WCSB08

Note: Pages updated July 1, 2008

We would like to thank all WCSB 2008 participants for a really successful conference! We look forward to seeing you next year in Århus (University of Århus, BIRC), Denmark, in WCSB 2009.

The proceedings of WCSB 2008 can now be downloaded in pdf format below (see section Conference Proceedings). The keynote lectures are also available below.

AIMS AND SCOPE

Following the four successful previous events (WCSB 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2003) hosted by Tampere University of Technology, Finland, the next WCSB event will take place at the University of Leipzig in June 2008.

WCSB aims at bringing together the various communities involved in the different aspects of computational systems biology research, e.g. from (but not limited to) experimental biology, machine learning, signal processing, statistics and theoretical physics. The scientific program includes invited plenary talks as well as regular sessions with contributed research talks and posters.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Download the call for papers here.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Hidde de Jong, [keynote talk] INRIA Rhone-Alpes, Grenoble, France
Martin Lercher, [keynote talk] Institute for Informatics, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany
Stéphane Robin, [keynote talk] AgroParisTech, Paris, France
Darren Wilkinson, [keynote talk] School of Mathematics and Statistics, Newcastle University, UK

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Please download the proceedings here

The speciality of WCSB is that the extended abstracts of all accepted talks and posters will be published in a special series of refereed proceedings. Therefore, all prospective authors are first asked to submit a title and abstract (max. 120 words) of their research (see timetable below). Based on the abstracts, the scientific committee will then decide which abstracts will be extended as four page papers in the proceedings and whether the presentation will be oral or a poster.

The extended abstracts of no more than four (4) pages, including results, figures and references, will then be further refereed for minor corrections. Style files (LaTeX and Word) and examples are provided for the convenience of the authors. Only papers in the given format will be considered for publication.

REGISTRATION (updated May 23, 2008)

Registration for WCSB 2008 is over.

Please register by sending email (remove the nospam part) to wcsb08@cs.tut.fi.nospam. Note also that the number of registrees is limited to 80 due to space restrictions - early registration is thus encouraged. Participants who submit a title and abstract for contribution will be given first priority.

When registering, please state in the 'Title' field: Registration for WCSB 2008, student/non-student, contribution/no contribution. Please give the following information in the actual message: Your name, affiliation, contact information, academic degree, possible title of research, possible 120-word abstract and any other relevant information.

IMPORTANT DATES

Please submit your 120-word (maximum) abstract for a poster or contributed talk by January 15, 2008 the latest. The scientific committee will then meet and assign the poster presentations as well as the 14 21 available slots for contributed talks (30 20 min. per talk). All authors will be informed on the decision (reject / poster / talk) accordingly by January 31.

Papers for publication in the proceedings (the four page papers) should be submitted by March 15, 2008. This deadline applies to both the contributed talks and poster presentations. Subsequently each paper will receive comments from peer reviewers. Final, i.e. camera ready, papers are expected by April 30, 2008.

CONFERENCE FEE

The conference fee is 50 EUR for students and 100 EUR for other attendees (payment details are contained in the confirmation email). The fee covers the conference dinner, concert, refreshments and printing of the proceedings and the proceedings CD. The proceedings will be published on the internet as pdf. At least one registration fee is required per accepted paper.