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Journal of Membrane Computing
Publishing model:
Hybrid

Journal of Membrane Computing - Call for Papers: Article Collection on DNA computing

Aim and Scope

DNA computing is an interdisciplinary field that draws together molecular biology, chemistry, physics, computer science and mathematics. It aims the demonstration and the creation of computing devices and information processes using biological medium with various practical applications. Another facet of DNA computing is the study of biologically inspired models of computing, especially those related to DNA/RNA processing, from the point of view of computational power, complexity and programmability. This allows to acquire a better understanding of the formalization of corresponding biological process that can be benefic to the evaluation of its practical possibilities and limits. A larger goal is the integration of ideas borrowed from the DNA computing area in different algorithms providing original solutions for practical problems, e.g. in optimization or artificial intelligence areas.

This collection will focus on the theoretical aspects of DNA computing including (and not restricted to) new formalizations of biological and (bio)chemical processes involving DNA/RNA, study of the computational power and of the complexity of DNA computing models, algorithms using DNA computing models, self-assembly of structures using DNA computing models etc. The collection is also open for papers from the area of natural computing if their underlying model has similitudes with models from the DNA computing area.

Keywords

DNA computing, splicing systems, sticker systems, hairpin/plasmid model, Watson-Crick automata, insertion-deletion systems, DNA self-assembly, DNA origami, DNA strand displacement, chemical reaction networks, molecular programming, cellular computing, networks of evolutionary processors, natural computing

Guest Editor

Dr. Sergey Verlan
Université Paris Est Créteil, LACL, F-94010, Creteil, France
E-Mail: verlan@u-pec.fr

Submission Guidelines

The manuscripts should be prepared according to the "Submission Guidelines" section of the journal found at: https://www.springer.com/journal/41965/submission-guideline (this opens in a new tab), and submission should be done through the journal's submission website at: https://www.editorialmanager.com/jmec/default1.aspx (this opens in a new tab)

When submitting, PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU SELECT THE SPECIAL ISSUE 'S.I.: DNA computing' by following the steps:

1. Select "ORIGINAL ARTICLE" and press Proceed. Then, attach required file(s) and press proceed; 
2. Click "YES" to submit the paper to a special issue;
3. Select "DNA computing".

Each submitted paper will be peer-reviewed by expert reviewers. Submitted papers must contain original and unpublished work that is not submitted for publication elsewhere.

Important Dates

Submission deadline: 31 July 2023
Revision submission deadline: 05 September 2023

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