Call for Papers       [pdf version]

The Fourth International Conference on Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications (BIC-TA 2009) will be held in Peking University, Beijing, following the successes of previous events.

BIC-TA 2009 aims to provide a high-level international forum for researchers with different backgrounds working in the main areas of natural computing inspired by biology to present their latest results and exchange ideas.

Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original and unpublished research in any aspect of bio-inspired computing. The topics of the conferences include (but are not limited to):

    Theories, methodologies and experimental results 

Neural networks

Evolutionary computing and genetic algorithms

DNA and molecular computing (including wet-lab results)

Membrane computing

Biological computing

Swarm intelligence

Autonomy-oriented computing

Cellular and molecular automata

     Applications

Bioinformatics and cheminformatics

Computational biology and drug design

Systems biology and synthetic biology

Computational genomics and proteomics

Computational neuroscience

Artificial life and artificial immune systems

Signal processing and pattern recognition

Data fusion, knowledge discovery and data mining

Natural language processing and expert systems

Computer security and computer vision

Biological implementation and molecular implementation

DNA nanotechnology

Web and networks

Multi-objective optimization

All submissions will be blind-reviewed by at least three experts in the field based on originality, significance, quality, and clarity.

All accepted papers will be published in the IEEE Xplore. Revised and additionally refereed versions of selected papers presented at BIC-TA 2009 will be published after the conference in several journals indexed by SCI (will be confirmed soon). Excellent papers and posters will be particularly encouraged.

 

Submission details

Papers are to be submitted in a template-free format. The length of the paper must not exceed 12 pages (single space, 12-point font), including     abstract, figures, tables and bibliography. The paper must contain an abstract with a length not exceeding 250 words. Papers are to be submitted electronically at http://www.bic-ta.org.

Conference web site

For more information about BIC-TA 2009, including details about registration, the conference location and invited speakers, please go to http://www.bic-ta.org.

Important Dates

Paper submissions due:  10, May 2009

Notification of acceptance: 10, July 2009

Revised manuscripts due: 30, July 2009

Conference: 16-19,October, 2009

Contacts

For more information about BIC-TA 2009, including details about registration, the conference location and invited speakers, please go to http://www.bic-ta.org

For inquiries, please contact the secretariat at bicta2009@gmail.com.