*CALL FOR PAPERS* *1st International Applied Bioinformatics Conference* *(**iABC’21**)* www.iabconference.com Istanbul University https://www.istanbul.edu.tr/en/_ Istanbul, Turkey June 23-26, 2021 *SCOPE* The 1st *international Applied Bioinformatics Conference* (iABC’21) will serve as an excellent international convention for sharing knowledge, challenges and results in applied research in Bioinformatics and Informatics. The conference especially welcomes work centered on the application of Bioinformatics concepts and algorithms for biological knowledge generation and welcomes topics relating to challenges of biological applications and use cases which are still not solved properly in order to open new directions for further informatics research. iABC’21 also invites papers relating to cutting edge information technology applied on biological use cases, Bioinformatics tools/workflows, best practices, calls for novel algorithms, translation of novel algorithms, and workshops/hands-on tutorials of novel Bioinformatics tools and workflows. *TOPICS* Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ● eHealth, Diagnostics and Clinical Applications ○ Biomedical Data Mining ○ Biomedical Computing ○ Biomedical Intelligence ○ Biomedical Signal and Image Analysis ○ Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies ○ Biomedical Knowledge Visualization ○ Clinical Data Analysis ○ Clinical Decision Support and Informatics ○ Electronic Health Record ○ Healthcare Information Systems ○ Health Data Acquisition, Analysis and Mining ○ Healthcare Knowledge Representation and Reasoning ○ Medical Informatics ○ Medical Robotics ● Applied Bioinformatics ○ Workflow Management / Bioinformatics Analysis Pipelines ○ Bioinformatics Algorithms ○ Biological Databases ○ Biological Sensors ○ Computational Modeling and Data Integration ○ Functional Genomics and Proteomics ○ Gene Expression Array Analysis ○ Genome-Phenome Analysis ○ Machine Learning for Biomedical Data Analysis ○ Metabolic Pathway Analysis ○ Modelling of Molecular, Cellular, and Organ Pathways ○ Nano-Bio-Computing ○ Nano-Medicine ○ Neuro-Engineering ○ Pattern Recognition and Soft Computing Techniques ○ Systems Biology ○ Tissue Engineering ○ Translational Bioinformatics ● Biological Challenges ○ Challenging Biological Use Cases ○ Hands On Discussion ○ Biomarker Discovery ○ Cell Engineering ○ Drug Discovery ○ Mass Spectrometry ○ DNA Sequencing ○ Biological Knowledge Visualization ○ Biological Data Transfer *PAPER SUBMISSION DETAILS* Authors are invited to submit electronically original contributions in English. Submitted papers should not exceed 5 pages in pdf in IEEE format < https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html>, they will be evaluated by at least three referees from iABC’21 Scientific Board. One of the authors of an accepted paper must register to iABC’21 conference and present the paper. For paper registration and electronic submission see <http://confdriver.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/dexa2019/>< https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iabc21> starting from October 2020. *ACCEPTED PAPERS* Extended versions, 12-15 pages, of selected accepted conference papers will be invited for submission to a special issue in *Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics* (JIB) <https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jib> or in* International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications* (IJBRA) < https://www.inderscience.com/index.php>. *IMPORTANT DATES* Submission of abstracts: December 01, 2020 Early registration: March 01, 2021 Submission of full papers: March 08, 2021 Notification of acceptance: March 30, 2021 Camera-ready copies: April 01, 2021 Conference: June 23-26, 2021 *REGISTRATION FEES* Registration fees are as follows: *Turkey* *Asia **& Africa* *Europe* *US & Canada* *Student * €75 €100 €200 €200 *Academic * €150 €200 €400 €400 *Other* €250 €350 €650 €650 Early registration discount will be finalized on June 5, 2021. After this date fees listed below will not be applicable. *Turkey* *Asia **& Africa* *Europe* *US & Canada* *Student * €55 €75 €150 €150 *Academic * €115 €150 €300 €300 *Other* €190 €265 €490 €490 These fees include no accommodation or any other services. *GENERAL CHAIRPERSONS* Jens Allmer, University of Applied Sciences, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany Mourad Elloumi, LaTICE, University of Tunis, Tunisia *STEERING COMMITTEE* Jens Allmer, University of Applied Sciences, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany Mourad Elloumi, LaTICE, University of Tunis, Tunisia Robert Heyer, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany Giuseppe Lancia, University of Udine, Italy Hasan Oğul, Østfold University College, Halden, Norway Davide Verzotto, Institute for Informatics and Telematics, CNR, and University of Pisa, Italy Malik Yousef, Zefat Academic College, Zefat, Israel *ORGANIZING COMMITTEE* Jens Allmer, University of Applied Sciences, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany Emine Şeküre Nazli Arda, Istanbul University, Turkey Mourad Elloumi, LaTICE, University of Tunis, Tunisia Marcel Friederichs, University Bielefeld, Germany Robert Heyer, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany Giuseppe Lancia, University of Udine, Italy Hasan Oğul, Østfold University College, Halden, Norway Björn Sommer, University Konstanz, Germany Davide Verzotto, Institute for Informatics and Telematics, CNR, Italy Malik Yousef, Zefat Academic College, Zefat, Israel *PROGRAM COMMITTEE* Davide Verzotto, Institute for Informatics and Telematics, CNR, Italy (PC Chair) Loai AbdAllah, Yezreel Valley Academic College, Israel Lefteris Angelis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Chandra Sekhar Rao Annavarapu, India Institute of Technology, Dhanbad, India Andres Aravena, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey Ercan Arican, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey Emine Şeküre Nazli Arda, Istanbul University, Turkey Ikbal Agah Ince, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey Jens Allmer, University of Applied Sciences, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany Haider Banka, India Institute of Technology, Dhanbad, India Ömür Baysal, Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Mugla, Turkey Mounir Ben Ayed, University of Sfax, Tunisia Balkiss Bouhaouala-Zahar, University of Tunis-El Manar, Tunisia Supaporn Chairungsee, Walailak University, Nakhonsithammarat, Thailand Ming Chen, Zhejiang University, China Bhaskar DasGupta, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA Mourad Elloumi, LaTICE, University of Tunis, Tunisia Çigdem Erol, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey Gilda Eslami, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran Roberto Grossi, University of Pisa, Italy Sevinç Gulsecen, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey Robert Harrison, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Keywan Hassani-Pak, Rothamsted Research, UK Robert Heyer, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany Ralf Hofestädt, University Bielefeld, Germany Sibel Uğur İşeri, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey Daisuke Kihara, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA Aleksey Kochetov, University Novosibirsk, Russia Rachel Kolodny, University of Haifa, Israel Giuseppe Lancia, University of Udine, Italy Thierry Lecroq, University of Rouen, France Giosuè Lo Bosco, University of Palermo, Italy Abdelouahid Lyhyaoui, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tangier, Morocco Vladimir Makarenkov, University of Québec, Montréal, Canada Christos Makris, University of Patras, Greece Amal Maurady, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tangier, Morocco Hasan Oğul, Østfold, University College, Halden, Norway Yuri Orlov, University Novosibirsk and University Moscow, Russia Nehir Ozdemir Ozgenturk, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey Arup Kumar Pal, India Institute of Technology, Dhanbad, India Marco Pellegrini, Institute for Informatics and Telematics, CNR, Italy Pierre Peterlongo, INRIA/Irisa, Rennes, France, France Pinar Pir, Gebze Technical University, Gebze, Turkey Solon Pissis, Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Amsterdam, Netherlands Nadia Pisanti, University of Pisa, Italy Alberto Policriti, University of Udine, Italy Ravi Rastogi, University of Bisha, Bisha, Saudi Arabia Chris Rawlings, Rothamsted Research, UK Ahmed Rebai, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia Blagoj Ristevsk, Bitola University, Macedonia Hatem Saleh, Egyptian Organization for Biological Products and Vaccines, Cairo, Egypt Rodrigo Santamaria, University of Salamanca, Spain Mohammad Sohel Rahman, Bangladesh University of Eng. and Tech., Dhaka, Bangladesh Falk Schreiber, University Konstanz, Germany Marinella Sciortino, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy Haïtham Sghaier, National Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technology, Tunis, Tunisia Oussama Souiai, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunisia Terje Marken Steinum, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey Bahar Taneri, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus Cemal Ün, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey Ekrem Varoğlu, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus Emanuel Weitschek, Uninettuno University, Rome, Italy Paul Yoo, University of London, UK Malik Yousef, Zefat Academic College, Zefat, Israel Farhana Zulkernine, School of Computing Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario, Canada ***