Dear Bio-Ontologies and Knowledge Representation community,
[Apologies for cross-posting]
CfP - ISMB Bio-Ontologies and Knowledge Representation COSI Liverpool (UK) 2025
What: Annual Bio-Ontologies and Knowledge Representation COSI at ISMB
When: July 20-24, 2025
Where: Liverpool, UK
Website: https://www.bio-ontologies.org.uk/2025-meeting; https://www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2025/home
Bio-Ontologies and Knowledge Representation (http://www.bio-ontologies.org.uk/) is an International Society of Molecular Biology (ISMB) Community of Special Interest (COSI) and working group focused on the FAIR development and application of ontologies and other Linked Open Data resources, the latest and most innovative research in the application of these data, and the organization, presentation, and dissemination of knowledge in biomedicine and the life sciences. Bio-Ontologies and Knowledge Representation will be in its 28th year at ISMB 2025 (https://www.iscb.org/ismb2025), which will be held in-person and online between July 20-24, 2025 and will feature two days of exciting keynotes and cutting-edge research with with half of one session conducted jointly with the Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC; https://www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-2025/) COSI..
Submissions
We invite the submissions of proceedings papers (9 pages), abstracts (1 page) which will be reviewed and selected abstracts invited for oral or poster presentation.
The COSI covers these topics:
New knowledge bases, knowledge graphs, and ontologies
Methods that use knowledge bases, knowledge graphs, and ontologies
Applications using knowledge bases, knowledge graphs, and ontologies
Methods to improve knowledge bases, knowledge graphs, and ontologies in bioinformatics, biomedical/life science research, health informatics, and healthcare
Examples include (but are not limited to):
Novel knowledge bases, knowledge graphs, and ontologies in bioinformatics
Ontologies and knowledge graphs in annotations, mapping applications, and metadata standards
FAIR data systems and application of ontologies and other linked open data
Bio-curation platforms
Evaluation of knowledge graphs, ontologies, and knowledge bases
Ontologies, knowledge representation, and reasoning
Machine learning/artificial intelligence and knowledge representation
Neuro-symbolic methods in bioinformatics
Semantic Web-enabled applications
Ontologies for biomedical/life science research, health informatics, and healthcare
Submissions can be made on the ISMB site (https://www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2025). For proceedings, please follow the instructions provided on the ISMB site. For all other submissions, please prepare your submission using the Bio-Ontologies and Knowledge Representation templates (https://www.bio-ontologies.org.uk/2025-meeting). All submissions are reviewed (review criteria provided on the Bio-Ontologies and Knowledge Representation website). Based on the review process, abstracts will be selected for oral or poster presentation at the Bio-Ontologies and Knowledge Representation COSI.
Accepted submissions require that one author register for the conference and present the work. The presenter should identify themselves as the corresponding author during the submission process.
Important Dates
Proceedings
Thursday, December 5, 2024: Call for proceedings opens
Thursday, January 23, 2025 (11:59 PM any timezone): Submission deadline
Thursday, March 13, 2025: Conditional Acceptance Notification
Tuesday, April 8, 2025: Final Acceptance Notification
Abstract submission
Monday, January 20, 2025: Call for Abstracts Opens
Monday, April 17, 2025 (11:59 PM EDT): Abstract Submission Deadline
Monday, April 21, 2025: Late Poster Submissions Open
Thursday, May 15, 2025: Talk and/or Poster Acceptance Notifications
Thursday, May 22, 2025 (11:59 PM EDT): Late Poster Submissions Deadline
If you have any questions please feel free to send us an email (bioont...@gmail.com).
Sincerely,
The Bio-Ontologies and Knowledge Representation Organizing Committee
https://www.bio-ontologies.org.uk/