This is the post-event Web site for PSB 2002.

Information on the upcoming PSB is now available. The PSB 2002 attendance list, electronic proceedings, submitted PSB-related links, and other useful information can be found below.

Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 2002

The Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB) 2002 was an international, multidisciplinary conference for the presentation and discussion of current research in the theory and application of computational methods in problems of biological significance. Papers and presentations were rigorously peer reviewed and were published in an archival proceedings volume. PSB 2002 was held January 3-7, 2002, in Lihue, Hawaii, at the Kauai Marriott Resort and Beach Club.

PSB 2002 brought together top researchers from the US, the Asian Pacific nations, and around the world to exchange research results and address open issues in all aspects of computational biology. PSB is a forum for the presentation of work in databases, algorithms, interfaces, visualization, modeling and other computational methods, as applied to biological problems, with emphasis on applications in data-rich areas of molecular biology.

The PSB has been designed to be responsive to the need for critical mass in sub-disciplines within biocomputing. For that reason, it is the only meeting whose sessions are defined dynamically each year in response to specific proposals. PSB sessions are organized by leaders in the emerging areas, and targeted to provide a forum for publication and discussion of research in biocomputing's "hot topics." In this way, PSB provides an early forum for serious examination of emerging methods and approaches in this rapidly changing field.

PSB 2002 Sessions

• Genome-wide Analysis and Comparative Genomics
• Genome, Pathway and Interaction Bioinformatics
• Expanding Proteomics to Glycobiology
• Literature Data Mining for Biology
• Human Genomic Variation: Disease, drug response, and clinical phenotypes
• Phylogenetic Genomics and Genomic Phylogenetics
• Proteins: Structure, Function and Evolution

PSB 2002 Tutorials

• Human Genetic Variation
• Statistical Analysis of Microarray Studies
• XML Databases for Bioinformatics
• Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetic Analysis
• Functional Genomics in 3 Hours: A Practical Guide to Creating Your Own High-Throughput Pipeline
• Support Vector Machines and Kernel Methods for Bioinformatics

In addition, PSB hosted public meetings of the Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBionet) and the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB).

The list of registrants is available.

Peer Reviewed Papers

The core of the conference consists of rigorously peer-reviewed full-length papers reporting on original work. The online proceedings contain 100% of the papers. The complete set of peer reviewed papers is available as a bound proceedings volume and can be ordered from World Scientific Press. See the original call for papers for more information.

Keynote speakers

David Botstein, of Stanford University, gave a keynote lecture, entitled, Extracting Biologically Interesting Information from DNA Microarrays.

Rebecca S. Eisenberg, of the University of Michigan Law School, gave a keynote lecture, entitled, Bioinformatics, Bioinformation and Biomolecules: The Role and Limitations of Patents.

Sponsors

PSB gratefully acknowledges the support of its sponsors. We would like to offer a special thanks to the Department of Energy and the National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health for their participation since the founding of the conference, and for their commitment to travel support for PSB 1999, PSB 2000, and PSB 2001. PSB would also like to thank Compaq Computer Corporation for a second year of generous support of PSB with an Internet cafe. PSB is also sponsored by Applied Biosystems, Boston College, Helixense, and Lilly. PSB is affiliated with the International Society for Computational Biology. If you or your organization would like to be a sponsor of PSB, please contact the PSB Coordinator.

Please visit our sponsors' Web sites, and let them know you appreciate their support of PSB.

Previous PSB Meetings

Information about previous PSB meetings, including the full electronic proceedings, is available.

• The 2001 PSB meeting
• The 2000 PSB meeting
• The 1999 PSB meeting
• The 1998 PSB meeting
• The 1997 PSB meeting
• The 1996 PSB meeting

For more information:

PSB Conference Coordinator
Tiffany Jung
PSB Coordinator
Stanford Medical Informatics
251 Campus Drive, MSOB X-215
Stanford, CA, USA 94305-5479
Telephone: (650) 725-0659 FAX: (650) 725-7944