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) Highlights
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, and health, with a focus on big data, AI, and algorithms for biomedical applications including computational biology, bioinformatics, and health informatics.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Full paper
March 28, 2026
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Submission and decisions
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Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Papers (full paper)
Full paper submissions 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
Poster submissions with a deadline of February 27th, 2026.
Posters (Late Submission)
Late poster submissions 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 Biomedical DataSystems BiologyPrecision MedicineCancer GenomicsClinical Decision SupportFederated Learning in HealthcareExplainable AI in Medical ApplicationsAntimicrobial Resistance ModelingBiomedical Data GovernanceReproducible and Transparent AI in Healthcare
Policies worth checking twice
- Adherence to the updated ACM Authorship Policy as mandated by the ACM Publications Board
- No explicit mention of double submission or blind review policies
- No explicit page limits stated
- No explicit policy on AI-use statements or author changes
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026