Abstract
Informatics and life sciences are two
disciplines that, apparently, are not related but, as it is stated in
IWINAC , this is not true. If we analyze the relation between both
disciplines, we can find a symbiotic relationship. On the one
hand, many strategies used in computing systems, especially in
artificial intelligence, are based in biological principles; typical
examples of these strategies are neural networks and genetic
algorithms. On the other hand, we can find these computing strategies
applied to biological and medical problems; for example in clinical
decision support systems that aid doctors in the difficult task of
medical diagnosis. This session is focused on the presentation of
systems based on artificial intelligence techniques (neural networks,
genetic algorithms, etc.) that, in some way, help health specialists
(doctors, nurses, etc.) in their clinical tasks.
Chairperson: Daniel Ruiz Fernández (Spain)