University of Western Ontario BIOCOMPUTING STUDENT AWARD
This award is presented by the Biocomputing Laboratory, Department of
Computer Science, to a student in either the Biochemistry Department
(Faculty of Medicine), Biology Department (Faculty of Science), or in the
Computer Science Department (Faculty of Science), who demonstrates a
research interest in biocomputing/biomolecular computing.
Eligibility
Eligible students should be undergraduate or graduate students in either
the Computer Science Department, Biology Department, or Biochemistry
Department, University of Western Ontario.
Terms of the Award
To be considered for the award, the student must submit a paper or
project that demonstrates her/his understanding and interest in
biocomputing, i.e., in using and applying biochemical or biological tools for
computational purposes. The paper or project can be either original
research, or review paper that analyze existing research on the
subject. Entries may be, e.g, papers or projects that have been prepared
by students as their term projects for the courses CS 4490z, CS 4460z,
CS 4462, CS 9562 or similar courses in the Biochemistry Department or Biology Department.
Papers or projects are sought in all areas that relate to biomolecular
computing, including (but not restricted to): demonstrations of
biomolecular computing (using DNA and/or other molecules), theoretical
models of biomolecular computing, biomolecular algorithms, computational
processes in vitro and in vivo, analysis and theoretical models of
laboratory techniques, biotechnological and other applications of DNA
computing, DNA nanostructures, DNA devices such as DNA motors, DNA error
evaluation and correction, in vitro evolution, molecular design,
self-assembled systems, nucleic acid chemistry, and simulation tools.
The deadline for applications is April 30, 2010.
The award's value is CAD 500.00
The 2009 Award Winner: Sardar Anisul Haque (computer science)
for his original bio-algorithm solving SAT without an exponential blow-up of the search space.
The 2010 Award Winner: Afroza Rahman (computer science),
for her research on two refinements of the ciliate computing template-guided
recombination model, with improved descriptional complexity.
Award decision
The decision on the recipient of the award award will be made yearly by
the Canada Research Chair in Biocomputing
in the Computer Science Department or, if there
is no such post, another designate from the Computer Science Department.