pkarp@AI.SRI.COM (Peter Karp) (02/23/91)
BIOMATRIX SOCIETY FORMS February, 1991 (SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO): Organizers have announced the formation of "Biomatrix -- A Society for Biological Computation and Informatics." The society is devoted to the establishment of an infrastructure for biological understanding based on information-processing technology. It advocates the view that biological science, driven by enormous collections of data and a very large and diverse literature, can be better ordered and comprehended by applying new methods of data base management, artificial intelligence, computational theory and computer modeling. The society's activities include meetings and workshops, electronic bulletin boards, networking, and a quarterly newsletter. During its first year the group will be run by an executive committee consisting of Robert Bolender (University of Washington), Lindley Darden (University of Maryland), Dan Davison (University of Houston), Larry Hunter (National Library of Medicine), Peter Karp (SRI International), Harold Morowitz (George Mason University), and Chris Overton (Unisys Corp.). The society will be administered by the Santa Fe Institute, a private, independent organization dedicated to multidisciplinary scientific research. For more information contact Ginger Richardson, Santa Fe Institute, 1120 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501 (grr@sfi.santafe.edu).