20th conference on Computational Intelligence methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics

The International Conference on Computational Intelligence Methods for Bioinformatics and Biostatistics (CIBB) was established in 2004 through the efforts of its co-founders Roberto Tagliaferri (Università di Salerno, Italy), Francesco Masulli (Università di Genova, Italy), and Antonina Starita (Università di Pisa, Italy). Initially introduced as a special session during the 14th Italian Workshop on Neural Networks (WIRN 2004) in Perugia, Italy, CIBB quickly evolved into an internationally recognized event. For its first four editions, the conference was organized as a special session within various international events held in Italy. In October 2008, CIBB became an independent conference, with its inaugural standalone edition taking place in Vietri sul Mare, Italy. Sadly, this milestone coincided with the passing of Antonina Starita (1939–2008), one of its visionary founders. CIBB serves as a multidisciplinary platform for researchers exploring the application of Computational Intelligence techniques, broadly defined, to challenging problems in bioinformatics, biostatistics, and medical informatics. Since its foundation, CIBB has produced 13 proceedings books, 4 sections of proceedings books, and 11 journal supplements, amounting to approximately 400 peer-reviewed scientific contributions. While traditionally held every two years, CIBB 2023, hosted in Padova, marked a return to in-person gatherings after the virtual format of 2021. The 2024 edition hosted in Benevento marked the start of an annual schedule for CIBB. CIBB welcomes submissions highlighting emerging trends and future directions at the intersection of computational and life sciences, with particular interest in the application of computational intelligence to systems and synthetic biology. Contributions from theoretical and experimental biologists are highly encouraged to promote interdisciplinary collaboration. Authors are invited to submit short papers (4–6 pages) presenting their original research in areas such as bioinformatics, biostatistics, systems and synthetic biology, and medical informatics. Accepted papers will be featured in plenary oral sessions or dedicated special sessions.