====== Some basic information about the WABI conferences ====== We have an official web site in preparation, accessible under the following two addresses: * [[https://sites.google.com/view/wabi-conference]] * [[https://www.wabi-conference.org]] ==== Steering Committee ==== * Vincent Moulton (since 09/2012) * Nadia Pisanti (since 09/2022) * Mona Singh (since 09/2022) * Jens Stoye (since 09/2012) retired: * Gary Benson (2004, according to WABI 2004 web page) * Rod Page (2004, according to WABI 2004 web page) * Roderic Guigo (2003-2004, according to WABI 2003/2004 web pages) * Dan Gusfield (2003-2004, according to WABI 2003/2004 web pages) * Olivier Gascuel (2002-2004, according to WABI 2002/2003/2004 web pages) * Raffaele Giancarlo (2002-2004, according to WABI 2002/2003/2004 web pages) * Jotun Hein (2002, according to WABI 2002 web page) * Erik Meineche-Schmidt (2002, according to WABI 2002 web page) * Bernard Moret (2001-09/2022) * Tandy Warnow (09/2012-09/2022) ==== Conference Venues ==== * 2027 TBA (Boston, MA, USA?) * 2026 TBA * 2025 University of Maryland, MD, USA * [[https://algo-conference.org/2024/wabi/|2024 Egham, UK]] (part of ALGO) * [[https://acm-bcb.org/WABI/2023/|2023 Houston, TX, USA]] (co-located with ACM-BCB) * [[https://algo2022.eu/wabi/|2022 Potsdam, Germany]] (part of ALGO) * [[https://acm-bcb.org/WABI/2021/|2021 virtual in Chicago, IL, USA]] (co-located with ACM-BCB) * [[http://algo2020.di.unipi.it/WABI2020/index.html|2020 virtual in Pisa, Italy]] (part of ALGO) * [[http://acm-bcb.org/WABI/2019/|2019 Niagara Falls, NY, USA]] (co-located with ACM-BCB) * [[http://algo2018.hiit.fi/wabi/|2018 Helsinki, Finland]] (part of ALGO) * [[http://www.acm-bcb.org/WABI/2017/|2017 Boston, MA, USA]] (co-located with ACM-BCB) * [[http://conferences.au.dk/algo16/wabi|2016 Aarhus, Denmark]] (part of ALGO) * [[http://wabi.gatech.edu|2015 Atlanta, GA, USA]] (co-located with ACM-BCB) * [[http://algo2014.ii.uni.wroc.pl|2014 Wrocław, Poland]] (part of ALGO) * [[http://algo2013.inria.fr/wabi.shtml|2013 Sofia Antipolis, France]] (part of ALGO) * [[http://algo12.fri.uni-lj.si/?file=wabi|2012 Ljubljana, Slowenia]] (part of ALGO) * [[http://pbil.univ-lyon1.fr/members/sagot/htdocs/wabi2011/wabi2011.html|2011 Saarbrücken, Germany]] (part of ALGO) * [[http://algo2010.csc.liv.ac.uk/wabi/|2010 Liverpool, U.K.]] (part of ALGO) * [[http://www.wabi09.org/|2009 Philadelphia, PA, USA]] (independent) * [[http://algo2008.org/doku.php/wabi|2008 Karlsruhe, Germany]] (part of ALGO) * [[http://www.wabi07.org/conference/index.htm|2007 Philadelphia, PA, USA]] (independent) * [[http://algo06.inf.ethz.ch/wabi|2006 Zurich, Switzerland]] (part of ALGO) * [[http://www.lsi.upc.edu/~algo05/?cmd=wabi2005|2005 Mallorca, Spain]] (part of ALGO) * [[http://www.ii.uib.no/algo2004/wabi2004/|2004 Bergen, Norway]] (part of ALGO) * [[http://www.conferences.hu/algo2003/WABI-Call-for-papers.htm|2003 Budapest, Hungary]] (part of ALGO) * [[http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/algo02/wabi02/|2002 Rome, Italy]] (part of ALGO) * [[http://cs.au.dk/~gerth/algo2001/wabi2001/|2001 Aarhus, Denmark]] (part of ALGO) ==== OC Chairs ==== Checklist for OC chairs: {{wabi:oc-checklist.txt|click here}}. * 2024 Argyrios Deligkas, Eduard Eiben (for ALGO) * 2023 Byung Jun, Tamer Kahveci (general chairs for ACM-BCB and WABI) * 2022 Tobias Friedrich, Pascal Lenzner, Gregor Lagodzinski, Timo Kötzing (for ALGO) * 2021 Hongmei Jiang, Xiuzhen Huang, Jiajie Zhang (general chairs for ACM-BCB and WABI) * 2020 Roberto Grossi (for ALGO) * 2019 Xinghua (Mindy) Shi, Michael Buck (general chairs for ACM-BCB and WABI) * 2018 Parinya Chalermsook, Petteri Kaski, Jukka Suomela (for ALGO) * 2017 Nurit Haspel, Lenore J. Cowen (general chairs for ACM-BCB and WABI) * 2016 Gerth Stølting Brodal (for ALGO) * 2015 Srinivas Aluru (general chair for ACM-BCB and WABI) * 2014 Jarosław Byrka, Leszek Pacholski (for ALGO) * 2013 Monique Teillaud (for ALGO) * 2012 Andrej Brodnik (for ALGO) * 2011 Kurt Mehlhorn (for ALGO) * 2010 Leszek Gąsieniec (for ALGO) * 2009 Junhyong Kim * 2008 Peter Sanders, Dorothea Wagner (for ALGO) * 2007 Junhyong Kim * 2006 Michael Hoffmann (for ALGO) * 2005 Josep Lluís Ferrer, Maria Serna (for ALGO) * 2004 Fedor Fomin, Pinar Heggernes (for ALGO) * 2003 János Csirik, Csanád Imreh, Boglárka Tóth, Tamás Vinkó (for ALGO) * 2002 Giorgio Ausiello, Fabrizio d'Amore, Camil Demetrescu, Silvana Di Vincenzo, Paolo Giulio Franciosa, Daniele Frigioni, Stefano Leonardi, Alberto Marchetti-Spaccamela, Alessandro Panconesi (for ALGO) * 2001 Gerth Stølting Brodal (for ALGO) ==== PC Chairs ==== Checklist for PC chairs: {{wabi:pc-checklist-2024.txt|click here}}. * 2024 Solon Pissis, Ken Sung Wing-kin * 2023 Aïda Ouangraoua, Djamal Belazzougui * 2022 Christina Boucher, Sven Rahmann * 2021 Alessandra Carbone, Mohammed El-Kebir * 2020 Carl Kingsford, Nadia Pisanti * 2019 Dan Gusfield, Katharina Huber * 2018 Laxmi Parida, Esko Ukkonen * 2017 Knut Reinert, Russell Schwartz * 2016 Martin Frith, Christian N. S. Pedersen * 2015 Mihai Pop, Hélène Touzet * 2014 Dan Brown, Burkhard Morgenstern * 2013 Aaron Darling, Jens Stoye * 2012 Ben Raphael, Jijun Tang * 2011 Teresa Przytycka, Marie-France Sagot * 2010 Vincent Moulton, Mona Singh * 2009 Steven Salzberg, Tandy Warnow * 2008 Keith Crandall, Jens Lagergren * 2007 Raffaele Giancarlo, Sridhar Hannenhalli * 2006 Philipp Bucher, Bernard Moret * 2005 Rita Casadio, Gene Myers * 2004 Inge Jonassen, Junhyong Kim * 2003 Gary Benson, Roderic Page * 2002 Roderic Guigo, Dan Gusfield * 2001 Olivier Gascuel, Bernard Moret ==== Keynote Speakers ==== * 2024 Tomás Vinar (Comenius University, Slovakia) * 2023 Teresa Przytycka (NCBI/NLM/NIH, USA) * 2022 Leena Salmela (University of Helsinki, Finland) * 2021 Mona Singh (Princeton University, USA) * 2020 Dan Gusfield (UC Davis, USA) * 2019 Nadia El-Mabrouk (Université de Montréal, Canada) * 2018 Mihai Pop (University of Maryland, USA) * 2017 Tandy Warnow (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) * 2016 Kiyoshi Asai (University of Tokyo, Japan) * 2015 Paola Bonizzoni (Università Degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy) * 2014 Hélène Touzet (University of Lille, France) * 2013 Bernard Moret (EPFL, Switzerland) * 2012 Jens Stoye (Bielefeld University, Germany) * 2011 Vincent Moulton (University of East Anglia, U.K.) * 2010 Eran Halperin (Tel Aviv University, Israel and ICSI, Berkeley, CA, USA), Paolo Ferragina (University of Pisa, Italy) * 2009 Shelley Berger (University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA), Elchanan Mossel (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel) * 2008 Eytan Ruppin (Tel Aviv University, Israel) * 2007 Maja Bucan (University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA), Pavel Pevzner (UC San Diego, CA, USA) * 2006 Ron Shamir (Tel Aviv University, Israel) * 2005 Marino Zerial (MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany) * 2004 Marie-France Sagot (Inria Rhône-Alpes, Lyon, France) * 2003 Francois Major (Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada) * 2002 Gene Myers (Celera Genomics, USA) * 2001 [Gene Myers (Celera Genomics, USA) - cancelled] ==== Program Committees ==== Conflict-of-interest Policy: {{wabi:coi-2016.txt|click here}}. * {{wabi:pc2024.txt|2024}} (32 members) * {{wabi:pc2023.txt|2023}} (48 members) * {{wabi:pc2022.txt|2022}} (47 members) * {{wabi:pc2021.txt|2021}} (60 members) * {{wabi:pc2020.txt|2020}} (50 members) * {{wabi:pc2019.txt|2019}} (54 members) * {{wabi:pc2018.txt|2018}} (54 members) * {{wabi:pc2017.txt|2017}} (55 members) * {{wabi:pc2016.txt|2016}} (52 members) * {{wabi:pc2015.txt|2015}} (58 members) * {{wabi:pc2014.txt|2014}} (55 members) * {{wabi:pc2013.txt|2013}} (63 members) * {{wabi:pc2012.txt|2012}} (58 members) * {{wabi:pc2011.txt|2011}} (63 members) * {{wabi:pc2010.txt|2010}} (47 members) * {{wabi:pc2009.txt|2009}} (60 members) * {{wabi:pc2008.txt|2008}} (39 members) * {{wabi:pc2007.txt|2007}} (50 members) * {{wabi:pc2006.txt|2006}} (32 members) * {{wabi:pc2005.txt|2005}} (40 members) * {{wabi:pc2004.txt|2004}} (33 members) * {{wabi:pc2003.txt|2003}} (28 members) * {{wabi:pc2002.txt|2002}} (29 members) * {{wabi:pc2001.txt|2001}} (22 members) ==== Submissions ==== * 2024: ?? (?? accepted, xx%) * 2023: 44 (22 accepted, 50%) * 2022: 44 (24 accepted, 55%) * 2021: 38 (20 accepted, 53%) * 2020: 38 (19 accepted, 50%) * 2019: 47 (24 accepted, 51%) * 2018: 57 (25 accepted, 44%) * 2017: 55 (27 accepted, 49%) * 2016: 56 (27 accepted, 48%) * 2015: 57 (26 accepted, 46%) * 2014: 61 (27 accepted, 44%) * 2013: 61 (27 accepted, 44%) * 2012: 92 (35 accepted, 38%) * 2011: 77 (30 accepted, 39%) * 2010: 83 (30 accepted, 36%) * 2009: 90 (34 accepted, 38%) * 2008: 81 (32 accepted, 40%) * 2007: 133 (37 accepted, 28%) * 2006: 100 (36 accepted, 36%) * 2005: 94 (35 accepted, 37%) * 2004: 117 (39 accepted, 33%) * 2003: 78 (36 accepted, 46%) * 2002: 83 (39 accepted, 47%) * 2001: 50 (23 accepted, 46%) ==== Proceedings Volume ==== Statement by Editors-in-Chief on publishing extended versions in AMB: {{wabi:wabi_amb-2018.txt|click here}} * 2024: [[LILIcs Vol. xxx]] (extended versions of selected papers will appear in a Thematic Series of AMB) * 2023: [[https://www.dagstuhl.de/dagpub/978-3-95977-295-4|LIPIcs Vol. 273]] ([[https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/wabi2023|extended proceedings appeared as a Collection in AMB]]) * 2022: [[https://www.dagstuhl.de/dagpub/978-3-95977-243-3|LIPIcs Vol. 242]] ([[https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/wabi2022| extended proceedings appeared as a Collection in AMB]]) * 2021: [[https://www.dagstuhl.de/dagpub/978-3-95977-200-6|LIPIcs Vol. 201]] (extended versions of selected papers will appear in a Thematic Series of AMB) * 2020: [[https://www.dagstuhl.de/dagpub/978-3-95977-161-0|LIPIcs Vol. 172]] ([[https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/wabi2020| extended proceedings appeared as a Collection in AMB]]) * 2019: [[https://www.dagstuhl.de/dagpub/978-3-95977-123-8|LIPIcs Vol. 143]] ([[https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/wabi2019| extended proceedings appeared as a Collection in AMB]]) * 2018: [[https://www.dagstuhl.de/dagpub/978-3-95977-082-8|LIPIcs Vol. 113]] ([[https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/wabi2018| extended proceedings appeared as a Collection in AMB]]) * 2017: [[https://www.dagstuhl.de/dagpub/978-3-95977-050-7|LIPIcs Vol. 88]] ([[https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/wabi2017| extended proceedings appeared as a Collection in AMB]]) * 2016: [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43681-4|LNBI 9838]] ([[https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/wabi2016| extended proceedings appeared as a Collection in AMB]]) * 2015: [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48221-6|LNBI 9289]] ([[https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/wabi2015| extended proceedings appeared as a Collection in AMB]]) * 2014: [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44753-6|LNBI 8701]] (extended versions of selected papers appeared in AMB) * 2013: [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40453-5|LNBI 8126]] (also in [[http://arxiv.org/abs/1308.1157|arxiv]]; extended versions of selected papers appeared in AMB) * 2012: [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33122-0|LNBI 7534]] (extended versions of selected papers appeared in AMB) * 2011: [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23038-7|LNBI 6833]] (extended versions of selected papers appeared in AMB) * 2010: [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15294-8|LNBI 6293]] ([[http://beta.biomedcentral.com/collections/wabi2010| extended proceedings appeared as a Collection in AMB]]) * 2009: [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04241-6|LNBI 5724]] ([[http://beta.biomedcentral.com/collections/wabi| extended proceedings appeared as a Collection in AMB]]) * 2008: [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87361-7|LNBI 5251]] (extended versions of selected papers appeared in ???) * 2007: [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74126-8|LNBI 4645]] (extended versions of selected papers appeared in ???) * 2006: [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11851561|LNBI 4175]] (extended versions of selected papers appeared in ???) * 2005: [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11557067|LNBI 3692]] (extended versions of selected papers appeared in ???) * 2004: [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b100405|LNBI 3240]] (extended versions of selected papers appeared in ???) * 2003: [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b13243|LNBI 2812]] (extended versions of selected papers appeared in ???) * 2002: [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45784-4|LNCS 2452]] (extended versions of selected papers appeared in ???) * 2001: [[http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44696-6|LNCS 2149]] (extended versions of selected papers appeared in ???) ==== Registration Fees (full/student early, full/student late) ==== * 2024: TBA * 2023: 945$/695$, 1045$/795$ for ACM-BCB & WABI, 200$ discount for ACM/SIGBio members - including coffee breaks, lunches, poster session reception, conference dinner * 2022: 300€/200€, 400€/300€ ("half" week) - including coffee breaks, lunches and welcome reception; conference dinner +100€ (included only in "full" week registration, +200€) * 2021: 50$ for students, 100$ for ACM/SIGBio members/150$ general (virtual conference due to coronavirus pandemics) * 2020: free registration (virtual conference due to coronavirus pandemics) * 2019: 780$/500$, 880$/600$ for ACM-BCB & WABI, 100$ discount for ACM/SIGBio members - including breakfasts, coffee breaks, lunches and conference dinner * 2018: 330€/240€, 495€/360€ for ALGO (assuming 3-day attendance) - including coffee breaks, lunches, excursion, banquet, reception * 2017: 780$/500$, 880$/600$ for ACM-BCB & WABI, 100$ discount for ACM/SIGBio members - including coffee breaks, conference dinner (not for students), not including lunches * 2016: 240€/190€, 375€/280€ for ALGO (assuming 3-day attendance) - including coffee breaks, lunches, conference dinner and barbecue * 2015: 700$/500$, 800$/600$ for ACM-BCB & WABI, 100$ discount for ACM/SIGBio members - including breakfasts, coffee breaks, lunches and conference dinner * 2014: 220€/170€, 310€/260€ for ALGO (assuming 3-day attendance) - including coffee breaks, lunches and conference dinner * 2013: 430€/380€, 540€/480€ for ALGO - including coffee breaks, lunches and conference dinner * 2012: * 2011: * 2010: * 2009: 350$/200$, 425$/275$ for WABI only - including ??? * 2008: * 2007: * 2006: * 2005: * 2004: * 2003: 75,000 HUF/45,000 HUF, 90,000 HUF/60,000 HUF for ALGO, including coffee breaks lunches and banquet * 2002: * 2001: