Last date for submission of paper: unknown; Contact person: Dr. M. Michael Gromiha; The IITM-Tokyo Tech Joint Symposium is a biennial international symposium held in the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), India in collaboration with the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo-Tech), Japan. During the symposium, experts in various domains of Bioinformatics gather from India and Japan under one roof to discuss and present their works. This provides a unique opportunity for the researchers and students to learn the frontiers and interact with eminent scientists in Bioinformatics. The 5th IITM - Tokyo Tech Joint Symposium titled "Current trends in Bioinformatics: Big data analysis, machine learning, and drug design", will be held on 6th - 7th March 2020 in IITM, Chennai, India. The symposium will focus on topics in the below-mentioned areas.Topics:Algorithms for biomolecular sequences/structuresBioinformatics databases and toolsProtein functionStructure-based drug designMachine learningDeep learningLarge scale data analysisBig DataNGS AnalysisProtein interactions/networkMolecular modeling/docking/screeningBiomolecular structure and functionRegistration open: 15th Aug 2019Registration deadline: 31st Dec 2019Abstract submission deadline: 31st Dec 2019Oral presentation selection: 15th Jan 2020Symposium: 6-7th Mar 2020Download Brochure: https://web.iitm.ac.in/bioinfo2/Symposium2020/download/brochure/