PRESS RELEASE: PROCEEDINGS of the 6th International Advanced Research Workshop on In Silico Oncology and Cancer Investigation –The CHIC Project Workshop (IARWISOCI)

February 03, 2015

Open Access Version Edited by G. S. Stamatakos and D. D. Dionysiou ISBN: 978-618-80348-1-5

On November 3-4, 2014 the 6th International Advanced Research Workshop on In Silico Oncology and Cancer Investigation –The CHIC Project Workshop (IARWISOCI) was held in Athens, Greece (http://6th-iarwisoci.iccs.ntua.gr/). This IEEE-EMBS technically  co-sponsored conference proved an excellent opportunity for contributing to the shaping and advancement of the emerging discipline of in silico oncology. The  presented  papers  deal with  the modelling of tumour dynamics and response  to  treatment  from  the  biochemical  to  the macroscopic  level  and  from  basic  science  to  clinics  via information technology  and legal and ethical considerations.  They have been contributed  by top  researchers  and international research  groups active in the field. This  year’s  workshop  was  dedicated  to Aristotle  and  special  focus  was  put  on  the  collection, the processing,  the exploitation  and  the legal  and  ethical  aspects  of  the sine qua non multiscale clinical data which represent  the  Aristotelian observable reality. A one hour session of the workshop was even held on the very site of Aristotle’s Peripatetic School.

 
The  workshop  was  funded  by  the  European  Commission  through  the transatlantic CHIC  project (FP7- Grant Agreement No 600841, http://chic-vph.eu/ ) in the Framework of the Virtual Physiological Human (VPH)  Initiative. The Proceedings will also appear in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library by the end of February 2015.
 
The OPEN ACCESS VERSION of the  Proceedings can be downloaded directly from
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