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December 3-4, 2015,ÌýÌýUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Organizers:ÌýÌýUrbashi Mitra, University of Southern California and Andrew Eckford, York University, Canada

In conjunction with the 2015 launch of the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥ Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications ( ) and the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥ Globecom Conference in San Diego (December 6-10, 2015), we are holding a workshop onÌý Communications, Inference, and Computing in Molecular and Biological Systems .ÌýÌýIt will be a 1 ½ day event between Thursday and Friday, December 3-4, 2015.ÌýÌýThe workshop will be held on the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles with easy access to Los Angeles International Airport, train and metro service.

Confirmed Speakers:

1. Behnaam Aazhang Rice University – signal processing methods for neuroscience
2. Todd Coleman UCSD – neural inference/brain-machine interfaces
3. Elisa Franco UC Riverside – bio-molecular feedback, biochemical oscillators
4. Scott Fraser USC – quantitative biology/compressed sensing for translational imaging
5. Andrea Goldsmith Stanford – directed information & neuroscience; DNA microarray analysis
6. Olgica Milenkovic UIUC – bioinformatics & coding theory
7. Andrew Mugler Purdue – biological networks, Quantitative systems biology
8. Richard Murray CalTech – bio-molecular feedback systems
9. Marc Riedel U of Minnesota – biological circuits
10. Robert Schober University of Erlangen-NurnbergÌýÌý-- molecular communication
11. Haris Vikalo UT Austin – DNA sequencing/low-rank methods for bio-informatics
12. Mihaela van der Schaar UCLA – bacterial self-organization

We will also have poster sessions for contributed posters. All poster presenters must submit a two page abstract by November 6, 2015, and presenters will be selected on the basis of the abstract.ÌýÌýEarly submission will likely result in early acceptance of the poster.ÌýÌýPoster abstracts should be submitted to Prof. Andrew Eckford ( [email protected] ).ÌýÌýAll poster presenters will have the opportunity to give a lightning overview of their poster.ÌýÌýWe will have a reception and meals (lunch,breakfast) and coffee breaks during the workshop.ÌýÌýA block of rooms will be held at the Radisson Hotel, walking distance to the Ming Hsieh Electrical Engineering Department.ÌýÌýFor more information, look toÌý

Important dates

November 6, 2015 – poster abstract submission

November 13, 2015 --ÌýÌýearly registration deadline at mbmc.info ($100 students, $150 non-students)

December 3, 2015 -- late registration at mbmc.info ($150 students, $200 non-students)

December 3-4, 2015 --ÌýÌýWorkshop

If you have any questions regarding logistics, please contact Ms. Christina Tang-BernasÌýÌý [email protected]

If you have any questions regarding the technical program, please contact Prof. Urbashi MitraÌý [email protected]

This workshop has received financial support from the USC Provost’s Office, the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥ Communications Society and the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±Ö±²¥ Information Theory Society.

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