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EXTENDED DEADLINE & SPECIAL ISSUE ANNOUNCEMENT
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MultiAgent Systems & Bioinformatics 2008 (MAS&BIO 2008)
13 September 2008
Cagliari, Italy
held in conjunction with AI*IA 2008:
AI and Life Science
URL: http://iasc2.diee.unica.it/masls2008/
URL: http://iasc2.diee.unica.it/aiia2008/
Organized by MAS-AIxIA:
Working Group on Agents and Multiagents Systems
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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This workshop is aimed at bringing together and creating synergies
between researchers working on software agents, on the one hand,
and bioinformatics and computational biology, on the other hand,
to discuss relevant issues and approaches aimed at assessing and
promoting the adoption of innovative technologies in such fields.
The workshop will mainly focus on the benefits of adopting the
agent technology in:
1. storing, accessing, and distributing relevant biological data;
2. implementing the automation of information-gathering and
information-inference processes in biological settings;
3. analysing, modelling, and simulating biological objects and
systems.
A selection of papers presented at the Workshop will also be
collected and published in a special issue of an international
journal.
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TOPICS OF INTEREST
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* Multi-Agent Interaction in Biological Settings
* Coordination of tasks and data
* Collaboration in peer-to-peer networks
* Multi-strategy and meta-learning for cooperative information
agents
* Comparison of available technologies, limitations, pros and cons
* Analysis and Modelling of Data and Tasks
* Integrated genotyping and gene linkage analysis
* Multi-agent systems for gene expression analysis
* Multi-agent systems for protein analysis
* Modelling of biological processes
* Architectures, Languages, Tools, and Applications
* Agent-based architectures and frameworks tailored for biological
domains
* Customization of agent-based tools, languages, and libraries for
biological domains
* Knowledge management
* Agent-based integration of biological knowledge
* Agent-based data mining and knowledge discovery in biological
domains
* Multi-agent information gathering in biological settings
* Integration of heterogeneous data sources and/or services
* Ontologies for Biological Domains
* Collaborative ontology construction
* Distributed ontology management
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SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
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Those wishing to participate to the workshop are requested to
submit an original research paper, not published or submitted
elsewhere. Papers will be peer reviewed by at least two referees
from the workshops scientific committee based on technical
relevance, quality, clarity of presentation, objective analysis
of the reported experiences, and novelty. High-profile survey
paperscould be also considered for publication.
The length of a paper must not exceed 15 single-spaced A4 pages
including figures, tables, and references. Papers should be
formatted using the Springer LNCS style. Templates are available
at Springer.
The language of the workshop is English. At least one author per
each accepted paper is expected to register and present the paper
at the workshop.
Papers must be submitted using EasyChair system at:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=masbio2008.
Please first register at EasyChair first if you did not use
EasyChair before.
All accepted papers will be included in the workshop proceedings
of the workshop.
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IMPORTANT DATES
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* Paper submission deadline (extended): 2 June 2008
* Notification of authors: 22 June 2008
* Final versions due: 20 July 2008
* Workshop: 13 September 2008
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WORKSHOP CHAIRS
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Matteo Baldoni (University of Torino, Italy)
Emanuela Merelli (University of Camerino, Italy)
Eloisa Vargiu (University of Cagliari, Italy)
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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
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Giuliano Armano (University of Cagliari)
Marco Botta (University of Torino)
Giacomo Cabri (University of Modena - Reggio Emilia)
Nicola Cannata (University of Camerino)
Mario Cannataro (Università "Magna Grecia" di Catanzaro)
Agostino Dovier (University of Udine)
Alfredo Garro (University of Calabria)
Andrea Manconi (University of Cagliari)
Luciano Milanesi (ITB - CNR)
Marco Montali (University of Bologna)
Andrea Omicini (University of Bologna - Cesena)
Alessandro Orro (ITB - CNR)
Agostino Poggi (University of Parma)
Alessandro Ricci (University of Bologna - Cesena)
Paolo Romano (IST - Genova)
Corrando Santoro (University of Catania)
Sergio Storari (University of Ferrara)
Patricia Rodriguez Tomé (CRS4 - Bioinformatics)
Giuseppe Vizzari (University of Milano - Bicocca)
Franco Zambonelli (University of Modena - Reggio Emilia)
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Ing.PhD.Sergio Storari
University of Ferrara
Engineering department in Ferrara (ENDIF)
via Saragat, 1 44100 Ferrara FE Italy
TEL: +39 0532 974951
FAX: +39 0532 974870
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
homepage: www.ing.unife.it/docenti/SergioStorari/
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