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<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">19th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2013)</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">(<a href="http://amcis2013.aisnet.org">http://amcis2013.aisnet.org</a>)</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Hyper-connected World: Anything Anywhere Anytime</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Chicago, Illinois, USA</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">August 15-17, 2013.</font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Track: Health Information Systems/Technology (SIGHealth) </font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Call for Papers</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Paper submission starts on: January 4, 2013</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Paper submission ends on: February 22, 2013, 11:59 PM CST</font></p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:left;MARGIN:auto 0in 6pt" class="MsoTitle" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-WEIGHT:normal">MINI-TRACK: </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt;FONT-WEIGHT:normal">Pharmacoinformatics for the improvement of pharmaceutical services and drug discovery</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">DESCRIPTION</font></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt;BACKGROUND:white;TEXT-AUTOSPACE:ideograph-numeric" class="MsoNormal"><span style><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">The advances of information systems and technologies and web-based information sharing have raised expectations of healthcare organizations with regards to the use of such systems for the improvement of healthcare services. On the other hand, advances in information processing and representation have also raised the prospects of pharmaceutical companies to use advanced Pharmacoinformatics for protein engineering necessary for the design of new drug entities, medicinal chemistry and molecular analysis of therapeutics in pursuit of maximizing drug efficacy and<span style> </span>minimizing systemic toxicity and adverse events. Such developments suggest that integrated approaches for the management of pharmacy information and pharmacoinformatics applications are needed in order to enable all stakeholders to benefit from the rapidly expanding knowledge of pharmaceutical care services and potential drug and therapeutic targets. The workshop on Pharmaco-Informatics for Drug Discovery aims to provide a forum to share comprehensive techniques and approaches for the establishment of efficient and intelligent pharmacoinformatics for the improvement of pharmaceutical care services and drug discovery. </font></font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">SUGGESTED TOPICS</font></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT:15pt;MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt;BACKGROUND:white;TEXT-AUTOSPACE:ideograph-numeric" class="MsoNormal"><span style><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Research topics may include but are not limited to:</font></font></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Symbol;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><span style>·<span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt">Pharmacoinformatics: methodological and conceptualization frameworks. </span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Symbol;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><span style>·<span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt">The role of Pharmacoinformatics in improving pharmaceutical services.<span style> </span></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Symbol;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><span style>·<span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt">Intelligent pharmacoinformatics.</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Symbol;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><span style>·<span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt">Crowd sourcing data for Pharmacoinformatics from social networks. </span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Symbol;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><span style>·<span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt">Data integration tools and analytical systems for Pharmacoinformatics data.</span></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Symbol;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><span style>·<span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt">Advanced Pharmacoinformatics applications for the improvement of Pharmacovigilance processes.</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:left;LINE-HEIGHT:18pt;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;BACKGROUND:white;TEXT-AUTOSPACE:ideograph-numeric" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Symbol;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><span style>·<span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt">Pharmacoinformatics for drug discovery. </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt"></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:left;LINE-HEIGHT:18pt;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;BACKGROUND:white;TEXT-AUTOSPACE:ideograph-numeric" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Symbol;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><span style>·<span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt">Generation of integrated pharmacoinformatics databases. </span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:left;LINE-HEIGHT:18pt;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;BACKGROUND:white;TEXT-AUTOSPACE:ideograph-numeric" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Symbol;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><span style>·<span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt">Biomedical text mining for drug discovery pipeline. </span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:left;LINE-HEIGHT:18pt;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;BACKGROUND:white;TEXT-AUTOSPACE:ideograph-numeric" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Symbol;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><span style>·<span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt">Pharmacoinformatics-based Rational design of drug combination.</span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:left;LINE-HEIGHT:18pt;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;BACKGROUND:white;TEXT-AUTOSPACE:ideograph-numeric" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Symbol;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><span style>·<span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt">Pattern recognition and classification in translational research. </span></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:left;LINE-HEIGHT:18pt;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;BACKGROUND:white;TEXT-AUTOSPACE:ideograph-numeric" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Symbol;FONT-SIZE:11pt"><span style>·<span style="FONT:7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt">Protein-protein interaction network analysis for disease.</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt"></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Mini-Track Chair:</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Tagelsir Mohamed Gasmelseid, PhD. </font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">College of Computer Sciences and Information Technology</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">King Faisal University, 31982 Al Ahsaa, Saudi Arabia.</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:tgasm@kfu.edu.sa"><font size="3" face="Calibri">tgasm@kfu.edu.sa</font></a><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Important dates:</font></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN:justify;MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Jan 4, 2013<span style> </span>Paper submissions open on Bepress (new submission system for AMCIS)</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Feb 22, 2013<span style> </span>Deadline for paper submissions at 11:59 p.m. CST</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">April 17-19, 2013<span style> </span>Notification of paper acceptance</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">May 9, 2013<span style> </span>For accepted papers, camera-ready copy due</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Instructions for authors and more information about the conference is</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">forthcoming on the conference website at <a href="http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/">http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/</a>.</font></p></div>
<div>__________________________________<br>Tajelsir Mohamed Gasmelseid, Ph.D<br>Associate Professor <br>Department of Computer Information Systems (<strong><font color="#000099">ABET ACCREDITED PROGRAM</font></strong>) <br>
College of Computer Sciences and IT <br>King Faisal University<br>Al Ahsaa 31982<br>Box 400</div>
<div>e-mail: <a href="mailto:tgasm@kfu.edu.sa" target="_blank">tgasm@kfu.edu.sa</a><br>Saudi Arabia<br><br><br></div></div></div>