News - Dash sponsor Conference on "Data Mining in Biomedicine"

February 16-18, 2004
University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL

Organizers:
Panos M. Pardalos, University of Florida
, Dash Optimization Inc.

In recent years, experimental methods in biomedicine have resulted in massive amounts of data. The urgent need for efficient methods of processing and understanding this data has resulted in the rapid development of a new exciting interdisciplinary research area - applying data mining techniques to the analysis of datasets arising in biomedical applications. Application areas include genome studies, cardiology, cancer diagnosis, neurology, etc.

Among the examples of considered datasets one can mention genome sequences, gene expression data, protein structural data, protein-protein interaction data, protein-DNA interaction data, as well as radiological data, and EEG data.

Data mining techniques play a crucial role in analyzing and integrating these large datasets, as well as in discovering the biological processes underlying these data.

The purpose of this conference is to bring together theoreticians and practitioners representing different fields - biomedicine, engineering, computer science - in attempt to share knowledge, ideas, and techniques.

For more information and to book your place please visit
http://www.ise.ufl.edu/cao/biomedicine/