[Sigmed-l] Call for Paper -- JASIST issue on Bioinformatics

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> > CALL FOR PAPERS
> >
> > Special Topics Issue of JASIST:  Bioinformatics
> >
> > The next special topics issue of the Journal of the American Society for
> > Information Science and Technology (JASIST), to appear in late 2003,
will > > be on the topic of bioinformatics. The guest editors will be Dr.
Bradley > > Hemminger and Dr. David Fenstermacher of the University of
North Carolina > > at Chapel Hill.
> >
> > Bioinformatics tools and methodologies for the management of biological
> > data, information, and knowledge are rapidly being developed and adopted
> > to address the massive growth of data generated by large scale research
> > efforts such as the Human Genome Project. Bioinformatics, the
application > > of information technology to the life sciences, is a
fertile research > > area for the information science field. While biology
is a specialized > > domain, the data explosion leaves it facing many of
the same core issues > > that information scientists and librarians have
addressed for decades: > > the design and management of information
retrieval systems; integration > > and querying of multiple heterogeneous
databases; novel data > > visualization tools; open metadata schemas and
ontologies; and methods > > for automated database curation and data
quality assurance.
> >
> > This special topic issue will provide an interdisciplinary forum for
> > researchers and practitioners to present innovative ideas and methods to
> > address current and future problems in bioinformatics, including the
> > areas of genomics, proteomics, and computational biology.
> >
> > Authors are invited to submit original papers in the area of
> > bioinformatics on topics including, but not limited to, the following:
> > · Large-scale database design and development
> > · Database integration
> > · Database quality assurance
> > · Information retrieval algorithms
> > · Metadata and ontological frameworks
> > · Visualization tools
> > · Interface design issues
> > · Legal / intellectual property issues
> >
> > Inquiries should be made to the guest editors by email, fax or
> > telephone.  Authors should inform the guest editors of their intent to
> > submit prior to submitting a manuscript.  Electronic submissions of
> > manuscripts in PDF or Word (97 or later) are recommended.  If
manuscripts > > are submitted in printed form, please send four copies of
the > > manuscript.  Inquires and submissions should be addressed to: > >
> > Dr. Bradley Hemminger
> > School of Information and Library Science
> > 206A Manning Hall
> > University of North Carolina
> > Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360
> >
> > Email:  bmh at ils.unc.edu
> > Phone: (919) 966-2998
> > Fax:     (919) 962-8071
> > Web:    http://ils.unc.edu/
> >
> > Important Dates
> > May 31, 2002:   Notification of intent to submit a manuscript
> > October 31, 2002:  Deadline for manuscript submission
> > January 31, 2003: Notification of acceptance/rejection of manuscripts
> > September 2003:  Final versions of manuscripts due
> > Late 2003:   Publication
> >
> > All manuscripts will be reviewed by a panel of referees.  Original
> > artwork and a signed copy of the copyright release form will be required
> > for all accepted papers.  A copy of the call for papers will be
available > > on the World Wide Web, as is further information about
JASIST, at > > http://www.asist.org/.
> >
> >