Topics

SPIRE'2005 covers research in all aspects of string processing, information retrieval, pattern matching, computational biology, semi-structured data, and related applications. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

String Processing:

dictionary algorithms, text searching, pattern matching, text compression, text mining, natural language processing, and automata based string processing.

Information Retrieval (IR):

IR modeling, indexing, ranking and filtering, interface design, visualization, cross-lingual IR systems, multimedia IR, digital libraries, collaborative retrieval, and Web related applications.

IR Languages and Applications:

XML, information retrieval from semi-structured data, text mining, and generation of structured data from text.

Interaction of biology and computation:

DNA sequencing and applications in molecular biology, evolution and phylogenetics, recognition of genes and regulatory elements, and sequence driven protein structure prediction.