[DBWorld] Conceptual Modeling for Life Sciences (CMLS 2021) Workshop Call for Papers - new deadline!

******CMLS 2021: The 2nd International Workshop on Conceptual Modeling for =
Life Sciences ******

In conjunction with the 40th International Conference on Conceptual Modelin=
g (ER 2021) =

at St. John's, NL, Canada - October 18-21, 2021 (hybrid conference, online =
participation is also encouraged)

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Conference website
http://www.bioinformatics.deib.polimi.it/cmls2021/

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Submission link
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Dcmls2021

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Submission deadline: July 9th, 2021


******Workshop focus******

The recent advances in unravelling the secrets of human conditions and dise=
ases have encouraged new paradigms for their prevention, diagnosis, and tre=
atment. As the information is increasing at an unprecedent rate, it directl=
y impacts the design and future development of information and data managem=
ent pipelines; thus, new ways of processing data, information, and knowledg=
e in health care environments are strongly needed.
The second edition of the workshop aims to continue being a meeting point f=
or Information Systems (IS), Conceptual Modeling (CM), and Data Management(=
DM) researchers working on health care and life science problems, and an op=
portunity to share, discuss and find new approaches to improve promising fi=
elds, with a special focus on Genomic Data Management - how to use the info=
rmation from the genome to better understand biological and clinical featur=
es - and Precision Medicine - giving to each patient an individualized trea=
tment by understanding the peculiar aspects of the disease.
From the precise ontological characterization of the components involved in=
 complex biological systems to the modeling of the operational processes an=
d decision support methods used in the diagnosis and prevention of diseases=
, the joined research communities of IS, CM, and DM have an important role =
to play; they must help in providing feasible solutions for a high-quality =
and efficient health care.
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has attracted increasing attention to the gene=
tic mechanisms of humans and viruses. CMLS may become an additional forum f=
or discussing the responsibility of the conceptual modeling community in su=
pporting the life sciences related to this new reality.

******Topics of interest******

The second edition of the workshop focuses on Conceptual Modeling as a mean=
s for facing the challenges that emerge when designing and developing syste=
ms for life sciences, focused on genomics and precision medicine. The works=
hop is not restricted to specific research methods; we will consider both c=
onceptual and empirical research, as well as novel applications.

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Conceptual modeling for genomics
- Modeling of complex biological systems
- Modeling of health ecosystems
- Information systems for health care and/or genomics
- Development of information systems for the medicine of precision
- Design, modification, and evaluation of health information systems
- Electronic/digital health information systems
- Ontologies and workflows for life sciences
- Life science-related domain specific modeling languages
- Data management and integration for genomics and biology
- Interoperability of health information systems and databases
- Knowledge-representation for genetics
- Business process modeling for genetic/clinical diagnosis

******Proceedings******

CMLS 2021 proceedings will be part of the ER 2021 Workshop volume published=
 by Springer in the LNCS series. The authors must submit manuscripts using =
the Springer-Verlag LNCS style for Lecture Notes in Computer Science. For s=
tyle files and details, see the page http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/autho=
rs.html. The page limit for workshop papers is 10 pages. Papers must be sub=
mitted as PDF files using EasyChair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?c=
onf=3Dcmls2021.

******Post-conference publication******

We are working towards a preliminary agreement with BMC Bioinformatics jour=
nal (2-year IF 3.242, SJR 1.626) for a post-conference supplement related t=
o Conceptual Modeling in Life Sciences. If the agreement is reached, all th=
e papers accepted to our workshop will be invited to submit a revised and e=
xtended version to the journal supplement.

******Important Dates******

Important dates
Paper submission: July 9th, 2021
Notification: August 6th, 2021
Camera-ready version: August 20th, 2021
Conference dates: October 18-21st, 2021

******Organizing Committee******

Anna Bernasconi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Arif Canakoglu, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Ana Le=C3=B3n Palacio, Universitat Polit=C3=A8cnica de Val=C3=A8ncia, Spain
Jos=C3=A9 Fabi=C3=A1n Reyes Rom=C3=A1n, Universitat Polit=C3=A8cnica de Val=
=C3=A8ncia, Spain
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