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invite you to attend the 2<SUP>nd</SUP> International Conference on
Computational Systems Bioinformatics (CSB2003, at
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program of tutorials, keynotes, distinguished invited speakers, strongly
refereed papers, posters, special interest meetings and
workshops.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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href="http://conferences.computer.org/bioinformatics">http://conferences.computer.org/bioinformatics</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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diverse areas of computational biology and bioinformatics.
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come from academic, industry and government to take us to the forefront of
computational sciences and genomic biology.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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selected papers, posters, 9 invited speakers and 3 keynotes are now available at
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cite=mailto:Vicky%20Markstein dateTime=2003-07-23T00:02>Evening
Events</INS></SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Memorial Auditorium,
Tuesday, August 12, </SPAN><st1:time Minute="0" Hour="19"><SPAN
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PM</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> A
Bioethics Panel –</SPAN><SPAN
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-</U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></SPAN></P>
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terrorism and for warfare has increased attention to both the newly </FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>salient costs as well as the benefits of new
knowledge about infectious disease. Our panel discussion will address these
issues of science, secrecy and security in a newly anxious
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dateTime=2003-07-23T00:02><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT
color=#ff0000> </FONT></SPAN></DEL></SPAN>(SIG) will meet at
</SPAN><st1:time Minute="0" Hour="19"><SPAN
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PM</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">
just after the opening ceremony on </SPAN><st1:date Year="2003" Day="11"
Month="8"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">August 11,
2003</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">. More information will be
posted on the website as soon as we receive it. The SIGs are: Computational
Systems Bioinformatics and BioSciences (SIG CSBB) by Dr. Stephen Wong; organ
ontologies related to the Digital Human project (SIG CSBOO); and High
Performance Computing (SIG CSBHPC). Please let us know if you are interested in
attending any of the SIGs and if you would like to propose a new SIG.<SPAN
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