================================ BSBT 2008 CALL FOR PAPERS ===================================
(draft; January 10, 2008)

                             2008 International Conference on 
                        Bio-Science and Bio-Technology (BSBT 2008)

                             http://www.sersc.org/BSBT2008/

                                 December 13 ~ 15, 2008
                                  Hainan Island, China

==============================================================================================

** Overview **

2008 International Conference on Bio-Science and Bio-Technology (BSBT 2008) will be held on December 13 ~ 15, 2008, Hainan Island, China . 
BSBT 2008 will be the most comprehensive conference focused on the various aspects of advances in Bio-Science and Bio-Technology with Computational Sciences, Mathematics and Information Technology. This Conference provides a chance for academic and industry professionals to discuss recent progress in the area of Bio-Science and Bio-Technology. Furthermore, we expect that the conference and its publications will be a trigger for further related research and technology improvements in this important subject. 

The goal of this conference is to bring together the researchers from academia and industry as well as practitioners to share ideas, problems and solutions relating to the multifaceted aspects of Bio-Science and Bio-Technology. 

The complete list of topics will be updated some times later. Please check the Call for Papers section at http://www.sersc.org/BSBT2008/ 


** Topics of Conference (draft) **

The main topics include but will not be limited to: (Excellent surveying works in these areas are welcome, too.) 

- Bioelectronics and Biorobotics 
- Bioinformatics and Bioengineering 
- Bioinspired Information Technology 
- Biometrics and its application 
- Biomedicine and Medical Informatics 
- Hybrid research between Bio-technology and IT 


** Organizing Committee **

* General Co-Chairs
Luonan Chen (Osaka Sangyo University, Japan)
Stan Z. Li (Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Sang Yup Lee (KAIST, Korea)

* Program Co-Chairs
Xiaofeng Song (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China) 
Sang-Soo Yeo (Kyushu University, Japan)

* Publicity Co-Chairs
Jae-sung Kim (Korea Information Security Agency, Korea)
Clare Bates Congdon (University of Southern Maine, USA)
Kenji Mizuguchi (National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Japan)
See-Kiong Ng (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore)
Tughrul Arslan (Engineering and Electronics, Edinburgh University, UK)
Lusheng Wang (City University of Hong Kong)
Gwan-Su Yi (Information and Communications University, Korea)

* Publication Chair
Yong-ik Yoon (Sookmyung Women's University, Korea)

* Special Session Management Co-Chairs
Tai-hoon Kim (Hannam University, Korea)
Wai-Chi Fang (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA)

* System Management Chair
Deok-gyu Lee (ETRI, Korea)


** Important Dates **

- Special Session Proposal: February 28, 2008 
- Acceptance Notification for Special Session: March 15, 2008
- Submission of papers : May 31, 2008 
- Notification of acceptance : July 15, 2008 
- Submission of the camera ready: August 15, 2008
- Regular Registration: July 15 ~ August 20, 2008 


** Paper Submission and Publication **

All accepted and presented conference papers will be included in LNBI (EI and ISTP, http://www.springer.com/lncs) or supplement issues of SCI-E indexed international journals. And selected papers will be included in some International Journals (pending). 


** Contact Information **

The BSBT Secretariat, 
Ms. Peruza 
Science & Engineering Research Support Center, Korea. 
Email: bsbt@sersc.org 
Tel: +82 42 629 8386 
Fax: +82 42 624 2205