III: Small: Women in Bioinformatics Initiative at ACM BCB 2011

计算机机械协会（ACM）生物信息学和计算生物学国际会议（ACM- bcb）旨在提供一个共同的环境，以连接计算机科学，数学，统计学，生物学，生物信息学和生物医学等重要的跨学科研究领域，并提供一个互动论坛，汇集了一流的研究人员，实践者，以及来自世界各地的学生，以促进对计算生物科学的科学理解和发现。会议为来自不同学科的研究人员提供了一个形成新的合作和研究项目的机会。提议的？生物信息学中的女性？ACM-BCB 2011的倡议促进了这一重要事件中代表性不足的群体的广泛参与，并帮助培养21世纪计算机科学、生物科学、生物医学科学和其他跨学科领域的劳动力。

The Association for Computer Machinery (ACM) International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (ACM-BCB) is aimed at providing a common environment to bridge important interdisciplinary research areas in computer science, mathematics, statistics, biology, bioinformatics, and biomedicine and an interactive forum which brings together superb researchers, practitioners, and students from around the world to promote scientific understanding and findings in computational bioscience. The meeting provides an opportunity for researchers from very different disciplines to form new collaborations and research programs. The proposed ?Women in Bioinformatics? initiative at ACM-BCB 2011 promotes broad participation from underrepresented groups in this important event and help develop the 21st century workforce in the computer science, biological science, biomedical science and other interdisciplinary areas.