WABI 2025: Call for Papers

The 25th WABI Conference on Algorithms in Bioinformatics will be held at the University of Maryland, in College Park, MD, USA, from August 20 - 22, 2025.

Scope

WABI is an international conference covering research in algorithmic work in bioinformatics, computational biology and systems biology. The emphasis is mainly on discrete algorithms and machine-learning methods that address important problems in molecular biology, that are founded on sound models, that are computationally efficient, and that provide evidence of their potential usefulness in practice, preferably by testing on appropriately chosen simulated or real datasets. The goal is to present recent research results, including significant work-in-progress, and to identify and explore directions of future research.

Keynote Speakers

• Christina Boucher
• Ben Langmead

Important Dates

• Abstract deadline: May 12, 2025 (AoE)
• Full paper deadline: May 15, 2025 (AoE)
• Author notifications: June 16, 2025
• Camera ready versions of accepted papers due: June 22, 2025
• Poster submission deadline: July 20, 2025
• Early registration deadline: July 20, 2025
• Conference: August 20 — August 22, 2025

Paper Submission

Submissions must be formatted in LaTeX using the LIPIcs style and must not exceed 15 pages excluding the front page (authors, affiliation, keywords, abstract, …), references and a brief appendix (of up to 5 pages). For details please see the information for authors: https://submission.dagstuhl.de/series/details/LIPIcs#author.

Each paper must contain a succinct statement of the issues and of their motivation, a summary of the main results, and a brief explanation of their significance, all accessible to non-specialist readers.

All submissions must be made online, through the EasyChair submission system, at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wabi2025.

An abstract of the paper must be received in EasyChair by May 09, 2025 (time zone of your choice) in order for your submission to be considered. Submission of full versions for already submitted papers will be possible until May 12, 2025 (time zone of your choice).

Simultaneous submission to another conference with published proceedings is not permitted, but simultaneous submission to a journal is allowed, provided that the authors notify the program chairs; if published in a journal, such a contribution will be published as a short abstract in the WABI proceedings. Depositing in arxiv.org or biorxiv.org is encouraged.

By submitting a paper, the authors acknowledge that, in case of acceptance at least one of the authors must register for WABI 2025 and present the paper.

Accepted papers will be published in the WABI proceedings in the LIPIcs Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics. Selected papers will be invited for an extended publication in a thematic series in Algorithms for Molecular Biology (AMB).

Registration

You can register for WABI 2025 using this link: https://go.umd.edu/wabi25payment

Contact Information

For scientific information, please contact one of the WABI program committee co-chairs:

• Broňa Brejová (brejova@fmph.uniba.sk)
• Rob Patro (rob@cs.umd.edu)

For additional organizational information, please refer to this website or contact the local chair:

• Mihai Pop (mpop@umd.edu)