Welcome to ISMCO
2022 Update: we will be taking a break from organizing ISMCO this year, however, those of you who use biomedical imaging in your research, please consider submitting your work (full papers only, no abstracts, the deadline is on July 18, 2022) to the 17th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC’22), October 3-5, 2022, San Diego, CA; there will be special track on Biomedical Image Analysis Techniques for Cancer Detection, Diagnosis and Management as well as other related tracks. If you have any questions, please email bebis@unr.edu
Cancer is not a single disease, it is a complex and heterogeneous disease which leads to the second cause of death worldwide. Although all cancers manifest themselves as an uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells, they are actually distinct neoplastic diseases that possess different genetic and epigenetic alterations, underlying molecular mechanisms, histopathologies and clinical outcomes. Despite significant advances in the understanding of the principal mechanisms leading to various cancer types, less progress has been made toward developing patient-specific treatments. Advanced mathematical and computational models could play a significant role in examining the most effective patient-specific therapies.
The purpose of the International Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Oncology (ISMCO) is to provide a common interdisciplinary forum for mathematicians, scientists, engineers and clinical oncologists throughout the world to present and discuss their latest research findings, ideas, developments and applications in mathematical and computational oncology. In particular, ISMCO aspires to enable the forging of stronger relationships among mathematics and physical sciences, computer science, data science, engineering and oncology with the goal of developing new insights into the pathogenesis and treatment of malignancies.
The symposium will consist of invited and contributed presentations dealing with all aspects of mathematical and computational oncology. There will also be several keynote presentations, tutorials, special tracks, and panel discussions.
Submission and Review Process
ISMCO encourages three types of submissions for the main symposium and special tracks: (1st type) abstracts (1-2 pages), short papers (4-6 pages), or full papers (10-12 pages) of original and previously unpublished research, (2nd type) abstracts (1-2 pages) or short papers (4-6 pages) of original but recently published research in a journal (but not in another conference) and (3rd type) short papers (4-6 pages) describing work-in-progress, demos, experimental studies, open-source developments, and visionary papers.
Each submission will be reviewed by three members of the Program Committee (PC) using a “double-blind” review process to determine its appropriateness for acceptance and presentation (oral or poster) at ISMCO.
Publication
Although publication in the symposium proceedings is not required for submitting and presenting your work at ISMCO, authors whose submissions are accepted for oral or poster presentation will have the option to publish their work either in the abstract proceedings or short/full paper proceedings.
Authors who prefer not to publish a short or full paper, can submit an abstract (1-2 pages) to be published by Frontiers in a special, fully-indexed, volume (click here for last year’s abstract proceedings). Short papers (4-6 pages) and full papers (10-12 pages with the option of purchasing 2 extra pages for up to 14 pages) will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes of Computer Science (LNCS) or Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI) (click here for last year’s paper proceedings). Information on abstracting and indexing of LNCS/LNBI can be found here . Full papers will also be submitted for indexing to PubMed Central.
Journal Publication (Research Topic – Frontiers)
Upon completion of ISMCO, authors of selected abstracts and short/full papers presented at ISMCO will be invited to submit extended versions of their work for expedited review and possible journal publication in a special research topic on Advances in Mathematical and Computational Oncology in the Frontiers in Oncology (Cancer Genetics, Cancer Immunity and Immunotherapy), Frontiers in Genetics (Systems Biology, Cancer Genetics), Frontiers in Immunology (Cancer Immunity and Immunotherapy), Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences (Biological Modeling and Simulation), Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics (Systems Biology), Frontiers in Medicine (Precision Medicine), Frontiers in Big Data (Medicine and Public Health), Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence (Medicine and Public Health), Frontiers in Neuroscience (Systems Biology), and Frontiers in Physiology (Systems Biology, Computational Physiology and Medicine).
Each author would have the opportunity to select which of the above journals/sections to submit their paper(s). All papers accepted for publication in Frontiers will receive a 10% – 20% discount (depending on total number of submissions) of publication fees and will appear in a dedicated webpage under the common mathematical and computational oncology research topic.
Attendance
At least one author must attend and present the paper at the symposium. If none of the authors can attend the symposium and present their paper(s) due to unforeseen reasons, they should contact the steering committee chair to make alternative arrangements. Video or Skype presentations are not acceptable and any papers not presented at the symposium without a valid reason will be withdrawn from the proceedings.
Best Paper Award
Springer will be sponsoring a “best paper award. We are also investigating the possibility of having additional awards sponsored by industry.
Affiliations
ISMCO is affiliated with the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB). ISMCO attendees are encouraged to become a member of ISCB and claim a 15% discount on their registration fees.
