The Nineteenth International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB 2015)

RECOMB 2015是计算分子生物学系列国际会议中的第十九次会议，将于2015年4月12日至15日在波兰华沙举行。这项提案的目的是支持学生和年轻研究人员参加这次会议，从而使他们有机会获得特殊的培训机会，了解他们自己领域以及他们可能陌生的领域的最新研究。计算生物学已经成为现代生物学研究的重要工具之一，RECOMB是该领域历史最悠久、最负盛名的会议之一。该系列会议汇集了来自不同国家的研究生、青年和资深科学家，他们都在计算生物学的各个领域进行研究，包括分析基因组和其他分子序列，理解构成生物功能的复杂系统的相互作用，研究构成这些系统的分子结构，理解生物图像数据，推进所有这些任务所需的计算机模型和算法。RECOMB会议是计算分子生物学研究的主要国际论坛之一，特别是该工作的创新计算机科学组成部分。它为学生和该领域的顶尖研究人员提供了一个独特的机会，可以与他们的同事见面，亲自互动，讨论彼此的工作，并分享对未来项目的想法。学生和年轻研究人员将特别受益于更多地接触该领域的主要榜样。拟议的资金将特别把这个机会扩大到在美国的学生，否则他们可能没有机会参加会议。总体而言，学生将接受有关前沿发展的教育，这将进一步推动计算生物学领域的研究方法和成果。学生和科学家可以回到他们的实验室，在他们推进自己的研究工作或开始调查他们因参加RECOMB而接触到的新领域时应用他们所学到的知识。这次会议和提议的旅行奖学金在教育方面具有特别的价值，为在美国学习计算生物学的学生创造了一个独特的培训机会。被授予的旅行奖学金将支付选定的学生演讲组的注册、酒店和旅行费用。我们将优先考虑那些在会议上口头发表论文的学生，其次是那些用被接受的摘要做海报展示的学生。会议主席将根据通过会议网站提交的申请书和审稿人对提交作品的评价进行选择。将特别鼓励妇女、少数民族和残疾人提出申请，以期在会议上实现多样化并使不同群体直接受益。本赠款中要求的参与者支助费用将尽可能专门用于资助这三个代表性不足群体的学生的旅费，以增加他们获得培训机会的机会。通过参加RECOMB会议，学生将获得计算生物学的最新技能，该领域有可能解开理解生命的秘密。该领域包括一个充满活力、不断发展的行业，制药、农业、环境、消费品、生物技术、软件、硬件和服务公司对熟练的计算科学家的需求很高。美国国家科学基金会对这一提案的投资将有助于学生的职业发展和我们国家在不断扩大的全球产业中的竞争力，并将通过训练有素的科学家的新发现使公众受益。

RECOMB 2015 is the nineteenth in a series of international conferences in computational molecular biology that will be held in Warsaw, Poland, April 12-15, 2015. The objective of this proposal is to support students and young researchers to attend this meeting, thus exposing them to exceptional training opportunities and the latest research in their own areas as well as areas that may be new to them. Computational biology has become one of the essential tools of modern biological research and RECOMB is one of the oldest and most prestigious conferences in the field. The conference series brings together graduate students, young and senior scientists of many different nationalities, all of whom perform research in all areas of computational biology, including work on analyzing genomes and other molecular sequences, understanding the interaction of complicated systems that underlie biological function, working with molecular structures that make up these systems, making sense of biological image data, and advancing the computer models and algorithms needed for all of these tasks. The RECOMB conference is one of the major international forums for research in computational molecular biology, particularly the innovative computer science component of that work. It provides a unique opportunity for students and top researchers in the field to meet their colleagues, interact in person, discuss one another's work, and share ideas for future projects. Students and young researchers will particularly benefit from increased access to principal role models within the filed. The proposed funding will specifically extend this opportunity to U.S.-based students who might otherwise lack the opportunity to participate in the meeting. Overall, students will be educated on cutting-edge developments that will further drive the research methods and results of the field of computational biology. Students and scientists are able to return to their labs to apply what they have learned as they advance their own research efforts or begin investigating new areas they were exposed to as a result of attending RECOMB. The meeting and proposed travel fellowships will have particular value for educational purposes, creating a unique training opportunity for U.S.-based students of computational biology. Awarded travel fellowships will cover registration, hotel, and travel costs for a selected group of student presenters. Preference will be given to students with proceedings papers that are accepted for oral presentation at the conference and secondarily to those making poster presentations of accepted abstracts. Selection will be made by the conference chairs based on letters of application submitted via the conference website and reviewers' evaluations of the work to be presented. Women, minorities and persons with disabilities will be especially encouraged to apply with the goal of achieving diversity at the meeting and directly benefitting diverse groups. As much as possible, participant support cost requested in this grant will be used specifically to fund the travel expenses of students from these three underrepresented groups in order to increase their access to training opportunities. By attending the RECOMB meeting, students will gain the latest skills in computational biology, the field that has the potential to unlock the secrets for understanding life. The field comprises a vibrant, growing industry, with skilled computational scientists in high demand at pharmaceutical, agricultural, environmental, consumer products, biotech, software, hardware, and service companies. NSF investment in this proposal will help further students' careers and our nation's competiveness in an expanding, global industry, and will benefit the public through new discoveries made by highly trained scientists.