DISCRETE APPLIED MATHEMATICS

                       CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE
               COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY SERIES


             We are happy to announce a new call for papers in
             Computational Molecular Biology Series of  "Discrete Applied Mathematics".

             Series Editors: Sorin Istrail, Pavel Pevzner, Ron Shamir

             Submission Deadline for the next volume: November 1, 2000

             Manuscripts are solicited for a volume of "Discrete Applied Mathematics"
             on topics concerning the development of new combinatorial and
             algorithmic techniques in computational molecular biology. This volume
             will be the fourth in the Computational Molecular Biology Series of
             Discrete Applied Mathematics, which publishes papers on the mathematical
             and algorithmic foundations of the inherently discrete aspects of
             computational biology. The refereeing of the papers in this series will
             be thorough and will follow the general pattern of refereeing of regular
             papers in the journal.

             The traditional partnership of mathematics and physics has advanced
             and enriched both disciplines. In a similar partnership, mathematics
             and algorithms have become crucial tools in the rapid advancement
             of molecular biology. At the same time, the computational challenges
             of these biological disciplines raise exciting new problems in
             discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science.

             The following is a (non-exhaustive) list of possible topics of
             interest for the series:

             DNA mapping
             DNA sequencing
             DNA/protein sequence comparison
             Molecular evolution
             RNA/Protein folding and structure prediction
             Gene/motif recognition
             Genome rearrangements
             Gene function determination
             Drug design and combinatorial chemistry
             DNA arrays
             Functional genomics
             Computational proteomics


             The response to the first three calls for papers in this series was very strong,
             and resulted in three volumes that appeared in 1996, 1998 and 2000.
             The Series Editors will continue to assure a thorough and timely refereeing process.

             Four  (4) hard copies of complete manuscripts should be sent to any of
             the series editors by November 1, 2000. Manuscripts may be submitted
             earlier and their refereeing process will be initiated upon submission.
             The submission should be accompanied by an email message containing only
             the plain text (ASCII) of the abstract of the paper and the postscript file
             of the manuscript to expedite the reviewing process.
             Manuscripts must be prepared according to the
             normal submission requirements of Discrete Applied Mathematics, as
             described in each issue of the journal.

             Further information on the series is available from:

             http://www.elsevier.nl/mcs/dam/Menu.html (The Netherlands)
             http://www.cs.sandia.gov/~scistra/DAM (USA)
             http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~shamir/dcb.html (Israel)


             The Series Editors are:
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               Sorin Istrail
               Celera Genomics
               45 West Gude Drive
               Rockville, MD
              Sorin.Istrail@celera.com
              http: file://www.cs.sandia.gov/~scistra

               Pavel Pevzner
               University of Southern California
               Department of Mathematics, DRB 155
               Los Angeles, CA 90089-1113
               ppevzner@hto.usc.edu
               http: file://www-hto.usc.edu/people/Pevzner.html

               Ron Shamir
               School of Computer Science
             Tel Aviv University
               Tel Aviv 69978
               ISRAEL
               shamir@cs.tau.ac.il
               http: file://www.math.tau.ac.il/~shamir