Announcements: Conferences and Events

The Society for Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting, 1997 Sunday, Aug. 3 to Wed., Aug. 6, 1997 at North Carolina State Univ. in Raleigh, NC. The NCSU Biomathematics Graduate Program will serve as the local host with additional local support from other biomathematicians in the Research Triangle Area. The program will include sessions on a diverse set of topics (excitable media, immunology, molecular biology,pharmacokinetics and toxiciology, etc) with a format of 1 or 2 invited speakers per session followed by contributed papers. The role of complexity, computation and stochastics will be emphasized. For more information, contact Charlie Smith at bmasmith@eos.ncsu.edu, voice mail 919-515-1907, FAX 919-515-1909. http://www.stat.ncsu.edu/smb/97meeting.html

International Conference on Deterministic and Stochastic Modelling of Biointeraction Destobio'97 August 28th - 31st, 1997, Sofia, BULGARIA We announce the above international conference organized by the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics and the Central Laboratory for Parallel Processes at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. This meeting will be held in Sofia, the Capital of Bulgaria. Topics of the conference include: Deterministic and stochastic approaches to mathematical modelling in population dynamics; epidemiology; immunology; genetics; neurophysiology; molecular biology; cell biology; pattern formation; bioecology; Computational biomathematics. COMMUNICATION: E-mail is prefered. A registration form should be completed. Unless the prospective participant requests ordinary mail or fax, all information will be sent electronically. Send e-mail to destobio@iscbg.acad.bg and ordinary mail to Dr. Tanya Kostova, Institute of Mathematics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev str., block 8, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria fax: (+3592) 971 36 49 http://www.math.acad.bg/special/destobio.html

Cells "Biological, Medical and Ecological Aspects": Mathematical Models and Methods Saint-Flour, June 14-15, 1997. Organized by P. Auger, President of the F.S.T.B, O.Arino, M.Kimmel, J.C.Poggiale, P.Tracqui The French Society for Theoretical Biology invites participation and contribution to a two-day Conference. The Conference follows a Summer School on Biology and Mathematics of Cell Proliferation. It will focus on mathematical models of cells on a variety of subjects including Mechanisms of the cell cycle, molecular to population level; Cells in the chemostat; Cell migration; Cell population models of the HIV infected immune systems and others. Each day, there will be a single session. In order to allow the largest number of contributions each speaker will be given 20 mn (including questions and comments). About 50 talks will be presented during the two days. Due to the limitation of space, attendance will be limited to a maximum of 100 people. Deadline for applications: February 28, 1997. For more information, or an application form, please contact Ovide Arino, Department of Mathematics, University of Pau, 64000 Pau, France, ph: (33)5 59 80 83 18, fax: (33)5 59 92-32-00, e-mail: arino@crisv2.univ-pau.fr

International Conference on "Control of Oscillations and Chaos" Saint-Petersburg, RUSSIA, August 27-29, 1997 ORGANIZERS: St.Petersburg Informatics and Control Society, St.Petersburg State University, Institute for Problems of Mechanical Engineering of Russian Academy of Sciences For information please contact: Prof.A.L.Fradkov, The Institute for Problems of Mechanical Engineering, 61 Bolshoy ave. V.O., 199178, St.Petersburg, RUSSIA, Tel: +7(812)217-8185, Fax: +7(812)217-8614, E-mail: coc97@ccs.ipme.ru Information can also be obtained from the web-site in Russia http://www.ipme.ru/coc97.html or the USA web site http://www.egr.uh.edu/Departments/ECE/Conferences/coc97.html

Bio-Computing and Emergent Computation Sept 1-2,1997 Skovde, Sweden BCEC97 is intended to be a general forum for presenting and disseminating current research in biocomputing and emergent computation. The aims are to strengthen this research area in Sweden and to allow researchers to discuss and identify: common approaches, models and techniques; appropriate levels for explaining emergent computation and cognition; future developments in biological hardware and bioengineering; short-term and long-term applications. For more information visit the WWW page http://www.his.se/ida/~bcec/. or contact Bjorn Olsson, Department of Computer Science, University of Skovde, Box 408, 541 28 Skovde, Sweden; phone +46-500-464716, fax +46-500-464725, email bjorne@ida.his.se http://www.his.se/ida/~bjorne/

Meeting in Honor of Darcy Thompson Sept 20-24, 1998 in Dundee, Scotland Information is not currently available, but contact the organiser, Mark A.J. Chaplain at http://www.mcs.dundee.ac.uk:8080/~chaplain/ Dr. Mark A.J. Chaplain, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, e-mail: chaplain@mcs.dundee.ac.uk tel: 01382 345369 FAX: 01382 345516

Mobil Computing in the Field 25-26, September 1997 University of Kent, Canterbury, UK The Mobile and Context-aware Computing Group at UKC is organizing an interdisciplinary conference on the use of mobile computers, Global Positioning Systems and mobile communications to support fieldwork. It will interest ecologists, environmental scientists, archaeologists and other fieldworkers, and computer scientists and engineers interested in the challenges which fieldwork presents. For more information see the web page http://www.ukc.ac.uk/computer_science/Html/MobiComp/ or contact: Dr David R. Morse, Email: D.R.Morse@ukc.ac.uk Computing Laboratory, Phone: (01227) 764000 extn 7571 University of Kent, Direct dial: (01227) 827571 Canterbury, Fax: (01227) 762811 Kent CT2 7NF. United Kingdom

Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing January 4-9, 1998 Kapalua, Maui (Hawaii) The third Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB), will be held January 4-9, 1998 in Maui, Hawaii. PSB will bring together top researchers from North America, the Asian Pacific nations, Europe and around the world to exchange research results and address open issues in all aspects of computational biology. PSB will provide a forum for the presentation of work in databases, algorithms, interfaces, visualization, modeling and other computational methods, as applied to biological problems, with emphasis on applications in data-rich areas of molecular biology. PSB intends to attract a balanced combination of computer scientists and biologists, presenting significant original research, demonstrating computer systems, and facilitating formal and informal discussions on topics of importance to computational biology. Paper submissions due: July 14, 1997 Notification of paper acceptance: August 22, 1997 Final paper deadline September 22, 1997 Abstract deadline October 1, 1997 Meeting January 4-9, 1998 For more information see the web page http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/psb or contact: Norma Belfer PSB Conference Coordinator UCSF Computer Graphics Laboratory Box 0446 513 Parnassus Avenue San Francisco, California 94143-0446 email: psb@cgl.ucsf.edu fax: +1 (415) 476-0688 tel: +1 (415) 476-5128

Mathematical Modelling in Medicine 25,26 September, 1997 Roskilde University, DENMARK The BioMath Group at Roskilde University is involved in the development of advanced simulators which can be used as laboratories for cognitive studies of medical reasoning in various critical situations (e.g. anaesthesia, cardiological intensive care units). Construction of advanced simulators must be based on deep detailed mathematical models of physiological processes. Consequently, an important goal of the BioMath Group is to develop, implement, and validate models based on fundamental physiological and biological principles. This conference will focus on these fundamental goals. The work is inherently interdisciplinary and the conference will bring together medical experts in physiology and anaesthesiology, mathematical modelling and cognitive engineering. For more information contact: Johnny Ottesen: tel. +45 46757711 ext. 2298, fax: +45 46755065, email: johnny@ruc.dk., or Stig Andur Pedersen: tel. +45 46757711 ext. 2265, fax: +45 46755065, email: sap@ruc.dk. at: IMFUFA, RUC, Postbox 260, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark

Fifth International Conference Mathematical Population Dynamics June 20 - 24, 1998 in Zakopane, Poland The Fifth International Conference on Mathematical Population Dynamics will be an interdisciplinary forum where applied mathematicians, statisticians, engineers, computer scientists, biologists, epidemiologists, biomedical scientists and ecologists can share their experiences.It will concern mathematical modeling of populations at various levels, including biomolecules, genes and cells, and other topics of population biology, epidemiology and ecology. The meeting will focus on mathematical theory, model analysis and modeling of quantitative data in these fields. For more information, please contact: Mr. Jaroslaw Smieja, Department of Automatic Control, Silesian Technical University, Akademicka 16, 44-101 Gliwice, POLAND E-mail: jsmieja@peach.ia.polsl.gliwice.pl Fax: (+48 32) 371165

Molecular Biophysics of the Cytoskeleton August 18-22, 1997 Banff, Alberta, Canada. The aim of this workshop is to review the state of the art in the field and to formulate the key questions which remain unanswered. Such a group of experts might outline possible schemes to attack these problems. Any solutions would undoubtedly involve both international and interdisciplinary collaboration. The ultimate purpose is to foster a multi-disciplinary investigation of the molecular biophysics of the cytoskeleton. For more information see the web page http://fermi.phys.ualberta.ca/~biophys/ or contact: Jack Tuszynski, Phone: (403) 492-3579, Dept. of Physics , Fax: (403) 492-0714, University of Alberta, Email: biophys@phys.ualberta.ca, Edmonton AB T6G 2J1, Canada

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