The 9th IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics
and Bioengineering (BIBE2009)

June 22-24, 2009 - Taichung, Taiwan

http://bibe2009.csie.ncu.edu.tw/


The annual IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering aims at building synergy between Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, two complementary disciplines that hold great promise for the advancement of research and development in complex medical and biological systems, agriculture, environment, public health, drug design. Research and development in these two areas are impacting the science and technology in fields such as medicine, food production, forensics, etc. by advancing fundamental concepts in molecular biology, by helping us understand living organisms at multiple levels, by developing innovative implants and bio-prosthetics, and by improving tools and techniques for the detection, prevention and treatment of diseases.

The BIBE series provides a common platform for the cross fertilization of ideas, and for shaping knowledge and scientific achievements by bridging these two very important and complementary disciplines into an interactive and attractive forum. Keeping this objective in mind, BIBE solicits original contributions in the following non exclusive lists of areas:


BIOINFORMATICS

- Bio-molecular and Phylogenetic DBs
- Query Languages, Interoperability Bio-Ontology and Data Mining
- Identification and Classification of Genes
- Sequence Search and Alignment
- Protein Structure Prediction and Molecular Simulation
- Molecular Evolution and Phylogeny
- Functional Genomics, Proteomics
- Drug Discovery
- Gene Expression Analysis
- Data Visualization
- Systems Biology
- Algorithms, Modeling and Simulation of Bio-Sets
- Biomarkers of Toxicity
- Bio-Imaging
- Signaling and Computation

BIOENGINEERING

- Biological Systems and Models
- Engineering Models in Bio-Medicine
- Computer Assisted Intervention Systems
- Medical Robotics
- Nano-Medicine
- Nano-Mechanisms for Molecular Systems
- Nano-Bio-Computing
- Biomedical & Biological Sensors
- Cell Engineering
- Molecular and Cellular Systems
- Body's and Cell's Bio-signatures
- Tissue Engineering
- Neuro-Engineering
- Biomedical Image Processing and Analysis
- Microarray Technologies
- Biomedical Data Engineering
- Biomaterials
- Bioengineering Applications for People with Disabilities and the Elderly


IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline: December 5, 2008
Notification of acceptance: February 13, 2009
Camera-ready version deadline: March 13, 2009


PAPER SUBMISSION

The submissions should contain original, high quality, not submitted or published elsewhere work. Papers should be submitted electronically (through BIBE 2009 web site) in PDF format and should conform to IEEE specifications (single-spaced, double-column, 10-point font size, up to 8 pages).


PAPER PRESENTATION

Each accepted paper should be presented by one of the authors and accompanied by at least one full registration fee payment, to guarantee publication in the proceedings. All accepted papers will be included in proceedings of BIBE 2009 that will be published by the IEEE. All BIBE articles will be index in EI, INSPEC, DBLP, IEEE Xplore and Library of Congress. Extended version of selected papers of the conference will be invited for publications in journals.


CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

General Co-Chairs
Nikolaos Bourbakis, Wright State University, USA
Jean-Claude Latombe, Stanford University, USA
Satoru Miyono, University of Tokyo, Japan
Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA

Program Co-Chairs
Alvis Brazma, European Bioinformatics Institute, UK
Ming-Jing Hwang, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Hiroshi Mamitsuka, Kyoto University, Japan
Phillip C.Y. Sheu, University of California, Irvine, USA

Workshop Co-Chairs
Yaw-Chung Chen, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Bhaskar DasGupta, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
Jorng-Tzong Horng, National Central University, Taiwan

Program Committee (Tentative)
Ruzena Bajcsy, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Kun-Mao Chao, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Bor-Sen Chen, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan
Jung-Hsien Chiang, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Werner Dubitzky, University of Ulster, UK
Frank Emmert-Streib, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Hsuan-Cheng Huang, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Daisuke Kihara, Purdue University, USA
Wen-Chang Lin, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Gary Livingston, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA
Anant Madabhushi, Rutgers University, USA
Ion Mandoiu, University of Connecticut, USA
Olgica Milenkovic, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Yen-Jen Oyang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Laxmi Parida, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA
Marco Ramoni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Paul Robinson, Purdue University, USA
Chuan-Yi Tang, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan
Koji Tsuda, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Germany
Gabriel Valiente, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
Jason Wang, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

Publicity Co-Chairs
Stephen J.H. Yang, National Central University, Taiwan
Du Zhang, California State University, Sacramento, USA

Finance Chair
Rong-Ming Chen, National University of Tainan, Taiwan

Publication & Registration Chair
Han C.W. Hsiao, Asia University, Taiwan

Local Arrangement Co-Chairs
Jing-Gung Chung, China Medical University, Taiwan
Anthony Y.H. Liao, Asia University, Taiwan

Web Chair
Angus Huang, National Central University, Taiwan

More information is available at http://bibe2009.csie.ncu.edu.tw/.
Please contact hwhsiao@asia.edu.tw for any inquires.