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2nd CALL FOR PAPERS
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8th Workshop on Membrane Computing (WMC8)
June 25-28, 2007
Thessaloniki, Greece
http://www.seerc.org/wmc8/
wmc8@???
City College
http://www.city.academic.gr
South-Eastern European Research Centre - SEERC
http://www.seerc.org
Under the auspices of
the European Molecular Computing Consortium - EMCC
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IMPORTANT DATES
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SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: April 16, 2007
NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE: May 4, 2007
CAMERA READY PAPERS: May 14, 2007
REGISTRATION FOR AUTHORS (early): May 14, 2007
FINAL PROGRAMME: June 1, 2007
LATE REGISTRATION: June 18, 2007
WORKSHOP: June 25-28, 2007
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INVITED SPEAKERS
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LUCA BIANCO (Verona, Italy)
"Psim: A computational platform for metabolic P systems"
bianco@???
PIERLUIGI FRISCO (Edinburgh, UK)
"Dynamics of HIV infection studied with Cellular Automata
and conformon-P systems"
pier@???
NATALIO KRASNOGOR (Nottingham, UK)
"Simulating the microstructure of membranes in P-systems"
Natalio.Krasnogor@???
ALBERTO LEPORATI (Milano, Italy)
"Quantum UREM P Systems"
leporati@???
ANDREA MAGGIOLO-SCHETTINI (Pisa, Italy)
"The Calculus of Looping Sequences for Modelling Biological Membranes"
maggiolo@???
GHEORGHE STEFAN (USA)
"Membrane Computing in Connex Environment"
gstefan@???
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GOAL
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To bring together researchers working in membrane computing and
related areas, such as computational biology, DNA computing,
artificial life, theory of computation etc. in a friendly atmosphere
enhancing communication and cooperation.
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WORKSHOP INFORMATION
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OFFICIAL LANGUAGE:
The official language of the workshop is English.
PAPER SUBMISSION:
Authors should submit a full paper (of a reasonable length)
or a (very) extended abstract, electronically to Gh. Paun (gpaun@???),
Format: Latex, standard article style.
The pre-proceedings will be available during the workshop.
PROCEEDINGS:
A volume in Lecture Notes in Computer Science series by Springer-Verlag,
for selected (and additionally refereed) papers, will be published after
the meeting. Details will be given during the workshop.
LOCATION:
The workshop will take place in Thessaloniki, one of the oldest cities
in Europe and the second largest city in Greece. The easiest way to get
to Thessaloniki is by a direct flight to the city's airport named
"Macedonia" (13km from city's centre). For location maps and more
travel directions please check the workshop's web site.
REGISTRATION:
Early Registration Fee for Authors or Participants: 150 EURO
Late registration (after June 18, 2007 ): 180 EURO
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COMMITTEES
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ORGANISING COMMITTEE:
* George Eleftherakis - Chair
* Kostas Dimopoulos
* Petros Kefalas
* Ioanna Stamatopoulou
* Ognen Paunovski (Secretariat)
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
* Gabriel Ciobanu (Iasi, Romania)
* Erzsebet Csuhaj-Varju (Budapest, Hungary)
* Rudolf Freund (Vienna, Austria)
* Pierluigi Frisco (Edinburgh, UK)
* Marian Gheorghe (Sheffield, UK)
* Oscar H. Ibarra (Santa Barbara, CA, USA)
* Petros Kefalas (Thessaloniki, Greece) - Co-Chair
* Vincenzo Manca (Verona, Italy)
* Giancarlo Mauri (Milano, Italy)
* Linqiang Pan (Wuhan, China)
* Gheorghe Paun (Bucharest, Romania, and Sevilla, Spain) - Chair
* Mario J. Perez-Jimenez (Sevilla, Spain)
* Athina Vakali (Thessaloniki, Greece)
SECRETERIAT (Ognen Paunovski):
wmc8@???
WORKSHOP WEB SITE:
http://www.seerc.org/wmc8/
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