ISMB Conference Support for Students & Young Scientists

智能系统分子生物学（ISMB）会议是国际计算生物学学会（ISCB）的年度会议。自1993年以来，ISMB会议为传播生物信息学的最新发展提供了一个年度论坛，从而成为实现学会使命的关键工具。过去的ISMB会议吸引了来自38个国家的与会者，多达2136名与会者。自2000年以来，会议地点一直在北美，欧洲和非北美/非欧洲地点之间交替，以促进国际交流和合作。ISMB 2006将于2006年8月6日至10日在巴西福塔莱萨举行。作为一个多学科的会议，丰富的多样性，ISMB汇集了学生，研究人员，教师和工作人员，所有这些人都专注于计算机科学，分子生物学，生物学，数学和/或统计学。ISMB专注于以实际生物学问题为中心的研究，而不是简单的理论计算，与会者有效地讨论和分发“分子生物学智能系统”的最新发展。智能系统包括任何超越简单的、封闭形式的算法或标准数据库技术的软件，包括那些以符号方式查看数据、从示例中学习、整合多个抽象层次或综合结果以使人类在认知上易于处理的软件，包括为生物问题开发和应用先进的计算方法。该奖项提供资金，以帮助学生和初级研究人员参加ISMB 2006。所获得的知识和所建立的联系将对美国计算生物学的下游状态产生重要影响，特别是在与我们的拉丁美洲和南美合作伙伴建立新的联系方面。

The Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) conference is the annual meeting of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB). The ISMB conference has provided an annual forum for disseminating the latest developments in bioinformatics since 1993, thus serving as a key vehicle for achievement of the Society's mission. Past ISMB conferences have drawn attendees from as many as 38 countries, and up to 2136 attendees. Since 2000 the conference location has been purposefully alternated between North America, Europe, and non-North American/non-European sites to foster international exchange and collaboration. ISMB 2006 is being held in Fortaleza, Brazil, August 6-10, 2006. As a multidisciplinary conference rich in diversity, ISMB brings together students, researchers, faculty, and staff, all of whom share a focus on computer science, molecular biology, biology, mathematics and/or statistics. ISMB focuses on research centered on actual biological problems rather than simply theoretical calculations, and attendees effectively discuss and distribute the latest developments in "intelligent systems for molecular biology." Intelligent systems include any software which goes beyond straightforward, closed-form algorithms or standard database technologies, and encompasses those that view data in a symbolic fashion, learn from examples, consolidate multiple levels of abstraction, or synthesize results to be cognitively tractable to a human, including the development and application of advanced computational methods for biological problems. This award provides funding to assist students and junior researchers in attending ISMB 2006. The knowledge gained and the contacts made will have an important impact downstream on the state of computational biology in the US, particularly in forging new ties with our Latin and South American partners.