Important dates
Submissions due: July 3rd 5th AOE.
Reviewing period: July 7-29.
Author response period for PMLR-eligible full papers only: July 30 to August 12.
Decision notification: August 14th.
Meeting dates: November 16-17, 2026.
Submission instructions
Submissions should describe research on novel learning approaches or application areas in computational biology. A strong submission to the workshop typically presents a new learning method that yields new biological insights or applies an existing learning method to a new biological problem. However, submissions that improve upon existing methods for solving previously studied problems will also be considered. Examples of research presented in previous years: MLCB2025, MLCB2024, MLCB2023, MLCB2022, MLCB2021, MLCB2019.
We will accept submissions in two tracks through CMT: submission link.
1) Full papers: 8-page papers that are eligible for oral or poster presentation. Authors of full papers may opt in to consideration for publication in an MLCB section of the Proceedings of Machine Learning Research. Only full papers that opt in to PMLR publication will participate in the author response period.
2) Abstracts: 2-page abstracts that are eligible for poster presentation only. These submissions are intended for preliminary or ongoing work and are not eligible for publication in PMLR. Abstract submissions will not participate in the author response period.
Format and submission guidelines
Researchers should upload a 2-page abstract (excluding references) or an 8-page paper (excluding references) in PDF format to the CMT submission website. Submissions exceeding the page limit will be automatically rejected.
No special style is required for 2-page abstracts. For 8-page papers, we ask authors to use standard font size 11 pt and margins 1 in. We prefer single-column format.
We also allow parallel submission to the preprint servers, and the inclusion of appendix/supplementary materials as long as the main paper is self-contained and reviewers are not required to read the appendix.
The workshop allows submissions of papers (for both tracks) that are under review or have been recently published in a conference or a journal. If you are submitting such a paper, please specify whether the submission is published or under consideration. Such submissions are not eligible for publication in PMLR.
We are no longer asking the authors to anonymize their submissions, i.e., reviewing is single blind not double blind.
Review process and author response
All submissions will receive standard peer review. This year, only 8-page full-paper submissions that opt in to PMLR publication will participate in an author response period.
For PMLR-eligible full-paper submissions, authors will have an opportunity to respond to reviewer comments during the discussion period, July 28 to August 10. The purpose of the author response is to clarify questions, address reviewer concerns, and correct misunderstandings based on the original submission.
Authors may not upload a revised manuscript or revised supplementary material during the author response period. Author responses should not introduce substantial new results. Reviewers and area chairs may consider the author response as part of the discussion, but final decisions will be based on the original submitted paper, reviewer evaluations, author response, and reviewer discussion.
Two-page abstract submissions and 8-page submissions that do not opt in to PMLR publication will not have an author response period. These submissions will be evaluated through the standard review and discussion process.
CMT Acknowledgement
The Microsoft CMT service is used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service is provided for free by Microsoft and they bear all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.