Call For Papers: Computational Molecular Biology

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           DISCRETE APPLIED MATHEMATICS
        Announcing a Second Special Issue on
           Computational Molecular Biology
 Guest Editors: Sorin Istrail, Pavel Pevzner, Ron Shamir
 Submission Deadline: August 1, 1996
 Manuscripts are solicited for a special issue of Discrete Applied
 Mathematics on topics concerning the development of new
 combinatorial and algorithmic techniques in computational molecular
 biology. With this announcement Discrete Applied Mathematics
 continues the series of special issues devoted to computational
 molecular biology. The series publishes papers on the mathematical
 and algorithmic foundations of the inherently discrete aspects of
 computational biology.
 The traditional partnership of mathematics and physics has advanced
 and enriched both disciplines. In a similar partnership, mathematics
 and algorithms are becoming crucial tools in the rapid advancement
 of molecular biology. At the same time, the computational challenges
 of these biological disciplines raise exciting new problems in
 discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science. To paraphrase
 Stan Ulam, those challenges reflect "not only what mathematics can
 do for biology but what biology can do for mathematics."
 The following is a (nonexhaustive) list of possible topics of
 interest for the special issue:
 * DNA mapping
 * DNA sequencing
 * DNA/protein sequence comparison
 * molecular evolution
 * RNA/protein structure
 * gene/motif recognition
 Seven (7) copies of complete manuscripts should be sent to
 any of the Guest Editors indicated below by August 1, 1996.
 We expect this Second Special Issue to appear in the Fall 1997.
 Manuscripts must be prepared according to the normal
 submission requirements of Discrete Applied Mathematics,
 as described in each issue of the journal.  The Guest Editors
 will make every possible effort to assure the timely completion
 of a thorough refereeing process.
 The Guest Editors are:
   Sorin Istrail
   Sandia National Laboratories
   Algorithms and Discrete Mathematics Department
   P.O.Box 5800, MS 1110
   Albuquerque, NM 87185-5800
   scistra |-at-| cs.sandia.gov
   Pavel Pevzner
   University of Southern California
   Department of Mathematics, DRB 155
   Los Angeles, CA 90089-1113
   ppevzner |-at-| hto.usc.edu
   Ron Shamir
   Dept. of Computer Science
   Tel Aviv University
   Tel Aviv 69978
   ISRAEL
   shamir |-at-| math.tau.ac.il