Travel: NSF Student Travel Grant for 2023 ICCABS (12th International Conference on Computational Advances in Bio and medical Sciences)

计算技术使生物和医学科学取得了许多进步，促进了国民健康，并为整个社会的繁荣和福利做出了贡献。只有来自计算、基础研究和医学研究界的科学家走到一起，生物和医学科学才有可能取得巨大进步。生物和医学科学计算进展国际会议（ICCABS）的目标是将这些社区聚集在一起，并作为一个协作平台。ICCABS已成功举办了11届，该奖项支持第12届。这一努力的预期结果是为科学家培养合作努力的机会，并出现解决复杂生物和医学问题的创新方法。此外，支持的研究生和本科生将会见并听取专家的意见，并参加由世界一流科学家和几位受邀演讲者进行的三场主题演讲。当与会者返回并在其家乡机构交流经验时，参加会议的学生的研究员和同事也将受益。会议记录将对学生、研究人员和从业人员非常有用。部分程序也将在不同的课程中使用。选定的会议论文将用于在《计算生物学杂志》和《计算生物学与生物信息学学报》上出版两期特刊。本次会议涵盖了广泛的主题，包括：(1)新测序技术的最新机遇和挑战；(2)深度学习和生物医学成像；(3)计算进步在生物医学研究中的应用。总之，这个为期三天的会议支持学生、研究人员和从业人员，他们希望获得对生物和医学科学中广泛的当前计算进展的关键见解。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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估，被认为值得支持。

Computational techniques have enabled many advances in the bio and medical sciences, advancing national health and contributing to the prosperity and welfare of society at large. Great advances in bio and medical sciences are possible only if scientists from the computation, basic research, and medical research communities come together. The International Conference on Computational Advances in Bio and Medical Sciences (ICCABS) has the goal of bringing together these communities and serving as a collaboration platform. Eleven offerings of ICCABS have been successfully completed and this award supports the 12th edition. Anticipated results of this effort are for scientists to cultivate opportunities for collaborative efforts and the emergence of innovative approaches to address complex bio and medical issues. Additionally, graduate and undergraduate students supported will meet and listen to experts, as well as attend three keynote talks from world class scientists and several invited speakers. The fellows and colleagues of the attending students will also benefit when attendees return and communicate the experience at their home institutions. The conference proceedings from the meeting will be of great use to students, researchers, and practitioners. Portions of the proceedings will also be used in different courses. Selected conference papers will be used to develop two special issues in the Journal of Computational Biology and the Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics journals.This conference covers a wide range of topics including: (1) recent opportunities and challenges in new sequencing technologies (2) deep learning and biomedical imaging and (3) applications of computational advances in biomedical research. Altogether, this three-day conference supports students, researchers, and practitioners who want to gain key insight into a wide range of current computational advances unfolding in the bio and medical sciences.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.