Dr. Thomas Hinze

Postal Address     Friedrich Schiller University Jena     School of Biology and Pharmacy     Department of Bioinformatics     Ernst-Abbe-Platz 1-4     D-07743 Jena     Germany

Phone, fax, email     phone: +49 3641 9 46463     fax: +49 3641 9 46452     email:

Address for Visitors     Ernst-Abbe-Platz 2     Room 3407     Jena

• Biologically Inspired Computing (in vitro, in vivo, in silico)
• Molecular Computing (DNA-, RNA-, Protein-Computing, Chemical Computing, Dynamical Structures)
• Membrane-, Cell-Based, Neural, Amorphous, Evolutionary Computing (ESIGNET), Artificial Life, Organic Computing
• Systems, Synthetic, and Algebraic Biology for Exploration of Biological Information Processing (GoFORSYS)

Post-Conference Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Membrane Computing (CMC11)

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Marian Gheorghe, Thomas Hinze, Gheorghe Paun, Grzegorz Rozenberg, Arto Salomaa (Editors). Membrane Computing. Eleventh International Conference, CMC 2010, Jena, Germany, August 24-27, 2010. Revised Selected Papers. Series Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 6501 Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, 393 S., 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-18122-1 This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Membrane Computing, CMC11, held in Jena, Germany, in August 2010 - continuing the fruitful tradition of 10 previous editions of the International Workshop on Membrane Computing (WMC). The 23 revised full papers presented together with 4 invited papers and the abstracts of 2 keynote lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers address in this volume cover all the main directions of research in membrane computing, ranging from theoretical topics in the mathematics and computer science to application issues. A special attention was paid to the interaction of membrane computing with biology and computer science, focusing both on the biological roots of membrane computing, on applications of membrane computing in biology and medicine, and on possible electronically based and bioinspired implementations.

The First German-Speaking Textbook of DNA Computing

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Th. Hinze, M. Sturm. Rechnen mit DNA - Eine Einführung in Theorie und Praxis. (Computing with DNA - An Introduction into Theory and Practice.) Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag München, 316 p., 2004, ISBN 3-486-27530-5 The German-speaking book provides a comprehensive and systematic introduction into the interdisciplinary field of DNA Computing including its mathematical and molecular biological background. DNA Computing is focused on biological computers whose storage medium and data carrier is formed by organic molecules. Appropriate molecular biological and biochemical processes perform computational operations inside wet test tubes. DNA-based algorithms use a massive data parallelism. This leads to a performance of DNA computers that can challenge the electronic state of the art technology. There are many interesting practical applications in many branches. Their commercialization has already begun. The transfer of basic knowledge about DNA computing is completed by the detailled introduction of models, methods, and techniques that prepare practical in-vitro implementations in the laboratory. Particularly process simulations on a submolecular level based on thermodynamics and reaction chemistry are considered.

Some Scientific Links

CMC11 Jena 2010

P Systems Webpage European Molecular Computing Consortium (EMCC) International Conference on Membrane Computing (CMC/WMC) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 International Conference on DNA Based Computers (DNA) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 International Conference on Bio-Inspired Systems and Signal Processing (BIOSIGNALS) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

• Jugend forscht e.V. (Young Researchers Contest), Regionalwettbewerb Dresden-Ostsachsen (jury member since 1998)
• Sächsischer Informatikwettbewerb (jury member since 2001)
• Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes e.V. (German National Academic Foundation) (foundationer 1998-2000, alumnus since 2001)