The 2003 BISC International Workshop on "SOFT COMPUTING FOR INTERNET  BIOINFORMATICS" will be held in the ComputerScience Division of the University of California, Berkeley, from December 15 -19. UC Berkeley is a preeminent research institution in the proximity of Silicon Valley.
At the dawn of the new millennium, we can expect dramatic increase in the use of fuzzy logic inthe Bioinofrmatics and internet applications, since we have to deal with an increasing amount of data, that is mainlyunstructured and designed for human access. Therefore, it is usually hard to extract relevant informationautomatically. These aspects will be reflected in the subjects treated at this 2003 BISC InternationalWorkshop.
The main purpose of the Workshop is to draw the attention of the fuzzy logic community as well as the Bioinformatics and internet community to the fundamentalimportance of specific Internet-related problems. The BISC 
Program invites researchers from around the world who are interested in advancingthe frontiers of the Bioinformatics and Internet by use of fuzzy logic and soft computing methods. The Workshop will providea unique opportunity for the academic and corporate communities to address new challenges, sharesolutions, and discuss research directions for the future. Technical topics of interest include, but are notlimited to:

The goal of the invited sessions is to provide focused discussion on a new topic, or innovative applications of a new approach. Proposals for invited sessions should be submitted by Oct 31, 2003, to the Program Chair. Each invited session consists of three papers, which will be reviewed through the normal process.  The proposal should be submitted by the session organizer, and include a brief statement of the focus of the paper, along with authors and titles of each paper submitted electronically.

Requirements for Proposals: Proposals for tutorials that address the technical topics related to the workshop theme are welcome. We encourage programs that will attract industrial members, and programs with high anticipated level of interest, impact, creativity. 

Tutorial 
Proposals must follow the format below and be submitted via email to: flint-cibi@eecs.berkeley.edu by Oct 31, 2003. Please email only ASCII text, MS-word or Postscript files.
 

Proposal Format: 
1. Title 
2. Abstract / List of Topics (< 1000 words, indicate full or half day tutorial)
3. Speakers (complete address, phone, and email) 
4. Motivation and Objectives (<300 words) 
5. Primary/Secondary Audience 
 

All reviews and interactions will be conducted via email. Organizers agree to collect written course notes from all speakers no later than October, 31 2003.

There will be an exhibition site at the workshop. Reservations for space and further information may be obtained by contacting Local Chairs.