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Some basic information about the WABI conferences

Steering Committee

  • Bernard Moret (since 2001)
  • Vincent Moulton (since 09/2012)
  • Jens Stoye (since 09/2012)
  • Tandy Warnow (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)

Conference Venues

OC Chairs

Checklist for OC chairs: click here.

  • 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: click here.

  • 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

  • 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: click here.

Submissions

  • 2020: 38 (xx accepted, yy%)
  • 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

Registration Fees (full/student early, full/student late)

  • 2020: free registration (virtual conference due to coronavirus pandemics)
  • 2019: 780$/500$, 880$/600$ for ACM-BCB & WABI, 100 US$ 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 US$ 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 US$ 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
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  • 2009: 350$/200$, 425$/275$ for WABI only - including ???
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  • 2003: 75,000 HUF/45,000 HUF, 90,000 HUF/60,000 HUF for ALGO, including coffee breaks lunches and banquet
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