CSHALS2014 - Call for Submissions

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*Call for Submissions *
*Conference on Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences*Boston, USA –
February 26 - 28, 2014http://www.iscb.org/cshals2014* *
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*CSHALS is accepting full paper and poster submissions in the topic areas
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*CSHALS 2014 TOPIC AREAS:
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   - *Linked Data* - generation, representation, and management of data
   using the W3C’s Resource Description Framework (RDF) and Linked Data
   principles.
   - *Data Modeling* - Ontologies, Taxonomies - practical application of
   knowledge engineering principles and techniques to data modeling.
   - *Text Analysis, NLP, Question Answering* - use of semantic
   technologies for processing natural language.
   - *Cloud, Parallel, and Distributed Computing* - use of semantic
   technologies for representation and management of distributed computational
   resources and workflows.
   - *Healthcare eScience* - Translational Medicine, Pharmacogenomics,
   personal health records (PHR) - patient-centric use of semantic web
   technologies to handle the integration of clinical and biomolecular data.
   - *Business Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Analytics* - semantic
   applications for data analysis, inference, and decision-making.
   - *Human Computer Interfaces* - development of interfaces or design
   criteria that involve humans in the process of knowledge creation.
   - *Clinical Applications* - Use of semantic web technology or
   architectures, including the orchestration of webApp ecosystems, as part of
   medical care delivery.
   - *Molecular Applications* - Deployments of semantic web technology in
   biomolecular and biochemical domains.
   - *Applications to Emerging Health Disciplines* - Use of the semantic
   web’s integrative and distributed nature to support emergence of novel
   applications in health care.


*Submissions* http://www.iscb.org/cshals2014-submissions

*CSHALS is invites the following submissions to the conference:*

   - *Research papers:* up to 12 pages that report on original research,
   and / or novel methodology that have led to significant outcomes with
   potential for lasting impact. Papers should demonstrate theoretical
   soundness of the research and/or strong evaluation.
   - *Application papers:* up to 6 pages that report on original research
   with successful application demonstrated by an improvement over existing
   methods. Papers may include systems level approaches using established
   methodology in a novel application domain.
   - *Posters:*  Abstracts of 500 words reporting on early research results
   focusing on the design and application of semantic technologies in life
   science scenarios. Priority will be given to submissions offering a
   functional demo that can be shown at the conference.

Papers are to be prepared using *Springer's LNCS templates* and submitted *via
EasyChair <https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cshals2014>*.

*Important dates*
*KEY DATES
* September 30, 2013Call for Paper and Poster Presentations Opens December
6, 2013Call for Paper Presentations Closes January 10, 2013Call for Poster
Closes January 14, 2014Paper Presentation Acceptance Notification January
24, 2014Poster Presentation Acceptance Notification January 31,
2014Registration
Deadline: Accepted Presenters Required



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*Conference Chairs:*

   - Jonas S. Almeida, University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States
   - Ted Slater, OpenBEL Consortium, Cambridge, United States


*Organizing Committee:*

   - Jonas S. Almeida, University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States
   - Chris Baker, University of New Brunswick, St. John, Canada
   - Mike Bevil, Merck & Co. West Point, United States
   - Mark Wilkinson, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain
   - Helena Deus (Lena), Foundation Medicine, Cambridge, United States
   - Ted Slater, Broad Reach Strategic Advising LLC, United States


*Logistical Organizers:*

   - Diane E. Kovats, ISCB Executive Officer, La Jolla, United States
   - Steven Leard, ISCB Conferences Director, Edmonton, Canada
   - Stacy Slagor, ISCB Director of Corporate Relations and Development, La
   Jolla, United States


*Program Committee Chair:
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   - Chris Baker, University of New Brunswick, Canada


*Program Committee:*

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      - Jonas Almeida, University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States
      - Sivaram Arabandi, Ontopro LLC, United States
      - Colin Batchelor, Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom
      - Judy Blake, The Jackson Laboratory, United States
      - Olivier Bodenreider, US National Library of Medicine, United States
      - Jerven Bolleman, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switzerland
      - Albert Burger, MRC Human Genetics Unit, United Kingdom
      - Greg Butler, Concordia University, Canada
      - Werner Ceusters, SUNY at Buffalo, United States
      - Paolo Ciccarese, Harvard University, United States
      - Adrien Coulet, University of Lorraine, France
      - Helena Deus, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center,
      United States
      - Michel Dumontier, Stanford University, United States
      - Melissa Haendel, Oregon Health and Science University, United States
      - Robert Hoehndorf, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
      - Michael Krauthammer, Yale University Medical School, United States
      - Patrick Lambrix, Linköping University, Sweden
      - Phillip Lord, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
      - Adrian Paschke, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
      - Dietrich Rebholz-Schuhmann, University of Zurich, Switzerland
      - Alexandre Riazanov, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, Canada
      - Fabio Rinaldi, IFI, University of Zurich, Switzerland
      - Mark Schreiber, Novartis NIBR, United States
      - Ted Slater, Broad Reach Strategic Advising LLC, United States
      - Andrea Splendiani, IntelliLeaf/DERI, United Kingdom
      - Robert Stevens, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
      - Karin Verspoor, National ICT Australia and The University of
      Melbourne, Australia
      - Mark Wilkinson, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain