CFP: (IEEE CBMS2009) 5rd Special Track on Healthgrid Computing - Applications to Biomedical Research and Healthcare

Dear all,

Please find attached the Call For Papers for:

22nd IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS) - Track  =

on Healthgrid Computing - Applications to Biomedical Research and  =

Healthcare.

        August 3-4 2009, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

                http://sara.unile.it/cbms2009/cfp.htm
                 http://cvial.ee.ttu.edu/cbms2009/


        sponsored by IEEE Computer Society

The main goal of the track is to discuss well-known and emerging bio  =

data-intensive systems in the context of Grids and to analyse  =

technologies and methodologies useful to develop such systems in these  =

environments.
In particular, this Conference Track aims at offering a forum of  =

discussion where young researchers and PhD students could present  =

their research activities, either at an early or mature phase.

MPORTANT DATES

April 1, 2009                      Submission of (6-page, maximum) paper
May 25, 2009                    Notification of acceptance
June 21, 2009                   Final camera-ready paper due
June 21, 2009                   Pre-registration deadline

Best regards,
Maria Mirto

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Special Track on Healthgrid Computing - Applications to Biomedical  =

Research and Healthcare.

       CBMS 2009: IEEE on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS)

          Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society
              August 3-4 2009, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Call for Papers

http://sara.unile.it/cbms2009/cfp.htm

http://cvial.ee.ttu.edu/cbms2009/

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Bioinformatics, genomics, proteomics and medical image analysis are  =

emerging methods in health care. Navigating between phenotype and  =

genotype means that clinical data and genetic assessment need to be  =

integrated in patient investigations. What is missing today is:

       =B7  full integration of methods and technologies that enhance  =

all phases of health care, including diagnosis, prognosis, etc.;

       =B7  dissemination of such methods in clinical practice, whenever  =

they are developed, deployed and maintained in order to positively  =

impact patient outcomes.

Such a vision requires the design and implementation of computer  =

tools, methods and platforms for seamless biomedical data and  =

bioinformatics tools integration.

Main issues to realize such a vision are:

       =B7  Integration of multiple laboratories collecting genomics and  =

post-genomics data, so that biology or bioinformatics research  =

laboratories:

           * can continue to maintain their own biological, biomedical  =

and computing resources autonomously;

           * can face effectively the growth of data they need to  =

manage and process exploiting recent algorithms such as data mining  =

taking into account that biomedical data are produced and stored  =

continuously.

       =B7  Provision of large computing power:

          * the medical image processing community that is facing a  =

growing need to analyse 2D, 3D, and 4D images in order to  =

realistically simulate medical treatment or surgery (radiotherapy,  =

plastic surgery, etc.), and to develop computer aided surgery;

          * integration of results and easy access by physicians to  =

patients=92 medical data anytime, anywhere.

The Grid paradigm offers CPU and data handling capabilities, and  =

allows users and laboratories to share their facilities (computing and  =

data storage resources, instruments, software, knowledge, etc.)  =

through high bandwidth networks between dynamically formed Virtual  =

Organizations.

Healthgrid computing can be a solution for the deployment of Grids in  =

medical research centres, taking into account that it has been very  =

limited, until now, for a number of reasons. Cost, both in terms of  =

infrastructure and manpower, is a significant barrier.

To face the complexity of novel, cooperative, distributed Health and  =

Bioinformatics applications, new specialized Grid services have to be  =

developed. Such services, integrated in a framework called Problem  =

Solving Environment, allow deploying applications in a distributed way  =

and carrying out complex =93in silico=94 simulations by composing single  =

bio-applications into manageable workflows. In such a way Grids can be  =

deployed to address the needs of the biomedical community.

The main goal of the Conference Track is to discuss well-known and  =

emerging bio data-intensive systems in the context of Grids, and to  =

analyse technologies and methodologies useful to develop such systems  =

in these environments. In particular, this Conference Track aims at  =

offering a forum of discussion where young researchers and PhD  =

students could present their research activities, either at an early  =

or mature phase.


TOPICS OF INTEREST include, but are not limited to:

	=95 Grid Infrastructures for Biomedical Data Analysis and Management
	=95 Problem Solving Environments for Biomedical and Bioinformatics  =

Applications
	=95 Grid-based applications in the life sciences
	=95 Workflow application for complex analysis processes
	=95 High throughput for in-silico virtual screening
	=95 Grid Computing Infrastructures, Middleware and Tools for Healthcare
	=95 Grid Computing Biomedical Services
	=95 Collaboration Technologies
	=95 Databases and the Grid in the Biomedical Field
	=95 Extracting Knowledge from Biomedical Data Grids
	=95 Data Grids for Bioinformatics
	=95 Grid Architectures for Interactive Biomedical Applications
	=95 Grid Architectures and Solutions for Data-Intensive Biomedical  =

Applications
	=95 Grid-based Biomedical Informatics Interoperability
	=95 Security in Biomedical Data Grids
	=95 Semantic Grids for Multimedia Biomedical Data
	=95 Ubiquitous Access to Grid-enabled Applications in Biomedicine
	=95 High-performance Computing for Data-Centric Biomedical Applications
	=95 Grid-based Visualization of Biomedical Data
	=95 Integration of Grid-enabled Applications into Clinical Practice

IMPORTANT DATES

April 1, 2009                      Submission of (6-page, maximum) paper
May 25, 2009                    Notification of acceptance
June 21, 2009                   Final camera-ready paper due
June 21, 2009                   Pre-registration deadline

For further questions, please contact: [email protected]

Track Chairs
* Giovanni Aloisio (University of Salento, Lecce, Italy)
* Maria Mirto (University of Salento, Lecce, Italy)
* Almerico Murli (University of Naples, Italy)
* Tony Solomonides (University of the West of England, UK)
* Alfredo Tirado-Ramos (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Track Program Committee (TO BE CONFIRMED)
* Dave S. Angulo, DePaul University, USA
* Robert G. Belleman, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* Christian Barillot, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
* Vincent Breton, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC Clermont-Ferrand, France
* Marian Bubak, AGH Krakow PL / UvA Amsterdam NL
* Mario Cannataro, University "Magna Gr=E6cia" of Catanzaro, Italy
* Rita Casadio, Biocomputing Lab, University of Bologna, Italy
* Carole Goble, University of Manchester, UK
* Vicente Hernandez, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
* Dieter Kranzlmueller, Joh. Kepler University Linz, Austria
* Mary Kratz, University of Michigan Medical School Information  =

Services, USA
* Giuliano Laccetti, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy
* Yannick Legre, CNRS/IN2P3 France
* Johan Montagnat, CNRS (I3S laboratory) France
* Silvia D. Olabarriaga, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* Cecilia Saccone, ITB/CNR Institute of Biomedical Technologies of  =

Bari, Italy
* Jonathan Silverstein, Computation Institute of the University of  =

Chicago, USA
* Richard Sinnott, National e-Science Centre, Glasgow, UK
* Peter M.A. Sloot, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* David W. Walker, Cardiff Univ., UK
* Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia


PhD Maria Mirto

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