CS2Bio'12

3rd International Workshop on Interactions between Computer Science and Biology

16th of June 2012- Stockholm, Sweden

Affiliated to DisCoTec'12.

Previous editions: cs2bio10, CS2Bio11

Workshop's Programme

Systems Biology is a stimulating field of application for computer scientists and a promising resource for biologists. The aim of this workshop is to gather researchers in formal methods that are interested in the convergence of Computer Science and the Life Sciences. In particular, we solicit contribution of original results that address both theoretical aspects of modeling and applied work on the comprehension of biological behavior. We encourage presentations of interdisciplinary work conducted by teams composed of both life and computer scientists.

Scope

Papers selected for presentation at CS2Bio should either present the modeling a specific biological phenomenon using formal techniques, or a modeling, simulation, testing or verification approach in computer science that leads to a novel and promising application to a range of biological or medical systems. In the latter case, some emphasis on the scope and scalability of the approach will be required. The workshop intends to attract researchers interested in models, verification, tools, and programming primitives concerning the complex interactions encountered.

In general, topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Formal Biological Modelling:

Formal methods for the representation of biological systems and their dynamics (rewrite systems, process calculi, graph grammars, hybrid systems, etc.);
Theoretical links and comparison between different formal models for the modelling of biological processes;
Quantitative (probabilistic, timed, stochastic, etc.) languages and calculi;
Spatial (geometrical, topological) languages and calculi.

Formal Testing and Validation of Biological Properties:

Prediction of biological behaviour from incomplete information;
Model Checking, Abstract Interpretation, Type Systems, etc.

Tools and Simulations:

Modelling, analysis and simulation tools for systems biology;
Emergence of properties in complex biological and medical systems;
Tools for parallel, distributed, and multi-resolution simulation;
Detailed biological case-studies.

Invited Speakers

Jane Hillston (Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science - University of Edinburgh, UK)
Gianluigi Zavattaro (Department of Computer Science - University of Bologna, IT)

Dissemination

The proceedings of the workshop will be published in a volume of the Electronic Notes on Theoretical Computer Science series (Elsevier ENTCS). The quality of the received papers permitting, publication in a special issue of a journal is planned.

Important Dates

Submission deadline (Extended): 12 April 2012
Notification of authors: 16 May 2012
Workshop: 16 June 2012

Submission Guidelines

Papers must report previously unpublished work and not be submitted concurrently to another conference with refereed proceedings. Authors should submit their papers via EasyChair. Papers should not exceed 12 pages and should take the form of a pdf file compiled using the ENTCS style for the workshop proceedings. If necessary, detailed proofs or other additional material can be added in an appendix (referees may consult this at their discretion). We also encourage the submission of short papers, limited to 7 pages, presenting new tools or platforms for the modelling of biological systems.

Registration

Participants are requested to register for the workshop through the DisCoTec's registration page.