Travel Awards for 2014 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM-2014)

生物信息学和生物医学研究是我们理解复杂生物系统的基础，影响着从农业和环境科学到制药和医学科学等领域的科学和技术。这项研究需要在定量科学、生命科学及其接口方面的多学科研究人员团队之间进行密切合作。第八届IEEE生物信息学和生物医学国际年会将提供一个开放和互动的论坛，以促进生物信息学和生物医学的多学科和跨学科研究和教育，促进思想的交流和弥合知识差距。该科学计划将涵盖基因组学、系统生物学、转译生物信息学和交叉生物信息学基础设施等方面的协同主题，以促进新的研究合作。两个专门的小组，大数据和生物信息学，以及生物信息学教育研讨会将促进关于研究和教育机会和障碍的讨论。作为吸引年轻研究人员的努力，BIBM-2014让他们参与了会议组织，并在会议计划中纳入了指导活动。这项支助将提供必要的关键资金，支持早期职业研究人员和研究生，特别是那些来自代表性不足群体的学生参加会议，作为下一代科学家和工程师的培训机会，从而扩大这次国际会议的科学影响。

Bioinformatics and Biomedicine research are fundamental to our understanding of complex biological systems, impacting the science and technology of fields ranging from agricultural and environmental sciences to pharmaceutical and medical sciences. The research requires close collaboration among multi-disciplinary teams of researchers in quantitative sciences, life sciences, and their interfaces. The 8th Annual IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine will provide an open and interactive forum to promote multi- and interdisciplinary research and education in Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, facilitating the cross fertilization of ideas and bridging knowledge gaps. The scientific program will cover synergistic themes on genomics, systems biology, translational bioinformatics, and cross-cutting bioinformatics infrastructure to promote new research collaboration. Two special panels, Big Data and Bioinformatics, and the Bioinformatics Educational Workshop will foster discussion on research and education opportunities and barriers. As an effort to engage young researchers, BIBM-2014 has involved them in the meeting organization and has included mentoring activities in the conference program. This support will provide the crucial funding needed to support the participation of early career researchers and graduate students, especially those from underrepresented groups, as a training opportunity for the next generation of scientists and engineers, thereby, broadening the scientific impact of this international conference.