Call for Papers and Posters
Text and Data Mining for Biomedical Discovery
Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing
January 3-7, 2013
Fairmont Orchid, Big Island
Hawaii, U.S.A.
The biggest challenge for text and data mining is to impact the discovery process, enabling scientists to generate novel hypothesis to address the most crucial biomedical questions. However, formulation of a flexible and general approach for integrating heterogeneous data and knowledge sources for discovery is elusive and highly dependent upon the specific underlying scientific question. Thus, the true impact of text and data mining is only realized if it goes beyond the methods for extraction and storage, and into enabling understanding of the molecular underpinnings of biological processes.
This session will bring together researchers with a strong text or data mining background who are collaborating with bench scientists for the deployment of integrative approaches in translational bioinformatics. It serves as a unique forum to discuss novel approaches to text and data mining methods that respond to specific scientific questions, enabling predictions that integrate a variety of data sources and can potentially impact scientific discovery.
We seek contributions where the data and text mining aspects are so tightly coupled to their corresponding biological/pharmacological/genomic aspects for their significance, that neither aspect of the work can be de-emphasized or understood without the other; work where the biology significantly enhances and informs the text and data mining methods, and vice versa.
Some examples of topics of interest to this session include novel approaches that integrate empirical data with knowledge extracted from the literature, curated databases, relevant ontologies and other sources to perform discovery-related tasks such as:
for translational applications such as pharmacogenomics, genome-phenome validation, or detection, diagnostic and prognosis of disease. Submissions should clearly state the translational value of their contribution.
Session Organizers
Chair:
Graciela H. González
Arizona State University
Co-Chairs (in alphabetical order):
Kevin Bretonnel Cohen
U. Colorado School of Medicine
Casey Greene
Princeton University
Udo Hahn
FSU Jena, Germany
Maricel G. Kann
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Robert Leaman
Arizona State University
Nigam Shah
Stanford University
Jieping Ye
Arizona State University
Please note that the submitted papers are reviewed and accepted on a competitive basis. At least three reviewers will be assigned to each submitted manuscript.
Important Dates
Paper submissions due: August 5, 2012 extended deadline for this session only
Notification of paper acceptance: September 10, 2012
Final paper deadline: October 1, 11:59 PT
Paper Format
Please see the PSB paper format template and instructions at http://psb.stanford.edu/psb-online/psb-submit.
The file formats we accept are: postscript (*.ps) and Adobe Acrobat (*.pdf)). Attached files should be named with the last name of the first author (e.g. altman.ps or altman.pdf). Hardcopy submissions or unprocessed TeX or LaTeX files will be rejected without review.
Each paper must be accompanied by a cover letter. The cover letter must state the following:
• The email address of the corresponding author.
• The specific PSB session that should review the paper or abstract.
• The submitted paper contains original, unpublished results, and is not currently under consideration elsewhere.
• All co-authors concur with the contents of the paper.
Submitted papers are limited to twelve (12) pages in our publication format. Please format your paper according to instructions found at http://psb.stanford.edu/psb-online/psb-submit/. If figures cannot be easily resized and placed precisely in the text, then it should be clear that with appropriate modifications, the total manuscript length would be within the page limit.