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First International Workshop on Semantic Applied Technologies on
Biomedical Informatics (SATBI 2011)

In conjunction with ACM International Conference on Bioinformatics
and Computational Biology (ACM-BCB) (www.igsb.org/acm-bcb2011/)

http://nadir.uc3m.es/satbi2011/

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August 1-3, 2011
Chicago, IL, USA


Dear Colleagues,

We want to invite you to submit papers to SATBI 2011, the First International Workshop on Semantic Applied Technologies on Biomedical Informatics which be co-located with the Second ACM International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (ACM-BCB) and will be held in Chicago, IL, USA.

The workshop aims to attract researchers from Computer Science, Information Science, Biomedicine, Bioinformatics, and related areas to share research challenges, results, methods and advances in the appliance of Semantic Web technologies to Bioinformatics field, paying special attention in papers which covers Linked Data topic.

Apart from Linked Data main topic, we encourage researchers to submit papers which are related with other topics related with Semantic technologies.

Topics
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The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Linked Data

o Biomedical applications to Produce and/or Consume Linked Data
o Linked Data Integration in Biomedical areas
o Reasoning over Linked Data in Biomedical areas
o Knowledge Discovery in Biomedical area through Linked Data
o Biomedical Linked Data Browsers and Search Engines
o Evaluation of the Quality of Information Extracted from Linked Data biomedical resources
o Biomedical Real World Applications using Linked Data


• Semantic Web (application of)

o Biomedical Imaging
o Biochemistry
o Electronic Health Records
o Biomedical Research
o Biomedical Knowledge Representation
o Reasoning in Biomedical area
o Standards and Terminologies
o Biomedical Decision Support Systems and Expert Systems
o Design, Development and Management of Biomedical Ontologies
o Interoperation in Biomedical Databases
o Biomedical Data Modeling
o Biomedical Ontologies for Genetics, Proteomics, Diseases, etc.
o Biomedical Real World Applications using Semantic Web technologies.

Important Dates:
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Paper Submission deadline: March 18, 2011
Poster Submission deadline: April 15, 2011
Notification of acceptance: April 22, 2011
Camera-ready of accepted papers: May 1, 2011

Organizing Committee:
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Alejandro Rodríguez González (University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain)
Miguel Angel Mayer (University Pompeu Fabra, Spain)
Juan Miguel Gomez Berbis (University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain)

Program Committee (Tentative):
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Maria Jesus Taboada, PhD, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Rahul Kala, MSc, University of Reading, England
Rafael Valencia Garcia, PhD, University of Murcia, Spain
Jose Emilio Labra Gayo, PhD, University of Oviedo, Spain
Francisco García Sanchez, PhD, University of Murcia, Spain
Grzegorz J. Nalepa, PhD, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Ricardo Colomo Palacios, PhD, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
Giner Alor Hernandez, PhD, Orizaba Technology Institute, Mexico
Pavel Klinov, MSc, University of Manchester, England
Sheila Méndez Núñez, MSc, European Centre for Soft Computing, Spain
Mohammed Aldasht, PhD, Palestine Polytechnic University, Palestine

To see a more detailed CFP please SATIB webpage: http://nadir.uc3m.es/satbi2011/