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<p><b>1st CALL FOR PARTICIPATION</b><br>
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StringBio 2018<br>
International Workshop on String Algorithms in Bioinformatics<br>
October 25 - 27, 2018. Orlando, FL, USA<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.cs.ucf.edu/stringbio2018/index.html">http://www.cs.ucf.edu/stringbio2018/index.html</a><br>
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<b>We are inviting students to submit abstracts to be considered
for 15-20 minute oral presentations.</b><br>
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Registration deadline: October 1, 2018 (NO registration fee)<br>
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A few travel grants may be available for students upon approval of
NSF support.<br>
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LOCATION<br>
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StringBio will take place at Harris Corporation Engineering
Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.<br>
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SCOPE<br>
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Analyses of biomolecular sequence data, in particular, of data
generated by high-throughput next-generation sequencing
technologies, continue to be a rich source of new theoretical
challenges for the string algorithms research community and
necessitate researchers to re-engineer already well-established
solutions to cope with big data issues. Consequently, string
algorithms and related data structures are gaining an
ever-increasing interest as they form the backbone of many current
data processing tools in genomics. Focused solely on string
algorithms in bioinformatics, StringBio primarily aims to bring
together researchers, practitioners, and students, with a
different format that is composed of short tutorials and research
talks. The concise tutorials to be given by experienced
researchers on foundations of string processing will cover related
algorithms and data structures from standard to advanced levels.
These tutorials aim to help students and computer science
researchers who would like to make a quick start on bioinformatics
challenges by addressing the basic building blocks and the current
state-of-the-art. Different from standard conference presentations
of already achieved progress, the research talks by experts in
StringBio will describe current and ongoing research studies,
which the attendees can join by expressing their interests. The
talks are expected to provide an excellent opportunity,
particularly for the beginners in the path to their first
publications.<br>
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We are inviting students to submit abstracts to be considered for
15-20 minute oral presentations. Abstracts must be submitted by
October 1 via sending an e-mail to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:stringbio@gmail.com">stringbio@gmail.com</a>.<br>
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS<br>
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- Srinivas Aluru, Georgia Institute of Technology<br>
- Martin Farach-Colton, Rutgers University<br>
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PROGRAMME<br>
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The programme will consist of two keynote lectures, a series of
tutorials on string algorithms and their applications in
bioinformatics given by experienced researchers, and a number of
oral presentations given by students.<br>
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ORGANIZATION TEAM<br>
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General Chairs<br>
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Sharma V. Thankachan - University of Central Florida, Orlando<br>
Shibu Yooseph - University of Central Florida, Orlando<br>
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Workshop Chairs<br>
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Christina Boucher - University of Florida Gainesville<br>
Solon P. Pissis - Kings College London, UK<br>
Oguzhan Kulekci - Istanbul Technical University, Turkey<br>
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Publicity Chairs<br>
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Alan Kuhnle - University of Florida Gainesville<br>
Ritu Kundu - King's College London<br>
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Local Arrangement Chairs<br>
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Sumit Kumar Jha - University of Central Florida<br>
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Webmasters<br>
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Zigeng Wang - University of Connecticut<br>
Daniel Gibney - University of Central Florida<br>
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Solon P. Pissis
Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
Algorithms and Data Analysis group
Department of Informatics
King's College London
Bush House, Strand Campus, 30 Aldwych
London WC2B 4BG, UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7848 1807 (Office)
+44 (0)7964 558764 (Mobile)
Skype: solonas13
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:solon.pissis@kcl.ac.uk">solon.pissis@kcl.ac.uk</a>
WWW: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://nms.kcl.ac.uk/solon.pissis/">https://nms.kcl.ac.uk/solon.pissis/</a></pre>
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