Call-for-papers: special issue on next-gen sequencing of IJFIPM

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International Journal of Functional Informatics and Personalized Medicine (IJFIPM)


Special Issue Focus: Models, algorithms, tools and applications for Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) data analysis

Deadline for abstract (up to 300 words) submission: Feb, 29, 2012

Guest Editors: Dongxiao Zhu, Wayne State University, USA; Kun Huang, The Ohio State University, USA.

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of International Journal of Functional Informatics and Personalized Medicine (IJFIPM): Models, algorithms, tools and applications for Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) data analysis. We would like to invite you to submit a paper to an upcoming special issue of IJFIPM focused on advances in the area of methods and applications of Next-Generation Sequencing. We invite you to submit papers with unpublished, original research describing recent advances on the areas related to this special issue. All papers will undergo peer review by the guest editors and reviewers.

This special issue is envisioned to be a cornerstone of a broader effort directed toward refining the journal’s scope to embrace the latest developments in next-generation sequencing. NGS is becoming one of the standard high throughput data acquisition techniques that finds its application to genome, epigenome, and transcriptome research. NGS data has unprecedented dynamic range and sensitivity, while introducing nontrivial informatics challenges to the bioinformatics research community. Accelerated development of computing infrastructure, massive storage, sophisticated data analysis methods and scalable computational tools are in great demand to catch up with the rapid increase of the throughput. The goal of this special issue is to bring together the NGS researchers to communicate research results, share new ideals and networking. The main interests of the special issue concern new models, methods, algorithms and tools for NGS data analysis as well as applications to address important biological problems, as well as developing clinic applications for the disease diagnosis and treatment. Research topics include, but are not limited to:

• New analysis, data mining, and pattern recognition methods for NGS data
• Database and management of NGS data
• Data compression techniques for storing NGS data
• Data visualization methods and tools
• New methods for integrating multiple types of NGS data or NGS data with other data types
• Parallel computing/cloud computing/GPU computing technologies for NGS data processing
• NGS applications for novel disease biomarker discovery by integrative approach
• Computational frameworks and novel algorithms for identifying structural variations (i.e. large indels, inversions, and translocations) that may be related to complex diseases especially for cancers based on NGS data

Functional informatics and personalized medicine in the new era of biomedical sciences and computational sciences are interactive disciplines that hold great promise for the advancement of cutting-edge research and development in biomedical informatics and pharmaceutical sciences. Research and advances in these two areas influence broad ranges from biomedical engineering to computer science. IJFIPM, in partnership with the International Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine, is dedicated to promoting the research, education and awareness of the two areas. IJFIPM provides a common platform for the cross-fertilization of ideas by bridging important and complementary disciplines into an interactive and attractive forum.
Production Schedule

• Feb 29 2012 Proposals (up to 300 words) due to the guest editors Dongxiao Zhu ([email protected]) and Kun Huang ([email protected])
• March 31 2012. Authors notified of invitation for full manuscripts
• May 31 2012 Complete manuscripts due for review
• June 15 2012 Review results back to authors
• September 2012 Publication of the special issue