Papers (abstract)
Submission of abstracts for 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)
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, 2026Abstract registration
March 9, 2026
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Full paper
March 11, 2026
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Conference timeline
Submission and decisions
Abstract registrationKey deadline
March 9, 2026 · AoE
Full paperKey deadline
March 11, 2026 · AoE
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Papers (full paper)
Submission of full papers with a deadline of February 27th, 2026.
Workshops
Proposals for workshops with a deadline of February 8th, 2026.
Tutorials
Proposals for tutorials with a deadline of April 18th, 2026.
Highlights
Submission of highlights with a deadline of February 20th, 2026.
Posters
Submission of posters 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 biomedical dataSystems biologyPrecision medicineCancer genomicsClinical data analysisFederated learning for healthBiomedical data scienceTranslational AI in medicine
Policies worth checking twice
- ACM Authorship Policy applies — authors must comply with the updated ACM Publications Board policy.
- Dual submission is not permitted (implied by standard ACM conference policy and absence of allowance).
- Blind review is not explicitly stated, but standard ACM practice is assumed unless otherwise noted.
- Author changes after submission are subject to ACM policies (no explicit allowance for post-deadline changes).
- AI-use statements are not explicitly required, but adherence to ACM's broader AI ethics and authorship guidelines is expected.
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026