BIOCOMP'14: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Schedule

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06:45a - 05:00p:  REGISTRATION (Second Floor, Conference Lobby: 1-5)


08:00 - 10:40am:  During this period, BIOCOMP attendees are encouraged to participate
                  in sessions belonging to ABDA'14, ICOMP'14, PDPTA'14, DMIN'14,
                  ICAI'14, or IKE'14 conferences. These sessions discuss topics that
                  significantly overlap the scope of BIOCOMP.


SESSION 4-ABDA:   SECURITY & PRIVACY IN THE ERA OF BIG DATA & RISK ANALYSIS
                  + APPLICATIONS OF BIG DATA & SOFTWARE TOOLS
                  Chairs: TBA
                  July 22, 2014 (Tuesday); 10:40am - 12:20pm
                  (LOCATION: Copper Room)

10:40 - 11:00am:  Some Risk Measures and Their Applications in Financial Data Analysis
                  H. Haidar, B. Minsky, Q. Tang, R. Thapar, D. Yan, L. Zhang
                  University of Leicester, Leicester, UK;  Sussex University, Brighton,
                  UK;  Solo Capital Partners LLP, London, UK

11:00 - 11:20am:  Secure Outsourcing Multiparty Computation on Lattice-based
                  Encrypted Cloud Data under Multiple Keys
                  Yi Sun, Qiaoyan Wen, Hua Zhang, Zhengping Jin
                  State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing
                  University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, P. R. China

11:20 - 11:40am:  Application-Agnostic Streaming Bayesian Inference via Apache Storm
                  Todd Wasson, Ana Paula De Oliveira Sales
                  Data Analytics and Decision Sciences, Lawrence Livermore National
                  Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA

11:40 - 12:00pm:  Multicore Construction of k-d Trees for High Dimensional Point Data
                  Victor Lu, John C. Hart
                  University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Illinois, USA

12:00 - 12:20pm:  ARIANA: Adaptive Robust and Integrative Analysis for Finding
                  Novel Associations
                  Vida Abedi, Mohammed Yeasin, Ramin Zand
                  Memphis University, Memphis, Tennessee, USA;  Department of Neurology
                  University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Tennessee, USA

12:20 - 01:00pm:  LUNCH (On Your Own)


SESSION 2-BIOCOMP: COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS + HEALTH
                  INFORMATICS, DATA MINING + PROTEIN FOLDING
                  XXX Co-Chairs: Dr. Vitit Kantabutra; Idaho State University, Idaho, USA;
                             Dr. Otto Dobretsberger; University of Houston, Texas, USA
                  July 22, 2014 (Tuesday); 01:00pm - 03:00pm
                  (LOCATION: Platinum Room)

01:00 - 01:20pm:  Determining Biological Trends Using Machine Learning Techniques
                  Regie Felix, Ambuj Singh, Nazli Dereli, Petko Bogdanov,
                  Nick Beck, Sophie D'Arcy, Sky Adams
                  University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA;
                  CSU, San Bernardino, USA

01:20 - 01:40pm:  Model of Diagnosis Knowledge Base Ontology Framework Based on
                  Clinical Practice Guidelines
                  Hala Almutair, Samir El-Masri
                  King Saud University, Saudi Arabia;
                  Imam Mohammad bin Saud University, Saudi Arabia

01:40 - 02:00pm:  Intentionally-Linked Entities: A Database System for Health
                  Care Informatics
                  Vitit Kantabutra
                  Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, USA

02:00 - 02:20pm:  Blood Vessel Detection in Images from Laser-Heated Skin
                  Alireza Kavianpour, Simin Shoari, Behdad Kavianpour
                  DeVry University, Pomona, California, USA

02:20 - 02:40pm:  Discovering Association Rules and Classification for Biological
                  Data using Data Mining Methods
                  John Tsiligaridis, Michael Pagela
                  Heritage University, Toppenish, Washington, USA

02:40 - 03:00pm:  SMIR: A Method to Predict the Residues Involved in the
                  Core of a Protein
                  Ruben Acuna, Zoe Lacroix, Jacques Chomilier, Nikolaos Papandreou
                  Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA;
                  University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France;
                  Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece;
                  Universite Paris Diderot, Paris, France


03:00 - 03:40pm:  POSTER/DISCUSSION SESSION A-BIOCOMP
                  July 22, 2014 (Tuesday)
                  (LOCATION: Hallways of Ballrooms 1-5)

                  O.  KBase: An Integrated Knowledge-base for Predictive Biology
                      and Environmental Research
                      Anthony V. Palumbo, et al.
                      Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
                  O.  Complex Networks Associated with Positive Selection and Drug
                      Resistance in the Malaria Parasite
                      Timothy G. Lilburn, Hong Cai, Yufeng Wang
                      American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, Virginia, USA;
                      South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University
                      of Texas at San Antonio, Texas, USA
                  O.  Mining Structural Databases to Predict Catalytic Promiscuity
                      Revealed Two Novel Ene-reductases
                      Georg Steinkellner, et al.
                      ACIB GmbH, Graz, Austria
                  O.  Multivariate Point Cloud Comparator: Searching Different Proteins
                      for Similar Enzymatic Activity
                      Jurgen Stradner, Christian Gruber, Georg Steinkellner, Karl Gruber
                      ACIB GmbH, Graz, Austria;  University of Graz, Austria
                  O.  ...


SESSION 3-BIOCOMP: HEALTH INFORMATICS, HEALTH CARE, & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
                  Chairs: TBA
                  July 22, 2014 (Tuesday); 03:40pm - 06:00pm
                  (LOCATION: Platinum Room)

03:40 - 04:00pm:  Proposal of Smart Blood Banks Central Distribution System in
                  Saudi Arabia
                  Albatoul Althenyan, Samir El-Masri
                  Imam Muhammad Bin Saud University, Saudi Arabia;
                  King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

04:00 - 04:20pm:  XXX FREE SLOT

04:20 - 04:40pm:  XXX FREE SLOT

04:40 - 05:00pm:  XXX FREE SLOT

05:00 - 05:20pm:  Biomechanical Evaluation for Fibular Allograft Combined with Impaction
                  Bone Grafting in Treating the Femoral Head Necrosis: Thorough
                  Debridement or not?
                  Guangquan Zhou, Xiumin Chen, Zhihui Pang, Yujing Xu, Wei He,
                  Liao Shaoyi Stephen, Qinqun Chen
                  Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, P. R. China;
                  Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, China;  University
                  of Science and Technology of China-City, University of Hong Kong
                  Joint Advanced Research Center, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

05:20 - 05:40pm:  Keratoconus Disease and Three-Dimensional Simulation of the Cornea
                  Throughout the Process of Cross-Linking Treatment
                  Hilal Kaya, Abdullah Cavusoglu, Hasan Basri Cakmak, Baha Sen,
                  and Elif Calik
                  Ministry of National Education, Ankara, Turkey;  Scientific and
                  Technological Research Council of Turkey, Ankara, Turkey;  Yildirim
                  Beyazt University, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Ankara,
                  Turkey;  Yildirim Beyazt University, Ankara, Turkey;  Karabuk
                  University, School of Health Sciences, Karabuk, Turkey

05:40 - 06:00pm:  Wavelet Packet Based Diagnosis of Sleep Apnea Using ECG Data
                  Syeda Quratulain Ali, Varun Jeoti, Samir Brahim Belhaouari
                  Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia;
                  Alfaisal University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

06:00 - 09:00pm:  TUTORIALS + PANEL DISCUSSIONS + ADDITIONAL INVITED LECTURES






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