25-10-2012, 11:53 AM
Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing 2002/2003/2004
ABSTRACT
The Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing is an international, multidisciplinary conference covering current research in
the theory and the application of computational methods in problems of biological significance. Researchers from the USA,
the Asian Pacific nations and around the world gather each year at PSB to exchange research results and discuss open issues
in all aspects of computational biology. PSB provides a forum for work on databases, algorithms, interfaces, visualization,
modeling and other computational methods, as applied to biological problems. The data-rich areas of molecular biology are
emphasized. PSB is the only meeting in the bioinformatics field with sessions defined dynamically each year in response to
specific proposals from the participants. Sessions are organized by leaders in emerging areas to provide forums for publication
and for discussion of research in biocomputing hot topics. PSB therefore enables discussion of emerging methods and
approaches in this rapidly changing field. PSB has been designated as one of the major meetings in this field by the recently
established International Society for Computational Biology (see www.iscb.org). Papers and presentations are peer reviewed
typically with 3 reviews per paper plus editorial oversight from the conference organizers. The accepted papers are published
in an archival proceedings volume, which is indexed by PubMed, and electronically (see http://psb. stanford.edu/). Finally,
given the tight schedule from submission of papers to their publication, typically 5 to 5 1/2 months, the PSB proceedings each
year represents one of the most up-to-date surveys of current trends in bioinformatics.