Winter School in Mathematical and Computational Biology
City Hall, Newcastle, NSW, 7-11 July, 2008.
Site in construction.
Overview
The series of winter schools is designed to introduce mathematical and computational biology and bioinformatics to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers and others working in the fields of mathematics, statistics, computer science, information technology, complex systems analysis, and biological, chemical and medical sciences and engineering.
Each day will be dedicated to a specific theme and presentations will range from introductory to advanced, focusing on both mathematical and biological issues. Our lecturers, many of whom are leading national and international authorities, have been selected for their ability to make their topic accessible to non-specialists, but at the same time exciting to those who already have some previous knowledge.
Main topics
This edition of the Winter School in Mathematical and Computational Biology will have five main topics:
- Entropy and Statistical Complexity (7th July - Monday)
- Data Mining, Machine Learning and New Technologies (8th July - Tuesday)
- Combinatorial Optimisation and Applications (9th July - Wednesday)
- Network Pathway Analysis in Bioinformatics (10th July - Thursday)
- Advances in Proteomics and Genomics (11th July - Friday)
Keynote speakers
- Carlos Cotta (University of Malaga - Spain)
- Charles Cantor (Chief Scientific Officer, Sequenom - USA)
- Constantino Tsallis (Brazilian Center for Physics Research - Brazil; Santa Fe Institute - USA)
- Ferrante Neri (University of Jyvaskyla - Finland)
- Kevin Burrage (University of Queensland - Australia; Oxford University - UK)
- Michael Langston (The University of Tennessee - USA)
- Michael Norman (CEO of Scapa Technologies - UK)
- Michael Zuker (Rensselear Polytechnic Institute - USA)
- Osvaldo Rosso (University of Buenos Aires - Argentina; University of Newcastle - CIBM - Australia)
- Pablo Moscato (University of Newcastle - CIBM - Australia)
- Paul Foster (University of Newcastle - VIVA - Australia)
- Rodney Scott (University of Newcastle - CIBM - Australia)
- Shoba Ranganathan (Macquarie University - Australia)
- Vladimir Brusic (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - Harvard Medical School - USA)
The Organizing Committee wishes to congratulate all invited speakers and participants for the success of the 2008 Winter School in Mathematical and Computational Biology. It was a great week and we hope to see you all again in the 2009 edition of the Winter School.
Draft version of the Winter School Program:
A provisional program of the Winter School 2008 is now available. It contains the schedule of the presentations and corresponding speakers in each day. (download)
Information about the speakers is available. (download)
Local Organizing Committee:
- Dr. Regina Berretta
- Dr. Martin Gomez-Ravetti
- Mr. Mario Inostroza-Ponta
- Ms. Lee-Anne Marsh
- Dr. Alexandre Mendes
- A/Prof. Pablo Moscato
- Dr. Carlos Riveros
- Dr. Osvaldo Rosso
For further information contact:
wsmcb2008@newcastle.edu.au
Public Lecture: Prof. John Forbes, a well-known scientist in the field of breast cancer, and recently named as one of the Top 10 researchers in the world, will deliver a public lecture at the Concert Hall, City Hall, Thursday 10 July, from 6:00 - 7:00PM, as part of the Winter School activities.
The title of the public lecture is "Understanding Cancer Biology and Improving Human Outcomes through Clinical Trials". A short bio of Prof. Forbes is available for download here.
Call for posters:
Congratulations to Dr. Drew Mellor, who received the best poster award during the 2008 Winter School for the work entitled "An Inductive Logic Programming Approach to Gene Regulation Prediction."
Venue and accommodation:
The Winter School will be held at the City Hall, located in Newcastle’s city centre. The options for accommodation, leisure and shopping are many and well within walking distance from the Winter School venue.
- Visit Newcastle Tourism
- Extensive information about accommodation is available in our accommodation brochure (download).
