Call for Papers

Background:

Biological systems are usually very complex, due to the entanglement of a multitude of processes on various spatial and temporal scales. With the vast improvements in computational resources, both from a hardware as well as software perspective, it has become possible to advance and accelerate biological and biomedical research. Indeed, computational techniques have become a fundamental pillar of research. Experimental and medical/clinical researchers can effectively work together with computational experts due to the detail and realism of state-of-the-art computational approaches. Along those lines, biological systems such as the brain, the immune system or specific organs can be characterised with ever-growing experimental datasets. Moreover, state-of-the-art AI and bioinformatics tools can be levereraged in combination with data from public databases and large-scale collaborative initiatives.

This symposium will allow researchers who work in computationally-assisted biomedical research to present their work, exchange ideas and ideally foster further collaboration.

Goal/Rationale:

The goal of this research topic is to present, discuss and exchange ideas on bioinformatics and computational approaches for biomedicine, that address important issues in the field. For instance, methods that adress sample inefficiency and limited availability of labelled data. Given the crucial point of explainability and interpretability in biomedical modeling, we would like to study approaches that address current flaws in black-box AI techniques. We would like to achieve a general meeting where an open discussion of current challenges in AI for biomedicine, and existing gaps is encouraged. 

A focus of the meeting will be on the presentation of existing bioinformatics platforms and biomedical software that facilitate explainable model generation, comparison and testing. Ideally, these should be available as open-source, and support reproducibility, extendability and collaboration. Ultimately, we would like to see this meeting as a stepping stone for wider, international biomedical collaboration and grant proposals. Moreover, we anticipate that this meeting will promote efficient and facilitating collaboration across disciplines.

Scope and Information for Participants:

The scope of this research topic includes any computational, biomedical engineering and/or bioinformatics methods that are applied to biological or biomedical problems. Such problems should ideally focus on the biophysical and/or genetic processes that are relevant to a given setting, such as for instance cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurodevelopmental conditions, or neurodegenerative disorders. The application can be with regards to fundamental science, to better understand the underlying disease factors, or for computational diagnosis as well as treatment optimisation. 

We expect the participants to consider relevance for different research communities, and formulate the research in a language that can be communicated within interdisciplinary settings. If potential participants are unsure about the suitability of their research

Submission:

Prospective authors are kindly invited to submit full papers that include title, abstract, introduction, tables, figures, conclusion and references. It is unnecessary to submit an abstract in advance. Please submit your papers in English.

Each paper should be no less than 4 pages. One regular registration can cover a paper of 6 pages, and additional pages will be charged. Please format your paper well according to the conference template before submission. Paper Template Download

Please prepare your paper in both .doc/.docx and .pdf format and submit your full paper by email with both formats attached directly to sympo_london@icbiomed.org

Important Dates:

Publication:

Accepted papers of the symposium will be published in Theoretical and Natural Science (TNS) (Print ISSN 2753-8818), and will be submitted to Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI), Crossref, CNKI, Portico, Engineering Village (Inspec), Google Scholar and other databases for indexing. The situation may be affected by factors among databases like processing time, workflow, policy, etc.

Publication info

Title: Theoretical and Natural Science (TNS)
Press: EWA Publishing, United Kingdom
ISSN: 2753-8818, 2753-8826 (electronic)

This symposium is organized by ICBioMed 2025 and it will independently proceed the submission and publication process.

* The papers will be exported to production and publication on a regular basis. Early-registered papers are expected to be published online earlier.