Events

2008

1. 1st NUS-University of Tokyo Joint Workshop on Computational Systems Biology
   29-30 September 2008 at Block COM1, #02-VC Video Conference Room

2. CS Seminar: Discovering the Almost Unknown - a Bio-Inspired Approach to Pattern Recognition and Optimization
   Saman Halgamuge, University of Melbourne
   17 July 2008 @ 2pm in SR5 (COM1-02-01)

3. CS Seminar: Ultraconservation and ultradivergence - insights into human development and evolution through statistical analysis of DNA sequences
   Shyam Prabhakar, Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR
   14 May 2008 @ 2pm in SR10 (COM1-02-10)

4. 3rd East Asia Bioinformation Network Meeting
   18 April 2008 @ CIT Auditorium, NUS Computer Center.

5. Bioinformatics Asia 2008
   15-17 April 2008 @ Suntec City Convention Centre.

6. CS Seminar: Function prediction from biomolecular sequences - basic principles and application examples
   Birgit Eisenhaber, Experimental Therapeutics Centre, A*STAR
   17 April 2008 @ 2pm in SR10 (COM1-02-10).

7. CS Seminar: "Talk title to be confirmed"
   Greg Tucker-Kellogg, Lilly Singapore Centre for Drug Discovery
   9 April 2008 @ 2pm in SR10 (COM1-02-10).

8. 12th Annual International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB2008)
   30 March - 2 April 2008 @ University Cultural Centre, NUS.
   Posters / Program /

9. CS Seminar: Fragment-HMM, a New Approach to Protein Structure Prediction
   Shuai Cheng Li, University of Waterloo.
   24 March 2008 @ 4pm in SR3B (COM1-2-13).

10. CS Seminar: Multi-Dimensional Views in the 'Omics' Era: Data Analyses Solutions in Structural Computational Biology and Microarrays Applications
    Yaron Turpaz, Lilly Singapore Centre for Drug Discovery
    20 March 2008 @ 2pm in SR10 (COM1-02-10).

11. CS Seminar: Colorful Chemical Genetics
    Chang Young-Tae, Dept of Chemistry, NUS
    13 March 2008 @ 2pm in TR 10 (COM1-02-41).

12. CS Seminar: Integrated Mining of Protein Interaction Networks: A Case for Ensemble Clustering
    Srinivasan Parthasarathy, Ohio State University, USA
    26 February 2008 @ 4.30pm in SR9, COM1 Level 2.

13. Flourescent Measurements: Red is Exciting
    Bala S. Manian, CEO, ReaMetrix, San Carlos, USA
    28 January 2008 @ 12noon, in CeLS Auditorium.

14. CS Seminar: Translational Discoveries in Multiple Myeloma Using Global Genomics
    Chng Wee Joo, Dept of Medicine, NUS
    22 January 2008 @ 10am, in SR5, COM1 Level 2

    2007

15. CS Seminar: Modeling Mammalian Circadian Rhythms
    Daniel Forger, Dept of Mathematics, Univ of Michigan
    14 December 2007 @ 11am, in TR3, COM1 #01-03.

16. 2nd International Symposium on Languages in Biology and Medicine (LBM2007)
    6-7 December 2007 @ Biopolis.
    Programme / Short papers proceedings / Photos

17. 18th International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW2007)
    3-5 December 2007 @ Biopolis.
    Programme / Proceedings / Posters / Photos

18. 6th Association of Asian Societies for Bioinformatics Symposium (AASBi2007)
    2 December 2007 @ Biopolis.
    Photos

19. CS Seminar: Mining Key Players and Communities from Protein Interaction Networks
    Xiaoli Li, Institute for Infocomm Research
    27 September 2007 @ 2pm in SR5, COM1 Level 2.

20. OLS Bioinformatics for Biologists Seminar Series: Rapid Protein Structure Database Searching: A Filter-and-Refine Approach
    Zeyar Aung, Institute for Infocomm Research
    25 September 2007 @ 4pm in Block S2 Level 4 Seminar Room 1.

21. CS Seminar: Computational Intelligence Approach for Designing Lead Molecule
    Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Indian Statistical Institute
    25 September 2007 @ 2.30pm in SR5, COM1 Level 2.

22. CS Seminar: Codes in Our Genome
    Liang Goh, NUS-Duke Graduate Medical School
    23 August 2007 @ 2pm in MR2, COM1 Level 3.

23. CS Seminar: Using indirect protein-protein interactions for protein complex prediction
    Chua Hon Nian, NUS NGS.
    26 July 2007 @ 2pm in Executive Classroom, SOC1 Level 5.

24. CS Seminar: An accurate and efficient algorithm for peptide and PTM identification by tandem mass spectrometry
    Ning Kang, NUS SOC.
    19 July 2007 @ 2pm in Executive Classroom, SOC1 Level 5.

25. OLS Bioinformatics for Biologists Seminar Series: Motif Finding in Protein and DNA Sequences
    Ken Sung, NUS SOC.
    29 May 2007 @ 4pm in Block S2 Level 4 Seminar Room 1.

26. CS Seminar: RB-Finder, An Improved Distance-Based Sliding Window Method to Detect Recombination Breakpoints
    Charlie LEE Wah Heng, Genome Institute of Singapore
    17 May 2007 @ 2pm in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

27. Mathematical Modeling at the Service of Public Health: Understanding and Controlling Disease Transmission Dynamics
    Babak Pourbohloul, Univ of British Columbia Centre for Disease Control
    8 May @ 10am in IHPC Auditorium.

28. Contact Network Epidemiology: Understanding & Controlling Disease Outbreaks
    Babak Pourbohloul, Univ of British Columbia Centre for Disease Control
    8 May @ 2pm in IHPC Auditorium.

29. CS Seminar: Computational Methods for Reconstructing Biomolecular Systems and Studying their Evolution
    Yeang Chen-Hsiang, Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton
    12 April 2007 @ 3.30pm in Video Conference Room, S15, Level 4.

30. CS Seminar: Recognition of Precursor MicroRNAs from Genomic Pseudo Hairpins Using Global and Intrinsic Folding Measures
    Stanley Ng Kwang Loong, PhD Candidate, AGS
    5 April 2007 @ 2pm in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

31. OLS Bioinformatics for Biologists Seminar Series: Geometric Tools for Protein Conformational Flexibility Analysis
    David Hsu, NUS SOC.
    27 March 2007 @ 4pm in Block S2 Level 4 Seminar Room 1.

32. CS Seminar: Protein Conformational Flexibility Analysis with Noisy Data
    Anshul Nigham, NUS SOC.
    26 March 2007 @ 2pm in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

33. CS Seminar: Protein Interaction Module Detection Using Matrix-Based Graph Algorithms
    Chris Ding, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs
    26 March 2007 @ 10.30am in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

34. CS Seminar: Mining of Genomic, Transcriptomic, and Proteomic Data
    Rintaro Saito, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University
    16 March 2007 @ 4pm in TR8, SOC1, Level 5.

35. OLS Distinguished Lecture: Large-Scale Screening for New Viruses: Towards the Sequencing of the Human Virome
    Bjorn Andersson, Karolinska Institutet
    7 March 2007 @ 4pm, CeLS Auditorium.

36. OLS Bioinformatics for Biologists Seminar Series: Mining the Protein-Protein Interaction Networks
    See-Kiong Ng, I²R
    30 January 2007 @ 4pm in Seminar Room 1, Level 4, Block S2.

37. CS Seminar: Systems Biotechnology---Making Systems Biology Work in Industry
    Sang Yup Lee, KAIST
    24 January 2007 @ 4pm in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

    2006

38. SOC Postgraduate Seminar: LocalMotif - An In-Silico Tool for Detecting Localized Motifs in Regulatory Sequences
    Vipin Narang, School of Computing, NUS
    30 November 2006 @ 2pm in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

39. OLS Bioinformatics for Biologists Seminar Series: Predicting Functional Class of Proteins from Amino Acid Sequence Irrespective of Sequence Similarity - A Machine Learning Approach
    Chen Yu Zong, Dept of Pharmacy, NUS
    28 November 2006 @ 4pm in Block S2 Level 4 Seminar Room 1.

40. CS Seminar: Learning Gene Network Using Conditional Dependence
    Liu Tiefei, Dept of Biological Science, NUS
    23 November 2006 @ 2pm in SR4, SOC1, Level 6.

41. CS Seminar: Reasoning in Open Possible World: On a New Class of Nonparametric Bayesian Models for Haplotype Phasing, LD Modeling, and Demongraphic Inference in Open Ancestral Space
    Eric Xing, School of Computer Science, CMU
    16 November 2006 @ 2pm in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

42. CS Seminar: Annotating the Genome Using Paired-End-diTag
    Wing-Kin Sung, Dept of Computer Science, NUS
    9 November 2006 @ 2pm in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

43. CS Seminar: GeneMANIA: Real-Time Integration of Functional Genomic Datasets for Gene Function Prediction
    Quaid Morris, Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto
    8 November 2006 @ 11am in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

44. CS Seminar: Unraveling the Common Denominators of Protein-Protein Interaction Networks
    Ng See Kiong, Institute for Infocomm Research
    31 October @ 10.30am in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

45. CS Seminar: Score-based Approach for Replication Origin Prediction in Herpesviruses
    Choi Kwok Pui, NUS Stats
    26 October 2006 @ 2pm in SR4, SOC1, Level 6.

46. CS Seminar: Monomer-dimer Model in Two-Dimensional Rectangular Lattices
    Kong Yong, NUS Math
    19 October 2006 @ 2pm in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

47. CS Seminar: GR - An Efficient Algorithm for Feature Selection in Large-Scale Typed Unification Grammars
    Liviu Ciortuz, University of Iasi, Romania
    14 September 2006 @ 4pm in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

48. CS Seminar: Increasing Confidence of Protein Interactomes Using Network Topological Metrics
    Chen Jin, NUS SOC
    14 September 2006 @ 2pm in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

49. CS Seminar: Mining Protein-Protein Interaction Networks
    Srinivasan Parthasarathy, Ohio State University
    31 August 2006 @ 3pm in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

50. CS Seminar: Biocomputing Startups: Can They Survive in Singapore?
    Bernard Leong, Genome Institute of Singapore
    3 August 2006 @ 4pm in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

51. CS Seminar: On Diagnostic Data Mining
    Bing Liu, Univ of Illinois at Chicago
    3 August 2006 @ 2pm in Seminar Room 1, S16, Level 3.

52. RECOMB Satellite Workshop on Regulatory Genomics
    17-18 July 2006 @ LT34, SOC1.

53. Workshop on BioAlgorithmics
    12-14 July 2006 @ Institute for Mathematical Sciences Auditorium.

54. CS Seminar: Identifying microRNA Precursors with the Combination of Global and Local Structure Characteristics
    Zheng Yun, NUS SOC
    29 June 2006 @ 2pm in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

55. CS Seminar: Systems Biotechnology and Bioinformatics for Strain Improvement
    Dong-Yup Lee, NUS Dept of Chemical and Molecular Engineering
    29 May 2006 @ 2pm in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

56. CS Seminar: On the Minimum Common Integer Partition
    Xin Chen, NTU School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
    20 April 2006 @ 2pm in TR6, SOC1, Level 3.

57. CS Seminar: Motion Planning for Closed-Chain Manipulators with Application to Structural Biology
    Liu Guanfeng, Stanford University Dept of Computer Science
    19 April 2006 @ 10.30am in Video Conference Room, S15 04-30.

58. CS Seminar: A Probabilistic Model for Mining Labeled Ordered Trees: Capturing Patterns in Carbohydrate Sugar Chains
    Hiroshi Mamitsuka, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Japan
    23 March 2006 @ 3pm in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.
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59. CS Seminar: Hypothesis Testing With Kernels
    Arthur Gretton, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
    20 March 2006 @ 2pm in Seminar Room 2, S16, Level 4.

60. CS Seminar: Extracting and Exploiting Contrastive Relations from Biomedical Literature
    See-Kiong Ng, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
    1 March 2006 @ 3pm in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

61. 5th Korea-Singapore Workshop on Bioinformatics and NLP
    22 February 2006 @ 9am-5pm in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

62. CS Seminar: A Bioinformatics Group Embedded in an Experimental Biological Institute - Experience at the IMP/Vienna 1999-2006
    Frank Eisenhaber, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna
    9 January 2006 @ 3pm in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

    2005

63. CS Seminar: Deducing Function from Mammalian Genome and Transcriptome Data.
    Christian Schoenbach, RIKEN Genomic Seciences Center
    28 November 2005 @ 10.30am in Executive Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

64. CS Seminar: Computation in Membrane Systems.
    Gabriel Ciobanu, Institute of Computer Science, Romanian Academy
    16 November 2005 @ 2pm in MR 4, S16 Level 8 Room 23.

65. CS Seminar: Analyzing Inconsistency Toward Enhancing Integration of Biological Molecular Databases.
    Phoebe Chen, Deakin University.
    8 November 2005 @ 2pm in Exec Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

66. CS Seminar: Detection and Tracking of Region-Based Evolving Targets in Sensor Networks.
    Guozhu Dong, Wright State University.
    21 October 2005 @ 2pm in Exec Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

67. CS Seminar: Metaprogramming in Databases.
    Gottfried Vossen, University of Muenster.
    7 October 2005 @ 2pm in Exec Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

68. CS Seminar: Simultaneous Information Sharing and Privacy Preservation.
    Ke Wang, Simon Fraser University.
    5 October 2005 @ 2pm in Executive Classroom, SoC1, Level 5.

69. CS Seminar: Advances in Data Mining (OLAM) in Data Cubes.
    Guozhu Dong, Wright State University.
    2 September 2005 @ 2pm in Exec Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.

70. I²R-SOC Joint Lab Seminars:
    (i) Function Prediction from Protein Interactions.
    Kenny Chua, NUS NGS.
    (ii) Accurate Identification of MicroRNA Precursors.
    Yang Lianghuai, NUS SOC.
    16 August 2005 @ 10.30am in Exec Classroom, SOC1, Level 5.