The 2nd Workshop on Computing and Communications from Biological Systems: Theory and Applications (CCBS)

to be held in conjunction with BIONETICS 2008
in cooperation with IPSJ SIGMPS and IPSJ SIGBIO

The Workshop on Computing and Communications from Biological Systems: Theory and Applications (CCBS 2008) solicits papers addressing fundamental theory of biological computing and communications (e.g., neural information processing, cell-cell communications, signal transduction, intracellular material transport). The workshop in particular focuses on theoretical approaches to understanding, quantifying, and maximizing computing and communications capabilities of biological systems. The workshop also focuses on novel applications that exploit biological systems. The specific topic areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Network topology and architectures for biological systems
• Modeling and simulations of computing and communications in biological systems
• Biologically inspired computing theory (e.g., membrane computing and P-systems)
• Information theory and coding theory for biological systems
• Unconventional information processing paradigms using biological materials, cellular components and living cells (e.g., tissue-based computing, cellular computing, chemical computing and field computing)
• Molecular computing and molecular communication
• Biocompatible computing and communications for nanomedicine, body sensor and actuator networks, and other novel applications
• Biological probabilistic computing/communications and its applications

The workshop will run as a half-day event during November 25-28, consisting of two distinct sessions; (a) biological computing and communications and (b) biologically inspired computing and communications. (Information about the first workshop is available at http://www.bionetics.org/2007/ccbs.shtml.)

Submission guidelines

Important dates

• Paper submission deadline: 9/06 (Sat)
• Notification of acceptance: 9/13 (Sat)
• Camera-ready manuscripts due: 9/20 (Sat)

Workshop chairs

• Jian-Qin Liu (liu[at]nict.go.jp), NICT (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology), Japan
• Tadashi Nakano (tnakano[at]ics.uci.edu), University of California, Irvine, USA

Advisory chair

• Kazuo Joe, Nara Women's University, Japan

TPC members (alphabetical order by last names)

• Yutaka Akiyama, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
• Rodney Albert Berry, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Sasitharan Balasubramaniam, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
• Gianni Di Caro, "Dalle Molle" Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA), Switzerland
• Wei Cheng, High Education Press, China
• Peter Dittrich, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany
• Junping Du, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunication, China
• Andrew Eckford, York University, Canada
• Csanad Imreh, Szeged University, Hungary
• Satoshi Kobayashi, University of Electro-Communications, Japan
• Jun Ni, University of Iowa, USA
• Taishin Y. Nishida, Toyama Prefectural University, Japan
• Takahiro Nitta, Gifu University, Japan
• Marion Oswald, Technical University of Austria, Austria
• Ion Petre, Academy of Finland / Åbo Akademi University, Finland
• Yasubumi Sakakibara, Keio University, Japan
• Jianwei Shuai, Xiamen University, China
• Martin Stetter, Siemens AG, Coprorate Technology, Germany
• Chen Sun, ATR Wave Engineering Labs, Japan
• Yoko Uwate, University of Zürich / ETH Zürich, Switzerland
• Xin Wang, Fudan Univeristy, Shanghai, China

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