Recent Advances in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Dear Colleagues,

Computational and mathematical biology is a widely spread integrative science which connects various issues of genetics, molecular genetics, dynamic systems, ODE, PDE, computer science and a variety of biological applications. Bioinformatics is a fascinating research area, which assists in the progression of pure mathematics, computer sciences, biology, medicine and physics. As such, the interest in this topic continues to grow by the year. Researchers interested in disseminating and sharing their new advances in this field have a great opportunity in the form of this Special Issue.

Over the last decade, a wide number of methods, algorithms and software implementations have been developed to address issues related to up-to-date computer biology and bioinformatics. The unbelievable growth of computational capacities and skills has rendered this particularly challenging. Currently, various mathematical methods are intensively applied to solve problems related to computer biology and bioinformatics.

This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for the wider exchange of ideas, opinions, state-of-the-art results and perspectives of this field.

Potential topics include (but are not limited to):

• Statistical properties of biological macromoleculae (DNA, RNA, peptides, etc.);
• Statistical physics of complex biological systems (from moleculae to communities and genetic systems);
• Alignment-free methods to compare symbol sequences, with applications to computer biology and bioinformatics;
• Anomaly detection, knowledge retrieval and smart analysis of biological sequences;
• Time series in biological systems and its analysis;
• Spatially distributed models of biological systems, with special attention to vast land use system analysis;
• Non-linear and advanced statistics in computational biology and bioinformatics;
• Specific studies in computational biology and bioinformatics;
• Order, disorder and complex dynamics of biological systems of various level;
• Algorithms and software in computer biology and bioinformatics;
• Artificial networks in computer biology and bioinformatics;
• Image processing and analysis in computer biology and bioinformatics;
• Problems in ODE and PDE inspired by computer biology and bioinformatics;
• Clustering and classification;
• Equations with inheritance;
• Mathematics meeting evolution in computer biology and bioinformatics.

Prof. Dr. Michael Sadovsky
Guest Editor

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• statistics of complex biological systems
• evolution
• dynamics
• order
• entropy
• optimality