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祉做出了贡献。只有来自计算、基础研究和医学研究领域的科学家走到一起，才有可能在生物和医学科学方面取得重大进展。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个产品已经成功完成，该奖项支持第12届。这一努力的预期结果是为科学家培育合作努力的机会，并出现解决复杂生物和医学问题的创新方法。此外，被资助的研究生和本科生将会见和听取专家的意见，以及参加世界级科学家和几位特邀演讲者的三次主题演讲。当与会者返回并在其所在机构交流经验时，学员的研究员和同事也将受益。会议的会议记录将对学生、研究人员和实践者大有裨益。会议记录的部分内容也将在不同的课程中使用。选定的会议论文将被用来在《计算生物学杂志》和《计算生物学和生物信息学会刊》上发表两期特刊。这次会议涵盖的主题广泛，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)计算进展在生物医学研究中的应用。总而言之，这个为期三天的会议支持学生、研究人员和实践者，他们希望对当前生物和医学科学中正在进行的广泛计算进步有重要的洞察力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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.