Workshop on Future Directions in Network Biology

网络生物学是计算机科学和生物学交叉的一个领域，对于加深对细胞功能和疾病的理解至关重要。虽然该领域相对年轻，但由于许多因素，包括数据复杂性的增加，它已经发生了快速变化，并出现了新的计算/算法挑战。因此，该领域的研究方向需要相应地发展。该项目是关于确定这一领域紧迫挑战并提出挑战解决方案的研讨会。因此，研讨会将有助于塑造网络生物学算法研究的短期和长期愿景。因此，预计这将有利于美国的全球科学竞争力。研讨会的结果（例如，录像和一份关于讲习班讨论情况的文件）将通过公共资料库广泛传播。讲习班的目的是使妇女和其他少数群体在参加者中的代表性达到平衡。该研讨会将于2020年举行，约有35名研究人员参加，他们正在网络生物学的各个方面进行积极和最先进的研究。研讨会的参与者将提出并讨论他们对网络生物学领域当前和未来重要研究方向的看法。一个目标是了解计算机科学和算法领域如何使网络生物学领域受益，反之亦然，以及如何进一步加强这种协同作用。该研讨会奖由计算和通信基础部的计算生物学计划以及分子和细胞生物科学部的系统和合成生物学计划共同资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定基金会的使命是履行其使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评价，被认为值得支持。

Network biology, a field in the intersection of computer science and biology, is critical for deepening understanding of cellular functioning and disease. While the field is relatively young, there have already been rapid changes to it and new computational/algorithmic challenges have arisen, owing to many factors, including increasing data complexity. So, research directions in the field need to evolve accordingly. This project is about a workshop on identifying pressing challenges in this field and proposing solutions to the challenges. Thus, the workshop will help shape the short- and long-term vision for algorithmic research in network biology. As such, it is expected to benefit global scientific competitiveness of the US. The workshop results (e.g., video recordings and a paper about the workshop discussions) will be disseminated broadly via public repositories. The workshop aims to balance well the representation of women and other minorities among its participants. The workshop is to be held in 2020 as a targeted meeting of approximately 35 researchers who are doing active and state-of-the-art research in various aspects of network biology. The workshop participants are to present and discuss their views of important current and future research directions in the field of network biology. A goal is to understand how the field of computer science and algorithms in particular is benefiting the field of network biology, and vice versa, and how to strengthen this synergy even further.This workshop award is cofunded by the Computational Biology Program in the Division of Computing and Communication Foundations and the Systems and Synthetic Biology Program in the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.