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CFP: AIHA 2020 – International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare Applications
by Nicole Dalia CILIA 23 Sep '20

23 Sep '20

[image: logoAHIA.PNG] *CALL FOR PAPERS* International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare Applications (AIHA 2020) http://lia.unicas.it/AIHA2020 The workshop will be held on *January 10*, *2021* in conjunction with *ICPR 2020* <https://www.micc.unifi.it/icpr2020/> (25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Milan, Italy, January 10-15, 2021). The increased availability of medical data collected from healthcare systems has enabled a number of artificial intelligence applications. Specifically, machine learning can generate insights to improve the discovery of new therapeutic tools, to support diagnostic decisions, to help in the rehabilitation process, just to name a few. Bringing together the advances of this wide and multidisciplinary subject, the aim of this workshop is to present recent advances in artificial intelligence techniques for healthcare applications. *TOPICS* Topics include but are not limited to the following: - Biomedical image analysis - Data analytics for healthcare - Automatic disease prediction - Automatic diagnosis support systems - Genomic and proteomic data analysis - Artificial intelligence for personalized medicine - Machine Learning as a tool to support medical diagnosis and decisions - Machine learning on handwriting and eye-tracking traces for diagnosis and rehabilitation - Decoding of neural signals for diagnosis assistance - Physiological signals processing - Gait analysis - Therapy selection - Brain-computer interface for healthcare - Biomechatronics for medicine - Neuromotor rehabilitation *INVITED SPEAKER * Nico Karssemeijer <http://lia.unicas.it/AIHA2020/invited.html>, Co-chair of DIAG <http://diagnijmegen.nl/index.php/Home> at Radboud UMC, Founder of ScreenPoint <https://screenpoint-medical.com/> Co-founder of Volpara <https://www.matakina.com/> Professor of Computer-Aided Diagnosis, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands. *DATES * - Paper Submission: October 1, 2020 - Notification of Acceptance: November 10, 2020 - Camera-ready Submission: November 15, 2020 *SUBMISSIONS * Submissions must be formatted in accordance with the Springer's Computer Science Proceedings guidelines (Guidelines <https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…>). Two types of contribution will be considered: - Full papers (12-15 pages, including references) - Short papers (6-8 pages, including references) Accepted manuscripts will be included in the ICPR 2020 Workshop Proceedings Springer volume. Once accepted, at least one author is expected to attend the event and orally present the paper. Submission instructions are available here <http://lia.unicas.it/AIHA2020/submission.html>. The submission platform is available here: EasyChair <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aiha2020> *CHAIRS * Alessandro Bria, Nicole Dalia Cilia, Francesco Fontanella, Claudio Marrocco University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Italy *PROCEEDINGS AND SPECIAL ISSUE* Accepted papers will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (LNCS). We are negotiating with major international journals the publication of a special issue for selected papers presented at the workshop. Contact Information: Nicole Dalia Cilia, nicoledalia.cilia(a)unicas.it

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Bioinformatics job position
by bram.slabbinck＠agilent.com 23 Sep '20

23 Sep '20

Dear all, Agilent Technologies is currently hiring a bioinformatician to strengthen its software team in Ghent, Belgium. If you are interested, please go to https://be.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2011647046 or https://careers.agilent.com/ Best regards Bram Slabbinck

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Postdoc opening at Weill Cornell
by A.Mahfouz＠lumc.nl 23 Sep '20

23 Sep '20

Dear All, Tilgner Lab is currently seeking a highly motivated computational postdoc/research associate to join our collaborative lab at WCMC (the Medical School of Cornell University) in New York City. The work is geared towards algorithm development and data analysis revolving around healthy and diseased brain using single-cell and spatial long-read sequencing. A few representative papers include: 1. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.27.268730v1 (bioinformatic development of sample comparison using single-cell long-read sequencing and development of slide-isoform sequencing (Sl-ISO-Seq)) 2. https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.4259 (development of single-cell long-read sequencing using 10x + PacBio/Nanopore applied to early postnatal mouse brain; 2018) 3. https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.3242 (wetlab and bioinformatic development of Illumina-based long-read sequencing applied to human and mouse adult brain; 2015) 4. https://www.pnas.org/content/111/27/9869.long (bioinformatic development of allele-specific splicing detection from long reads in lymphoblastoid cell lines; 2014) 5. https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.2705 (development of PacBio for transcriptomics … applied to transcriptome sequencing in multiple human organs; 2013) They are located at Weill Cornell Medical College on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The university has a nearby postdoc housing program for easier rental in New York City. If you are interested, please send a CV and contact information for referees to tilgnerlab(a)gmail.com. We are eager to talk to you as soon as possible! On behalf of Hagen Tilgner, Cheers, Ahmed Ahmed Mahfouz, PhD | Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics Leiden University Medical Center | Dept. of Human Genetics | P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden | Postal zone S4-P Room R-04-022 | Phone +31 71 52 69513

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Free webinar from Erik Garisson on "Pangenome variation graphs", Monday Sept 21 at 16:00 (CEST)
by Melquiond, A.S.J. (Adrien) 19 Sep '20

19 Sep '20

Dear bioinformatician fellows, The Utrecht Bioinformatics Center is organising an online seminar this Monday at 16:00 and we are glad that Erik Garisson (University of California, Santa Cruz) accepted our invitation to give a talk on his work on "Pangenome variation graphs”. If you are interest to join the talk, please use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84978245960?pwd=cVcrVjkxNG52c3cvYU5uYW9OUEVqdz09 Best regards, Adrien Melquiond ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Adrien Melquiond<https://www.uu.nl/staff/ASJMelquiond>, PhD * Coordinator of the Utrecht Bioinformatics Center (UBC) | Hans Freudenthal 0.07 | Budapestlaan 6, 3584CD Utrecht | https://ubc.uu.nl<https://ubc.uu.nl/> | +31.(0)30.2536617 | ubc_AT_uu.nl<mailto:ubc@uu.nl> * Asst. Prof. in Bioinformatics at the Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), UMC Utrecht | Stratenum 1.304 | Universiteitsweg 100, 3584CG Utrecht | +31.(0)88.75.68790 | a.s.j.melquiond_AT_umcutrecht.nl<mailto:a.s.j.melquiond@umcutrecht.nl> Contact hours: UBC: Tue-Thu | CMM: Mon-Wed-Fri ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Who are we and what do we do? Watch our movie<https://goo.gl/mx1mPN>

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vacancy senior bio-informatician
by Jurgen CLAESEN 16 Sep '20

16 Sep '20

Dear all, SCK-CEN is looking for an experienced bio-informatician to join the interdisciplinary biosciences team. https://www.sckcen.be/en/careers/vacancies/senior-bioinformatician Please feel free to distribute this opportunity. Kind Regards, Jürgen

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Helis Academy Training on deep learning for Life Sciences & Health
by Dupuis, Lauren (BIGCAT) 14 Sep '20

14 Sep '20

Good afternoon colleague, On the 13th of October 2020, Helis Academy and TU/e will organize an online course on Deep Learning. This online program provides the opportunity to get insights on theory, current practice in industry and expected possible future practice in industry within just one day, right from behind your own PC. At the end of the training, you should be able to understand: how to develop a Machine Learning problem formulation, how to design and train Machine Learning models for high dimensional data (Signals with spatial correlation such as images, and temporal correlation such as sequences) and how to develop applications using deep neural network models for classification, regression, and retrieval of high dimensional data. More information and registration is available here: https://helisacademy-trainingondeeplearning.eventbrite.nl<https://helisacademy-trainingondeeplearning.eventbrite.nl/> ?Best regards, The Helis Academy?

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Vacancy Lecturer Bioinformatic
by Bruggen Martijn van der 11 Sep '20

11 Sep '20

Dear all, There is an opportunity for an enthusiastic Lecturer Bioinformatics at Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen, https://www.han.nl/over-de-han/werken-bij-de-han/vacatures/docent-bio-infor… Partially participating in research at is an option. Please feel free to apply or share this link in your organization. Kind regards, Martijn van der Bruggen Drs. Martijn van der Bruggen | Academiemanager ATBC / docent bioinformatica | HAN_ University of Applied Sciences | Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen | Academie Toegepaste Biowetenschappen en Chemie | Postbus 6960, 6503 GL Nijmegen | Laan van Scheut 2 | LvS2 / 0.07 | M +31 6 55 20 63 44 | E Martijn.vanderBruggen(a)han.nl | www.han.nl<http://www.han.nl/> | werkdagen maandag, dinsdag, woensdag, donderdag, vrijdag. [cid:b98f6f48-2f5e-4e0c-b971-113871516d6b]

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Post-doc opportunity in viral computational biology [Marseille, France]
by Andreas Zanzoni 08 Sep '20

08 Sep '20

Hello, A 2 to 3-year post-doctoral position in viral computational biology and data analysis is available immediately to study the interaction networks between coronaviruses (including SARS-CoV-2) and the human host. The position is available immediately and will be open until filled. Applicants should contact both Christine Brun (christine-g.brun(a)inserm.fr) AND Andreas Zanzoni (andreas.zanzoni(a)univ-amu.fr) by sending a motivation letter including a CV with a list of publications (preprints included) and the contact information of at least two referees. More details at the following URL: https://tagc.univ-amu.fr/sites/tagc.univ-amu.fr/files/public/documents/ripc… Best, Andreas -- Andreas Zanzoni, PhD Aix-Marseille University Inserm TAGC UMR_S1090 Parc Scientifique de Luminy, Case 928 13288 Marseille cedex 9, France Tel: +33 4 91 82 87 12

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Open positions in a Luxemburgish start-up
by romain.tching＠ittm-solutions.com 07 Sep '20

07 Sep '20

Dear colleagues, We are currently looking for two new collaborators to join our team: * a scientific programmer * a scientific curator (in Life Science fields) Please find the descriptions for these positions attached to this mail, and do not hesitate to apply! Kind regards, Romain TCHING CHI YEN PhD Student ITTM S.A. (Information Technology for Translational Medicine) 27 Rue Henri Koch - House of BioHealth 4354 Esch-sur-Alzette Luxembourg <http://www.ittm-solutions.com/> http://www.ittm-solutions.com R.C.S. Luxembourg B179.199 - VAT LU 262 90 701 - Business License: 10038838 / 1 BIL LU87 0025 1541 8973 3300 - BILLLUL ----- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. -----

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New Training: Best practice in Research Data Management and Stewardship (5-8th Oct 2020)
by SAND Olivier 04 Sep '20

04 Sep '20

Dear all, In the context of the ELIXIR-CONVERGE<https://elixir-europe.org/news/elixir-converge-new-project-streamline-data-…> project and capacity building training actions, ELIXIR-FR<https://elixir-europe.org/about-us/who-we-are/nodes/france> and ELIXIR-LU<https://elixir-europe.org/about-us/who-we-are/nodes/luxembourg> are pleased to announce the training on "Best Practices in Research Data Management and stewardship<https://ifb-elixirfr.github.io/ELIXIR-DMP-DS-training/>". This training is targeting project managers, researchers and graduate students in bioinformatics and biomedical sciences who wish to improve their skills in data management. In addition to lectures, this training includes several hands-on sessions. The course will be held over four consecutive mornings. Course is 9:00-12:30 CET from 5th to 8th October, 2020. Due to COVID-19 and travel restriction, we have decided to deliver this course online. The registration is free but compulsory : https://ifb-elixirfr.github.io/ELIXIR-DMP-DS-training/Registration.html Participants are selected based on their motivation description, so please fill in that section of the application form. Registration closes 21.9.2020 and all applicants are informed about the selection results by 25.9.2020. With kind regards, Victoria Dominguez Del Angel and Olivier Sand Olivier Sand CNRS UMS3601 IFB-core/ UMS2014 - US41 - Plateformes Lilloises en Biologie & Santé +33 (0) 3 28 77 84 41 olivier.sand(a)cnrs.fr<mailto:olivier.sand@cnrs.fr>

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