[Socbin] Call for participation - BioMedSim'2005

[Kaj Nyström]

Call for participation - BioMedSim'2005


BioMedSim'2005
The Fourth International Conference on
Simulation in Medicine, Biology and Biomedical Engineering,
Linköping, Sweden.
May 26-27, 2005

http://www.ida.liu.se/conferences/biomedsim05/

Preliminary conference program, travel information and registration is 
available at the conference website

Note:
The conference is co-organized at the same site with
the SimSafe'2005 conference (May 30-31) on safety and security
usage and issues of modeling and simulation,
including safety of society, transportation, engineering, biomedical 
equipment, etc.


Between the conferences is a 2-day hands-on course in Object-Oriented 
modeling
and simulation using Modelica (May 28-29), partly based on the book
"Principles of Object Oriented Modelica and Simulation with Modelica 2.1",
Wiley-IEEE Press, 2004, by Peter Fritzson.


Invited Speakers
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Future challenges for distributed computing and biology :The case of 
grid computing and stochastic distributed simulation

by David Hill - Computer Science and Modeling Laboratory, Blaise Pascal 
University, France

The purpose of this keynote is to present the new challenges for 
distributed stochatic simulation in biology.The first part will give a 
short presentation dealing with the differences between : Grid 
Computing, Internet Computing, Peer-To-Peer, Cluster Computing, Meta 
Computing and Parasitic computing. Then the focus will be given to grid 
computing, which could be considered as distributed computing taken to 
the next evolutionary stage. We will see what grid computing can do, the 
concepts of grid computing, the current European status of Grid 
computing and what will be possible in the near future.We will also 
state what a grid cannot do.A second part will deal will the 
distribution of stochastic simulations and the distribution of 
simulation experiments (whether stochastic or not). The different 
techniques in use to distribute random numbers will be presented as well 
as future research directions. Optimization techniques will be exposed 
and real applications on biology ecological modelling and medical 
projects will be presented to help understanding the impact of grid 
computing.



Integration: a Key Word and Challenge in Water Quality Modeling.

by Peter Vanrolleghem - Department of Applied Mathematics, Biometrics 
and Process ControlGhent University, Belgium

Water is a precious good that is affected by many processes. When 
looking at river ecosystem health, as increasingly required by EU 
legislation and public interest, an integrated view on this large scale, 
complex system is required. Many scientific disciplines must work 
together and deal with many different types of models and data sets in a 
variety of ways. The presentation will highlight some of the modelling 
and simulation tools that support the decision support in this important 
environmental system.



Conference Information and Deadlines
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BioMedSim'2005 conference                       May 26-27, 2005  
(thu-friday)

SimSafe'2005 conference                         May 30, 2005  (monday)

Modelica modeling & simulation hands-on course  May 28-29, 2005  
(sat-sunday)


Program and conference Chair
Peter Fritzson, Linköping University, Sweden
Email: peter.fritzson at ida.liu.se

Deputy Chair
Peter Bunus, Linköping University
Email: peter.bunus at ida.liu.se

Local Organization Chair
Kaj Nyström, Linköping University
Email: Kaj.Nystrom at ida.liu.se



About Vårdnäs, Linköping, Sweden

The conference site Vårdnäs is beautifully situated at a lake
just south of Linköping. Swimming, canoeing, and hiking is available
right at the site. The Lake district south of Linköping is one of the most
beautiful areas in this part of Sweden. Linköping also features
Linköping university with the university hospital, the Saab aerospace
company, one of Europes largest aircraft museums, the Old Linköping 
(Gamla Linköping)
town area with many small shops, the Berg lock staircase of
Göta Canal (10 km), the historic city of Vadstena with the Gustaf Wasa
castle (50km), the Baltic Sea with the St Anna Archipelago (50-100 km).

Linköping is served by four airports: Linköping airport (5 km) or Norrköping
airport (50km by F-taxi) usually reached via Copenhagen,
the Stockholm-Skavsta airport (100 km by bus) served by the low-fare
Ryan Air, and the Stockholm-Arlanda airport (270 km by hourly trains).
A low-price shuttle between Vårdnäs and Linköping railway station or 
airport is
available, but should preferrably be ordered in advance.