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Information on the upcoming PSB is now available. The PSB 2004 attendance list, electronic proceedings, submitted PSB-related links, and other useful information can be found below.
The Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB) 2004 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 2004 was held January 6-10, 2004 at the Fairmont Orchid on the Big Island of Hawaii.
PSB 2004 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.
In addition, PSB hosted a public meeting of the
International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB). Other special meetings included the
Workshop on Alternative Splicing and the Biopathways cocktail party.
The list of attendees is available.
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 2004 bound proceedings volume is available for $50.00 plus shipping; if you are interested in purchasing it, please send an email to the PSB Coordinator at psb@helix.stanford.edu. 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.
Henry T. (Hank) Greely, the C. Wendell and Edith M. Carlsmith Professor of Law and a professor,
by courtesy, of genetics at Stanford University, gave a keynote lecture, entitled
Social Constraints on Acquiring and Using Human Biodata - Is Privacy Dead?.
Deborah A. Nickerson, Professor of Genome Sciences and Adjunct Associate Professor of Bioengineering at
the University of Washington, was invited to give a keynote lecture, but due to family illness was unable to attend.
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,
PSB 2001, PSB 2002, and PSB 2003.
PSB is affiliated with the International Society for Computational
Biology.
Please visit our sponsors' Web sites and let them know you appreciate their support of PSB.
If you or your organization would like to be a sponsor of PSB, please contact the PSB Coordinator.
Information about previous PSB meetings, including the full electronic proceedings, is available.
PSB Conference Coordinator
Tiffany Jung
PSB Coordinator
Department of Genetics
300 Pasteur Dr, L301 MC: 5120
Stanford, CA, USA 94305-5120
Telephone: (650) 725-0659 FAX: (650) 725-3863
This page is no longer being updated. Last update: January 23, 2004.
