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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
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
- Université 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
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