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This document highlights the key initiatives and activities of the Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Technical Committee (BBTC) during the 2014 conference year. Under the leadership of Chair Jung-Hsien Chiang and Vice-Chairs Steven Corns and Sanaz Mostaghim, BBTC focused on computational intelligence in bioinformatics and computational biology, featuring best paper awards and planned symposiums. The report outlines upcoming activities for WCCI 2014, including special sessions and the establishment of new task forces dedicated to optimization methods in the field.
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June 16, 2014 Bioinformatics and BioengineeringTechnical Committee (BBTC) • Chair: Jung-Hsien Chiang Vice-Chairs: Steven Corns Sanaz Mostaghim
BBTC Main Conference Statistics CIBCB : Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 1. SS: Special Sessions 2. Comp: Competitions
Activities in 2013 IEEE CEC2013 Special Sessions: Evolutionary Computation in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (Organized by Sheridan Houghten, Michael Lones, and Clare Bates Congdon) Tutorials: “Using evolutionary algorithms in the modeling and analysis of gene signaling pathways” By Sorin Draghici
Activities in 2014 IEEE CIBCB 2014 Best Paper: “Tuning Receiver Characteristics in Bacterial Quorum Communication: An Evolutionary Approach Using Standard Virtual Biological Parts” ByJennifer Hallinan, Owen Gilfellon, Goksel Misirli and Anil Wipat Best Student Paper: “Recentering and Restarting Genetic Algorithms Variations for DNA Fragment Assembly” By James Hughes, Sheridan Houghten, Guillermo Mallen-Fullerton, Daniel Ashlock
Planned Activities for WCCI2014 • Organize the BBTC’s flagship special session • "An Introduction to Bioinformatics and Computational Biology for Computational Intelligence Researchers" • by Clare Bates Congdon and Jeffrey A. Thompson
2013 BBTC Meeting • Review of recent activities CIBCB2014 CEC2013 2. Updated CIBCB2014 information (Chair: Steven Corns) keynote speakers focus on advertising 3. Discussion of CIBCB2015 proposal 4. Working plan for 2013-14 5. Ways to improve task forces 6. BBTC website
BBTC Task Forces 7 old TFs terminated 1 new TF Optimization Methods in Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (OMBB)
Optimization Methods in Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (OMBB) Chair: Sanaz Mostaghim Vice-Chair: Richard Allmendinger Members: • Sanaz Mostaghim (Chair) • Richard Allmendinger (Vice-Chair) • Arjun Chandra • Julia Handl • Joshua Knowles • Anna Lavygina • TF’s Special Sessions IEEE MCDM'14 Symposium (chaired by Jin, Bonissone, and Branke) IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 2015 (CIBCB'15) IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 2014 (CIBCB'14) 6th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BICoB) 8th Learning and Intelligent OptimizationN Conference (LION 8)