Deadline 13 Oct. - Semantic Web Applications and Tools for Life Sciences Workshop
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International Workshop on
Semantic Web Applications and Tools for Life Sciences (SWAT4LS)
28th November 2008, Edinburgh, UK
http://www.swat4ls.org/
Call for Papers
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Submission deadline: 13 October 2008!
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A selection of papers will be published in a BMC Bioinformatics =
supplement
devoted to the workshop
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Overview
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The workshop is organized in sessions and open discussions. Invited =
speakers
will present state-of-theart,
provocative lectures on the workshop's main topic, while a number of
submissions will be accepted as
oral presentations and posters on all workshop's topics.
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Workshop Description
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Semantic Web technologies, tools and applications are starting to emerge =
in
Life Sciences. In recent
years, systems have been introduced and an increasing interest among
researchers is arising. This
workshop will provide a venue to present and discuss benefits and limits =
of
the adoption of these
technologies and tools in biomedical informatics and computational =
biology.
It will showcase experiences, information resources, tools development =
and
applications. It will bring
together researchers, both developers and users, from the various fields =
of
Biology, Bioinformatics and
Computer Science, to discuss goals, current limits and some real use =
cases
for Semantic Web
technologies in Life Sciences.
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Keynote Speakers
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+ Semantic web technology in translational cancer research,
Michael Krauthammer, Department of Pathology, Yale University School of
Medicine, USA
+ Using Ontologies to bring Web Services on to the Semantic Web
Mark Wilkinson, Dept. of Medical Genetics, University of British =
Columbia,
Canada
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Workshop Venue and Format
------------------------
The workshop will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 28 November =
2008,
and is hosted by the e-
Science Institute of the UK's National e-Science Centre (NeSC).
SWAT4LS will be a one-day workshop and will consist of two invited =
talks,
regular paper and poster
presentations. The workshop will conclude with a panel discussion on the
strength and weaknesses of the
Semantic Web for the Life Sciences.
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Deadlines
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* Submission deadline (both papers and posters): 13 October 2008
* Notification of acceptance: 20 October 2008
* Camera-ready submission: 3 November 2008
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Topics of Interest
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Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
* Standards, Technologies, Tools for the Semantic Web
o Semantic Web standards (RDF, OWL, ...)
o RDF/OWL, SKOS, .... and their applicability to bioinformatics
o RDF Schemas and Query systems
o Biomedical Ontologies and related tools
o Formal approaches to large biomedical controlled terminologies
and vocabularies
* Systems for a Semantic Web for Bioinformatics
o Bio-ontologies, RDF stores, Semantic Web Services
o RDF repositories and query systems for life sciences
o Semantically aware biomedical Web Services
o Semantic Biological Data Integration Systems
* Existing and perspective applications of the Semantic Web for
Bioinformatics
o Semantic browsers, Semantic collaborative research
o Case studies, use cases, and scenarios
o Semantic Web applications in life sciences
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Type of contributions and instructions
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The following possible original contributions are sought:
* Oral communications (regular papers)
* Posters
* Software demos
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All contributions must be in English and must be submitted through the
EasyChair review system at:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3Dswat4ls.
Please upload all submissions as PDF files in LNCS format (see
http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html ).
To ensure high quality, submitted papers will be carefully peer-reviewed =
by
at least three members of the
Scientific Committee.
* Submissions for Oral communications should be between 10 and 15 pages.
* Posters submissions should be between 4 and 8 pages.
* Software demo proposals should also be between 4 and 8 pages.
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All accepted oral communications and posters will be published with the
CEUR-WS.org Workshop
Proceedings service (see http://ceur-ws.org/).
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Furthermore, a selection of papers will be published in a special issue =
of
the BMC Bioinformatics journal
devoted to the SWAT4LS workshop.
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To this end, a special Call will be launched shortly after the workshop, =
for
extended and revised versions
of contributions submitted to the workshop and accepted either as oral
communication or poster.
For any information, refer to [email protected] .
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Workshop Chairs
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+ Albert Burger, School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, =
Heriot-Watt
University, and Human
Genetics Unit, Medical Research Council, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
+ Adrian Paschke, Corporate Semantic Web, Free University Dresden, =
Germany
+ Paolo Romano, Bioinformatics, National Cancer Research Institute, =
Genova,
Italy
+ Andrea Splendiani, Medical Informatics Department, University of =
Rennes 1,
Rennes, France
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Programme Committee
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+ Giulio Armano, University of Cagliari, Italy
+ Christopher Baker, Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), Singapore
+ Pedro Barahona, New University of Lisboa, Portugal
+ Liliana Barrio-Alvers, Transinsight GmbH, Germany
+ Virendra C. Bhavsar, University of New Brunswick, Canada
+ Olivier Bodenreider, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, USA
+ Matt-Mouley Bouamrane, University of Machester, United Kingdom
+ Werner Ceusters, University at Buffalo, USA
+ Kei Cheung, Yale Center for Medical Informatics, USA
+ Marie-Dominique Devignes, LORIA, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
+ Michel Dumontier, Carleton University, Canada
+ C. Maria Keet, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
+ Graham Kemp, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
+ Jacob Tilman Koehler, University of Troms=F8, Norway
+ Ludwig Krippahl, New University of Lisboa, Portugal
+ Patrick Lambrix, Link=F6ping University, Sweden
+ Phillip Lord, University of Newcastle, United Kingdom
+ M. Scott Marshall, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
+ Lyndon Nixon, STI International, Austria
+ Stephan Philippi, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
+ Alan Ruttenberg, Science Commons, USA
+ Matthias Samwald, DERI, Galway, Ireland, and Semantic Web Company, =
Austria
+ Nigam Shah, Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, USA
+ Michael Schr=F6der, TU Dresden, Germany
+ Robert Stevens, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
+ Luca Toldo, Merck Serono, Germany
+ Tetsuro Toyoda, RIKEN, Japan
+ Jano van Hemert, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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In Co-operation with:
- National Cancer Research Institute, Genova, Italy
- Biotechnology Centre, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University,
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Universit=E9 de Rennes 1, Rennes, France
- e-Science Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- SeaLife Project, European Commission Information Society and Media
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lectures on the workshop's main topic, while a number of submissions =
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presentations and posters on all workshop's =
topics.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Description<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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Web technologies, tools and applications are starting to emerge in Life
Sciences. In recent<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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and tools in biomedical informatics and computational =
biology.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Science, to discuss goals, current limits and some real use cases for =
Semantic
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in Life Sciences.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Semantic web technology in translational cancer =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
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Krauthammer, Department of Pathology, <st1:PlaceName =
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<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType =
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of Medicine, <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
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Using Ontologies to bring Web Services on to the Semantic =
Web<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
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Wilkinson, Dept. of Medical Genetics, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">University
of British Columbia</st1:City>, <st1:country-region =
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color:black;font-weight:bold'>Workshop Venue and =
Format<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial-BoldMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>------------------------<o:p></o:p></span><=
/font></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>The
workshop will take place in <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Edinburgh</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Scotland</st1:country-region></st1:place>, on 28
November 2008, and is hosted by the e-<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>Science
Institute of the <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s
National e-Science Centre (NeSC).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>SWAT4LS
will be a one-day workshop and will consist of two invited talks, =
regular paper
and poster<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>presentations.=
The workshop will conclude with a panel discussion on the strength and
weaknesses of the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>Semantic
Web for the Life Sciences.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial-BoldMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial-BoldMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Deadlines<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial-BoldMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>---------<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial-BoldMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>* Submission deadline (both papers and =
posters): </span></font></b><b><font
size=3D2 color=3Dred face=3DArial-BoldMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial-BoldMT;color:red;font-weight:bold'>13 October =
2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>*
Notification of acceptance: 20 October 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>*
Camera-ready submission: 3 November 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial-BoldMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial-BoldMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Topics of =
Interest<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial-BoldMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font>=
</b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>Topics
of interest include, but are not limited =
to:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>*
Standards, Technologies, Tools for the Semantic =
Web<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>o
Semantic Web standards (RDF, OWL, ...)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>o
RDF/OWL, SKOS, .... and their applicability to =
bioinformatics<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>o
RDF Schemas and Query systems<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>o
Biomedical Ontologies and related tools<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>o
Formal approaches to large biomedical controlled =
terminologies<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>and
vocabularies<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>*
Systems for a Semantic Web for =
Bioinformatics<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>o
Bio-ontologies, RDF stores, Semantic Web =
Services<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>o
RDF repositories and query systems for life =
sciences<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>o
Semantically aware biomedical Web Services<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>o
Semantic Biological Data Integration =
Systems<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>*
Existing and perspective applications of the Semantic Web for =
Bioinformatics<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>o
Semantic browsers, Semantic collaborative =
research<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>o
Case studies, use cases, and scenarios<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>o
Semantic Web applications in life sciences<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'><o:p> </o=
:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial-BoldMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Type of contributions and =
instructions<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial-BoldMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>----------------------<o:p></o:p></span></f=
ont></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>The
following possible original contributions are =
sought:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>*
Oral communications (regular papers)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>*
Posters<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>*
Software demos<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'><o:p> </o=
:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>All
contributions must be in English and must be submitted through the =
EasyChair
review system at:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblue
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:blue'>http://www.easy=
chair.org/conferences/?conf=3Dswat4ls</span></font><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;
color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>Please
upload all submissions as PDF files in LNCS format =
(see<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblue
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:blue'>http://www.spri=
nger.de/comp/lncs/authors.html
</span></font><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>To
ensure high quality, submitted papers will be carefully peer-reviewed by =
at
least three members of the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>Scientific
Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>*
Submissions for Oral communications should be between 10 and 15 =
pages.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>*
Posters submissions should be between 4 and 8 =
pages.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>*
Software demo proposals should also be between 4 and 8 =
pages.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'><o:p> </o=
:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>All
accepted oral communications and posters will be published with the =
CEUR-WS.org
Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>Proceedings
service (see </span></font><font size=3D2 color=3Dblue =
face=3DArialMT><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:blue'><a
href=3D"http://ceur-ws.org/">http://ceur-ws.org/</a></span></font><font =
size=3D2
color=3Dblack face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;
color:black'>).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'><o:p> </o=
:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>Furthermore,
a selection of papers will be published in a special issue of the =
</span></font><b><font
size=3D2 color=3Dred face=3DArial-BoldMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial-BoldMT;color:red;font-weight:bold'>BMC Bioinformatics =
</span></font></b><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;
color:black'>journal<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>devoted
to the SWAT4LS workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'><o:p> </o=
:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>To
this end, a special Call will be launched shortly after the workshop, =
for
extended and revised versions<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>of
contributions submitted to the workshop and accepted either as oral
communication or poster.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>For
any information, refer to </span></font><font size=3D2 color=3Dblue =
face=3DArialMT><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:blue'>[email protected]=
g </span></font><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;
color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial-BoldMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial-BoldMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Workshop =
Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial-BoldMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>----------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></=
b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Albert Burger, School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st=3D"on">Heriot-Watt</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
and Human<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>Genetics
Unit, Medical Research Council, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Edinburgh</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">United =
Kingdom</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Adrian Paschke, Corporate Semantic Web, Free University <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
w:st=3D"on">Dresden</st1:City>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></f=
ont></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Paolo Romano, Bioinformatics, National Cancer Research Institute, =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Genova</st1:City>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></fon=
t></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Andrea Splendiani, Medical Informatics Department, <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Rennes</st1:PlaceName> 1, <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
w:st=3D"on">Rennes</st1:City>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">France</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial-BoldMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial-BoldMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Programme =
Committee<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial-BoldMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>----------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></=
b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Giulio Armano, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">University =
of Cagliari</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></fon=
t></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Christopher Baker, Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), =
<st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Singapore</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span><=
/font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Pedro Barahona, New <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">University of
Lisboa</st1:City>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Portugal</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></=
font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Liliana Barrio-Alvers, Transinsight <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">GmbH</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></f=
ont></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Virendra C. Bhavsar, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">University of New
Brunswick</st1:City>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Olivier Bodenreider, National Library of Medicine, <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
w:st=3D"on">Bethesda</st1:City>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font>=
</p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Matt-Mouley Bouamrane, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">University of
Machester</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">United =
Kingdom</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Werner Ceusters, University at <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Buffalo</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font>=
</p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Kei Cheung, <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Yale</st1:PlaceName> =
<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType>
for Medical <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Informatics</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
=
w:st=3D"on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font>=
</p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Marie-Dominique Devignes, LORIA, Vandoeuvre les <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
w:st=3D"on">Nancy</st1:City>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">France</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Michel Dumontier, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Carleton =
University</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
C. Maria Keet, Free <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">University of
Bozen-Bolzano</st1:City>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></fon=
t></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Graham Kemp, Chalmers <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">University of
Technology</st1:City>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Sweden</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Jacob Tilman Koehler, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">University of
Troms=F8</st1:City>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Norway</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Ludwig Krippahl, New <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">University of
Lisboa</st1:City>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Portugal</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></=
font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Patrick Lambrix, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Link=F6ping University</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Sweden</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Phillip Lord, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">University of =
Newcastle</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">United =
Kingdom</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
M. Scott Marshall, <st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType> =
of <st1:PlaceName
w:st=3D"on">Amsterdam</st1:PlaceName>, The <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
=
w:st=3D"on">Netherlands</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span=
></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Lyndon Nixon, STI International, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
=
w:st=3D"on">Austria</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></f=
ont></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Stephan Philippi, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">University of
Koblenz-Landau</st1:City>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></f=
ont></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Alan Ruttenberg, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Science =
Commons</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font>=
</p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Matthias Samwald, DERI, <st1:City w:st=3D"on">Galway</st1:City>, =
<st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on">Ireland</st1:country-region>, and Semantic Web Company, =
<st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Austria</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></f=
ont></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Nigam Shah, Center for Biomedical Informatics <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
w:st=3D"on">Research</st1:City>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font>=
</p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Michael Schr=F6der, TU <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Dresden</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></f=
ont></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Robert Stevens, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">University =
of
Manchester</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">United =
Kingdom</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Luca Toldo, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Merck =
Serono</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
=
w:st=3D"on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></f=
ont></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Tetsuro Toyoda, RIKEN, <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></fon=
t></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>+
Jano van Hemert, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">University =
of
Edinburgh</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">United =
Kingdom</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'><o:p> </o=
:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArial-BoldMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial-BoldMT;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>In Co-operation =
with:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>-
National Cancer Research Institute, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Genova</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></fon=
t></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>-
Biotechnology Centre, TU Dresden, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Dresden</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></f=
ont></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>-
School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Heriot-Watt</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">University</st1:PlaceType>, <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
w:st=3D"on">Edinburgh</st1:City>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">United =
Kingdom</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>-
Universit=E9 de Rennes 1, <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Rennes</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">France</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>-
e-Science Institute, <st1:City w:st=3D"on">Edinburgh</st1:City>, =
<st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on">Scotland</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
w:st=3D"on">United =
Kingdom</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>-
SeaLife Project, European Commission Information Society and =
Media<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>-
Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Technologies in Bioinformatics =
(LITBIO), <st1:country-region
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place =
w:st=3D"on">Italy</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></fon=
t></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'text-autospace:none'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3DArialMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:black'>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D</span></font><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3DArial-BoldMT><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial-BoldMT;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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