BIOCOMP'07: June 25, 2007 Schedule

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6:30am - 5:00pm:  Registration (Second Floor, Conference Lobby: 1-5)


08:30 - 08:45am:  WORLDCOMP'07 Opening Remarks
                  Prof. Hamid R. Arabnia (General Chair & Coordinator)
                  University of Georgia, Georgia, USA
                  (LOCATION: Lance Burton Theater)

08:45 - 09:45am:  Keynote Lecture 1:
                  Humans in Real and Virtual Space
                  Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy
                  University of California, Berkeley, USA
                  (LOCATION: Lance Burton Theater)

09:50 - 10:50am:  Keynote Lecture 2:
                  Innovation
                  Prof. John H. Holland
                  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
                  (LOCATION: Lance Burton Theater)

10:55 - 11:55am:  Keynote Lecture 3:
                  Challenges in Consumer Electronics for 21st Century
                  Steve Leibson
                  Tensilica, Inc.
                  (LOCATION: Lance Burton Theater)

11:55a - 12:40p:  LUNCH (On Your Own)

12:40 - 01:20pm:  DISCUSSION SESSION A-BIOCOMP (Refreshments will be available)
                  June 25 (Monday)
                  (LOCATION: Hallways - Ballrooms 1-5)
                  List of papers appears at the end of BIOCOMP's schedule.

01:20 - 02:20pm:  Keynote:
                  On Computational Approaches to Gene Regulation
                  Prof. Jun Liu
                  MIT and Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 5)

SESSION 1-BIOCOMP: BIOMOLECULAR PATHWAYS AND SYSTEM BIOLOGY + SEQUENCE AND STRUCTURE
                   ALIGNMENT OF MACRO MOLECULES
                  Chairs: Dr. Mary Qu Yang* and Prof. A. Keith Dunker**
                  *National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes
                  of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
                  Maryland USA;
                  **Indiana University Medical School Center for Computational
                  Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana University and Purdue
                  University, Indiana, USA;
                  June 25, 2007 (Monday); 2:20pm - 5:20pm
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 5)

02:20 - 02:40pm:  Identification of CIS-Regulatory Elements from Cross-Genome
                  Comparison and Gene Expression Profile Analysis
                  Amitava Karmaker, Stephen E. Harris, and Stephen Kwek
                  University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA

02:40 - 03:00pm:  A Knowledge-Based Dynamic Bayesian Framework Towards Molecular
                  Network Modeling and Quantitative Prediction
                  Rui Chang and Martin Stetter
                  Technical University of Munich, Germany; Siemens AG, Germany

03:00 - 03:20pm:  BREAK

03:20 - 03:40pm:  Learning Node Replacement Graph Grammars in Metabolic Pathways
                  Jacek P. Kukluk, Chang Hun You, Lawrence B. Holder, and
                  Diane J. Cook
                  University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA;
                  Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA

03:40 - 04:00pm:  Constrained Estimation of Genetic Networks
                  Hao Xiong
                  Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

04:00 - 04:20pm:  General Methodology for Metabolic Pathways Modeling and Simulation
                  Using Discrete Event Approach - Example on Glycolysis of Yeast
                  T. Antoine-Santoni, F. Bernardi, and F. Giamarchi
                  University of Corsica, France

04:20 - 04:40pm:  Inferring Gene Regulatory Networks from Microarray Data Based
                  on Transcription Factor Analysis and Conditional Independency
                  Shih-wu Cheng, Hsiang-yuan Yeh, Yu-chun Lin, Shih-fang Lin,
                  and Von-wun Soo
                  National Tsinghua University, Taiwan;
                  National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

04:40 - 05:00pm:  Towards a Serum-Free Culture Medium: Identifying Human Growth
                  Receptors and Signaling Pathways that Regulate Cell Proliferation
                  and Maintain Multipotency in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCS)
                  from Microarray Data
                  Nicholas Xue Wei Tan, Felicia Soo Lee Ng, Vivek Tanavde
                  Bioinformatics Institute, Singapore

05:00 - 05:20pm:  A Flexible Algorithm for Pairwise Protein Structure Alignment
                  Zhiyu Zhao and Bin Fu
                  University of New Orleans, LA, USA;
                  University of Texas - Pan American, Texas, USA


06:00 - 09:00pm:  FIVE TUTORIALS  (planned)

                  Robust Resource Allocation for Heterogeneous Parallel and
                  Distributed Computing Systems
                  Prof. H. J. Siegel
                  Abell Endowed Chair Distinguished Professor of ECE & Professor of CS;
                  Director, ISTeC Center; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
                  Location: Ballroom 6

                  Developing Enterprise Web Services and Mobile/Wireless Systems
                  Dr. Sandeep Chatterjee
                  Chief Executive Officer, Cyndeo LLC, USA
                  Location: Ballroom 7

                  Intelligent Pattern Recognition and Applications
                  Prof. Patrick Wang, IAPR Fellow
                  Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
                  Location: Gold Room

                  Introduction to Uncertainty and Fuzzy Logic with Data Mining Applications
                  (Mini-Tutorial - one hour)
                  Ashu M. G. Solo
                  Principal/R&D Engineer, Maverick Technologies America Inc., USA
                  Location: Ballroom 1

                  Systems Biology in Present Day Bioinformatics: Tools, Tricks, Ticks and Traps
                  Prashanth Suravajhala
                  Roskilde University, Greater Copenhagen, Denmark
                  Location: Ballroom 8


09:10 - 11:30pm:  CONFERENCE RECEPTION DINNER & BANQUET KEYNOTE - June 25 (Monday)
                  Dr. Jack Y. Yang and Dr. Mary Qu Yang
                  Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery of Human Genome and Competitive
                  Genomes, Past, Future, and the Impact on the Science and Medicine
                  Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA and
                  National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA
                  (LOCATION: Ballrooms 1-5)

                  DISCUSSION SESSION A-BIOCOMP
                     June 25 (Monday), 2007
                       RRR/SRP/PST Papers
                        12:40pm - 01:20pm
         (LOCATION: Hallways/Lobby - Ballrooms 1-5)

LIST OF PAPERS IN DISCUSSION SESSION A-BIOCOMP:

O.  Implementation of a Contraction Force Measurable Transducer for
    Telemetry Capsule
    S. H. Woo, C. W. Kim, M. U. D. Zia, S. H. Kim, J. H. Lee, Y. K. Moon,
    T. W. Kim, H. J. Park, C. H. Won, H. C. Choi, and J. H. Cho
    Kyungpook National University, Korea; Keimyung University, Korea;
    Kyungil University, Korea
O.  Design and Implementation of CPLD Controller for Bi-Directional VGA
    Capsule Endoscope
    Jyung Hyun Lee, Yeon Kwan Moon, Sang Hyo Woo, Chang Wook Kim,
    Hee Joon Park, Chul Ho Won, Hyun Chul Choi, Yoon Yun Kim, and
    Jin Ho Cho
    Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea; Kyungpook Naiotnal University, Korea;
    Kyungil University, Korea
O.  Automatic Detection Algorithm for Residual Quantity of Ringer's Solution
    C. W. Kim, M. U. D. Zia, S. H. Woo, J. H. Lee, H. J. Park, I. Y. Park,
    C. H. Won, and J. H. Cho
    Kyungpook National University, Korea; Keimyung University, Korea;
    Kyungil University, Korea
O.  Using Oversampling to Upgrade ADC's Resolution When Measuring Weak Signal
    Li Gang and Zhang Li-Jun
    Tianjin University, China
O.  Three Sequence Alignment and Ancestor Inference with Affine Gap Costs
    Feng Yue and Jijun Tang
    University of South Carolina, USA
O.  A Forecast of Plant Electrical Signal by RBF Neural Networks in
    Chrysanthemum
    Lanzhou Wang, Miao Wang, Jinli Ding and Qiao Li
    China Jiliang University, P. R. China; Zhejiang University, P. R. China
O.  BioInView: Integration and Querying of Heterogeneous Biological Data Sources
    Pasquale Capasso and Antonio Picariello
    Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II,  Italy
O.  Scheduled for June 26 in a General Discussion Session (due to authors
    scheduling constraints):
    Analysis of the Database of Cystic Fibrosis for Ascertaining Test Systems
    Dharmendra Kumar and Yashoda Mittal
    Government Postgraduate College, India

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