BIOCOMP'11: July 20, 2011 Schedule

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


SESSION 8-BIOCOMP: BIOINFORMATICS DATABASE, DATAMINING, & PATTERN DISCOVERY TECHNIQUES
                  Co-Chairs: Dr. Bernard Chen* and Dr. Sujata Dash**
                             *University of Central Arkansas, USA
                             **Principal, KMBB College of Engineering & Technology, India
                  July 20, 2011 (Wednesday); 08:00am - 10:20am
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 3)

08:00 - 08:20am:  A Matlab Toolbox for Data Reduction, Visualization, Classification and
                  Knowledge Extraction of Complex Biological Data
                  A. Mohammad-Djafari, G. Khodabandelou, and J. Lapuyade-Lahorgue
                  Laboratoire des signaux et systemes (L2S), France

08:20 - 08:40am:  Computation of Coronary Sinus Pressure Using Pattern Recognition Techniques
                  Loay Alzubaidi, Ammar El Hassan, and Jaafar Al Ghazo
                  Prince Muhammad bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia

08:40 - 09:00am:  Clustering on Protein Sequence Motifs Using SCAN and Positional Association
                  Rule Algorithms
                  Bernard Chen, Ben Nordin, Sriram Bobba, Devendar Singireddy, Brad Taylor,
                  Sinan Kockara, and Mutlu Mete
                  University of Central Arkansas, Arkansas, USA; Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA

09:00 - 09:20am:  Constructing Super Rule Tree (SRT) for Protein Motif Clusters Using DBSCAN
                  Bernard Chen, Sait Suer, Muhyeddin Ercan, Rahul Tada, Recep Avci, Sinan Kockara
                  University of Central Arkansas, Arkansas, USA

09:20 - 09:40am:  Mapping Genes to Diseases with Translational Data Mining
                  Modest von Korff, Axel Klenk, and Thomas Sander
                  Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Gewerbestrasse, Allschwil, Switzerland

09:40 - 10:00am:  Protein Sequence Motif Extraction Using Decision Forest
                  Bernard Chen, C. Hudson, K. Minwoo, A. Crawford, C. Wright, and D. Che
                  University of Central Arkansas, Arkansas, USA;
                  East Stroudsburg University, USA

10:00 - 10:20am:  GPU Accelerated PK-means Algorithm for Gene Clustering
                  Wuchao Situ, Yau-King Lam, Yi Xiao, P. W. M. Tsang, and Chi-Sing Leung
                  City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

10:20 - 10:40am:  BREAK


SESSION 9-BIOCOMP: MODELLING, SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS - I
                  Co-Chairs: Jack K. Horner, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA and
                             Prof. Geetha Vasanthakumar, Manipal University Dubai, UAE
                  July 20, 2011 (Wednesday); 10:40am - 12:20pm
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 3)

10:40 - 11:00am:  Identification of Influenza Virus A Subtypes by Using Bioinformatics Models
                  Mansour Ebrahimi, Parisa Agha-Golzadeh, Esmaeil Ebrahimie
                  Bioinformatics Research Group, University of Qom, Iran;
                  College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Iran

11:00 - 11:20am:  Multi-scale Modelling of the Bile Acid and Xenobiotic System
                  Noel Kennedy, Werner Dubitzky, Paul Thompson, and Huiru Zheng
                  University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK

11:20 - 11:40am:  Computerized Platform for Optimal Organ Allocations in Kidney Exchanges
                  Yanhua Chen and Peter X. K. Song
                  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

11:40 - 12:00pm:  Simulated Docking of Oseltamivir with an Avian Influenza (A/H5N1) Neuraminidase
                  Active Site
                  Jack K. Horner
                  Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA

12:00 - 12:20pm:  Accelerate Numerical Diffusion Solver of 2D Multi-scale and Multi-resolution
                  Agent-based Brain Cancer Model by Employing Graphics Processing Unit Technology
                  Beini Jiang, Le Zhang, Wen Zhang, Allan Struthers, Michael E Berens, Xiaobo Zhou
                  Michigan Tech University, Houghton, Michigan, USA; Cancer and Cell Biology
                  Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Arizona, USA; The
                  Methodist Hospital, Research Institute & Weill Cornell Medical College,
                  Houston, Texas, USA

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


SESSION 10-BIOCOMP: MODELLING, SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS - II
                  Co-Chairs: TBA
                  July 20, 2011 (Wednesday); 01:20pm - 03:00pm
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 3)

01:20 - 01:40pm:  EpiGraph: A Scalable Simulation Tool for Epidemiological Studies
                  Gonzalo Martin, Maria-Cristina Marinescu, David E. Singh, Jesus Carretero
                  Carlos III University of Madrid, Leganes, Spain

01:40 - 02:00pm:  Altered Gliclazide Metabolic Pathway and its Implications on Increased
                  Therapeutic Response in CYP2C9*2: Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Autodock Studies
                  N. Renuka, Hussaina Banu, and Geetha Vasanthakumar
                  Manipal University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

02:00 - 02:20pm:  Optimizing a Cost Matrix to Solve Rare-Class Biological Problems
                  Mark J. Lawson, Lenwood S. Heath, Hai Zhao, and Liqing Zhang
                  Virginia Tech, Virginia, USA; Shanghai Jiaotong University, P. R. China

02:20 - 02:40pm:  Flow and Particle Deposition Simulations with Heat-transfer in the Nine-generation
                  Lung Airways
                  Bela Soni, Naveen Arra, and Shahrouz Aliabadi
                  Northrop Grumman Center for HPC, Jackson State University, MS, USA

02:40 - 03:00pm:  A Simple Nonadditive Model of Water
                  Gregory G. Wood
                  California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo, California, USA


03:00 - 03:40pm:  DISCUSSION/POSTER SESSION C-BIOCOMP (Refreshments will be available)
                  July 20, 2011 (Wednesday)
                  (LOCATION: Hallways of Ballrooms 1-5)

                  O. Collagen Type Xi Chain Amino Propeptide Structural Model And
                     Glycosaminoglycan Interactions In Silico
                     Chris Mallory, Owen McDougal, and Julia Thom Oxford
                     Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA
                  O. Comprehensive Comparison of Gene Set Analysis Tools
                     Zheng Liu, Xuejun Li, Yate-Ching Yuan, and Xiwei Wu
                     City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, USA
                  O. BRAVO: Biomarker Recognition and Validation Online Program
                     Xutao Deng, Charles Warden, Zheng Liu, Ian Zhang, and Yate-Ching Yuan
                     Bioinformatics Core Facility, Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman
                     Research Institute of City of Hope Medical Center, California, USA
                  O. TTCS: Three-Dimensional and Two-Dimensional Compound Similarity Online Tools
                     Hongzhi Li, Haiqing Li, Edward Lee and Yate-Ching Yuan
                     Bioinformatics Core Facility, Department of Molecular Medicine, Beckman
                     Research Institute of City of Hope Medical Center, California, USA
                  O. Cyberinfrastructure: A Case Study of IT Infrastructure for Next Generation
                     Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
                     Haiqing Li and Yate-Ching Yuan
                     Bioinformatics Core, City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman
                     Research Institute, California, USA
                  O. An X-ray On Methods Aiming at Arrhythmia Classification in ECG Signals
                     Eduardo Luz and David Menotti
                     Department of Computing - Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto Campus
                     Universitario, Ouro Preto, Brazil
                  O. Common-path Fourier-domain Optical Coherence Tomography Using Surface
                     Tracking Algorithm
                     K. S. Kim, M. H. Kim, S. H. Ryu, C. G. Song, J. H. Seo, and J. Kang
                     Chonbuk National University, Korea; Chonbuk National University Hospital,
                     Korea; Johns Hopkins University, USA
                  O. Portable Measurement System of the Spasticity Based on the K-means
                     Clustering Algorithm of the Tonic Stretch Reflex Threshold
                     Chul-Gyu Song, Keo-Sik Kim, Min-Ho Kim, and Sang-Hun Ryu
                     Chonbuk National University, Korea


SESSION 11-BIOCOMP: MODELLING, SIMULATION & OPTIMIZATION OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS + IMMUNE SYSTEMS
                  Co-Chairs: TBA
                  July 20, 2011 (Wednesday); 03:40pm - 04:40pm
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 3)

03:40 - 04:00pm:  Applications of Aritificial Immune Systems
                  Suhair H. Amer
                  Southeast Missouri State University, Missouri, USA

04:00 - 04:20pm:  Analytical and Numerical Simulation of Epidemic Models Using Maple y Sage
                  Veronica Orjuela Contreras
                  EAFIT University, Colombia

04:20 - 04:40pm:  Simulating The Reconstruction of Metabolic Networks Using Maple
                  Diego Ignacio Velez Jaramillo
                  EAFIT University, Colombia


SESSION 12-BIOCOMP: PROTEIN CLASSIFICATION, EVOLUTIONARY, & COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR &
                  STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY + DRUG TARGETS DESIGN
                  Co-Chairs: Prof. Geetha Vasanthakumar, Manipal University Dubai, UAE
                  July 20, 2011 (Wednesday); 04:40pm - 06:00pm
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 3)

04:40 - 05:00pm:  Identification of Transcriptional Regulatory Elements by Functional
                  Enrichment Analysis
                  Amitava Karmaker and Stephen Kwek
                  University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin, USA;
                  Live Search, Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft way, Redmond, Washington, USA

05:00 - 05:20pm:  An Integrated Algorithm for Protein Classification Using Specific PSSMs and
                  Text Mining Technique
                  Kyung Dae Ko and Hongfang Liu
                  Georgetown University, USA

05:20 - 05:40pm:  The Rhesus Macaque is Three Times as Diverse but More Closely Equivalent in
                  "damaging" Coding Variation as Compared to the Human
                   Qiaoping Yuan, Zhifeng Zhou, Stephen G. Lindell, J. Dee Higley, Betsy Ferguson,
                   Robert C. Thompson, Juan F. Lopez, Stephen J. Suomi, Basel Baghal,
                   Maggie Baker, Deborah C. Mash, Christina S. Barr, David Goldman
                   National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, Maryland, USA;
                   Oregon Health and Sciences University, Beaverton, Oregon, USA; University of
                   Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; National Institute of Child Health and
                   Human Development, NIH, Poolesville, Maryland, USA

05:40 - 06:00pm:  Etiology of the Diseases Caused By Bacterium Escherichia Coli According to
                  an Electromagnetic Mode
                  Juan Esteban Correa Lopez
                  EAFIT University, Colombia


SESSION 13-BIOCOMP: PANEL & DISCUSSION - HEALTH OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL + WORLD ACADEMY
                  OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES TECHNOLOGIES
                  Co-Chairs: Dr. Andy Marsh and Dr. Giuseppe Tritto
                  July 20, 2011 (Wednesday); 06:00pm - 09:00pm
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 3)

06:00 - 06:20pm:  W-Space for Health: a Global Strategy for a Worldwide Web-based Data-base
                  System for Immunization
                  G. Tritto, A. Marsh, D. Carroll, E. Kaszab, M. Tritto, L. Szalontai
                  WABT, World Academy of BioMedical Sciences and Technologies, Paris, France;
                  HoIP, London, UK; University of Westminster, London, UK; Space for Earth
                  Foundation, Budapest, Hungary; WABT - WWO-NGTP - World WABT Organization,
                  Next Generation Training Program, Paris, France; Corvinus University, Hungary

06:20 - 06:40pm:  Scaling Effects of Interoperability for e-Health Services and Providers in
                  Global Health Strategies
                  G. Tritto, A. Marsh, D. Carroll, E. Kaszab, M. Tritto, L. Szalontai
                  WABT, World Academy of BioMedical Sciences and Technologies, Paris, France;
                  HoIP, London, UK; University of Westminster, London, UK; Space for Earth
                  Foundation, Budapest, Hungary; WABT - WWO-NGTP - World WABT Organization,
                  Next Generation Training Program, Paris, France; Corvinus University, Hungary

06:40 - 07:00pm:  E-Health in Web-Space: Legal Issues
                  Alice Karoubi Nordon, Eva Kaszab, and Giuseppe Tritto
                  Ascott Associes Lawyers Firm, WABT-ICET, Paris, France;
                  WABT WWO NGTP, Corvinus University, Hungary

07:00 - 07:20pm:  Theft of Health Data and Identity: the Problem of Identifying a Legal
                  Definition of the Phenomenon
                  Marcella Coccanari, Eva Kaszab, and Giuseppe Tritto
                  Coccanari Law Firm, Rome, Italy, WABT-ICET, Paris, France;
                  WABT WWO NGTP, Corvinus University, Hungary

07:20 - 07:40pm:  BioDesign Self-Assembly of Nano-Liposomes: A New Model for Human Application
                  Sujoy K. Guha, Vandana Chauhan, Shubhadeep Banerjee, and Giuseppe Tritto
                  Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India; WABT-WWO Network, Paris,
                  France; WABT European Institute for Life, CMM, Budapest, Hungary

07:40 - 08:00pm:  Emerging Viral Agents at Risk in Global Health Approaches to Early Diagnosis
                  and Prompt Therapy
                  Giulio Tarro and Ciro Esposito
                  Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA;
                  Unit of Virology, D. Cotugno Hospital, Naples, Italy

08:00 - 08:20pm:  Semantically interoperable HealthCare in Slovenia
                  Mateja de Leonni Stanonik
                  George Washington University, Department of Global Health, USA;
                  Surgeon General of RS, Ministry of Health, Republic of Slovenia

08:20 - 08:40pm:  HealthCare Infrastructure Reference Model 
                  Mateja de Leonni Stanonik and Miha Cimperman
                  George Washington University, Department of Global Health, USA

08:40 - 09:00pm:  Application of a Method of Automatic Computer Matching for the Construction
                  or Timeliness of the Integration of Databases
                  Riccardo Rosso and Marcella Coccanari
                  Business & Projects Management, Rome, Italy; Coccanari Law Firm, Rome, Italy;
                  World Academy of BioMedical Sciences and Technologies, Paris, France

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