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2nd CALL FOR PAPERS - Language Theory in Biocomputing

A satellite workshop of the

Sixth International Conference on
UNCONVENTIONAL COMPUTATION, UC'07
August 13--17, 2007, Kingston, Canada

TOPICS

The theme of the workshop is applications of formal language
theory in biocomputing.  The workshop solicits new work
on the relationships between formal language theory and
biocomputing and the uses of formal language theory and
automata in modelling biological processes.

The topics include, but are not limited to:

-splicing systems and languages
-error detection and correction in DNA computing, DNA codes
-membrane computing
-self-assembly, tiling systems
-models for secondary structures
-formal languages and automata theory in other areas of bioinformatics
-combinatorial aspects of computational biology

Submission instructions are available on the workshop
website (http://www.cs.queensu.ca/uc07/workshop.htm).  The
pre-proceedings will be available during the workshop.
Extended versions of selected papers from the workshop
will be solicited for publication in a special issue of the
International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science
(http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~ijfcs).

At least one author of each paper accepted to the workshop is
expected to register for UC'07. There is no separate registration
fee for the workshop. General information for UC'07 is available
at http://www.cs.queensu.ca/uc07.


IMPORTANT DATES

Submission: March 31, 2007
Notification: April 30, 2007
Final version due: May 31, 2007
Workshop: August 14, 2007 (tentative)

UC'07 will take place  August 13--17, 2007, in Kingston, Canada
(see http://www.cs.queensu.ca/uc07). The satellite workshop
Language Theory in Biocomputing will, tentatively, be held on
August 14.


WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS

Michael Domaratzki (Winnipeg, Canada)
Kai Salomaa (Kingston, Canada)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Mark Daley  (London, Canada)
Michael Domaratzki (Winnipeg, Canada)
Lucian Ilie (London, Canada)
Stavros Konstantinidis (Halifax, Canada)
Ian McQuillan (Saskatoon, Canada)
Andrei Paun (Ruston, United States)
Kai Salomaa (Kingston, Canada)

CONTACT ADDRESS

Kai Salomaa
School of Computing, Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
ksalomaa<at>cs<dot>queensu<dot>ca