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
ACM-BCB 2026 is the flagship conference of ACM SIGBio, moving to Europe for the first time to be held in Calabria, Italy, from June 30 to July 3, 2026. It promotes interdisciplinary research at the intersection of computer science, biology, health, and medicine, with a focus on big data, AI, and algorithms for bio-medicine, computational biology, bioinformatics, and health informatics.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Abstract registration
March 9, 2026
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Full paper
May 25, 2026
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Conference timeline
Submission and decisions
Abstract registrationKey deadline
March 9, 2026 · AoE
Full paperKey deadline
May 25, 2026 · AoE
Paper fit
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 abstracts with a deadline of February 27th, 2026.
Posters (Late Submission)
Late submission of poster abstracts with a deadline of May 20th, 2026.
Research areas in scope
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Research Areas
Computational BiologyBioinformaticsHealth InformaticsArtificial Intelligence for Bio-medicine (AI4Bio)Big Data in BiomedicineMachine Learning in Biomedical ApplicationsData Mining in Biological and Clinical DataSystems BiologyPrecision MedicineCancer GenomicsGenomic and Transcriptomic AnalysisProteomics and MetabolomicsClinical Decision SupportFederated Learning in HealthcareExplainable AI in Medical ApplicationsBiomedical Data Governance and EthicsAntimicrobial Resistance ModelingGenerative AI for Biomolecular Design
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.
- 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