amounts of data to a scale previously not possible. The impact of this technology is now being felt in the medical field and in the biological sciences. In recent years, research in interdisciplinary areas such as Bioinformatics and computer assisted medical decision-making has dramatically intensified. METMBS'2001 aims to provide a platform for researchers to present and discuss recent breakthroughs in this area. The METMBS'2001 Conference will be held concurrently (i.e., same location and dates) with a number of international conferences: International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'2001), the International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology (CISST'2001), International Conference on Internet computing (IC'2001), ... The last concurrent meeting of this group of conferences in year 2000 had research contributions from 46 countries (the events held in Las Vegas had over 1100 participants from all over the world.) It is hoped that METMBS'2001 will maintain its strong international flavor in this year's meeting as well. You are invited to submit a draft paper of about 4 pages and/or a proposal to organize a technical session (see below for submission information). All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. THE NAMES OF TECHNICAL SESSION CHAIRS WILL APPEAR AS ASSOCIATE EDITORS ON THE COVER OF THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. SCOPE Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: o Bioinformatics: This includes informatics techniques in genomics gene sequencing, gene pattern discovery, gene pattern-function studies, and other genomics related studies). o Data mining in medicine and biological sciences. o Pattern recognition in medicine and biological sciences. o Signal processing in medicine and biological sciences (e.g. biomedical signal processing, etc.) o Image processing in medicine and biological sciences (e.g. biomedical image processing, biomedical imaging, etc.) o Medical decision-making. o Medical Physics. o Biomedical Engineering. o Biomedical Electronics. o Biosignal interpretation. o Any application of computers in Medicine and biological sciences (protein structure-function analysis, drug and protein design, molecular modeling and simulation, etc.) o Application of information technology in biomedicine (e.g. medical database management, information retrieval and use of computers in hospitals) o Application of Computational Intelligence (artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic, and evolutionary computing) in medicine and biological sciences o Medical and bio-computing. o Computer-based medical systems (automation in medicine, etc.) o Recent history (1990-1999) of Mathematics and engineering techniques in medicine and biological sciences, and what to expect during the next decade (2000-2009); New horizons. Review articles) o Other aspects and applications relating to technological advancements in medicine and biological sciences. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS Prospective authors are invited to submit three copies of their draft paper (about 4 pages) to F. Valafar (address is given below) by March 1, 2001. E-mail and Fax submissions are also acceptable. The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, E-mail address, telephone number, and Fax number for each author. The first page should also include the name of the author who will be presenting the paper (if accepted) and a maximum of 5 keywords. PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING TECHNICAL SESSIONS Each technical session will have at least 6 paper presentations. The session chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their sessions, including soliciting papers, reviewing, selecting, ... The names of session chairs will appear as Associate Editors in the conference proceedings. After the conference, some sessions will be considered for publication in appropriate journals as Special Issues with the session proposer as the Guest Editor of the journal. Proposals to organize technical sessions should include the following information: name and address (+ E-mail) of the proposer, title of session, a 100-word description of the topic of the session, and a short description on how the session will be advertised (in most cases, session proposers solicit papers from colleagues and researchers whose work is known to the session proposer). Mail your proposal to F. Valafar (address is given below); E-mail submissions are preferred. EVALUATION PROCESS Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and soundness. Two researchers in the topical area will referee each paper. The Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one person. PUBLICATION The conference proceedings will be published by CSREA Press (ISBN). The proceedings will be available at the conference. Some accepted papers will also be considered for journal publication (soon after the conference). ORGANIZERS/SPONSORS A number of university faculty members and their staff, in cooperation with the Monte Carlo Resort (Conference Division, Las Vegas), will be organizing the conference. The conference will be sponsored by Computer Science Research, Education, & Applications Press (CSREA: USA Federal EIN # 58-2171953) in cooperation with research centers, international associations, international research groups, and developers of high-performance machines and systems. The complete list of sponsors and co-sponsors will be available at a later time. The last conference's sponsors included: CSREA, the National Supercomputing Center for Energy and the Environment - DOE, The International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, The International Technology Institute (ITI), The Java High Performance Computing research group, World Scientific and Engineering Society, Sundance Digital Signal Processing Inc., the Computer Vision Research and Applications Tech., and more. LOCATION OF CONFERENCE The conference will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. This is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3000 rooms. The hotel is minutes from the Las Vegas airport with free shuttles to and from the airport. This hotel has many vacation and recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, casino, spa, pools & kiddie pools, sunning decks, Easy River water ride, wave pool with cascades, lighted tennis courts, health spa (with workout equipment, whirlpool, sauna, ...), arcade virtual reality game rooms, nightly shows, snack bars, a number of restaurants, shopping area, bars, ... Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a day and most are suitable for families and children. The negotiated hotel's room rate for conference attendees is very reasonable ($79 + tax) per night (no extra charge for double occupancy) for the duration of the conference. The hotel is within walking distance from most other Las Vegas attractions (major shopping areas, recreational destinations, fine dining and night clubs, free street shows, and more). For the benefit of our international colleagues: the state of Nevada neighbors with the states of California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona. Las Vegas is only a few driving hours away from other major cities and attractions, including: Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, the Grand Canyon, and more. EXHIBITION An exhibit is planned for the duration of the conference. We have reserved 20+ exhibit spaces. Interested parties should contact F. Valafar (address is given below). All exhibitors will be considered to be the co-sponsors of the conference. IMPORTANT DATES March 1, 2001 (Thursday): Draft papers (about 4 pages) due April 2, 2001 (Monday): Notification of acceptance May 1, 2001 (Tuesday): Camera-Ready papers & Prereg. due June 25 - 28, 2001: METMBS'2001 Conference Proposals to organize technical sessions should be submitted as soon as possible. All accepted papers are expected to be presented at the conference. MEMBERS OF PROGRAM & ORGANIZING COMMITTEES The Program Committee is currently being formed. Those interested in joining the Program Committee should e-mail F. 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socrates.Berkeley.EDU>BLS 27 CALL FOR PAPERS FINAL CALL ABSTRACT DEADLINE: November 24, 2000 Submission guidelines, accommodations, contact info, etc: http://linguistics.berkeley.edu/BLS/call27.html The Berkeley Linguistics Society is pleased to announce its Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting, to be held February 16-18, 2001. The conference will consist of a General Session and a Parasession. Parasession: Language and Gesture The Parasession invites papers on all aspects of the interaction of gesture and language (both signed and spoken). We also welcome work dealing with related issues in acquistion, psycholinguistics and cognitive science, as well as papers with historical and sociolinguistic perspectives. Invited Speakers: SUSAN DUNCAN, University of Chicago SUSAN GOLDIN-MEADOW, University of Chicago SCOTT LIDDELL, Gallaudet University General Session The General Session will cover all areas of linguistic interest. We encourage proposals from diverse theoretical frameworks and also welcome papers on language related topics from disciplines such as Anthropology, Cognitive Science, Literature, Neuroscience and Psychology. Invited Speakers: ELISABETH SELKIRK, University of Massachussetts, Amherst LEONARD TALMY, State University of New York at Buffalo SARAH THOMASON, Univeristy of Michigan GUIDELINES Papers presented at the conference will be published in the Society's Proceedings, and authors who present papers agree to provide camera-ready copy (not to exceed 12 pages) by May 15, 2001. Presentations will be allotted 20 minutes with 10 minutes for questions. Your abstract should be as specific as possible, including a statement of your topic or problem, your approach, and your conclusions. Please send 10 copies of an anonymous one-page (8 1/2" x 11") abstract. Abstracts may be at most four hundred words. The reverse side of the single page may be used for data and references only. Along with the abstracts send a 3" x 5" card listing: (1) paper title (2) session (General Session / Parasession) (3) name(s) of author(s) (4) affiliation(s) of author(s) (5) address to which notification of acceptance or rejection should be mailed (Nov-Dec 2001) (6) contact phone number for each author (7) email address for each author **for General Session submissions only: (8) subfield (Syntax, Phonology, etc.) An author may submit at most one single and one joint abstract. In case of joint authorship, one address should be designated for communication with BLS. Send abstracts to: BLS 27 Abstracts Committee, 1203 Dwinelle Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 Alternatively, we will accept abstracts submitted via e-mail. Only those abstracts formatted as ASCII text or as a Microsoft Word (Mac version strongly preferred) attachment will be accepted. The text of the message must contain the information requested in (1)-(8) above. Electronic submissions may be sent to blsMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue