Announcement and Call for Papers 
  Stochastic Models, Formal Systems and Algorithmic Discovery
                           for Genome Informatics    
 
      Track Co-Chairs:
 Kiyoshi Asai, Tom Head, Katsumi Nitta and Takashi Yokomori   
     
This track is intended to cover stochastic models, grammars and formal
systems for bio-sequences, and algorithmic discovery in biocomputing. More
specifically, hidden Markov models and other types of stochastic grammars
for the analysis, classification and structure modeling for the
bio-sequences.  It also concerns computational aspects of formal systems for
bio-sequences, including formal linguistics, splicing models and DNA
computing.
You are encouraged to participate in the track,  either by submitting  a paper
for  oral sessions,  presenting  a poster,  as  a referee,  or  as  a conference 
attendee. 
   For oral presentations,
all paper submissions will be rigorously peer reviewed
by at least 3 independent referees,  and accepted papers will be published in an
archival proceedings volume.  
Researchers  who wish  to present  their  research
without official publication  are encouraged to submit abstracts (no more than 3
pages)  for poster presentations. 
 To submit a paper or an abstract for  "Stochastic Models,  Formal Systems  and
 Algorithmic Discovery for Genome Informatics", send 4 copies of manuscripts
to: 
                         Katsumi Nitta
                         Electrotechnical Laboratory
                         1-1-4 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305 Japan
                         nitta@etl.go.jp (E-mail)
                         +81-298-58-5918 (FAX)
 Important dates 
         Paper submissions due:   July 27, 1995
         Notification of paper acceptance:  September 11, 1995
         Final paper deadline   October 2, 1995
         Early registration deadline   October 2, 1995