Papers (abstract)
Submission of abstracts for full papers with a deadline of February 20th, 2026.
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ACM BCB 2026
The 17th ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics (ACM BCB) Posters
Jun 30 2026Official conference site Site reachable
The 17th ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics (ACM-BCB 2026) is the flagship conference of ACM SIGBio, moving to Europe for the first time to be held in Calabria, Italy. It promotes interdisciplinary research at the intersection of computer science, biology, health, and medicine, with a focus on big data, AI, and algorithms for biomedical applications.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Full paper
May 25, 2026
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Submission and decisions
Full paperKey deadline
May 25, 2026 · AoE
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Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Papers (full paper)
Submission of complete papers with a deadline of February 27th, 2026.
Workshops
Proposals for workshops with a submission deadline of February 8th, 2026.
Tutorials
Proposals for tutorials with a submission deadline of April 18th, 2026.
Highlights
Submission of highlights with a deadline of February 20th, 2026.
Posters
Submission of poster proposals with a deadline of February 27th, 2026.
Posters (Late Submission)
Late submission of posters with a deadline of May 20th, 2026.
Research areas in scope
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Research Areas
Computational biologyBioinformaticsHealth informaticsArtificial intelligence for biomedicine (AI4Bio)Big data in biomedicineMachine learning in biology and medicineData mining in health and biological dataSystems biologyPrecision medicineCancer genomicsGenetic variation analysisNetwork and pathway analysisFederated learning in healthcareExplainable AI in medical applicationsAntimicrobial resistance modelingBiological molecule design with generative AIClinical data ecosystemsTranslational AI in healthcare
Policies worth checking twice
- Authors must comply with the updated ACM Authorship Policy as announced by the ACM Publications Board.
- Dual submission of papers to other conferences or journals is not permitted.
- All submissions must be original and not previously published.
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026