========================================================================= CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS (Papers, tools, tutorials, posters, presentations) CMSB 2020: The 18th International Conference on Computational Methods in Systems Biology https://cmsb2020.uni-saarland.de 23rd-25th September 2020, University of Konstanz (Germany) ========================================================================= !!! Update on organisational changes due to coronavirus situation We are considering to move CMSB2020 either partially or completely online. All submission deadlines are shifted for 15 days ahead. Please consult the conference webpage for the latest updates. ========================================================================= About CMSB 2020 solicits original research articles, posters, tutorials, and tool papers, on the analysis of biological systems, networks, data, and corresponding application domains. The conference brings together computer scientists, biologists, mathematicians, engineers, and physicists interested in a system-level understanding of biological processes. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - formalisms for modelling biological processes - models and their biological applications - frameworks for model verification, validation, analysis and simulation of biological systems - methods for synthetic biology and bio-molecular computing - machine learning, model inference from experimental data - model integration from biological databases - multi-scale modelling and analysis methods - collective behaviour - high-performance computational systems biology and parallel implementations In particular, the conference is open to theoretical works with potential applications to modelling and systems biology, as well as applications of existing frameworks to new models or that may provide new insights to existing models. Contributions should be submitted to one of the following categories: 1) Regular papers 2) Tool papers 3) Posters 4) Tutorials 5) Presentations of already published papers The proceedings of the two first categories of papers of CMSB 2020 will be published as a volume in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics series (LNCS/LNBI). Publication of extended versions of a selection of the papers in a special issue of a journal is under consideration. ========================================================================= Invited Speakers Iain Couzin, Max Planck Institute and the University of Konstanz, Germany Grégory Batt, Inria and Institute Pasteur, France Domitilla Del Vecchio, MIT, USA ========================================================================= Call for Submissions: ========================================================================= 1) Call for regular papers: Regular papers should describe original work that has not been previously published and is not under review for publication elsewhere. Papers must be written in English and must conform the LNCS style. They have to be submitted electronically as PDF files via EasyChair. The limit for submissions is 15 pages excluding bibliography and well-marked appendices. Each submission will be refereed rigorously by at least three reviewers. The reviewers are not required to read the appendices, and thus papers must be intelligible without them. Important Dates - Regular Paper Abstract presubmission: April 23, 2020 - Regular Paper submission: April 30, 2020 - Regular Paper notification: June 15, 2020 - Regular Paper Camera-ready: June 30, 2020 - Conference: September 23-25, 2020 Replicability and reproducibility: A paper may come with benchmarks, software, models, and so on. In order to encourage the development of reproducible results, the authors of accepted papers will be suggested to submit supplementary materials, so that the committee can evaluate the reproducibility of their work. ========================================================================= 2) Call for tool papers: Tool papers should present new tools, new tool components or novel extensions to existing tools supporting the modelling and analysis of biological systems. Each submission should be original and not published previously in a tool paper form. Papers must be written in English and must conform the LNCS style. They have to be submitted electronically as PDF files via EasyChair. The limit for submissions is 6 pages. Appendices will not be counted in the page limit. Papers must include information on methods, tool availability, maturity, selected experimental results. Authors should make their tools and benchmarks available at the time of submission for evaluation by the committee. Each submission must be accompanied by a supplementary material (in the form of appendix) illustrating the usage of the tool (e.g. screenshots, step-by-step guide, short tutorial) and, if applicable, how the tool demo will be conducted during the conference presentation. Presenters of accepted tool papers will be encouraged to include a showcase/running demo of the tool in their talk. Important Dates - Tool Paper Abstract presubmission: April 23, 2020 - Tool Paper submission: April 30, 2020 - Tool Paper notification: June 30, 2020 - Tool Paper Camera-ready: July 15, 2020 ========================================================================= 3) Call for posters: CMSB 2020 solicits original poster abstracts on the computational modelling and analysis of biological systems, pathways, networks, data, and corresponding application domains. We especially encourage poster submission from experimental biologists! Poster abstracts must conform the LNCS style. They have to be submitted electronically as PDF files via EasyChair. The limit for submissions is 2 pages. Important Dates - Poster abstract submission: June 15, 2020 - Poster notification: June 30, 2020 ========================================================================= 4) Call for tutorials: CMSB 2020 will host tutorials. Tutorials provide intensive courses on topics ranging from thoughts on the past, current, or future development of computational methods in systems biology to presentations and/or demonstrations of new tools and technologies. A slot in the tutorial track will normally be either 1 hour or 1 hour and a half. A short abstract (less than 2 pages) conforming the LNCS style shall be sent directly to the PC chairs (cmsb2020@easychair.org) Important Dates - Tutorial submission: April 01, 2020 - Tutorial notification: May 07, 2020 ========================================================================= 5) Call for presentations: Not all potential speakers are interested in publications in a proceedings. CMSB will host some talks without paper submission. The requirement is that the works to be presented have been already accepted in a journal. The PDF version of the article has to be submitted electronically, so as to help the committee to select the talks to be given at the conference. The committee will not review the article, since it has already been accepted for publication in a journal. Please indicate in the abstract field of the web-form to which journal the article has already been accepted. Important dates - Presentation submission: April 30, 2020 - Presentation notification: June 15, 2020 ========================================================================= PC co-Chairs - Alessandro Abate (University of Oxford, UK) - Tatjana Petrov (University of Konstanz, Germany) - Verena Wolf (University of Saarland, Germany) Tool Track Chair - David Šafránek (Masaryk University Brno, CZ) Local Organisation Chair - Tatjana Petrov (University of Konstanz, Germany) Steering Committee Alessandro Abate - University of Oxford (UK) - guest member Ezio Bartocci – Vienna University of Technology (Austria) – guest member Milan Češka – Brno University of Technology (Czech Republic) – guest member Finn Drablos – NTNU (Norway) François Fages – INRIA Saclay Île-de-France (France) Jérôme Feret – INRIA – Paris (France) – guest member David Harel – Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel) Monika Heiner – Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus (Germany) Heinz Köppl – Technische Universität Darmstadt (Germany) – guest member Pietro Lio’ – University of Cambridge (UK) – guest member Tommaso Mazza – IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza – Mendel (Italy) Satoru Miyano – University of Tokyo (Japan) Nicola Paoletti – Stony Brook University (USA) – guest member Tatjana Petrov - University of Konstanz (Germany) - guest member Gordon Plotkin – University of Edinburgh (UK) Corrado Priami – CoSBi / Microsoft Research, University of Trento (Italy) David Šafránek – Masaryk University (Czech Republic) – guest member Carolyn Talcott – SRI International (USA) Adelinde Uhrmacher – University of Rostock (Germany) Verena Wolf - Saarland University (Germany)