Bioinformatics and computational biology represent interdisciplinary fields that leverage computing and informatics to advance biomedical research and enable the next generation of data-driven healthcare. The increasing availability of many types of biological data requires an associated increase in the scale and sophistication of the automated systems and tools.

The conference aims to provide an interactive forum for computational researchers, biomedical scientists, and healthcare providers to share their findings in this domain and exchange ideas. The conference welcomes participants from all over the world and from all related disciplines who are interested in developing collaborative projects and exploring new opportunities.

Topics

• Bioinformatics:
  Genome analysis; DNA, RNA and protein sequence analysis; Next-generation and Third-generation sequencing; Biomarker discovery; Functional genomics; Gene expression analysis; Structural bioinformatics; Single cell omics; etc.
• Computational Biology and Medical Informatics:
  Bio-data visualization; Adaptive computation in bioinformatics; Bio-inspired computing; Computational systems biolog; Big data analytics in healthcare; Biological network reconstruction and analysis; Health informatics; Human-centric applications; etc.

Selected Speakers

• Prof. Ying Xu (AAAS Fellow and IEEE Fellow), Southern University of Science and Technology, China
• Assoc. Prof. Jin-Ku Lee, Seoul National University, South Korea