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Bioinformatics PhD Opportunities: University of St Andrews, University of Dundee and the James Hutton Institute
by Bert Overduin 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

Forwarding on behalf of a colleague: Bioinformatics PhD Opportunity: University of St Andrews: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=67780&LID=1374 Bioinformatics PhD Opportunity: University of Dundee: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=67784&LID=1374 -- Bert Overduin, PhD TRAINING AND OUTREACH BIOINFORMATICIAN Bert.Overduin(a)ed.ac.uk EDINBURGH GENOMICS The University of Edinburgh Ashworth Laboratories The King's Buildings Charlotte Auerbach Road Edinburgh EH9 3FL Scotland, United Kingdom tel. +44(0)1316507403 http://genomics.ed.ac.uk The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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[Gtpb] IB15S - Introductory Bioinformatics Training Course - Reminder
by Pedro Fernandes 07 Dec '15

07 Dec '15

Dear Colleagues, This is to remind you that we are approaching the deadline for applications for the Introductory Bioinformatics training course Introductory Bioinformatics - our entry level course, with a SOFT introduction to NGS data Analysis (2 days) with David P. Judge, Pedro Fernandes and Bert Overduin Course dates: December 14th -18th 2015 *DEADLINE* December *9th* 2015 More details here: http://gtpb.igc.gulbenkian.pt/bicourses/IB15S There are still a few seats still available. Please hurry if you are interested. Pedro -- Pedro Fernandes Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência Apartado 14 2781-901 OEIRAS PORTUGAL Tel +351 21 4407912 http://gtpb.igc.gulbenkian.pt _______________________________________________ GTPB mailing list GTPB(a)igc.gulbenkian.pt https://lists.igc.gulbenkian.pt/mailman/listinfo/gtpb

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Post-doc position in Structural Bioinformatics in Brussels
by Wim Vranken 06 Dec '15

06 Dec '15

Dear all, Please find attached a PDF detailing a job opening for a structural bioinformatics post-doc at the (IB)2 Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels via the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, in collaboration with the Universiteit Gent. Best regards, Wim

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AlCoB 2016: 2nd call for papers
by GRLMC 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

*To be removed from our mailing list, please respond to this message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line* ************************************************************************************ 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ALGORITHMS FOR COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY ALCOB 2016 TRUJILLO, SPAIN JUNE 21-23, 2016 Organized by: Computer Architecture and Logic Design Group (ARCO) University of Extremadura Extremadura Centre for Advanced Technologies (CETA-Ciemat) Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRLMC) Rovira i Virgili University http://grammars.grlmc.com/alcob2016/ ************************************************************************************ AIMS: AlCoB aims at promoting and displaying excellent research using string and graph algorithms and combinatorial optimization to deal with problems in biological sequence analysis, genome rearrangement, evolutionary trees, and structure prediction. Previous events were held in Tarragona (2014) and Mexico City (2015). The conference will address several of the current challenges in computational biology by investigating algorithms aimed at: 1) assembling sequence reads into a complete genome, 2) identifying gene structures in the genome, 3) recognizing regulatory motifs, 4) aligning nucleotides and comparing genomes, 5) reconstructing regulatory networks of genes, and 6) inferring the evolutionary phylogeny of species. Particular focus will be put on methodology and significant room will be reserved to young scholars at the beginning of their career. VENUE: AlCoB 2016 will take place in Trujillo, homeland of the so-called "conquistadores" who arrived in Peru in the XVI century. The venue will be the Extremadura Centre for Advanced Technologies. SCOPE: Topics of either theoretical or applied interest include, but are not limited to: Exact sequence analysis Approximate sequence analysis Pairwise sequence alignment Multiple sequence alignment Sequence assembly Genome rearrangement Regulatory motif finding Phylogeny reconstruction Phylogeny comparison Structure prediction Compressive genomics Proteomics: molecular pathways, interaction networks Transcriptomics: splicing variants, isoform inference and quantification, differential analysis Next-generation sequencing: population genomics, metagenomics, metatranscriptomics Microbiome analysis Systems biology STRUCTURE: AlCoB 2016 will consist of: invited lectures invited tutorials peer-reviewed contributions INVITED SPEAKERS (to be completed): S. Cenk Sahinalp (SimonFraserUniversity), Big Data Algorithmics for Cancer Genomics David Sankoff (University of Ottawa), The Evolution of Gene Order in the Flowering Plants PROGRAMME COMMITTEE: Can Alkan (Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey) Timothy L. Bailey (University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia) Vladimir Bajic (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia) Geoff Barton (University of Dundee, UK) Inanc Birol (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada) Jacek Błażewicz (PoznańUniversity of Technology, Poland) Alan P. Boyle (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA) Vladimir Brusic (NazarbayevUniversity, Astana, Kazakhstan) Liming Cai (University of Georgia, Athens, USA) Rita Casadio (University of Bologna, Italy) Ken Chen (University of Texas MD AndersonCancerCenter, Houston, USA) Jason Ernst (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) Laurent Gautier (Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, USA) Manolo Gouy (ClaudeBernardUniversity Lyon 1, France) Michael Gribskov (PurdueUniversity, West Lafayette, USA) Iman Hajirasouliha (Stanford University, USA) John Hancock (Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich, UK) Artemis Hatzigeorgiou (University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece) Fereydoun Hormozdiari (University of California, Davis, USA) Kazutaka Katoh (Osaka University, Japan) Evangelos Kranakis (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada) Lukasz Kurgan (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada) Bill Majoros (DukeUniversity, Durham, USA) Lennart Martens (Ghent University, Belgium) Maria-Jesus Martin (European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, UK) Carlos Martín-Vide (Rovira i VirgiliUniversity, Tarragona, Spain, chair) Folker Meyer (Argonne National Laboratory, USA) Kenta Nakai (University of Tokyo, Japan) Matteo Pellegrini (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) Mihaela Pertea (JohnsHopkinsUniversity, Baltimore, USA) Ben Raphael (BrownUniversity, Providence, USA) Paolo Ribeca (Pirbright Institute, Woking, UK) Denis Shields (UniversityCollegeDublin, Ireland) Fredj Tekaia (Pasteur Institute, Paris, France) Alessandro Verri (University of Genova, Italy) Fuli Yu (BaylorCollege of Medicine, Houston, USA) Daniel Zerbino (European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, UK) Kaizhong Zhang (University of WesternOntario, London, Canada) Weixiong Zhang (WashingtonUniversity in St. Louis, USA) Zhongming Zhao (VanderbiltUniversity, Nashville, USA) Yaoqi Zhou (GriffithUniversity, Brisbane, Australia) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: María Botón-Fernández (Trujillo, co-chair) Carlos Martín-Vide (Tarragona, co-chair) Miguel A. Vega-Rodríguez (Cáceres, co-chair) Florentina Lilica Voicu (Tarragona) LOCAL COMMITTEE: Leslye Alarcón (Cáceres) María Botón-Fernández (Trujillo, co-chair) José M. Granado-Criado (Cáceres) Sergio Santander-Jiménez (Cáceres) Miguel A. Vega-Rodríguez (Cáceres, co-chair) SUBMISSIONS: Authors are invited to submit non-anonymized papers in English presenting original and unpublished research. Papers should not exceed 12 single-spaced pages (including eventual appendices, references, proofs, etc.) and should be prepared according to the standard format for Springer Verlag's LNCS series (see http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0) Submissions have to be uploaded to: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=alcob2016 PUBLICATIONS: A volume of proceedings published by Springer in the LNCS/LNBI series will be available by the time of the conference. A special issue of the journal IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (TCBB, 2014 JCR impact factor: 1.438, quartile Q1) will be later published containing peer-reviewed substantially extended versions of some of the papers contributed to the conference. Submissions to it will be by invitation. REGISTRATION: The period for registration is open from October 30, 2015 to June 21, 2016. The registration form can be found at: http://grammars.grlmc.com/alcob2016/Registration.php DEADLINES: Paper submission: January 26, 2016 (23:59 CET) Notification of paper acceptance or rejection: March 1, 2016 Final version of the paper for the LNCS/LNBI proceedings: March 15, 2016 Early registration: March 15, 2016 Late registration: June 7, 2016 Submission to the journal special issue: September 23, 2016 QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION: florentinalilica.voicu (at) urv.cat POSTAL ADDRESS: AlCoB 2016 Research Group on Mathematical Linguistics (GRLMC) Rovira i Virgili University Av. Catalunya, 35 43002 Tarragona, Spain Phone: +34 977 559 543 Fax: +34 977 558 386 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Centro Extremeño de Tecnologías Avanzadas (CETA-CIEMAT) Universidad de Extremadura Universitat Rovira i Virgili

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Post-doc Position in Epigenetic Bioinformatics at the German Cancer Research Center (Heidelberg, Germany)
by Pavlo Lutsik 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

Dear all, See below a job opening for a bioinformatics post-doc in the department of Prof. Christoph Plass at DKFZ. Best regards, Pavlo ================================= The German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) offers a Postdoc position in the department of Epigenomics and Cancer Risk Factors headed by Prof. Dr. Christoph Plass. Our Research To gain a comprehensive understanding of individual and general epigenetic defects in cancer diseases (leukemias, prostate cancer, breast cancer and others) we combine various modern genome-wide technologies, including sequencing, bisulfite sequencing, ChIP-seq and others. The intgration of these heterogeneous data sources enables the identification of risk factors, cause and the prediction of progression (prognosis) and therapy suitability. Appropriate evaluation of the different data types requires an in-depth knowledge of modern bioinformatic computing tools and at least basic education in molecular genetics. Supported by statisticians and bioinformaticians (Profs. B. Brors and R. Eils, Universität Heidelberg and DKFZ), we are developing an integrated bioinformatics environment for cancer epigenomics. Your profile We are searching for a bioinformatician to perform integration of multiple epigenomic and genomic datasets, exploratory analysis of novel cohorts, comparative analysis of sample groups, candidate biomarker prioritization, as well as power analysis. Highly motivated bioinformatician or computer scientists with strong biological, biochemical or medical background or biologists, biochemists, physicians with strong informatic background are welcome to apply. Advanced programming skills (R, Perl, Python, and/or Java), experience with NGS tools and the application of unsupervised and supervised learning methods are required. Knowledge in epigenetics is an advantage. The position is initially limited until 09.2017 with a possibility of extension. How to apply Please send a cover letter, CV, full publication list and at least two references (contact persons) using the online job application portal at the following link: http://www.dkfz.de/en/stellenangebote/index.php?id=254/2015 =================================

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BioSB 2016: 2nd Dutch Bioinfrmatics & Systems Biology Conference - Save the date!
by Femke Francissen 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

*** Save the date!* *Dutch Bioinformatics & Systems Biology Conference 2016* Date: April 19 / 20, 2016 Venue: Congrescentrum De Werelt, Lunteren, NL Website: http://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2016 *** Conference* ------------------------------------------------------------ BioSB 2016 is the second edition of the Dutch Bioinformatics & Systems Biology conference. BioSB 2016 discusses the latest developments in bioinformatics, systems and computational biology and interrelated disciplines, and their wide-ranging applications in life sciences & health, agriculture, food & nutrition. This year's conference will be co-organised by the BioSB research school <http://www.biosb.nl> and the Wageningen UR <http://www.wageningenur.nl>. *** Programme* ------------------------------------------------------------ BioSB 2016 will be a 2-day scientific conference (April 19-20, 2016) with keynote speakers, parallel sessions based on abstract submission, an evening poster session and a nice evening programme. The conference will offer lots of opportunities to meet with fellow Bioinformatics and Systems Biology colleagues from academia and industry as well as master students. On April 18, the day preceeding the conference, the YoungCB retreat will be organised. As this is the annual conference of BioSB <http://www.biosb.nl>, the national Bioinformatics & Systems Biology research school, BioSB 2016 will offer a programme with a mix of state-of-the-art work in both areas. Looking back at BioSB 2015 conference <http://biosb.nl/conferences/biosb2015/> *** Keynote speakers* ------------------------------------------------------------ First confirmed keynote speaker: * *Mick Watson*, Director of ARK-Genomics, The Roslin Institute, R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh. *** Sponsors* *-----------------------------------------------------------* * Utrecht Bioinformatics Center <http://ubc.uu.nl/> Read about our sponsor opportunities <https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2016/wiki/154969/sponsorship%20opportunities> *** Save the date!* ------------------------------------------------------------ More information about the conference programme will follow soon! You can find the latest conference updates at the conference website <http://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2016>. Regular updates will also be sent via the BioSB mailing list <http://biosb.nl/newsletter/>. *** Social media* *-----------------------------------------------------------* * On Twitter we will use the hashtag: #biosb2016 * Like us on Facebook <(https://www.facebook.com/BIOSB-122337454509903/?ref=hl> * Follow us on LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/biosb-research-school>

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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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