ISBN: 0-7695-2173-8

Wen-Hwa Lee, The University of California, Irvine

Zhengchang Su, University of Georgia at Athens

PhuongAn Dam, University of Georgia at Athens

Victor Olman, University of Georgia at Athens

Ying Xu, University of Georgia at Athens

Andreas Schmid, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Yung-Kang Chen, Southern Taiwan University of Technology

Hsien-Tsai Wu, Southern Taiwan University of Technology

Chih-Kai Chi, Southern Taiwan University of Technology

Wei-Chuan Tsai, National Cheng Kung University Medical Center

Ju-Yi Chen, National Cheng Kung University Medical Center

Ming-Chun Wang, National Cheng Kung University Medical Center

Daniele Masotti, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Elisa Ficarra, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Enrico Macii, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Luca Benini, University of Bologna, Italy

Gloria Y. Yang, University of California at Irvine

Vasudev J. Bailey, University of California at Irvine

Gisela Lin, University of California at Irvine

William C. Tang, University of California at Irvine

Joyce H. Keyak, University of California at Irvine; College of Medicine

W. Zheng, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore

A. Aziz, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore

I. Volkov, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore

X. Ma, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore

F. S. Chau, National University of Singapore

M. Ang, Jr., National University of Singapore

W. L. Nowinski, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore

Ane Tr?ger, University of Manchester

Alvaro A. A. Fernandes, University of Manchester

Pengyu Hong, Harvard University

Sheng Zhong, Harvard University

Wing H. Wong, Harvard University

Zina Ben Miled, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

Lingma Lu, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

Malika Mahoui, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

Jessica Chen, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

Bukhres A. Omran, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

Ning Gao, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

Yue He, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

Reiichiro Nakamichi, University of Tokyo, Japan

Seiya Imoto, University of Tokyo, Japan

Satoru Miyano, University of Tokyo, Japan

Eunice E. Santos, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Eugene Santos, Jr., University of Connecticut, Storrs

W. L. Hsu, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

J. M. Chang, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

W. C. Chou, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

J. B. Chen, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

K. P. Wu, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

T. Y. Sung, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

C. F. Chang, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

W. J. Wu, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

T. H. Huang, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Qingmao Hu, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore

Wieslaw L. Nowinski, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore

Ruey-Feng Chang, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan

Chii-Jen Chen, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan

Ming-Feng Ho, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan

Dar-Ren Chen, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Woo Kyung Moon, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea

Louise Chuang, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Jeng-Yang Hwang, ASN Technology Corp., Taiwan

Hen-Chang Chang, ASN Technology Corp., Taiwan

I-Chang Jou, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Shiang-Bin Jong, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan

Wenlong Qian, Institue for Infocomm Research, Singapore; National University of Singapore, Singapore

Zujun Hou, Institue for Infocomm Research, Singapore

Qingmao Hu, Institue for Infocomm Research, Singapore

Aziz Aamer, Institue for Infocomm Research, Singapore

Wieslaw L. Nowinski, Institue for Infocomm Research, Singapore

Weng-Long Chang, Southern Taiwan University of Technology, Taiwan

Michael (Shan-Hui) Ho, Southern Taiwan University of Technology, Taiwan

Minyi Guo, The University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Japan

Damon Shing-Min Liu, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan

Che-Hao Wu, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan

Shih-Nung Chen, Taichung Healthcare and Management University, Taiwan

Jeffrey J. P. Tsai, Taichung Healthcare and Management University, Taiwan; University of Illinois, Chicago

Chih-Wei Huang, Taichung Healthcare and Management University, Taiwan

Rong-Ming Chen, Taichung Healthcare and Management University, Taiwan

Raymond C. K. Lin, Taichung Healthcare and Management University, Taiwan

K. Rocha, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

C. Medeiros, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

M. Monteiro, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

L. Gon?alves, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

P. Marinho, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Chien-Chuan Ko, National Chia-Yi University, R.O.C.

Jyh-Wei Jang, National Chia-Yi University, R.O.C.

Yen-Yu Chen, ChengChou Institute of Technology

Shen-Chuan Tai, National Cheng Kung University

Adrian S. Barb, University of Missouri, Columbia

Chi-Ren Shyu, University of Missouri, Columbia

Yash Sethi, University of Missouri, Columbia

Tang-Kai Yin, Chia-Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Nan-Tsing Chiu, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Rania Hussein, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

Frederic (Rick) McKenzie, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

Paul Schellhammer, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA

Jose Diaz, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA

Marco Masseroli, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; MultiMedica Hospitals, Milano, Italy

Andrea Stella, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Natalia Meani, IEO - European Institute of Oncology, Milano, Italy; IFOM - FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milano, Italy

Myriam Alcalay, IEO - European Institute of Oncology, Milano, Italy; IFOM - FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milano, Italy

Francesco Pinciroli, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; MultiMedica Hospitals, Milano, Italy

D. P?rez-Rey, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain

V. Maojo, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain

M. Garc?a-Remesal, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain

R. Alonso-Calvo, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain

Ferran Sanz, Municipal Institute of Medical Research - IMIM, Barcelona, Spain

Carlos D?az, Municipal Institute of Medical Research - IMIM, Barcelona, Spain

Fernando Martin-Sanchez, Bioinformatics Unit, Institute of Health Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain

Julio Bonis, Municipal Institute of Medical Research - IMIM, Barcelona, Spain

V. L?pez-Alonso, Medical Bioinformatics Unit, Institute of Health Carlos III, Ctra. Majadahonda a Pozuelo, Madrid, Spain

J. P. Sanchez, Medical Bioinformatics Unit, Institute of Health Carlos III, Ctra. Majadahonda a Pozuelo, Madrid, Spain

I. Liebana, Medical Bioinformatics Unit, Institute of Health Carlos III, Ctra. Majadahonda a Pozuelo, Madrid, Spain

I. Hermosilla, Medical Bioinformatics Unit, Institute of Health Carlos III, Ctra. Majadahonda a Pozuelo, Madrid, Spain

F. Mart?n-S?nchez, Medical Bioinformatics Unit, Institute of Health Carlos III, Ctra. Majadahonda a Pozuelo, Madrid, Spain

M. Garc?a-Remesal, Polytechnical University of Madrid, Spain

V. Maojo, Polytechnical University of Madrid, Spain

H. Billhardt, University King Juan Madrid, Spain0

J. Crespo, Polytechnical University of Madrid, Spain

R. Alonso-Calvo, Polytechnical University of Madrid, Spain

D. P?rez-Rey, Polytechnical University of Madrid, Spain

F. Martin, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain

A. Sousa, IEETA. University of Aveiro, Portugal

Hiroshi Yamaguchi, NEC Soft, Ltd., Japan

Eva Y.-H. P. Lee, The University of California, Irvine

Wieslaw L. Nowinski, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore

Xiaohua Hu, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Kevin Y. Yip, University of Hong Kong

David W. Cheung, University of Hong Kong

Michael K. Ng, University of Hong Kong

Kei-Hoi Cheung, Yale University

Fang-Xiang Wu, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Wen-Jun Zhang, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Anthony J. Kusalik, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Sungroh Yoon, Stanford University

Christine Nardini, University of Bologna

Luca Benini, University of Bologna

Giovanni De Micheli, Stanford University

Zonghong Zhang, National University of Singapore

Alvin Teo, National University of Singapore

Beng Chin Ooi, National University of Singapore

Kian-Lee Tan, National University of Singapore

Hsun-Chang Chang, Providence University, Taiwan

Po-Shun Yu, Providence University, Taiwan

Tze-Wei Huang, Providence University, Taiwan

Yaw-Ling Lin, National Science Council, Taiwan

Fang-Rong Hsu, Taichung Healthcare and Management University, Taiwan

Judith Zimmermann, ETH Zurich

Zsuzsanna Lipt?, Universit?t Bielefeld, Germany

Scott Hazelhurst, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

F. R. Hsu, Taichung Healthcare & Management University; Taichung Healthcare & Management University

Hwan-You Chang, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsin-chu, Taiwan

Yaw-Lin Lin, Providence University

Yin-Te Tsai, Providence University

Hui-Ling Peng, National Chiao-Tung University

Ying Tsong Chen, National Chiao-Tung University

Che Feng Chen, Taichung Healthcare & Management University

Chia Yang Cheng, Taichung Healthcare & Management University

Chia-Hung Liu, Taichung Healthcare & Management University

Min Yao Shih, Taichung Healthcare & Management University

Francisco Azuaje, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, UK

Olivier Bodenreider, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, USA

Jorng-Tzong Horng, National Central University, Taiwan; National Central University, Taiwan

Kai-Chih Hu, National Central University, Taiwan

Li-Cheng Wu, National Central University, Taiwan

Hsien-Da Huang, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan

Horn-Cheng Lai, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taiwan

Ton-Yuen Chu, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taiwan

Y-W. Deng, National Yang Ming University

C-H. Wei, National Yang Ming University

U-C. Yang, National Yang Ming University

Osman Abul, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Reda Alhajj, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Faruk Polat, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Hsieh-Hui Yu, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Vincent Shin-Mu Tseng, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Jiin-Haur Chuang, Chang Gung University

Karuturi R. Krishna Murthy, Genome Institute of Singapore

Vinsensius B. Vega, Genome Institute of Singapore

Han-Yu Chuang, National Taiwan University, Taipei

Hongfang Liu, Columbia University, New York, NY

Stuart Brown, New York University, NY

Cameron McMunn-Coffran, Fordham University, New York, NY

Cheng-Yan Kao, National Taiwan University, Taipei

D. Frank Hsu, Fordham University, New York, NY

Selnur Erdal, Columbus Children's Hospital Research Institute (CCRI), Columbus, Ohio; The Ohio State University

Ozgur Ozturk, The Ohio State University

David Armbruster, Columbus Children's Hospital Research Institute (CCRI), Columbus, Ohio; The Ohio State University

Hakan Ferhatosmanoglu, The Ohio State University

William C. Ray, Columbus Children's Hospital Research Institute (CCRI), Columbus, Ohio; The Ohio State University

Kwok Pui Choi, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore

Fanfan Zeng, NUS

Louxin Zhang, NUS

Gregory Kucherov, LORIA/INRIA-Lorraine, France

Laurent Noé, LORIA/INRIA-Lorraine, France

Yann Ponty, LRI, France

Hsiao Ping Lee, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan

Yin Te Tsai, Providence University, Taiwan

Ching Hua Shih, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan

Tzu Fang Sheu, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan

Chuan Yi Tang, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan

S. Alireza Aghili, University of California Santa Barbara

Ozgur D. Sahin, University of California Santa Barbara

Divyakant Agrawal, University of California Santa Barbara

Amr El Abbadi, University of California Santa Barbara

I-Hsuan Yang, National Taiwan University

Sheng-Ho Wang, National Taiwan University

Yang-Ho Chen, National Taiwan University

Pao-Hsian Huang, National Taiwan University

Liang Ye, Iowa State University

Xiaoqiu Huang, Iowa State University

Kun-Mao Chao, National Taiwan University

Anand Kumar, University of Pavia, Italy

Barry Smith, University at Buffalo, USA

Darby Tien-Hau Chang, National Taiwan University, Taipei

Chien-Yu Chen, National Taiwan University, Taipei

Yen-Jen Oyang, National Taiwan University, Taipei

Hsueh-Fen Juan, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan

Hsuan-Cheng Huang, Academic Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Dong-Soo Han, Information and Communications University, Korea

Hong-Soog Kim, Information and Communications University, Korea

Woo-Hyuk Jang, Information and Communications University, Korea

Sung-Doke Lee, Information and Communications University, Korea

Saravanan Dayalan, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Savitri Bevinakoppa, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Paul Hsueh-Min Chang, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Von-Wun Soo, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Tai-Yu Chen, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Wei-Shen Lai, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Shiun-Cheng Su, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Yu-Ling Huang, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Falcon F. M. Liu, Taichung Healthcare and Management University, Taiwan

Jeffrey J. P. Tsai, Taichung Healthcare and Management University, Taiwan; University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

R. M. Chen, Taichung Healthcare and Management University

S. N. Chen, Taichung Healthcare and Management University

S. H. Shih, Taichung Healthcare and Management University

Scott Mann, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

Yi-Ping Phoebe Chen, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

Luke Eaton, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

Chia-Hung Chang, National Taiwan University, Taipei

Han-Yu Chuang, National Taiwan University, Taipei

Yi-Hung Chiang, National Taiwan University, Taipei

Chien-Shun Chiou, Center for Disease Control, Taiwan

Hsueh-I Lu, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Cheng-Yan Kao, National Taiwan University, Taipei

Xiaoan Dong, National University of Singapore

Sam Yuan Sung, National University of Singapore

Wing-Kin Sung, National University of Singapore

Chew Lim Tan, National University of Singapore

R. C. T. Lee, National Chi Nan University

Atsushi Kitazawa, NEC SOFT, Japan

Masayoshi Yoshimura, NEC SOFT, Japan

Elke Moritz, University of California, Irvine

Joerg Meyer, University of California, Irvine

Zeyar Aung, National University of Singapore

Kian-Lee Tan, National University of Singapore

In-Yee Lee, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan; National Taiwan University, Taipei

Ta-Tsen Soong, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Jan-Ming Ho, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Jing Hwang, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Pin-Hao Chi, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Grant Scott, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Chi-Ren Shyu, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Chuan-Min Lee, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

Ling-Ju Hung, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

Maw-Shang Chang, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan

Chuan-Yi Tang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Tatsuya Akutsu, Kyoto University, Japan

Morihiro Hayashida, Kyoto University, Japan

Etsuji Tomita, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan

Jun'ichi Suzuki, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan

Katsuhisa Horimoto, The University of Tokyo, Japan

H. L. Chan, University of Hong Kong

T. W. Lam, University of Hong Kong

W. K. Sung, National University of Singapore

Prudence W. H. Wong, University of Hong Kong

S. M. Yiu, University of Hong Kong

M. C. Chen, National Chi-Nan University, Taiwan

R. C. T. Lee, National Chi-Nan University, Taiwan

Ka-Lok Ng, Taichung Healthcare and Management University, Taiwan

Chien-Hung Huang, Ling Tung College, Taiwan

Soon-Heng Tan, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore

Win-Kin Sung, National University of Singapore

See-Kiong Ng, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore

Shinsuke Dohkan, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Asako Koike, The University of Tokyo, Japan; Hitachi Ltd., Japan

Toshihisa Takagi, The University of Tokyo, Japan

G. Cooper, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

M. Raymer, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

T. Doom, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

D. Krane, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

N. Futamura, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

Jijun Tang, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Bernard M. E. Moret, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Liying Cui, Pennsylvania State University

Claude W. dePamphilis, Pennsylvania State University

Fei Xie, Department of EECS and Biomedical Engineering

Phillip C-y. Sheu, Department of EECS and Biomedical Engineering

Arthur Lander, Department of Developmental Cell Biology

Vittorio Christini, University of California, Irvine