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6:45am - 5:00pm:  Registration (Second Floor, Conference Lobby: 1-5)


SESSION 21-BIOCOMP: APPLICATION OF ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES AND MATHEMATICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
                  Chair: Lavanya Devi Golagani, Andhra University, India
                  July 17, 2008 (Thursday); 08:00am - 10:20am
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 5)

08:00 - 08:20am:  A Group Monitoring Wireless System for Health Care Monitoring
                  Alessandro Brawerman* and Mauricio Perreto
                  University of Positivo, Curitiba, Brazil

08:20 - 08:40am:  Reverse Engineering Module Networks by PSO-RNN Hybrid Modeling
                  Yuji Zhang**, Jianhua Xuan**, Benildo G. de los Reyes***, Robert Clarke*,
                  and Habtom W. Ressom*
                  *Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown Univ., Washington, DC, USA
                  **Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia
                  ***University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA

08:40 - 09:00am:  Stochastic Simulation Algorithms for Chemical Reactions
                  Tae-Hyuk Ahn*, Yang Cao, and Layne T. Watson
                  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA

09:00 - 09:20am:  A Full Dimensional Numerical Study of Pulsatile Human Blood Flow
                  in Aortic Arch
                  Renat A. Sultanov*, Dennis Guster, Brent Engelbrekt and
                  Richard Blankenbecler; St. Cloud State University, USA

09:20 - 09:40am:  Long-Term HIV Dynamics: Mathematical Modeling and Optimal Control
                  M. M. Hadjiandreou*, R. Conejeros, V. S. Vassilidis, and D. I. Wilson
                  University of Cambridge, UK

09:40 - 10:00am:  No Tale in The Tail
                  Dayananda Sagar Gangadharaiah** and Sridhar Ramachandran*
                  *Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, Indiana, USA
                  **Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA

10:00 - 10:20am:  FREE SLOT

10:20 - 10:40am:  BREAK


SESSION 22-BIOCOMP: (CONCURRENT SESSION with 26-BIOCOMP)
                  MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS AND METHODS
                  Chair: Dr. Diana Magalhaes de Oliveira
                  Universidade Estadual do Ceara, Brazil
                  July 17, 2008 (Thursday); 10:40am - 12:20pm
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 5)

10:40 - 11:00am:  Observation and Reporting Experiments Undertaken in the Development
                  of an Image Description Language for the Reporting by Pathologists
                  of the Grading of Cancers
                  Jon Plumley*, Richard A. Gatward*, Alison G. Todman*,
                  Raouf N. G. Naguib*, and Mark K. Bennett**
                  *Coventry University, United Kingdom
                  **Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, United Kingdom

11:00 - 11:20am:  MATCH: A Decision Support System for Integration of Biomedical Data
                  Jawed Siddiqi*, Babak Akhgar*, Sally Atkinson*, Alicia Grudz*,
                  Alexandra Ihatowicz*, Massimo** and Lorenzo**, and Peter Scriven***
                  *Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom
                  **Fondazione IOM, Italy
                  ***Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom

11:20 - 11:40am:  Laryngeal Pathology Detection by LPC and LPC-Based Cepstral Analysis
                  Silvana Cunha Costa*, Benedito G. Aguiar Neto and Joseana M. Fechine 
                  Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil

11:40 - 12:00pm:  Recirculation in Vascular Access for Hemodialysis Treatment by
                  Employ the On-Line Mesuring System of Urea in Blood
                  Gustavo Adolfo Martinez
                  Military Hospital Center, Mexico City

12:00 - 12:20pm:  FREE SLOT

12:20 - 01:00pm:  LUNCH (On Your Own)


SESSION 23-BIOCOMP: (CONCURRENT SESSION with 26-BIOCOMP)
                  STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF MACRO MOLECULES + STRUCTURE ALIGNMENT I
                  Chair: TBA
                  July 17, 2008 (Thursday); 01:00pm - 03:00pm
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 5)

01:00 - 01:20pm:  Inverse Protein Folding in 3D Hexagonal Prism Lattice Under HP Model
                  Arvind Gupta, Alireza Hadj Khodabakhshi*, Jan Manuch, and Arash Rafiey
                  Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada

01:20 - 01:40pm:  Noise Tolerance of Universal Similarity Metric Applied to Protein
                  Contact Map Comparison in Two Dimensions
                  Sara Rahmati* and Janice Glasgow; Queen's University, Canada

01:40 - 02:00pm:  Protein Fold Family Recognition From Unassigned Residual
                  Dipolar Coupling Data
                  Rishi Mukhopadhyay, Paul Shealy, and Homayoun Valafar*
                  University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

02:00 - 02:20pm:  A New Algorithm for RNA Secondary Structure Prediction and Fast
                  Method for Prediction of Simple H-type Pseudoknots
                  Oyun-Erdene Namsrai* and Keun Ho Ryu
                  Chungbuk National University, Korea 

02:20 - 02:40pm:  Automated Assignment of Backbone Resonances Using Residual
                  Dipolar Couplings Acquired from a Protein with Known Structure
                  P. Shealy, R. Mukhopadhyay, S. Smith, and H. Valafar*
                  University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

02:40 - 03:00pm:  Bivariate Estimator for cDNA Microarray Images Using Complex Wavelets
                  Tamanna Howlader* and Yogendra P. Chaubey
                  Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada


03:00 - 03:40pm:  DISCUSSION SESSION C-BIOCOMP (Refreshments will be available)
                  July 17, 2008 (Thursday)
                  (LOCATION: Hallways - Ballrooms 1-5)

                  O. Analysis of Microarray Titration Experiments
                     Ionut Bebu*, Francoise Seillier-Moiseiwitsch and Hongfang Liu
                     Georgetown University,  USA
                  O. Platescale: The Birthday Problem Applied to Single Molecule PCR
                     Chris Stowers and Erik Boczko; Vanderbilt University, USA
                  O. A Strategy for High Throughput Microarray Oligo Probe Design Using
                     454 and Sanger Sequencing Data of Eisenia Fetida Expressed Sequence Tags
                     Ping Gong, Mehdi Pirooznia, Youping Deng, Xin Guan, Chaoyang Zhang,
                     Chun Liang, and Edward J. Perkins
                     SpecPro Inc., USA; University of Southern Mississippi, USA;
                     Miami University, USA
                  O. Constrained Competitive Learning Algorithm for DNA Microarray Gene
                     Expression Data Analysis
                     Shuanhu Wu, Hong Yan, Qingshang Zeng, Yanjie Zhang and Yibin Song
                     Yantai university, China; City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong;
                     University of Sydney, Australia
                  O. Hybrid Approach Based on Principal Component and Multiple Discriminant
                     Analysis for Microarray Classification
                     Arwa Al-Sultan and M. Arif Wani; King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
                  O. BindN+ for Improved Prediction of DNA or RNA Binding Residues in
                     Protein Sequences Using Evolutionary Information
                     Liangjiang Wang; Clemson University, USA
                  O. Protein-Protein Interaction Detection from Primary Structure Using
                     Support Vector Machine
                     Taskeed Jabid, Mohammad Shoyaib, Syed Murtuza Baker, Firoz Anwar,
                     and Md. Mehedi Hasan; East West University, Bangladesh
                  O. Statistical Analysis on Detecting Signals of Adverse Drug Events
                     with Drug-Drug Interactions
                     Yu-Ting Huang, Shih-Fang Lin, and Von-Wun Soo
                     National Tsing Hua Univ., Taiwan; National Univ. of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
                  O. Development of a Human Arm-Liked Robotic Surgical System with
                     Force Measurement for Laparoscopic Surgery
                     Ki-Young Kim*, Ho-Seok Song and Jung-Ju Lee; KAIST, Korea
                  O. Dynamic Graph-based Relational Learning of Temporal Patterns in
                     Biological Networks Changing over Time
                     Chang Hun You, Lawrence B. Holder and Diane J. Cook
                     Washington State University, USA
                  O. A Stepwise Generalization Method for Extracting Minimum
                     Generalized Set of Mismatch Clusters
                     Hiroaki Kimura, Hajime Kitakami, Kotaro Araki and Keiichi Tamura
                     Hiroshima City University, Japan
                  O. A Robust Network Alignment Algorithm for Detecting Evolutionarily
                     Conserved Networks and Protein Complexes Across Species
                     Yu-Chun Lin, Hsiang-Yuan Yeh, Cheng-Yu Yeh and Von-Wun Soo
                     National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
                  O. Identification of Gene Using Machine Learning Technique
                     Firoz Anwar, Syed Murtuza Baker, Mohammad Shoyaib, Taskeed Jabid,
                     and Mehedi Hasan; East West University, Bangladesh
                  O. A Case Study of Genetic influence via Principal Component
                     Analysis and Bayesian Factor Analysis
                     Gaolin Zheng, Tonny Sangutei and Yingjun Cao
                     North Carolina Central University, USA
                  O. Fuzzy Ontology Based Querying
                     Ana Aguilera, Leonid Tineo, and Harold Vasquez
                     Universidad de Carabobo, Venezuela


SESSION 24-BIOCOMP: (CONCURRENT SESSION with 27-BIOCOMP)
                  STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF MACRO MOLECULES + STRUCTURE ALIGNMENT II
                  Chair: Dr. Qiang Cheng, Southern Illinois University, USA
                  July 17, 2008 (Thursday); 03:40pm - 05:40pm
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 5)

03:40 - 04:00pm:  Blueprint for an Algorithm for Conformational Transformation
                  Tolerant Search Through a Database of Protein Structures
                  I. Mihalek; Bioinformatics Institute, A*STAR, Singapore

04:00 - 04:20pm:  Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Folding and Insertion of the
                  Ebola Virus Fusion Peptide into a Membrane Bilayer
                  Mark A. Olson, In-Chul Yeh, and Michael S. Lee
                  Institute of Infectious Diseases, USA

04:20 - 04:40pm:  Analysis of Protein-Ligand Interactions Using Localized
                  Stereochemical Features
                  Reetal Pai, James C. Sacchettini, and Thomas R. Ioerger
                  Texas A&M University, USA

04:40 - 05:00pm:  New Algorithm and Web Server for Finding Proteins with Similar
                  3D Structures
                  Zaixin Lu, Zhiyu Zhao, Sergio Garcia, and Bin Fu
                  University of Texas Pan American, USA

05:00 - 05:20pm:  GIPSCo: A Method for Comparison of Protein Structures Based on
                  Geometric Invariants
                  Sandeep Deshmukh, Aniket Dalal, and Pramod P. Wangikar
                  Indian Institute of Technology, India

05:20 - 05:40pm:  Protein Structure Searching Using Suffix Arrays
                  Tarek F. Gharib, A. Salah, I. M. El Henawy, and Abdel-Badeeh M. Salem
                  Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt


SESSION 25-BIOCOMP: (CONCURRENT SESSION with 27-BIOCOMP)
                  BIOMOLECULAR PATHWAYS AND SYSTEM BIOLOGY
                  Chair: TBA
                  July 17, 2008 (Thursday); 05:40pm - 07:00pm
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 5)

05:40 - 06:00pm:  Stochastic Stability Analysis of the Heat Shock Response in E. Coli
                  A. Meyer-Baese; Florida State University, USA

06:00 - 06:20pm:  An Efficient Intelligent Binary Tree for Alternative Splice Site Detection
                  Minseo Park; University of Massachusetts, USA

06:20 - 06:40pm:  Relating Microbial Community Structure to a Dominant Environmental
                  Variable in a Complex Environment: An Example from a Chromium
                  Contaminated Site
                  A. V. Palumbo, J. C. Schryver, S. M. Pfiffner, T. L. Marsh, and C. C. Brandt
                  Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA; The University of Tennessee, USA;
                  Michigan State University, USA

06:40 - 07:00pm:  Optimize Observational Time Points to Maximize the Inferability of
                  Gene Networks
                  Frank Emmert-Streib and Andre S. Ribeiro
                  Queen's University Belfast, UK


SESSION 26-BIOCOMP: (CONCURRENT SESSION with 22-BIOCOMP and 23-BIOCOMP)
                  PHYLOGENETIC RECONSTRUCTION AND MOLECULAR EVOLUTION
                  Chair: TBA
                  July 17, 2008 (Thursday); 11:40am - 03:00pm
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 1)

11:40 - 12:00pm:  Inferring Functional Linkage from Residue Level Co-Evolution Information
                  Roger A. Craig, Keyur Malaviya, Krishna Balasubramanian, and Li Liao
                  University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA

12:00 - 12:20pm:  Incomparability of Results Between Phylogenetic Search Programs
                  Kenneth Sundberg, Hyrum Carroll, Quinn Snell, and Mark Clement
                  Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA

12:20 - 01:00pm:  LUNCH (On Your Own)

01:00 - 01:20pm:  An Integrative Approach to Phylogenetic Inference
                  P. Wang, B. B. Zhou, and A. Y. Zomaya
                  University of Sydney, NSW, Australia

01:20 - 01:40pm:  Major Factors of Protein Evolution Revealed by Eigenvalue
                  Decomposition Analysis
                  Xin Liu*, Li-Mei Zhang**, Jun Yin*, and Ya-Pu Zhao*
                  *Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
                  **Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, P. R. China

01:40 - 02:00pm:  Computing the Mixture Distance Between Mixture Trees
                  Chen-Hui Lin and Justie Su-Tzu Juan
                  National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan

02:00 - 02:20pm:  A Near ME ML Phylogenetic Reconstruction Method
                  P. Wang, B. B. Zhou, P. Pang, and A. Y. Zomaya
                  University of Sydney, NSW, Australia

02:20 - 02:40pm:  Does Nucleotide Compositional Bias Explain Amino Acid
                  Usage in Viral Genomes?
                  Rishi Mukhopadhyay and John R. Rose
                  University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

02:40 - 03:00pm:  FREE SLOT

03:00 - 03:40pm:  DISCUSSION SESSION C-BIOCOMP (Refreshments will be available)
                  July 17, 2008 (Thursday)
                  (LOCATION: Hallways - Ballrooms 1-5)


SESSION 27-BIOCOMP: (CONCURRENT SESSION with 24-BIOCOMP and 25-BIOCOMP)
                  GENE IDENTIFICATION AND CLUSTERING
                  Chair: Lavanya Devi Golagani, Andhra University, India
                  July 17, 2008 (Thursday); 03:40pm - 06:20pm
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 1)

03:40 - 04:00pm:  Exploring Transcriptional Modules by Integrative Gene Clustering
                  Guided by Transcription Factor Binding Information
                  Ting Gong, Jianhua Xuan, Rebecca B. Riggins, Yue Wang,
                  Eric P. Hoffman, and Robert Clarke
                  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia, USA
                  Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
                  Children' National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

04:00 - 04:20pm:  Algorithms for Designing the Minimal Set of Multiplexed Degenerate
                  Universal Tagged Primers for RNA Virus Detection
                  Jian Song, Jason Gans, Murray Wolinsky, Po-E Li, Emily Curd,
                  Chris  Detter and Hong Cai
                  Biosecurity and Public Health (B-7), Los Alamos National Lab.,
                  New Mexico, USA; Genomics Science/Joint Genome Institute (B-6),
                  Los Alamos National Lab., New Mexico, USA; Center for Tropical Research,
                  University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

04:20 - 04:40pm:  Mining Intronic Sequence Features of Splice Sites with
                  Depth-Breadth Fused Codon Analyses
                  Sing-Wu Liou* and Yin-Fu Huang
                  National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin, Taiwan

04:40 - 05:00pm:  Stochastic Context Free Grammar for RNA Modeling: An Overview
                  Muhammed Al-Mulhem
                  King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

05:00 - 05:20pm:  Mutual Information Measure for Distinguishing Coding and
                  Non-Coding DNA Sequences
                  John R. Rose and Achraf El Allali
                  University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA

05:20 - 05:40pm:  Data Mining Pathogen Genomes Using GeneOrder and CoreGenes:
                  Gene Order, Synteny, and Proteomes
                  Padmanabhan Mahadevan and Donald Seto
                  George Mason University, USA

05:40 - 06:00pm:  Use of Nucleotide Genomic Signals in the Analysis of
                  Variability and Inserts in Prokaryote Genomes
                  Paul Dan Cristea and Rodica Aurora Tuduce
                  Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania

06:00 - 06:20pm:  TandemXP - A Computational Approach to Finding Approximate
                  Tandem Repeats in Genomic Sequences
                  Avinash Shankaranarayanan and Christine Amaldas
                  Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand


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