CMSB 2026

Submission timeline

• 3 Apr 2026 Abstract registration AoE 27 Mar 2026 → 3 Apr 2026 +7 days
• 10 Apr 2026 Full paper AoE 3 Apr 2026 → 10 Apr 2026 +7 days
• 2 May 2026 Notification

• 24 Jul 2026 Conference opens

What to submit

Format

15 pages LNCS + references + appendix (regular) / 6 pages (tool)

Proceedings

Springer LNCS/LNBI — Paywalled, for-profit

Awards

best paper award and best student paper award

Chairs and
invited speakers

Mixed genders How this is counted

Co-located with

Co-located with the Federated Logic Conference (FLoC 2026)

Call for papers

• After a deadline extension CMSB-2026-extended.txt · TXT · shown below
• As first published CMSB-2026.txt · TXT

The call, as published

Reproduced verbatim from the organisers’ announcement, after a deadline extension. The conference’s own page is at arsr.inesc-id.pt/cmsb2026/.

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Last Call for Papers (extended deadlines)
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24th International Conference on
Computational Methods in Systems Biology (CMSB 2026)
Lisbon, Portugal | July 24-25, 2026
https://arsr.inesc-id.pt/cmsb2026/

This year's edition will be co-located with the
Federated Logic Conference (FLoC 2026)
https://www.floc26.org/program

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Important Dates
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Pre-submission abstract:  **April 03, 2026** (EXTENDED!)
Paper submission deadline: **April 10, 2026** (EXTENDED!)
Notification: May 02, 2026
Camera ready: May 13, 2026
Poster submission: June 26, 2026
Conference: July 24-25, 2026

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Description
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CMSB is a well-established annual international conference that brings
together researchers from across biological, computational, mathematical
and physical sciences interested in the system-level study, modeling,
simulation, advanced analysis and  design of biological systems.
Information about previous CMSB conferences is available on the
permanent CMSB website https://cmsb.sciencesconf.org/

The CMSB proceedings are published in the series Lecture Notes in
Bioinformatics (LNCS/LNBI) by Springer Nature, and indexed by ISI Web of
Science, Scopus, DBLP, and Google Scholar.

CMSB 2026 solicits original research articles and tool papers on the
modelling, analysis or design of biological systems, as well as the
analysis of biological data. The conference covers the broad field of
computational methods and tools in systems and synthetic biology and
their applications in biomedicine and the environment. The conference
welcomes new theoretical results with potential applications to systems
and synthetic biology, as well as novel applications and case studies of
existing methods, tools, or frameworks.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- formalisms for modelling biological processes
- methods and tools for biological system analysis, modelling and
simulation
- frameworks for model verification, validation, analysis, and
simulation of biological systems
- high-performance methods for computational systems biology
- automated parameter and model inference
- machine learning and data analytics in biology and biomedicine
- multi-scale modelling, multi-agent simulation and analysis methods
- design, analysis, and verification methods for synthetic biology
- methods for biomolecular computing and engineered molecular devices
- model integration and biological databases
- data-based approaches for systems and synthetic biology
- optimality and control of biological systems
- modelling, analysis and control of microbial communities and
ecosystems

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Submission Guidelines
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All submitted papers have to be written in English and must be submitted
in the form of a PDF file using the HotCRP (FLoC common) submission
system, at the following link:

https://submissions.floc26.org/cmsb/

Instructions for the Springer Nature LNCS style:
http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines.
Templates are available both for Latex and Word.

Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the
Program Committee (see above for specific reviewing information about
tools). All accepted contributions must be presented at the conference
by one of the authors.

Contributions should be submitted to one of the following categories:

A) REGULAR PAPERS: Regular papers should describe original work that has
not been previously published and is not under review for publication
elsewhere. Accepted regular papers will be published as part of the
conference proceedings in the Springer LNCS series. Papers in this
category should not exceed 15 pages in the Springer LNCS style
(including main figures and tables, excluding references and possible
appendices).

B) TOOL PAPERS: Tool papers should present new tools or public websites,
new tool components or novel extensions to existing tools or websites
supporting biological system modelling, analysis, simulation, or
similar. Submissions must include information on methods, tool
availability, and selected application results. They should be original
and not previously published in a similar form. Accepted tool papers
will be published as part of the conference proceedings in the Springer
LNCS series. Papers in this category should have 4-6 pages in the
Springer LNCS style (including main figures and tables, excluding
references and possible appendices).

Two prizes will be delivered for the best regular or tool papers:
- the best paper award
- the best student paper award

Conference website:
https://arsr.inesc-id.pt/cmsb2026/