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[bioontology-support] CFP: Special Issue on "Knowledge Engineering Methods and Applications in Pharmacovigilance" (Reminder)
Vassilis Koutkias
vkoutkias at gmail.com
Fri Apr 24 16:00:30 PDT 2015
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*Call for Papers**
**Special Issue: "Knowledge Engineering Methods and Applications in
Pharmacovigilance**"
**BioMed Research
International*,http://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/ (Impact factor: 2.706)
Drug safety is an important priority worldwide. Given the necessity to
identify and track safety risks accurately and timely, the concurrent
exploration of various types of data is necessary. Especially in
postmarketing settings, these data span from spontaneous reports,
electronic health records, the scientific literature, and even social
media. The availability of this data deluge dictates the need to
introduce high-throughput computational methods that will enable
efficient knowledge extraction and management, compensating the
underlying heterogeneity and complexity. Beyond discovery, knowledge
representation, exploitation, and management are necessary for effective
drug monitoring and surveillance. Knowledge engineering is the
discipline that elaborates on the theories, methods, and tools for
developing knowledge-intensive applications, and can largely contribute
in the realization of the above objectives. Recently, and especially
with the maturation of semantic web technologies and standards, various
interesting applications and paradigms of knowledge engineering have
been presented targeting the domain of pharmacovigilance.
Contributions to this Special Issue, either in the form of original
research or in the form of review articles, may cover various aspects of
knowledge engineering methods and applications in pharmacovigilance,
illustrating the wide spectrum of potential in the domain. Major
emphasis will be given to papers that illustrate the added value of
knowledge engineering in the pharmacovigilance with scientific and
tangible evidence.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Ontologies and knowledge bases targeting the domain of pharmacovigilance
- Semantic web and linked data applications and tools for pharmacovigilance
- Semantically-enriched big data analytics for drug safety risk
monitoring and surveillance
- Knowledge-based systems for adverse drug event detection and prevention
- Natural language processing techniques driven by semantic technologies
(e.g., applied in the literature and social media) in the domain of drug
safety
- Integrated, knowledge-intensive platforms for drug safety
- Successful cases of applying knowledge engineering approaches in drug
safety applications
- Early discovery of unknown adverse drug reactions and drug interactions
Authors can submit their manuscripts via the Manuscript Tracking System
athttp://mts.hindawi.com/submit/journals/bmri/pharmacology/kema/.
Manuscript Due:*Friday, 12 June 2015*
First Round of Reviews: Friday, 4 September 2015
Publication Date: Friday, 30 October 2015
Lead Guest Editor:
Marie-Christine Jaulent, INSERM, Paris, France
Guest Editors:
Guoqian Jiang, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
Vassilis Koutkias, Centre for Research & Technology Hellas,
Thessaloniki, Greece
Hans-Ulrich Prokosch, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen,
Germany
CFP Online:
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/si/706947/cfp/
http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/si/706947.pdf
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