International Workshop on Bio-Design Automation (IWBDA)

2016年第八届生物设计自动化国际研讨会（IWBDA）将汇集来自电子设计自动化（使用计算机软件构建复杂电子产品的实践）和合成生物学（使用工程原理的新型生物系统的前瞻性设计）的研究人员。IWBDA的目标是使生物学更容易，更强大，更可靠，更可预测地工程化，从而应对生物学和医学的挑战，从而推动疾病诊断，治疗和预防的进步。 现有的合成生物学会议并没有明确地关注弥合实验学家和计算研究人员工作之间的差距。弥合这一鸿沟对于合成生物学领域实现其承诺至关重要。此外，其他场地不积极包括电子设计自动化（EDA）社区，这可以为新型生物系统的设计带来广泛的经验，专业知识和观点。IWBDA包括主题演讲和特邀演讲，教程，海报会议，小组讨论，以及专门的非正式讨论时间。 这个研讨会的知识价值是一个关键的优势。该研讨会将在两天内提供12至15次技术会谈的场所。这些演讲是从两页的扩展摘要中选出的，这些摘要后来被存档。此外，将有两个邀请讲座，10到20海报，多个小组讨论会，和一个特色的学生编程比赛（BDathlon）。技术主题将是多样化的，包括以下领域：零件和标准化，生物电路模拟器，生物电路设计，合成生物学和基因网络重建的CAD工具。 在合成生物学/EDA中没有其他这样的研讨会。IWBDA的广泛影响是多方面的。来自EDA和合成生物学的各种各样的研究人员（120+）将聚集在一个独特的背景下，这在其他地方是不存在的。IWBDA将收集并公布会议的幻灯片、海报和摘要。此外，将创建一个用户调查，以了解更多关于如何像这样的研讨会可以更好地服务于社区。最后，将有许多本科生，研究生和研究生研究人员出席。IWBDA鼓励和支持妇女和代表性不足的少数民族学生参与，并有一个多样化的技术计划和执行委员会。在保持其建立国际合作和研究工作的目标，IWBDA 2016将在英国纽卡斯尔大学举行。共同主席是来自纽卡斯尔的Anil Wipat教授和来自剑桥的Pietro Lio'教授。该项目的主席是来自爱丁堡大学的Chris French教授。主讲人是来自纽卡斯尔大学的纳塔利奥·克拉斯诺戈尔教授。我们希望纽卡斯尔、剑桥、帝国理工学院和爱丁堡大学（以及其他英国大学）都能将研究生阶段的参与者送到主要研究者的水平。NSF的支持（由计算机信息科学与工程局和国际科学与工程办公室提供的资金表示感谢）确保了技术和多样化的本科生，研究生和博士后学生可以参加会议，以展示研究，了解更多有关该领域的信息，并扩大他们的网络机会。

The 8th International Workshop on Bio-Design Automation (IWBDA) 2016 will bring together researchers from electronic design automation (the practice of using computer software to build complex electronics) and synthetic biology (the forward design of novel biological systems using engineering principles). The goal of IWBDA is to make biology more easily, robustly, reliably, and predictably engineered and therefore, tackle challenges in biology and medicine, leading to advances in disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Existing synthetic biology conferences and meetings do not explicitly focus on bridging the gap between the work of experimentalists and computational researchers. Bridging this divide is essential for the field of synthetic biology to fulfill its promise. Furthermore, other venues do not actively include the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) community, which can bring a wide range of experiences, expertise, and perspectives to the design of novel biological systems. IWBDA includes keynote and invited talks, tutorials, poster sessions, panel discussions, as well as dedicated time for informal discussions. The intellectual merit of this workshop is a key strength. This workshop will provide a venue for between twelve and fifteen technical talks over two days. These talks are chosen from two page extended abstracts which are later archived. In addition, there will be two invited lectures, ten to twenty posters, multiple group discussion sessions, and a featured student programming competition (BDAthlon). Technical topics will be diverse and include areas such as: Parts and Standardization, Biological Circuit Simulators, Biological Circuit Design, CAD Tools for Synthetic Biology and Gene Network Reconstruction. No other such workshop exists in Synthetic Biology/EDA. The broader impacts of IWBDA are numerous. A wide variety of researchers (120+) from EDA and synthetic biology will be brought together in a unique context which does not exist elsewhere. IWBDA will capture and make public the slides, posters, and abstracts from the session. In addition, a user survey will be created to learn more about how workshops like this can better serve the community. Finally, there will be numerous undergraduate, graduate and post graduate student researchers in attendance. IWBDA encourages and supports woman and underrepresented minority student participation and has a diverse technical program and executive committees.In keeping with its goal of establishing international collaborations and research efforts, IWBDA 2016 will take place at Newcastle University in England. The co-general chairs are Prof. Anil Wipat from Newcastle and Prof. Pietro Lio' from Cambridge. The program chair is Prof. Chris French from the University of Edinburgh. A keynote speaker is Prof. Natalio Krasnogor from Newcastle University. We expect Newcastle, Cambridge, Imperial College, and the University of Edinburgh (among other UK based universities) all to send participants at the graduate to principle investigator level. NSF support (Funding provided from the Directorate of Computer Information Science and Engineering and the Office of International Science and Engineering is gratefully acknowledged) ensures a technical and diverse set of undergraduate, graduate, and post doctorial students can attend the conference to present research, learn more about the field, and expand their networking opportunities.