SPIRE'2001 covers research in all aspects of string processing, information retrieval, computational biology, pattern matching, DNA computing, and related applications.

Typical topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

• String Processing: dictionary algorithms, text searching, pattern matching, text compression, text mining, voice or 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.
• Interaction of biology and computation: DNA sequencing and applications in molecular biology, information encoding for DNA computing, evolution and phylogenetics, recognition of genes and regulatory elements, and protein structure prediction.

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