CFP: Semantic Web Applications and Tools for Life Sciences (SWAT4LS)

International Workshop on
Semantic Web Applications and Tools for Life Sciences (SWAT4LS)

28th November 2008, Edinburgh, UK
http://www.swat4ls.org/

CALL FOR PAPERS

Overview
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The workshop is organized in sessions and open =

discussions. Invited speakers will present =

state-of-the-art, 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.

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.

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

Workshop Venue and Format
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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.

Deadlines
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     * Submission deadline (both papers and posters): 30 September 2008
     * Notification of acceptance: 20 October 2008
     * Camera-ready submission: 3 November 2008

(Authors who are interested in submitting a =

paper/poster to the workshop, but may require a =

short extension to the deadline, should get in touch with the organisers.)


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

Type of contributions
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The following possible original contributions are sought:
     * Oral communications (regular papers)
     * Posters
     * Software demos

All accepted oral communications and posters will =

be published with the CEUR-WS.org Workshop =

Proceedings service (see http://ceur-ws.org/).
Furthermore, a selection of papers will be =

published in a special issue of the BMC =

Bioinformatics journal devoted to the SWAT4LS workshop.
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.

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, Biotechnology Centre, TU Dresden, 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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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
- Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Technologies =

in Bioinformatics (LITBIO), Italy
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For any information, refer to [email protected] .


Paolo Romano ([email protected])
Bioinformatics
National Cancer Research Institute (IST)
Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, I-16132, Genova, Italy
Tel: +39-010-5737-288  Fax: +39-010-5737-295