Paper Submission
All submissions will be rigorously peer reviewed and evaluated on the quality,
originality, soundness, and significance of their contributions. Original research
papers are solicited in all aspects of Optimization, Bioinformatics, Systems Biology
and Computational Biology, including but not limited to the above topics.
The proceedings of the conference will be published in the series
Lecture Notes in Operations Research (LNOR),
and will be available at the conference. Papers of LNOR OSB 2008 will be submitted
to ISI for ISTP index. The selected papers are going to be published on the
special issue of IET Systems Biology and
International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications (IJBRA) on OSB 2008.
The papers should be written in English. While submitting your abstract, please
make sure it has included the following information:
- Title of the paper
- Abstract of the paper (within 400 words)
- Name(s) and affiliation(s) of the authors
- Postal address and e-mail address of the authors
At least one author is required to register
to OSB 2008 and to attend the symposium to present the paper. Please note that ONLY one
paper can be published in proceedings for one registered participant.
Simultaneous submission of papers to any other conference with published
proceedings or submitting previously published papers is not allowed.
Only on-line submissions (in ps or pdf formats) are acceptable.
Paper submission is closed.
Poster submission is closed.
To submit your paper, visit the web page:
Format for accepted papers
Please submit the revised final manuscript to
http://www.easychair.org/OSB2008/. When you submit the revised manuscript, please
select the existing submission in "My Submissions" to submit a new version. Note that
do NOT create new submission. The format of the accepted file should be either Microsoft
Word (file extension .doc) or LaTeX (file extension .tex). For the LaTeX file, if there
are figures in your manuscript, please compress all files in a ZIP file (file extension .zip)
or gzipped tarball (file extension .tgz).
Each paper
should not exceed 8 pages (Text size is 195mm x 125mm, font size is 10.5pt in Word or
11pt in LaTeX. For a sample and the temperate of the manuscript, please visit
http://www.aporc.org/LNOR/7/).
Papers that occupy more than 8 pages will incur an additional charge of US$20 for each
excess page and the maximum acceptable pages are 15. The proceedings will be printed in
black and white mode. Therefore please modify your color figures so that they can be
understandable in black and white mode.
Deadline for final manuscript submission and early registration is: September 15, 2008
LaTeX Template Files
The LaTeX template files for the LNOR proceedings can be downloaded here.
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