IEEE CBMS 2005 The 18th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems http://conferences.computer.org/CBMS2005/index.html --- FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS --- The 18th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS 2005) will be held on June 23-24, 2005 at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. CBMS 2005 is co-sponsored by Science Foundation Ireland; Department of Computer Science, Trinity College Dublin; and the IEEE Computer Society (Technical Committee on Computational Medicine, TCCM). The conference Web site is: http://www.cs.tcd.ie/research_groups/mlg/CBMS2005/index.html http://conferences.computer.org/CBMS2005/index.html (mirror) CBMS 2005 is intended to provide an international forum for discussing the latest results in the field of computational medicine. The symposium is dedicated to a broad arena of issues which relate computing to medicine, with a focus on bioinformatics. The symposium consists of regular and special track sessions with technical contributions reviewed and selected by an international program committee, as well as of invited talks and tutorials given by leading scientists. The symposium provides a mechanism for the exchange of ideas and technologies between academicians and industrial scientists who are developing Computer-Based Medical Systems. It is the premiere symposium in its field, attracting a worldwide audience. This symposium draws together experts in many fields to discuss the latest advances in medical systems based upon computers. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Software Systems in Medicine * Computer-Aided Diagnosis * Knowledge-based Systems & Data Mining * Decision Support Systems * Medical Devices with Embedded Computers * Signal and Image Processing in Medicine * Medical Image Segmentation & Compression * Network and Telemedicine Systems * Medical Databases & Information Systems * Web-based Delivery of Medical Information * Multimedia Biomedical Databases * Content Analysis of Biomedical Image Data * Hand-held Computing Applications in Medicine * Bioinformatics in Medicine SPECIAL TRACKS A number of special track sessions will be held in parallel with other IEEE CBMS 2005 technical sessions. The list of accepted special tracks and their organizers: * Medical Image Analysis: Techniques and Applications Irina Ilovici, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Brian Manning, Pfizer, USA * Intelligent Data Analysis of Electrocardiogram Data Chris Nugent, Dewar Finlay, Paul McCullagh, Norman Black, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland * Data Mining Mykola Pechenizkiy, Seppo Puuronen, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland * Bioinformatics and its Medical Applications Nadia Bolshakova, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland * Wearable Systems for Homecare and Personalised Healthcare Narayana Jayaram, London Metropolitan University, UK * Application of Gas Discharge Visualisation (GDV) Technique in Conventional and Complementary Medical Analysis Konstantin G. Korotkov, Petersburg State Tech University SPIFMO, Russia * Intelligent Patient Management Adele Marshall, Queen's University of Belfast; Sally McClean, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland * Grids for Biomedicine and Bioinformatics Giovanni Aloisio, Maria Mirto, University of Lecce; Almerico Murli, University of Naples, Italy * Medical Multimedia Analysis and Content-based Retrieval Wallapak Tavanapong, Iowa State University, USA For more information on special tracks please see http://www.cs.tcd.ie/research_groups/mlg/CBMS2005/special_tracks.html. IMPORTANT DATES January 26, 2005 Submission of (3-page, maximum) paper summary March 1, 2005 Notification of acceptance March 24, 2005 Final camera-ready paper (6 pages, maximum) due March 24, 2005 Pre-registration deadline You must pre-register to have a paper published in the proceedings. If you only plan to attend and are not submitting a paper, pre-registration is still strongly encouraged. This conference is space-limited, and registration may not be available on-site. SUBMISSION PROCEDURES No hardcopy submissions are being accepted. Electronic submissions of original technical research papers will only be accepted in PDF format. File size is limited to 2 MB. Use a maximum of three A4 pages, including figures and references. Include one cover sheet, stating the paper title, authors, technical area(s) covered in the article, corresponding author's information (telephone, fax, mailing address, e-mail address), and your preference for oral or poster presentation. Author names should appear only on the cover sheet, not on the summary. Submit your manuscript no later than January 26, 2005. Authors will be notified of acceptance by March 1, 2005 after a review process by three independent experts. Each accepted paper will be published in the conference proceedings by IEEE CS Press, conditional upon the author's advance registration. Submission in the IEEE Computer Science Press 6x9-inch format is encouraged. Formatting instructions, LaTeX macros and MSWord templates are available at ftp://pubftp.computer.org/press/outgoing/proceedings. Authors should indicate the special track title if one exists that closely matches the topic of their paper (on the cover sheet). All submissions including special track papers will be done electronically via the CBMS web submission system: http://www.cs.tcd.ie/research_groups/mlg/CBMS2005/openconf/openconf.php. Please check the page of corresponding special track for possible additional specific submission requirements. INVITED SPEAKERS Prof. Jane B. Grimson Co-Chair, Centre for Health Informatics Vise Provost, Trinity College Dublin Ireland Prof. Jan Komorowski Head, The Linnaeus Centre for Bioinformatics Uppsala University Sweden Dr. R. Bharat Rao Senior Director, Engineering R&D Computer-Aided Diagnosis & Therapy, Siemens Medical Solutions, Inc USA TUTORIAL "Data Mining Large Medical Time Series Databases" June 22, 2005; 2pm-5pm Dr. Eamon Keogh Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of California Riverside USA INTENDED AUDIENCE Engineers, scientists, clinicians and managers involved in medical computing projects are encouraged to submit papers to the symposium and/or attend the symposium. The symposium provides its attendees with an opportunity to experience state-of-the-art research and development in a variety of topics directly and indirectly related to their own work. In addition to research papers, keynote speakers and tutorial sessions it provides participants with an opportunity to come up-to-date on important technological issues. The symposium encourages the participation of students engaged in research/development in computer-based medical systems. A prize will be awarded to be the Best Student Paper submitted to (and presented at) the symposium. HOTEL INFORMATION A block of rooms will be reserved for symposium attendees within Trinity College Dublin (see http://www.tcd.ie/Conferences). The rate for these rooms is 55-65 euro per night. There are a number of other hotels of different quality and price ranges within walking distance, just a few minutes away from the college. These include: * Trinity Lodge Guesthouse, www.trinitylodge.com (from 95 euro), * Trinity Capital Hotel, www.trinitycapitalhotel.com (from 123 euro), and * Davenport Hotel, www.ocallaghanhotels.com/davenport/ (from 200 euro). REGISTRATION FEES (in 2004, early/late, in euro) We estimate registration fees to be the same as or less than in 2004. Full 300/350 euro Student 85/125 euro (without proceedings, must document student status) VENUE In comparison to other capitals, Dublin is a convivial city with a human scale and an extrovert populace. At the heart of the city lies Trinity College with its magnificent buildings and beautiful campus spanning 35 acres. Trinity College has occupied this location for the past 400 years, and while none of the original buildings remain, the College boasts fine squares and gardens and a collection of magnificent buildings dating from the 17th to the 20th century. In contrast to the serene surroundings of the College landscape, the modern city of Dublin is just outside the main gate of the campus, with shops, theatres, cinemas and museums within walking distance. Dublin Airport is served by most international airlines and the low fare airlines continue to expand their services into Ireland. London is an hour's flight away and the east coast of the United States only five and half hours away by air. International carriers servicing Ireland include: Aer Lingus, Air France, Alitalia, Aeroflot, British Airways, British Midland, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines, Finnair, Iberia, Lufthansa, Ryanair, Sabena, and SAS. The history of the city of Dublin stems from 841AD when the Vikings created a settlement. They founded a City-state in 917. After the Anglo- Norman invasion of 1170 the Anglo-Normans erected defensive walls around the Castle. These have been partially reconstructed and can be seen at St.Audoen's Church. Dublin is set in a wonderful part of the island. With the sea close by (a beach only as far a way as Killiney), and countryside and rolling hills surrounding the City there is plenty for you to do whatever your interests. The City itself is renowned for its writers, artists and musicians. There are many venues throughout the city where you can hear various types of music from classical to rock and pop. See www.dublin.ie and www.entertainment.ie for more information. PREVIOUS CONFERENCES Previous conferences were held in Bethesda MD, USA (2004 and 2001), New York City, USA (2003), Maribor, Slovenia (2002 and 1997 ), Houston TX, USA (2000), Stamford CT, USA (1999), Lubbock TX, USA (1998 and 1995), Ann Arbor MI, USA (1996 and 1993), Winston-Salem NC, USA (1994), Durham NC, USA (1992), Baltimore MD, USA (1991), Chapel Hill NC, USA (1990), Minneapolis MN, USA (1989 and 1988). CBMS2004 photos from Bethesda, MD: http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/conf/cbms2004/index.htm For further questions, please contact us at cbms2005@cs.tcd.ie. General Chairs Padraig Cunningham Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Alexey Tsymbal Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Publication Chair Nadia Bolshakova Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Program Chairs Peter Kokol University of Maribor, Slovenia Marina Krol Mt Sinai School of Medicine, USA Publicity Chair Mykola Pechenizkiy University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Steering Committee Sunanda Mitra Texas Tech University, USA Peter Kokol University of Maribor, Slovenia Ian Greenshields University of Connecticut, USA Nasser Kehtarnavaz Texas A&M University, USA Tim Kriewall Medtronic Xomed, USA Marina Krol Mt Sinai School of Medicine, USA Rodney Long National Library of Medicine, USA Margaret Peterson Hospital for Special Surgery, USA George Thoma National Library of Medicine, USA Richard E. Wendt III MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA Program Committee and Reviewers Sameer Antani National Library of Medicine, USA Francisco Azuaje University of Ulster, Northern Ireland Rajeev K. Bali University of Coventry, UK James Barlow Imperial College London, UK Riccardo Bellazzi Universita di Pavia, Italy Francis Castanie Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Electrotechnique, d'Electronique, d'Informatique, d'Hydraulique et des Telecommunications, ENSEEIHT, France Joaquin Dopazo Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncologicas, Spain Mario A. Fares National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland Virginia Gonzalez Velez Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco, Mexico Vyacheslav Grebenyuk National Tech University, Ukraine Bill Grimson Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland Jane Grimson Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Peter Hamilton Queens University of Belfast, Northern Ireland Lucy Hederman Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Des Higgins University College Dublin, Ireland Irina Ilovici Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Jan Komorowski The Linnaeus Centre for Bioinformatics, Uppsala University, Sweden Igor Kononenko University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Konstantin G. Korotkov Petersburg State Tech University SPIFMO, Russia D.J. Lee Brigham Young University, USA Oleksandr Logvynovskiy London South Bank University, UK Fernando Martin-Sanchez Institute of Health "Carlos III", Spain Richard McClatchey University of the West of England, Bristol, UK Paul McCullagh University of Ulster, Northern Ireland Chris Nugent University of Ulster, Northern Ireland Brian Nutter Texas Tech University, USA David W. Patterson Northern Ireland Knowledge Engineering Lab, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland Seppo Puuronen University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Bharat Rao Siemens Medical Solutions, USA Niall Rooney Northern Ireland Knowledge Engineering Lab, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland Michael Shifrin N.N.Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute, Russia Vlado Stankovski University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Gaye Stephens Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Vagan Terziyan University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Ljupco Todorovski Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia Tatjana Welzer University of Maribor, Slovenia Sandi Willingham Texas Tech University, USA Stephen TC Wong HCNR Center of Bioinformatics, Harvard Medical School & Department of Radiology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, USA Mohammed Zaki Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Daqing Zhang Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Mark Zhang State University of New York at Binghampton, USA Blaz Zupan AI Lab, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia