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Last Updated Friday, April 20, 2001
Last Updated Friday, April 20, 2001
| Objects in Bio- & Chem-Informatics 2001 (OiBC-2001) |
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Organized by the OMG Life Sciences Research Domain Task Force (LSR DTF)
Meeting sponsored by the Object Management Group (OMG) and IONA Technologies.
Please distribute this call to all interested parties.
Following in the tradition of the successful 'Objects in Bioinformatics' conferences held in Hinxton, UK in 1997 and '98 and in San Jose, California in 1999, Objects in Bio- & Chem-Informatics 2001 (OiBC-2001) will be held at the Sheraton Ferncroft Hotel, Danvers, Massachusetts (20 minutes north of Boston) on July 9 and 10, 2001.
Papers and posters reporting on original research and development of object-oriented software and systems, the role of object-oriented technology, reusable software components, design patterns, and distributed computing in life sciences research are sought. The overall theme of the conference is sharing best practices for implementing object-based systems for life sciences research. Conference scope includes object modeling and implementation, independent of platform or language. The audience will be interested in reports detailing implementations using current technologies (e.g., CORBA®, EJB, SOAP, COM, .NET, etc.) and languages (Java, Perl, C++, Python, C#, XML, and others).
TOPICS OF INTEREST:
Typical but not exclusive topics of interest include:
Demonstrations of interoperability in systems using components from two or more sources are particularly encouraged, either as posters or as platform talks.
ABSTRACT PREPARATION:
The submitted abstract should include a title and the authors' names, institutional affiliations, and email addresses. Additional address, telephone, and web site information may be included, but is not required. The abstract text should begin with a succinct (one-paragraph) statement of the problem, the results achieved, their significance and a comparison with previous work. This material should be understandable to non-specialists. A technical exposition directed to the specialist should follow. The length, including tables and bibliography, if any, should not exceed 5 pages. The manuscript should be easy to read, using at least 11 point font size, single spaced, and formatted for U.S. standard 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper with no less than one inch margin all around. Figures, if required, should be in the native format supported by the abstract file format (see below) or GIF or JPEG. Figures are not included in the five-page length limit and should be numbered consecutively according to their order of reference in the main text. The abstract should be submitted in one of the following file formats: Microsoft Word, Plain ASCII text, Adobe PDF, Postscript, or HTML. Abstracts that deviate significantly from these guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:
Authors should submit their extended abstracts electronically to: [email protected].
Questions regarding submissions may also be sent to this address. In your covering email, please clearly state the name, email address, and phone number of the corresponding author; the presentation title; and your preference for presentation (platform talk, poster, or demonstration). Abstracts must be received by May 7, 2001, 23:59 local time. This is a firm deadline. Early submissions are encouraged.
NOTIFICATION:
Conference submissions will be refereed by the Program Committee and each appropriate presentation will be accepted as either a platform presentation or as a poster presentation. Authors will be notified of acceptance and presentation type (platform or poster) by electronic mail on or before May 22, 2001. Any revisions to an accepted abstract must be received by June 15, 2001. An author of each accepted paper is expected to attend the Conference and present the paper or poster; otherwise alternative arrangements should be made to have the paper or poster presented.
CALENDAR:
| Deadline for extended abstract submission | May 7, 2001 |
| Author notification | May 22, 2001 |
| Deadline for revised extended abstract submission | June 15, 2001 |
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS:
Extended abstracts and presentation slides will be available on the LSR web site (https://www.omg.org/lsr/oibc/) following the conference.
MORE INFORMATION:
For more information about this event, watch the OMG web site at www.omg.org. To learn about the mission and initiatives of the OMG's LSR DTF, see www.omg.org/lsr/.