Call for Papers ------------------------------------------------------------------ SASB 2011 2nd International Workshop on Static Analysis and Systems Biology ------------------------------------------------------------------ 13th September, 2011, Venice, Italy. Satellite Workshop of SAS 2011 http://www.di.ens.fr/sasb2011 IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Submission Deadline (paper) 15th June, 2011 (extended to the 26th of June) Notification (tentative) 2nd August, 2011 Final version (tentative) 1st September 2011 Workshop Date 13th September, 2011 OBJECTIVES ---------- A lot of biological models suffer from a high combinatorial complexity. Many methods have been proposed to break down this combinatorial complexity. Some of these methods are informal and are validated experimentally. By contrast, static analysis-based scalable formal methods increase the level of confidence by providing formal characterization of what is computed. Being automatic, easily reusable, and offering formal soundness criteria, static analyses can help designing models, testing models with respect to experimental data, and predicting the behavior of the system being modeled. The goal of this workshop is to promote discussions and collaborations between biologists (modelers), computer scientists (in static analysis) and applied-mathematicians around the design and the use of static analysis methods for biological models. SCOPE ----- The program of SASB 2011 will consist mainly of presentations of refereed papers. Contributions are welcomed on all aspects about the use of static analysis methods in Systems Biology, including, but not limited to: * challenges for static analysis of biological models, * new static analysis frameworks, * modeling experiences using static analysis, * informal methods (that could be candidate to formalization and automatization). SUBMISSION ---------- Please visit the submission website: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/login.cgi?conf=sasb2011 The website is powered by EasyChair, thanks to Andrei Voronkov. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by the program committee. Submitted papers should not exceed 12 pages including bibliography, and follow the ENTCS guidelines (http://www.entcs.org/prelim.html). Submitted papers may include, in addition, an appendix containing technical details, which reviewers may read or not, at their discretion. Papers must be written and presented in English, and describe original work that does not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal, conference, or workshop with refereed proceedings. PUBLICATION ----------- The proceedings of the workshop will be published electronically via ENTCS. INVITED SPEAKERS ---------------- Boris Kholodenko Systems Biology, Ireland Edda Klipp Humboldt-Universitat, Berlin, Germany Jean Krivine Universite Paris VII & CNRS, France ORGANIZERS ---------- * Program Co-Chairs: Jerome Feret Ecole Normale Superieure & INRIA, France Andre Levchenko Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, USA * Program Committee: Marc Alber University of Notre Dame, USA Isha Antani Genzyme, Boston, USA Luca Cardelli Microsoft Research, Cambridge, England Francois Fages INRIA, France Walter Fontana Harvard Medical School, USA Thomas Henzinger Institute of Science and Technology, Austria William Hlavacek Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA Neil D.Jones University of Copenhagen, Denmark Edda Klipp Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany Heinz Koeppl ETH Zurich, Switzerland Gethin Norman University of Glascow, Scotland Ovidiu Radulescu University of Montpellier 2, France Denis Thieffry Ecole Normale Superieure, France Glynn Winskel University of Cambridge, England * Local Arrangement Chair: Gilberto File' University of Padova, Italy