there are interesting parallels between DH and bioinformatics in the sense that they have both had to grapple with many of the same field-building issues (e.g. how to get credit and recognition within their larger discipline).

the focus for this symposium will be to bring together the digital humanities and the bioinformatics communities --both hybrid fields whose members seek to apply computationally-based research methods to address questions within their larger disciplines (humanities and biomedicine, respectively).