Knowledge Discovery and Management in Biomedical Information Systems=

Knowl= edge Discovery and Management in Biomedical Information Systems

A Special Issue with

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Overview=

The rapid growth of research and development using different advanc= ed techniques, e.g. AI and Machine Learning, in biological and medical informa= tion systems has drawn worldwide attention on the management of knowledge discov= ered in, for instance, gene databases and public healthcare portals. However, challenges remain from various fundamental issues, e.g. difficulty in data acquisition and heterogeneity of biological information, to the lack of methodology that supports the fusion, processing and management of abundant biomedical and genomic data and eventually the management and interpretatio= n of knowledge that arises from such discoveries for the purpose of problem solv= ing and decision making in translational medicine, e.g. clinical medical practi= ce. Therefore, the goal of this special issue is to attract scientific research= ers and professionals in various backgrounds, e.g. computer science, biomedical informatics, information system, health care, biomedical science and engineering, and industrial system, to share their latest research endeavors and explore the frontiers of cutting-edge research of knowledge discovery a= nd management in biomedical information systems.

Topics and Scopes<= /o:p>

Interesting topics include, but are not limited to,

·         Information modeling in health care and biomedical systems

·         Health information technology\Information &a= mp; Communication Technology in biomedical science

·         Medical image retrieval and mining

·         Data\Tex\Web\Multimedia mining in bioinformatics, medical and health care

·         AI based clinical decision support

·         Social network mining in health care

·         Biomedical data acquisition and system engineering

·         Knowledge guided Human Computer Interaction i= n biomedical and health care professions

·         Knowledge based drug discovery and design (personalized drugs)

·         Semantic web and the management of biomedical and health care literature

·         Ontology induction and management in biologi= cal and medical professions

·         Ontology based biomedical and health care mi= ning and application

·         Biological database integration and manageme= nt

·         Computational genomics and related health assessment

·         Radio-frequency identification (RFID) and mobile database, computing and manage= ment in biomedical

·         Privacy and legal issues in medical informat= ion and knowledge management systems

·         Case study

·         …

The target audience of this special issue includes academic researchers, engineers, professionals working on the relevant topics in computer science, information system, biological, medical and health care professions, and industrial systems and the graduate students who wish to l= earn and spot the research opportunities in this rapidly growing area.

Important Dates

§         Announcement of CFP, 1st Nov, 2007

§         Manuscript submission deadline, 15th April, = 2008 ^new

§         First Review to be completed, 15th June, 200= 8 ^new

§         Notification to authors, 1st July, 2008

§         Deadline for receipt of revisions: 1st Augus= t, 2008

§         Second review to be completed, 1st October, = 2008

§         Notification to authors, 15th October, 2008<= o:p>

§         Final version, 15th November, 2008

§         Publication, early-mid 2009.

Submission

All papers must be original and are not published, submitted and/or currently under review elsewhere. Each submission will be peer reviewed according to the ISF’s standard and requirement.

Authors are first invited to forward a brief intent which clearly a= ddresses the main content, issues and potential contributions of your final manuscri= pt to the Guest Editors. For the manuscripts, authors should follow the ISF’s format requirement, in preparing their full papers. More details can be found at http://www.som.buffalo.edu/isinterf= ace/ISFrontiers/ or at Springer’s Instructions for Authors= .

Please direct all your correspondence, intent and manuscript submissions to the Guest Editors through email. We will acknowledge you upon our receipt of your intent and full paper.

Guest Editors

Ying LIU (PhD)<= /p>
Lecturer

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Email: mfyliu@polyu.edu.hk

http://myweb.polyu.edu.hk/~mfyliu/

Lawrence Wing-Chi CHAN= (PhD)

Assistant Professor

Department of Health Technology and Informatics

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Email: htlchan@inet.polyu.edu.hk

http://www.polyu.edu.hk/hti/astaff_= CV/Lawrence.htm

Chi-Ren Shyu (PhD)

Associate Professor

Department of Computer Science &

Institute of Informatics

University of Missouri-Columbia

Email: shyuc@missouri.edu

http://diglib1.cecs.missouri.edu/pe= opledetail.php?ppid=3D1

Ying Liu (PhD)<= /p>
Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science &

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology

University of Texas at Dallas

Email: ying.liu@utdallas.edu

http://www.utdallas.edu/~ying.liu/