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。只有当来自计算、基础研究和医学研究界的科学家们走到一起，生物和医学科学的巨大进步才有可能。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，并作为一个合作平台。ICCABS的11个奖项已经成功完成，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和创新方法的出现，以解决复杂的生物和医学问题。此外，研究生和本科生支持将满足和听取专家，以及参加三个主题演讲，从世界一流的科学家和几个特邀发言人。参加学生的研究员和同事也将受益时，与会者返回，并在他们的家乡机构交流的经验。会议的会议记录将对学生，研究人员和从业人员非常有用。部分会议记录也将用于不同的课程。会议论文将被用于在Journal of Computational Biology和Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics期刊上撰写两个特刊。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。总的来说，这个为期三天的会议支持学生，研究人员和从业者谁想要获得关键洞察到广泛的当前计算的进展，在生物和医学科学展开。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得的支持，通过评估使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。

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.