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CFP META'2016 - save the date
by El-ghazali Talbi 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

Apologies for cross-posting. Appreciate if you can distribute this CFP to your network. ********************************************************************** META'2016 International Conference on Metaheuristics and Nature Inspired Computing 27-31 Oct 2016 Marrakech, Morocco http://meta2016.sciencesconf.org/ ********************************************************************** META is one of the main event focusing on the progress of the area of metaheuristics and their applications. As in previous editions, META’2016 will provide an opportunity to the international research community in metaheuristics to discuss recent research results, to develop new ideas and collaborations, and to meet old friends and make new ones in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. META'2016 welcomes presentations that cover any aspects of metaheuristic research such as new algorithmic developments, high-impact applications, new research challenges, theoretical developments, implementation issues, and in-depth experimental studies. META'2016 strives for a high-quality program that will be completed by a number of invited talks, tutorials, workshops and special sessions. The scope of the META’2016 conference includes, but is not limited to: * Local search, tabu search, simulated annealing, VNS, ILS, … * Evolutionary algorithms, swarm optimization, scatter search, … * Emergent nature inspired algorithms: quantum computing, artificial immune systems, bee colony, DNA computing, … * Parallel algorithms * Hybrid methods with machine learning, game theory, mathematical programming, constraint programming, co-evolutionary, … * Application to: logistics and transportation, networks, scheduling, data mining, engineering design, energy, cloud, bio-medical, … * Theory of metaheuristics, landscape analysis, convergence, problem difficulty, very large neighbourhoods, … * Multi-objective optimization, bi-level optimization * Dynamic optimization, problems with uncertainty, … * Parameter tuning (static, dynamic, adaptive, self-adaptive) * Hyper-heuristics, cross-domain metaheuristics * Software frameworks for metaheuristics and nature inspired computing Submission of papers: ____________________ - Submission of papers via the website S1) Short papers: Extended abstracts of work-in-progress and position papers of a maximum of 3 pages. S2) Long papers: Original research contributions of a maximum of 10 pages. S3) Journal papers: High-quality manuscripts that have recently, within the last year, been submitted or accepted for journal publication. For this special case, the submission should have the same title that the accepted work, the abstract AND the complete reference of the work. - Proceedings of the conference will be provided. Selected papers of type S1 and S2 will be published in a Springer book and international journals (ISI journals). - Predefined styles are available on the website http://meta2016.sciencesconf.org/ - Proposals for invited sessions, workshops and tutorials: Deadline 15th April 2016. contact el-ghazali.talbi(a)univ-lille1.fr Important dates _______________ - Submission deadline: May 6, 2015 - Notification of acceptance: June 3, 2015 E-G. Talbi (Conference Chair) -- ********************************** META'2016 Marrakech, 27-31 Oct 2016 http://meta2016.sciencesconf.org ********************************** Prof. E-G. Talbi Univ. Lille, CNRS, INRIA

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VIB - Upcoming Bioinformatics Training Sessions in January 2016
by Alexander Botzki | VIB | 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

VIB Bioinformatics Training January sessions IN THIS ISSUE * Hands-on introduction to Python programming * Introduction to gene regulation Hands-on introduction to Python programming With the help of plenty of hands-on exercises, you will get introduced in Python, the peculiarities of Python and good programming habits. You will learn: * the basics of Python: different variables, reading files, writing files, conditional statements * to write a basic Python script from scratch Requirements: if you want to follow the Biopython<http://bits.cmail19.com/t/r-l-zudirdt-shyuuqkd-d/> training and you have little/no experience with Python, please register for this training Date: 11 and 18 January Location: Bioaccelerator, Gent Trainer: Wim Vranken (VIB Structural Biology Research Center) More information and registration: VIB website<http://bits.cmail19.com/t/r-l-zudirdt-shyuuqkd-h/> Introduction to gene regulation This training will give researchers insight and hands-on experience in the analysis of the regulation of eukaryotic gene expression at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional level. Date: 25 January Location: Bioaccelerator, Gent Trainer: Pieter De Bleser (IRC, VIB-Ugent) More information and registration: VIB website<http://bits.cmail19.com/t/r-l-zudirdt-shyuuqkd-o/>

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Vacancy: PhD position in bioinformatics/biostatistics at the Netherlands Cancer Institute
by Sander Canisius 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

PhD position in bioinformatics/biostatistics at the Netherlands Cancer Institute http://www.nki.nl/working-at-the-nki/vacature-biostatisticianbioinformatici… Your function within the department The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) in Amsterdam is a Comprehensive Cancer Centre combining a hospital and research laboratories in a single independent organization. The group of Marjanka Schmidt works in Molecular Pathology, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, focussing on molecular and genetic breast cancer epidemiology. We are looking for a PhD student to work on a project funded by the Dutch Cancer Society. The main objective of the project is to identify novel germline genetic variants associated with breast cancer survival in specific tumour and treatment subgroups. We make use of the large breast cancer series collated in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC) of >60 studies with >80,000 breast cancer patients. These patients have been richly characterised with data including genome-wide genetic, clinical and epidemiological data. Analyses will involve statistical and computational methods to combine these data with knowledge on biological pathways, with the aim of identifying and interpreting the genetic contribution to breast cancer survival. You are expected to provide state-of-the-art statistical and/or bioinformatic expertise as an active and assertive collaborator. This involves developing and implementing diverse statistical and bioinformatic approaches to cover survival and (biological) pathway analyses of large datasets, the identification of prognostic and predictive biomarkers, and prognostication. You have access to complementary expertise and tools from the Computational Cancer Biology group led by Lodewyk Wessels and the Biostatistics group led by Michael Hauptmann at the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam. Your profile We are looking for an enthusiastic, skilled, and proactive statistician/bioinformatician who has the ability to facilitate high quality science. Other requirements are: * A MSc degree in (bio)statistics, bioinformatics, computer science, mathematics, or physics, or equivalent qualifications; * Knowledge of statistical theory and methods; * Experience with statistical software (STATA or SAS); * Experience with programming and scripting languages (e.g. R, Python); * Fluent in spoken and written English. Your career opportunities and terms of employment Approximately 550 people work in the research laboratories. Research discussions, lectures and seminars in English and a large number of Dutch and non-Dutch postdocs, students and staff members contribute to the stimulating and international atmosphere of the Institute. We offer an inspiring and interactive research environment, state-of-the-art facilities, training, a competitive salary (including possibilities for tax-reduction) and housing facilities in the vicinity of the Institute. The Institute is located close to the city centre of Amsterdam and the international Schiphol airport. The appointment will initially be for 4 years. The gross salary per month is € 2.529,- to € 3.115,- according to the PhD (OIO) scales and depends on previous experience. The terms of employment will be in accordance with the CAO Ziekenhuizen (Collective Labour Agreement for Hospitals). Interested? For further information please consult our website: www.nki.nl or contact Marjanka Schmidt and/or Sander Canisius at mk.schmidt(a)nki.nl /s.canisius(a)nki.nl or +31 20 512 2767. The application deadline is *13 December 2015*.

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BigDat 2016: early registration deadline 12 December
by GRLMC 28 Nov '15

28 Nov '15

*To be removed from our mailing list, please respond to this message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line* ******************************************************** 2ND INTERNATIONAL WINTER SCHOOL ON BIG DATA BIGDAT 2016 BILBAO, SPAIN FEBRUARY 8-12, 2016 Organized by: DeustoTech, University of Deusto Rovira i VirgiliUniversity http://grammars.grlmc.com/bigdat2016/ ******************************************************** --- Early registration deadline: December 12, 2015 --- ******************************************************** AIM: BigDat 2016 will be a research training event addressed to graduates and postgraduates in the first steps of their academic career. With a global scope, it aims at updating them about the most recent advances in the critical and fast developing area of big data, which covers a large spectrum of current exciting research and industrial innovation with an extraordinary potential for a huge impact on scientific discoveries, medicine, engineering, business models, and society itself. Renowned academics and industry pioneers will lecture and share their views with the audience. Most big data subareas will be displayed, namely: foundations, infrastructure, management, search and mining, security and privacy, and applications. Main challenges of analytics, management and storage of big data will be identified through 4 keynote lectures, 20 six-hour courses, and 1 round table, which will tackle the most active and promising topics. The organizers are convinced that outstanding speakers will attract the brightest and most motivated students. Interaction will be a main component of the event. An open session will give participants the opportunity to present their own work in progress in 5 minutes. ADDRESSED TO: Graduates and postgraduates from around the world. There are no formal pre-requisites in terms of academic degrees. However, since there will be differences in the course levels, specific knowledge background may be assumed for some of them. BigDat 2016 is also appropriate for more senior people who want to keep themselves updated on recent developments and future trends. All will surely find it fruitful to listen and discuss with major researchers, industry leaders and innovators. REGIME: In addition to keynotes, 2-3 courses will run in parallel during the whole event. Participants will be able to freely choose the courses they will be willing to attend as well as to move from one to another. VENUE: BigDat 2016 will take place in Bilbao, the capital of the Basque Country region, famous for its gastronomy and the seat of the GuggenheimMuseum. The venue will be: DeustoTech, School of Engineering University of Deusto Avda. Universidades, 24 48014 Bilbao KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Nektarios Benekos (European Organization for Nuclear Research), Role of Computing and Software in Particle Physics Chih-Jen Lin (NationalTaiwanUniversity), When and When Not to Use Distributed Machine Learning Jeffrey Ullman (StanfordUniversity), Theory of MapReduce Algorithms Alexandre Vaniachine (Argonne National Laboratory), Big Data Technologies and Data Science Methods in the Higgs Boson Discovery PROFESSORS AND COURSES: Nektarios Benekos (European Organization for Nuclear Research), [introductory/intermediate] Exploring the Mysteries of our Cosmos: the Big Deal between Big Data and Big Science Hendrik Blockeel (KU Leuven), [intermediate] Decision Trees for Big Data Analytics Edward Y. Chang (HTC Health, Taipei), [introductory/intermediate] Big Data Analytics for Healthcare: Scalable Algorithms and Applications Nello Cristianini (University of Bristol), [introductory] THINKBIG: Towards Large Scale Computational Social Sciences, History and Digital Humanities Ernesto Damiani (University of Milan), [introductory/intermediate] Architectures, Models and Tools for Big-Data-as-a-Service Francisco Herrera (University of Granada), [introductory] Big Data Preprocessing George Karypis (University of Minnesota), [intermediate/advanced] Scaling Up Recommender Systems Chih-Jen Lin (NationalTaiwanUniversity), [introductory/intermediate] Large-scale Linear Classification Geoff McLachlan (University of Queensland), [intermediate/advanced] Big Data Extensions of Some Methods of Classification and Clustering Wladek Minor (University of Virginia), [introductory/intermediate] Big Data in Biomedical Sciences Raymond Ng (University of British Columbia), [introductory/intermediate] Mining and Summarizing Text Conversations Sankar K. Pal (Indian Statistical Institute), [introductory/advanced] Machine Intelligence and Granular Mining: Relevance to Big Data Erhard Rahm (University of Leipzig), [introductory/intermediate] Scalable and Privacy-preserving Data Integration Hanan Samet (University of Maryland), [introductory/intermediate] Sorting in Space: Multidimensional, Spatial, and Metric Data Structures for Applications in Spatial Databases, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Location-based Services Jaideep Srivastava (Qatar Computing Research Institute), [intermediate] Social Computing: Computing as an Integral Tool to Understanding Human Behavior and Solving Problems of Social Relevance Jeffrey Ullman (StanfordUniversity), [introductory] Big Data Algorithms that Aren't Machine Learning Alexandre Vaniachine (Argonne National Laboratory), [introductory/advanced] Big Data: Comparison with Computational Models Xiaowei Xu (University of Arkansas, Little Rock), [introductory/advanced] Big Data Analytics for Social Networks Fuli Yu (Baylor College of Medicine), [introductory/intermediate] Overview of Large-scale Genomics and Variant Analysis Mohammed J. Zaki (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), [introductory/intermediate] Large Scale Graph Analytics and Mining OPEN SESSION An open session will collect 5-minute presentations of work in progress by participants. They should submit a half-page abstract containing title, authors, and summary of the research to adrian.dediu (at) urv.cat by February 5, 2016. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Adrian Horia Dediu Carlos Martín-Vide (co-chair) Iker Pastor López (co-chair) Borja Sanz (co-chair) Florentina Lilica Voicu REGISTRATION: It has to be done at http://grammars.grlmc.com/bigdat2016/registration.php The selection of up to 8 courses requested in the registration template is only tentative and non-binding. For the sake of organization, it will be helpful to have an approximation of the respective demand for each course. Since the capacity of the venue is limited, registration requests will be processed on a first come first served basis. The registration period will be closed and the on-line registration facility disabled when the capacity of the venue will be complete. It is much recommended to register prior to the event. FEES: Participants are expected to attend full-time. Fees are a flat rate allowing the attendance to all courses during the week. There are several early registration deadlines. Fees depend on the registration deadline. ACCOMMODATION: Suggestions of accommodation are available on the webpage. CERTIFICATE: Participants will be delivered a certificate of attendance. QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION: florentinalilica.voicu (at) urv.cat ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: University of Deusto Rovira i Virgili University

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Benelux Bioinformatics Conference 2015: 10 days left - last information
by Laukens Kris 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

- Benelux Bioinformatics Conference 2015 - Dear colleague, the 10th Benelux Bioinformatics Conference is rapidly approaching! We are happy to inform you that the current registration pace indicates that we will have yet another very successful BBC edition! Take your chance now, and register no later than Monday 30 november to guarantee yourself a seat. With this mail we are happy to announce the full program, and inform you about all practical aspects with regards to your trip to Antwerpen. Full conference program now available. The program committee has extensively reviewed all submissions and all abstract authors have been notified. The full program, including keynotes, selected talks and corporate presentations, is now available online. http://bbc2015.be/programme.html Last chance for advance registration You can register online until Monday 30 november. On-site registrations are possible as long as free places are available. Given that the number of seats in the venue is limited, we urge everyone to register in advance! http://bbc2015.be/registration.html Last chance for late poster abstracts Late poster abstract deadline closes 30 November 2015, 1PM CET. No extension can be granted for practical reasons, so please ensure a timely submission! http://bbc2015.be/submission.html Call for anniversary edition memories To celebrate this special anniversary edition, we believe there should be time for a retrospective session on the previous editions of this conference, and on the evolution of the community. We therefore invite anyone who attended earlier editions (especially the first editions), to send us your memories, interesting facts and trivia that could fit in such a session or elsewhere. Please send your input to info(a)bbc2015.be<mailto:info@bbc2015.be>. Pictures or other media are very welcome too, but please use a file transfer or cloud service to send them without crashing our mailbox :-). To give our special guest speaker sufficient time to compile this material, we look forward to receive your input preferentially by december 1st. Practical information for authors of oral or poster presentations To all orally presenting authors, we ask to find your presentation slot on the program website. Please take into account that a timeframe of 12 minutes for the presentation, and 15 minutes for your entire talk including questions, will be strictly enforced. We also ask you kindly to put your presentation on the presentation computer in advance, and no later than during the break before your actual session. To all poster presenters, we would like to inform you that the poster boards allow for posters in A0 format (841mm x 1189mm), in a vertical (portrait) orientation. Other useful information: Date: 7 - 8 december, 2015 Location: Elzenveld, Lange Gasthuisstraat 45, Antwerpen, Belgium Venue: http://bbc2015.be/venue.html Transport: http://bbc2015.be/transport.html Accommodation tips: http://bbc2015.be/accommodation.html BBC2015 Student Symposium RSG Belgium, RSG Netherlands, RSG Luxembourg and RSG France (JeBiF) are organising the adjacent BBC2015 Student Symposium on the 6th of December (the day before the BBC) in the Institute for Tropical Medicine in Antwerp. For more information on registration and abstract submission for this event: http://bbc2015.be/ss_about.html Key dates - 30/11/2015: Late conference registration deadline - 30/11/2015: Late abstract submission deadline (IMPORTANT: deadline is 1PM CET!) - 06/12/2015: BBC Student Symposium - 07/12/2015 - 08/12/2015: Main conference takes place More information - website: www.bbc2015.be<http://www.bbc2015.be/> - Twitter: @BBC2015AN - social media hashtag: #BBC2015AN - Linkedin group: http://linkd.in/1a4Gv1T - conference email: info(a)bbc2015.be<mailto:info@bbc2015.be> Gold sponsors [cid:39348392-FFB5-410B-BD43-AC02AE426152@ua.ac.be][cid:A7C6CF3A-9AE4-4B83-A478-767908F6EA32@ua.ac.be] [cid:DD940EDA-F72C-4AAC-9A6B-8A38E57DABFA@ua.ac.be]

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Join Matthias Mann and Peer Bork at Applied Bioinformatics in Life Sciences
by Frederik Coppens 26 Nov '15

26 Nov '15

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. <http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-i/> Join Matthias Mann and Peer Bork at 'Applied Bioinformatics in Life Sciences' Abstract deadline is January 4, 2016! The first edition of the two day event ‘Applied Bioinformatics in Life Sciences <http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-d/>’ organized by the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), will take place on the 17th-18th of March, 2016 in Leuven, Belgium. Why this conference? “Bioinformatics is already an indispensable fundament of biology and biomedicine. It is already clear that ‘big data’ and machine learning will be next” Matthias Mann (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, DE) Early bird & PhD discount Register now and make use of the early bird discount. To support junior researchers, VIB offersPhD students a significant discount when registering before february the 1st 2016. For more information about registration please visit the conference website. <http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-h/> Present your research Showcase your own research to the international research community during the poster sessions at the conference.The best abstracts will be selected for a presentation! The deadline for the abstract submission is January 4th 2016.You can upload your abstract on the conference website. <http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-k/> Meet the Expert: ‘Prof. Dr. Matthias Mann’ We offer all junior researchers the opportunity to join our ‘Meet the Expert' session with Prof. Dr. Matthias Mann (MPI.DE), one of our top speakers. During an informal round table discussion, PhD students and postdocs will have the exclusive opportunity to ask any question/advise related to their research and careers. If you are interested in joining the session then send an e-mail to conferences(a)vib.be <http://conferences@vib.be/>. Seating is very limited so make sure to reserve a spot soon! Speakers 18 Academic speakers including: <http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-u/> <http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-o/> Join our workshop As a prelude to the ABLS conference, TRAINING AT VIB is organizing a workshop to help biologists and computational biologists to better understand prerequisites once planning large data generating experiments. The course will be held on 16th of March from 9am at the Provinciehuis, Leuven. For more info please visit the training website <http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-b/> Explore the historical university city of Leuven Leuven households the KU Leuven. One of the oldest universities of Western Europe. The city is also home to the Anheuser-Busch InBev company, one of the world's largest brewing groups producing the Leuven-based Stella-Artois beer as one of their flagship brands. <http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-n/> We hope to have triggered your interest in our conference. In case you have questions or remarks, please feel free to contact us. With kind regards Alexander Botzki The members of the organizing committee: Alex Botzki, VIB BioInformatics Training and Service facility, VIB HQ Evy Vierstraete, VIB Science events executive, VIB HQ Frederik Coppens, VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, UGent Geert Van Minnebruggen, VIB Headquarters Lennart Martens, VIB Medical Biotechnology Center, UGent Ligia Mateiu, VIB Department of Molecular Genetics, Unuiversity of Antwerp Mark Fiers, VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, KU Leuven Stein Aerts, Group Leader, Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven Wim Vranken, VIB Structural Biology Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Yvan Saeys, VIB Inflammation Research Center, UGent <http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-p/> <http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-x/> ================================================================== Frederik Coppens, Ph.D. Project Leader Applied Bioinformatics & Biostatistics IT manager Tel: 32 (0)9 3313812 Fax:32 (0)9 3313809 VIB DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY, UGent Technologiepark 927, 9052 Gent, BELGIUM frcop(a)psb.ugent.be http://www.psb.ugent.be/abb ==================================================================

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Full-time Academic Position Data Science for Bioinformatics/Computational Biology at ULB
by Tom Lenaerts 26 Nov '15

26 Nov '15

Dear all, Please find attached to this emall the announcement of a full-time academic position oriented towards data science for bioinformatics and computational bioology. Kind regards Tom _______________________________________________________________ Prof. Tom Lenaerts, PhD head of the Machine Learning Group Département d'Informatique, FS Université Libre de Bruxelles Boulevard du Triomphe - CP 212 Research professor in the Artificial Intelligence lab Vakgroep Computerwetenschappen Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pleinlaan 2 Member of the Interuniversity institute for Bioinformatics in Brussels (IB2) Université Libre de Bruxelles and Vrije Universiteit Brussel Boulevard du Triomphe CP263 1050 Brussels, Belgium e-mail: tlenaert(a)ulb.ac.be <mailto:tlenaert@ulb.ac.be> / tlenaert(a)vub.ac.be <mailto:tlenaert@vub.ac.be> web-page: www.ulb.ac.be/di/map/tlenaert/ <http://www.ulb.ac.be/di/map/tlenaert/> web-page: ai.vub.ac.be/members/tom-lenaerts <http://ai.vub.ac.be/members/tom-lenaerts> web-page: ibsquare.be/members/tom-lenaerts _______________________________________________________________

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Vacancy: PhD position on next-generation optical mapping data analysis
by Ridder, Dick de 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

Dear all, We are looking for an enthusiastic PhD candidate on a project titled "Next-generation optical mapping for high-throughput genotyping". This STW project is a collaboration with Plant Research International in Wageningen, who own a BioNano Genomics Irys optical mapping system, and several plant breeding and plant biotechnology companies. The aim of the project is to develop new algorithms for analyzing high-throughput optical mapping data, for de novo genome assembly and resequencing purposes. The objectives are to combine NGS and optical mapping data to obtain high-quality assemblies of complex genomes, including those of polyploid organisms, and to develop optical mapping into a cost-effective genotyping platform by allowing multiplexing and population-scale detection of structural variation. We are looking for an ambitious PhD candidate with an MSc degree in bioinformatics or computer science (with a demonstrable affinity for biology). We are specifically seeking candidates with a strong background in algorithm development, preferably in NGS data analysis or signal processing, and demonstrable skills in mathematics and statistics. You will be based in Wageningen, and work in close cooperation with other PhD candidates and researchers in Wageningen and in industry. Additional information about the position can be found at http://tinyurl.com/nbdlju4. Interested candidates can apply up to January 1, 2016 through this website. Best regards, prof. Dick de Ridder dr. Gabino Sanchez-Perez Bioinformatics Group, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

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TPNC 2015: call for participation
by GRLMC 20 Nov '15

20 Nov '15

*To be removed from our mailing list, please respond to this message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line* ********************************************************************************** 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF NATURAL COMPUTING TPNC 2015 Mieres, Spain December 15-16, 2015 Organised by: European Centre for Soft Computing Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRLMC) Rovira i Virgili University http://grammars.grlmc.com/tpnc2015/ ********************************************************************************** PROGRAM Tuesday, December 15 08:15 - 08:45 Registration 08:45 - 09:00 Opening 09:00 - 09:50 A.E. Eiben: EvoSphere: the World of Robot Evolution - Invited Lecture 09:50 - 10:20 Coffee Break 10:20 - 11:35 Oualid Chenni, Yanis Bouda, Hamid Benachour and Chahnez Zakaria: A Content-based Recommendation Approach Using Semantic User Profile in E-recruitment Luca Mariot and Alberto Leporati: A Genetic Algorithm for Evolving Plateaued Cryptographic Boolean Functions Muhammad Marwan Muhammad Fuad: Hierarchical Clustering of DNA Microarray Data Using a Hybrid of Bacterial Foraging and Differential Evolution 11:35 - 11:50 Break and Group Photo 11:50 - 13:05 Abtin Nourmohammadzadeh and Sven Hartmann: Fault Classification of a Centrifugal Pump in Normal and Noisy Environment with Artificial Neural Network and Support Vector Machine Enhanced by a Genetic Algorithm Stjepan Picek, Sylvain Guilley, Claude Carlet, Domagoj Jakobovic and Julian Miller: Evolutionary Approach for Finding Correlation Immune Boolean Functions of Order t with Minimal Hamming Weight Gracian Trivino and Daniel Sanchez-Valdes: Generation of Linguistic Advices for Saving Energy: Architecture 13:05 - 14:35 Lunch 14:35 - 15:25 John A. Smolin: Theory and Practice of Quantum Computing - Invited Lecture 15:25 - 15:40 Break 15:40 - 16:40 Poster Session Silvio Capobianco, Jarkko Kari and Siamak Taati: Some Notes about Reversibility in Cellular Automata Dariusz Kalocinski, Nina Gierasimczuk and Marcin Mostowski: Learning semantics by coordination Gábor Prószéky and Balázs Indig: Natural parsing: a psycholinguistically motivated computational language processing model Luis M. San-Jose-Revuelta: Improved GPS Satellites Selection Using a Tabu Search Optimization Algorithm Antoni Sobkowicz and Wojciech Stokowiec: You think this is funny? - Detecting sentiment and humor in Steam reviews using nature inspired methods Didier Verna: Software Systems and Unicellular Life: Puzzling Analogies Wednesday, December 16 09:00 - 09:50 Guy Theraulaz: Stigmergic Interactions and 3D Nest Construction in Ant Colonies - Invited Lecture 09:50 - 10:20 Coffee Break 10:20 - 11:35 Ilana Agmon and Tal Mor: A Model for the Emergence of Coded Life Akihiro Nishimura, Takuya Nishida, Yu-Ichi Hayashi, Takaaki Mizuki and Hideaki Sone: Five-card Secure Computations Using Unequal Division Shuffle Tomoyuki Yamakami: Straight Construction of Non-interactive Quantum Bit Commitment Schemes from Indistinguishable Quantum State Ensembles 11:35 - 11:50 Break 11:50 - 13:05 Pablo Arrighi and Gilles Dowek: Discrete Geodesics and Cellular Automata Mohammad Ali Javaheri Javid, Robert Zimmer, Anna Ursyn and Mohammad Majid al-Rifaie: A Quantitative Approach for Detecting Symmetries and Complexity in 2D Plane Hiroshi Umeo, Keisuke Imai and Akihiro Sousa: A Generalized Minimum-time Minimum-state-change FSSP Algorithm 13:05 - 13:20 Closing

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Tenure Track Position Assistant Professor Bioinformatics
by Berend Snel 20 Nov '15

20 Nov '15

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (TENURE TRACK) Bioinformatics for life sciences and sustainability (1,0 FTE) Utrecht University The recently created bioinformatics chair of Utrecht University is searching for a new assistant professor in bioinformatics. You are expected to develop or continue your own research line in the life sciences using bioinformatics approaches. This involves acquisition of grants to form your own group. You will also be expected to participate in existing bioinformatics courses at the bachelor/master levels and to participate in the development of a new advanced bioinformatics course. Profile We are searching for a computational life scientist with a track record reflecting exciting biological research that deeply involves bioinformatics. You will be functioning at the Principal Investigator level, develop your own research line and supervise your own PhD students. Your background could be in biology provided you have a solid experience in bioinformatics, or computer science or physics provided you have a genuine biological research line. For more information and/or to apply see: http://www.peoplexs.com/Peoplexs22/CandidatesPortalNoLogin/Vacancy.cfm?Port…

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