Program Committee Co-chairs Christian Schönbach, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan Sui Ming Yiu, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Program Commitee Members Shandar Ahmad, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Japan Tatsuya, Akutsu, Kyoto University, Japan Shunsuke Aoki, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan Masanori, Arita, National Institute of Genetics, Japan Nicola Armstrong, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia Kiyoshi Asai, The University of Tokyo, Japan Arsen Batagov, A*STAR, Bioinformatics Institute, Singapore Alex Bateman, European Bioinformatics Institute, UK Abdul Baten, Southern Cross University, Australia Michael Beer, Johns Hopkins University, USA Mikael Boden, The University of Queensland, Australia Edmond Breen, APAF, Ltd. Australia Vladimir Brusic, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan Yiyu Cai, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Zhi-Wei Cao, Shanghai Center for Bioinformatics Information Technology, PR China Filippo Castiglione, National Research Council of Italy, Institute for Computing Application, Italy Jonathan Chan, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand Kun-Mao Chao, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Michael Charleston, The University of Sydney, Australia Ming Chen, Zhejiang University, PR China Xin Chen, Zhejiang University, PR China Yi-Ping Phoebe Chen, La Trobe University, Australia Brian Chen, Lehigh University, USA Mohd Firdaus-Raih, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysisa Anne Fischer, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Kenya Andrew French, University of Nottingham, UK Matthias Futschik, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal Bruno Gaeta, University of New South Wales, Australia Ge Gao, Peking University, PR China Pascale Gaudet, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switzerland Charles Gilman, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan Michael Gromiha, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India Iman Hajirasouliha, Stanford University, USA Wing-Kai Hon, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Paul Horton (Conference Chair), AIST Computational Biology Research Center, Japan Chia-Lang Hsu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Wenlian Hsu, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Chun-Hsi Huang, University of Connecticut, USA Hsuan-Cheng Huang, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan Ming-Jing Hwang, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Asif M. Khan (Registration System), Perdana University, Malaysia Javed Khan, Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research, Australia Tsung Fei Khang, University of Malaya, Malaysia Daisuke Kiga, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Sun Kim, Seoul National University, RO Korea Akira Kinjo, Osaka University, Japan Kengo Kinoshita, Tohoku University, Japan Tetsuya Kobayashi, The University of Tokyo, Japan Akihiko Konagaya, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Shinji Kondo, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan Anton Kratz, RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies, Japan Gaurav Kumar, Virgina Commonwealth University, USA Manish Kumar, University of Delhi, India Hiroyuki Kurata, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan Igor V. Kurochkin, A*STAR, Bioinformatics Institute, Singapore Chee Keong Kwoh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Chih Lee, Illumina Inc., USA Hyunju Lee, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, RO Korea Henry CM. Leung, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Guo-Zheng Li, Tongji University, PR China Jinyan Li, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Xiaoli Li, A*STAR, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Jie Li, Harbin institute of Technology, PR China Wei Lin, Fudan University, PR China Bin Liu, Harbin institute of Technology, PR China Bo Liu, Harbin institute of Technology, PR China Adeel Malik, Perdana University, Malaysia Hiroshi Mamitsuka, Kyoto University, Japan Hideo Matsuda, Osaka University, Japan Bui Quang Minh, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Austria Lenny Moise, University of Rhode Island, USA Santo Motta, University of Catania, Italy Kenta Nakai, The University of Tokyo, Japan See-Kiong Ng, Institute for Infocomm Research Ka-Lok Ng, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Asia University Lars Rønn Olsen, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, USA Ashwini Patil, The University of Tokyo, Japan Shoba Ranganathan (Advisor), Macquarie University, Australia Yasubumi, Sakakibara, Keio University, Japan Daniele Santoni, NRC Italy, Institute for System Analysis and Computer Science "Antonio Ruberti", Italy Jun Sese (Local Organization Chair), AIST Computational Biology Research Center, Japan Hong-Bin Shen, Shanghai Jiaotong University, PR China Tetsuo Shibuya, The University of Tokyo, Japan Daron Standley, Osaka University, Japan Chinh Tran-To Su, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Yanni Sun, Michigan State University, USA Durai Sundar, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India Wing-Kin Sung, National University of Singapore, Singapore Sing-Hoi Sze, Texas A&M University, USA Yoshihiro Taguchi, Chuo University, Japan Yoichi Takenaka, Osaka University, Japan Martti Tammi, Sime Darby Technology Centre Sdn Bhd, Malaysia Paolo Tieri, National Research Council of Italy, Institute for Applied Mathematics "Mauro Picone", Italy Joo Chuan Tong, A*STAR, Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore Sissades Tongsima, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Thailand Ikuo Uchiyama, National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan Mauno Vihinen, Lund University, Sweden Guohua Wang, Harbin institute of Technology, PR China Dongqing Wei, Shanghai Jiaotong University, PR China Limsoon Wong, National University of Singapore, Singapore Thomas Wong, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Yufeng Wu, University of Connecticut, USA Yingqiu Xie, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan Wanling Yang, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Kevin Yip, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Guang Lan Zhang, Boston University, USA Liqing Zhang, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA Shanfeng Zhu, Fudan University, PR China
In addition we would like to thank the following sub-reviewers:
Abdul Rahim Ahmad, Tanvir Alam, Costas Bouyioukos, Hwann-Tzong Chen, Chong Chu, Larry Croft, Yongchao Dou, Isabel Duarte, Christine Eng, Worrawat Engchuan, Fereydoun Hormozdiari, Kendrick Hougen, Yongli Hu, Lin Huan, Salvatore Ingrassia, Seppo Karrila, Joaquin Lamia, Xin Li, Lloyd Low, Nikolaos Papanikolaou, Jinwoo Park, Youngjune Park, Ralph Patrick, José Pedro Pinto, Victoria Popic, Setia Pramana, Elisabet Pujadas, Govindarajan Kunde Ramamoorthy, Sungmin Rhee, Edward Shih, Vasanth Singan, Prashanth Suravajhala, C. Conover Talbot Jr, Bimo Tejo, Songsak Tongchusak, Greg Tucker-Kellogg, Min Wu, Chao Xie and Junjie Zhu.