Workshops
Bring a focused research community together at ACM-BCB 2027.
We invite workshop proposals spanning bioinformatics, computational biology, clinical and health informatics, and AI for biology and medicine. Workshops provide space for focused papers, emerging ideas, invited talks, demonstrations and discussion.
Workshop organization dates
| Milestone | Date in 2027 |
|---|---|
| Workshop proposals due | January 15 |
| Organizer notification | February 5 |
| Workshop calls released | March 5 |
Proposal requirements
Prepare a 2–3-page proposal using the ACM article template. Include:
- The workshop motivation, scope and intended audience.
- A half-day or full-day format, with the proposed mix of reviewed papers, invited talks, panels or demonstrations.
- Organizer names, affiliations, short biographies and a primary contact.
- A plan for soliciting contributions, selecting papers and coordinating review.
- A timeline consistent with the conference deadlines below.
For a continuing workshop, summarize its previous organizing experience, submission and acceptance numbers, invited speakers and attendance. Workshops may be held in person, online or in a hybrid format. At least one organizer must attend in person for in-person and hybrid workshops. Organizers are responsible for providing and managing any virtual meeting platform.
The workshop proposal submission portal will be announced here.
Workshop paper calendar
| Track | Submission | Notification | Camera ready |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workshop papers | Jun 4 | Jun 25 | Jul 9 |
June 4 is one week after the May 28 Research decisions. Declined Research papers may be submitted to a suitable workshop, subject to its scope, format and independent review. Workshops have three weeks to review submissions.
The workshop call anticipates papers of approximately 4–6 pages; authors should follow the final instructions for their selected workshop. Accepted workshop proposals will be included in the ACM-BCB proceedings as one-page abstracts. Accepted workshop papers will be included in the workshop proceedings. Final-version instructions will be provided by the workshop chairs.
Selected workshops
The selected workshop list will be posted after organizer notification on February 5. Individual workshop calls are scheduled for release by March 5.
Workshop chairs
Li Zhang, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Alisa Yurovsky, Stony Brook University
