***** CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION ***** FIRST WORLD CONGRESS ON COMPUTATIONAL MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH 24-28 April 1994 Hyatt Regency Hotel Austin, Texas compmed94@chpc.utexas.edu (this notice may be reposted/cross posted/circulated) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Conference Chair: Matthew Witten, UT System Center For High Performance Computing, Austin, Texas - m.witten@chpc.utexas.edu *Conference Directorate: Regina Monaco, Mt. Sinai Medical Center * Dan Davison, University of Houston * Chris Johnson, University of Utah * Lisa Fauci, Tulane University * Daniel Zelterman, University of Minnesota Minneapolis * James Hyman, Los Alamos National Laboratory * Richard Hart, Tulane University * Dennis Duke, SCRI-Florida State University * Sharon Meintz, University of Nevada Los Vegas * Dean Sittig, Vanderbilt University * Dick Tsur, World Bank and UT System CHPC * Dan Deerfield, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center * Istvan Gyori, Szeged University School of Medicine Computing Center *Conference Theme: The appearance of high-performance computing environments has greatly enhanced the capabilities of the biomedical modeler. With increasing frequency, computational sciences are being exploited as a means with which to investigate biomedical processes at all levels of complexity, from molecular to systemic to demographic. The emergence of an increasing number of players in this field has lead to the subsequent emergence of a new transdisciplinary field which we call Computational Medicine and Public Health. The purpose of this congress is to bring together a transdisciplinary group of researchers in medicine, public health, computer science, mathematics, nursing, veterinary medicine, ecology, allied health, as well as numerous other disciplines, for the purposes of examining the grand challenge problems of the next decades. Young scientists are encouraged to attend and to present their work in this increasingly interesting discipline. Funding is being solicited from NSF, NIH, DOE, Darpa, EPA, and private foundations, as well as other sources to assist in travel support and in the offsetting of expenses for those unable to attend otherwise. Papers, poster presentations, tutorials, focussed topic workshops, birds of a feather groups, demonstrations, and other suggestions are solicited in, but are not limited to the following areas: *Visualization/Sonification --- medical imaging --- molecular visualization as a clinical research tool --- simulation visualization --- microscopy --- visualization as applied to problems arising in computational molecular biology and genetics or other non-traditional disciplines *Computational Molecular Biology and Genetics --- computational ramifications of clinical needs in the Human Genome, Plant Genome, and Animal Genome Projects --- computational and grand challenge problems in molecular biology and genetics --- algorithms and methodologies --- issues of multiple datatype databases *Computational Pharmacology, Pharmacodynamics, Drug Design *Computational Chemistry as Applied to Clinical Issues *Computational Cell Biology, Physiology, and Metabolism --- Single cell metabolic models (red blood cell) --- Cancer models --- Transport models --- Single cell interaction with external factors models (laser, ultrasound, electrical stimulus) *Computational Physiology and Metabolism --- Renal System --- Cardiovascular dynamics --- Liver function --- Pulmonary dynamics --- Auditory function, coclear dynamics, hearing --- Reproductive modeling: ovarian dynamics, reproductive ecotoxicology, modeling the hormonal cycle --- Metabolic Databases and metabolic models *Computational Demography, Epidemiology, and Statistics/Biostatistics --- Classical demographic, epidemiologic, and biostatistical modeling --- Modeling of the role of culture, poverty, and other sociological issues as they impact healthcare *Computational Disease Modeling --- AIDS --- TB --- Influenza --- Other *Computational Biofluids --- Blood flow --- Sperm dynamics --- Modeling of arteriosclerosis *Computational Dentistry, Orthodontics, and Prosthetics *Computational Veterinary Medicine --- Computational issues in modeling non-human dynamics such as equine, feline, canine dynamics (physiological/biomechanical) *Computational Allied Health Sciences --- Physical Therapy --- Neuromusic Therapy --- Resiratory Therapy *Computational Radiology --- Dose modeling --- Treatment planning *Computational Surgery --- Simulation of surgical procedures in VR worlds --- Surgical simulation as a precursor to surgical intervention *Computational Cardiology *Computational Neurobiology and Neurophysiology --- Brain modeling --- Single neuron models --- Neural nets and clinical applications --- Neurophysiological dynamics --- Neurotransmitter modeling --- Neurological disorder modeling (Alzheimers Disease, for example) *Computational Biomechanics --- Bone Modeling --- Joint Modeling *The role of alternate reality methodologies and high performance environments in the medical and public health disciplines *Issues in the use of high performance computing environments in the teaching of health science curricula *The role of high performance environments for the handling of large medical datasets (high performance storage environments, high performance networking, high performance medical records manipulation and management, metadata structures and definitions) *Federal and private support for transdisciplinary research in computational medicine and public health *Contact: To contact the congress organizers for any reason use any of the following Electronic Mail - compmed94@chpc.utexas.edu Fax (USA) - (512) 471-2445 Phone (USA) - (512) 471-2472 Compmed 1994 University of Texas System CHPC Balcones Research Center, 1.154CMS 10100 Burnet Road Austin, Texas 78758-4497 *Submission Procedures: Authors must submit 5 copies of a single-page 50-100 word abstract clearly discussing the topic of their presentation. In addition, authors must clearly state their choice of poster, contributed paper, tutorial, exhibit, focussed workshop or birds of a feather group along with a discussion of their presentation. Abstracts will be published as part of the preliminary conference material. To notify the congress organizing committee that you would like to participate and to be put on the congress mailing list, please fill out and return the form that follows this announcement. You may use any of the contact methods above. *Conference Deadlines: The following deadlines should be noted: 1 October 1993 - Notification of interest in participation 1 November 1993 - Abstracts for talks/posters/workshops/birds of a feather sessions/demonstrations 15 January 1994 - Notification of acceptance of abstract 15 February 1994 - Application for financial aid ============================= INTENT TO PARTICIPATE ========================== First Name: Middle Initial (if available): Family Name: Your Professional Title: [ ]Dr. [ ]Professor [ ]Mr. [ ]Mrs. [ ]Ms. [ ]Other:__________________ Office Phone (desk): Office Phone (message): Home/Evening Phone (for emergency contact): Fax: Electronic Mail (Bitnet): Electronic Mail (Internet): Postal Address: Institution or Center: Building Code: Mail Stop: Street Address1: Street Address2: City: State: Country: Zip or Country Code: Please list your three major interest areas: Interest1: Interest2: Interest3: ===================================================================