<div dir="ltr"><div><strong><font color="#351c75" size="4">IEEE IT Professional<br></font></strong><a href="http://www.computer.org/itpro/" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc" size="4">www.computer.org/itpro/</font></a></div>
<div><h1>Life Sciences Computing</h1>
<p><strong>Submission deadline: 1 December 2013<br>Publication: July/August
2014</strong></p>
<p>“Life Sciences” refers to the study of life forms and their organization in
fields such as biology, medicine, and ecology. These were considered to be
separate fields from computing and traditional engineering, which rely on
scientific principles to design and manufacture products. Today, this
distinction is blurred as the life sciences become increasingly computer enabled
and as engineering principles are applied to the study of life forms and the
environment. Fields like genomics and computational biology apply engineering
principles and practices, and biomedical engineers now create replacement parts
for the human body using techniques such as 3D scanning and printing.</p>
<p>To highlight the progress in this emerging area at the intersection of
computing and life sciences and examine opportunities and challenges it
presents, <em>IT Professional</em> is soliciting submissions for its July/August
2014 issue on Life Sciences Computing, an area that has recently seen
significant interest and rapid development. Submissions that focus on role of
computing and IT in life sciences are sought; topics of interest include</p>
<ul>
<li>Computational biology
<li>Image and signal processing
<li>Genomics and proteomics
<li>Healthcare IT
<li>3D-scanning and 3D-printing for biomedicine
<li>Nanotechnology for biomedicine
<li>Personalized medicine
<li>Drug design and development
<li>Next-generation sequence analysis
<li>Data analytics in life sciences
<li>Computational platforms and tools for life science research
<li>Cloud computing services for life sciences
<li>Case studies </li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></li></ul>
<h2>Submissions</h2>
<p>We also welcome multimedia features (related videos, demos, audio clips, and
so on). Feature articles should be no longer than 4,200 words (with tables and
figures each counting as 300 words) and have no more than 20 references.
Illustrations are welcome. For author guidelines, see <a href="http://www.computer.org/portal/web/peerreviewmagazines/acitpro"><font color="#0066cc">http://www.computer.org/portal/web/peerreviewmagazines/acitpro</font></a>.</p>
<p>Submit your article at <a href="https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/itpro-cs" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/itpro-cs</font></a>.</p>
<h2 id="aui_3_2_0_1119">Questions?</h2>
<p>For more information, please contact the Guest Editors:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Tom Jepsen</strong>, IT consultant, <a href="mailto:tjepsen@mindspring.com"><font color="#0066cc">tjepsen@mindspring.com</font></a>
<li><strong>Jinan Fiaidhi</strong>, Lakehead University, Canada, <a href="mailto:jinan.fiaidhi@lakeheadu.ca"><font color="#0066cc">jinan.fiaidhi@lakeheadu.ca</font></a>
<li><strong>Reza Djavanshir</strong>, Johns Hopkins University, <a href="mailto:rj@jhu.edu"><font color="#0066cc">rj@jhu.edu</font></a> </li></li></li></ul></div></div>