ICCABS 2026: THE 14TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL ADVANCES IN BIO AND MEDICAL SCIENCES

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Adeniyi, Ezekiel	Comparing Hamming distance vs LLM Embedding distance metrics in Evolutionary Space
Aguma, Peace	A Comprehensive Benchmark of Discrepancies Across Microbial Genome Reference Databases
Agustinho, Daniel P.	Critical Evaluation of Long Read Taxonomic Profiling of the Gut Microbiome
Ahmed, Mansoor	Benchmarking Deep Generative Models for Antibody Design and Optimization: A Systematic Evaluation
Akhtar, Kamil	Efficient Metagenomic Analysis via Quantization​
Al Seesi, Sahar	ImmuneBoost: A Gradient Boosting Machine Learning Model for Neoepitopes Classification
Alexander, Thomas	A classification pipeline for B-ALL genomic subtypes using Nanopore mRNA-sequencing
Ali, Sarwan	DANCE: Deep Learning-Assisted Analysis of ProteiN Sequences Using Chaos Enhanced Kaleidoscopic Images Uncovering Hierarchical Structure in LLM Embeddings with $\delta$-Hyperbolicity, Ultrametricity, and Neighbor Joining
Ali, Youla	AtlasCollect: A Single Cell Data Atlas Tool and Unified Platform for Datasets Collection and Integration
Alomair, Ryan	Reconstruction of Cancer Evolutionary History From Single Cell Data
Alomair, Ryan	Enhancement of the Genetic Algorithm using Saltation
Alser, Mohammed	NeuroGAN-3D: Enhancing Intrinsic Functional Brain Networks via High-Fidelity 3D Generative Super-Resolution XMorph: Explainable Brain Tumor Analysis Via LLM-Assisted Hybrid Deep Intelligence Efficient Metagenomic Analysis via Quantization​ A Comprehensive Benchmark of Discrepancies Across Microbial Genome Reference Databases
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Bansal, Mukul S.	HexSplit: An Improved Computational Approach for Detecting Partial Gene Transfer
Baptista, Rodrigo P.	Critical Evaluation of Long Read Taxonomic Profiling of the Gut Microbiome
Barde, Romi	ImmuneBoost: A Gradient Boosting Machine Learning Model for Neoepitopes Classification
Basak, Joyanta	Using Cluster Quality Metrics for Record Linkage Evaluation
Boddeda, Sriram	AtlasCollect: A Single Cell Data Atlas Tool and Unified Platform for Datasets Collection and Integration
Bolanos, Juan	On campus dormitories as viral transmission sinks: Phylodynamic insights into student housing networks during the COVID-19 pandemic
Boldirev, Grigore	A Comprehensive Benchmark of Discrepancies Across Microbial Genome Reference Databases
Bonizzoni, Paola	Compactly Representing a set of Tumor Phylogenies
Bromberg, Yana	Whole Metagenome Sequencing: not Deep Enough for Complete Microbial Function Recovery
Brudno, Michael	Foundation Models for Gut Microbiome Representation Learning
Bunimovich, Yuri	Cell-to-Cell Communication Analysis in Skin Cancer Using Cell Chat
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Calhoun, Vince	NeuroGAN-3D: Enhancing Intrinsic Functional Brain Networks via High-Fidelity 3D Generative Super-Resolution XMorph: Explainable Brain Tumor Analysis Via LLM-Assisted Hybrid Deep Intelligence
Chang, Yi-Chun	POSTER TALK: LV-Vis: A Memory-Efficient Large Volume Visualization System Using a Multilevel Octree POSTER TALK: Computerized Tomography Localized Starburst Artifact Reduction using View Angle Shift Bayesian Optimization POSTER TALK: Vibration Correction For High-Resolution Synchrotron Computerized Tomography Using SIREN and Gradient Descent
Chen, Kevin	Foundation Models for Gut Microbiome Representation Learning
Cheng, Chang-Chieh	POSTER TALK: LV-Vis: A Memory-Efficient Large Volume Visualization System Using a Multilevel Octree POSTER TALK: Computerized Tomography Localized Starburst Artifact Reduction using View Angle Shift Bayesian Optimization POSTER TALK: Vibration Correction For High-Resolution Synchrotron Computerized Tomography Using SIREN and Gradient Descent
Ching, Yu-Tai	POSTER TALK: LV-Vis: A Memory-Efficient Large Volume Visualization System Using a Multilevel Octree POSTER TALK: Computerized Tomography Localized Starburst Artifact Reduction using View Angle Shift Bayesian Optimization POSTER TALK: Vibration Correction For High-Resolution Synchrotron Computerized Tomography Using SIREN and Gradient Descent
Chourasia, Prakash	Machine Learning Approaches for Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer DANCE: Deep Learning-Assisted Analysis of ProteiN Sequences Using Chaos Enhanced Kaleidoscopic Images Uncovering Hierarchical Structure in LLM Embeddings with $\delta$-Hyperbolicity, Ultrametricity, and Neighbor Joining
Ciccolella, Simone	Compactly Representing a set of Tumor Phylogenies
Cickovski, Trevor	Exploring the Causal Relationship between the Gut Microbiome and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome “You Can’t Deny Who You Are”: Cross-Sectional Dimensionality Reduction Reveals Strongest Connection Between Identity and Lower GI Microbial Composition
Clift, Emma	Selene: Faster Detection of Microsatellite Instability in Cancer Transcriptomics Using k-mer Filtering
Coker, Modupe Oluseun	Whole Metagenome Sequencing: not Deep Enough for Complete Microbial Function Recovery
Conant, Gavin	Computational Genomics for Polyploid Organisms: Distinguishing paradigms for post-polyploid evolution
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Dai, Qing	Pushing the Limits of Long-Read, Low-Biomass Metagenomics
Davila, Jaime	Selene: Faster Detection of Microsatellite Instability in Cancer Transcriptomics Using k-mer Filtering
Della Vedova, Gianluca	Compactly Representing a set of Tumor Phylogenies
Deng, Kevin	Foundation Models for Gut Microbiome Representation Learning
Dinh, An Q.	Critical Evaluation of Long Read Taxonomic Profiling of the Gut Microbiome
Dip, Sajib Acharjee	Leveraging Vision Transformers and Traditional Classifiers for Accurate Gastrointestinal Disease Detection
Donrburg, Alex	On campus dormitories as viral transmission sinks: Phylodynamic insights into student housing networks during the COVID-19 pandemic
Doughty, Ryan D.	Critical Evaluation of Long Read Taxonomic Profiling of the Gut Microbiome
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Eki-Udoko, Fidelis E	Whole Metagenome Sequencing: not Deep Enough for Complete Microbial Function Recovery
Esfahani, M Moein	NeuroGAN-3D: Enhancing Intrinsic Functional Brain Networks via High-Fidelity 3D Generative Super-Resolution XMorph: Explainable Brain Tumor Analysis Via LLM-Assisted Hybrid Deep Intelligence
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Farooq, Hafsa	Enhancement of the Genetic Algorithm using Saltation Machine Learning Approaches for Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer
Florea, Liliana	Benchmarking foundation models for splice site and exon annotation
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G. Krishnan, Rahul	Foundation Models for Gut Microbiome Representation Learning
Gibas, Cynthia	All Edges Lead to Nodes: Can Multiple Methods Lead to the Same Hi-C Contact Maps?
Gibas, Cynthia	On campus dormitories as viral transmission sinks: Phylodynamic insights into student housing networks during the COVID-19 pandemic
Granek, Joshua	Pushing the Limits of Long-Read, Low-Biomass Metagenomics
Grinshpon, Mark	Enhancement of the Genetic Algorithm using Saltation
Gunsch, Claudia	Pushing the Limits of Long-Read, Low-Biomass Metagenomics
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Hajimahdi, Zahra	POSTER TALK: From Activity to Potency: An Integrated Machine Learning Framework for HIV-1 Integrase Inhibitor Discovery
Hajirasouliha, Iman	Compactly Representing a set of Tumor Phylogenies
Hanson, Blake M.	Critical Evaluation of Long Read Taxonomic Profiling of the Gut Microbiome
He, Sihong	LLM-GeneTxGraph: A LLM-based Knowledge Graph Generation Framework for Gene-gene Network and Downstream Tasks
He, Zitong	Benchmarking foundation models for splice site and exon annotation
Howard-Stone, Rye	AmpliconHunter2: a SIMD-Accelerated In-Silico PCR Engine
Hsu, I-Chieh	POSTER TALK: LV-Vis: A Memory-Efficient Large Volume Visualization System Using a Multilevel Octree
Huang, Wenyu	Critical Evaluation of Long Read Taxonomic Profiling of the Gut Microbiome
Hutnick, Jennifer	Using Cluster Quality Metrics for Record Linkage Evaluation
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Idemudia, Nosakhare Lawrence	Whole Metagenome Sequencing: not Deep Enough for Complete Microbial Function Recovery
Islam, Mohammad Tariqul	ImmuneBoost: A Gradient Boosting Machine Learning Model for Neoepitopes Classification
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Jan, Avais	Trustworthy Multimodal LLMs for Medical Diagnostics via Confidence Calibration Benchmarking Deep Generative Models for Antibody Design and Optimization: A Systematic Evaluation
Junayed, Masum Shah	Cross-Attention Transformer for Prostate Cancer Grading with LLM-Guided Histopathology Descriptions
Juyal, Akshay	Cell-to-Cell Communication Analysis in Skin Cancer Using Cell Chat
Juyal, Silvia	Cell-to-Cell Communication Analysis in Skin Cancer Using Cell Chat
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Kafi Kang, Maryam	Reconstructing intra-tumor fitness landscapes from scSeq CNA profiles via simulation-based Bayesian inference and Deep Learning
Kapoor, Suryaveer	AtlasCollect: A Single Cell Data Atlas Tool and Unified Platform for Datasets Collection and Integration
Kirpich, Alexander	Interpreting Infectious Disease Surveillance During Armed Conflict: War-Driven Epidemiological Divergence
Kokroko, Natalie	Critical Evaluation of Long Read Taxonomic Profiling of the Gut Microbiome
Korycinska, Laura Julia	Cell-to-Cell Communication Analysis in Skin Cancer Using Cell Chat
Koslicki, David	Branch lengths inference and its application in beta diversity computation A Comprehensive Benchmark of Discrepancies Across Microbial Genome Reference Databases
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Lashiyal, Anoop	Computational Inference of CRC Cancer Gene Mutation Order
Li, Bingjun	LLM-GeneTxGraph: A LLM-based Knowledge Graph Generation Framework for Gene-gene Network and Downstream Tasks
Lin, John	A classification pipeline for B-ALL genomic subtypes using Nanopore mRNA-sequencing
Lin, Xingcheng	Integrating Sparse Sequence, Experimental, and AI-Predicted Structural Information for Genome-Scale Protein–Nucleic Acid Interaction Prediction
Liu, Jia	Whole Metagenome Sequencing: not Deep Enough for Complete Microbial Function Recovery
Liu, Jingyu	NeuroGAN-3D: Enhancing Intrinsic Functional Brain Networks via High-Fidelity 3D Generative Super-Resolution
Louque, Nicholas	AtlasCollect: A Single Cell Data Atlas Tool and Unified Platform for Datasets Collection and Integration
Lucaci, Alexander	Diversity and Distinctive Characteristics of the Global RNA Virome in Urban & Peri-urban Environments
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Maghsoudlou, Arash	POSTER TALK: From Activity to Potency: An Integrated Machine Learning Framework for HIV-1 Integrase Inhibitor Discovery
Majoros, William	Structured Modeling of Allelic-specific Gene Expression
Mandoiu, Ion	AmpliconHunter2: a SIMD-Accelerated In-Silico PCR Engine Noise reduction methods for single cell RNA and VDJ sequencing data Cell-to-Cell Communication Analysis in Skin Cancer Using Cell Chat
Mangul, Serghei	A Comprehensive Benchmark of Discrepancies Across Microbial Genome Reference Databases
Marshall, Austin M.	Critical Evaluation of Long Read Taxonomic Profiling of the Gut Microbiome
Mathee, Kalai	Exploring the Causal Relationship between the Gut Microbiome and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome “You Can’t Deny Who You Are”: Cross-Sectional Dimensionality Reduction Reveals Strongest Connection Between Identity and Lower GI Microbial Composition
Mathur, Anup	Using Cluster Quality Metrics for Record Linkage Evaluation
Menendez, Sophia	Exploring the Causal Relationship between the Gut Microbiome and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Mohammed, Nayeem Uddin	Efficient Metagenomic Analysis via Quantization​
Moretti, Simone	Compactly Representing a set of Tumor Phylogenies
Moussa, Marmar	Computational Inference of CRC Cancer Gene Mutation Order
Moussa, Marmar	Inferring mutational order via a novel dependency graph-based approach AtlasCollect: A Single Cell Data Atlas Tool and Unified Platform for Datasets Collection and Integration
Munteanu, Viorel	A Comprehensive Benchmark of Discrepancies Across Microbial Genome Reference Databases
Murad, Taslim	DANCE: Deep Learning-Assisted Analysis of ProteiN Sequences Using Chaos Enhanced Kaleidoscopic Images
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Nabavi, Sheida	Cross-Attention Transformer for Prostate Cancer Grading with LLM-Guided Histopathology Descriptions LLM-GeneTxGraph: A LLM-based Knowledge Graph Generation Framework for Gene-gene Network and Downstream Tasks
Narasimhan, Giri	Exploring the Causal Relationship between the Gut Microbiome and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Nasser, Gerard	All Edges Lead to Nodes: Can Multiple Methods Lead to the Same Hi-C Contact Maps?
Nemira, Alina	Reconstruction of Cancer Evolutionary History From Single Cell Data
Nitirahardjo, Caroline	Identification of ADAR editing signatures across bacterial, viral, and fungal infections
Nute, Michael G.	Critical Evaluation of Long Read Taxonomic Profiling of the Gut Microbiome
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Obuekwe, Ozoemene	Whole Metagenome Sequencing: not Deep Enough for Complete Microbial Function Recovery
Okeke, Ekene	Computational Inference of CRC Cancer Gene Mutation Order
Okeke, Ekene	Inferring mutational order via a novel dependency graph-based approach
Oladapo, Olajumoke	AtlasCollect: A Single Cell Data Atlas Tool and Unified Platform for Datasets Collection and Integration
Osazuwa-Peters, Nosayaba	Whole Metagenome Sequencing: not Deep Enough for Complete Microbial Function Recovery
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Park, Krista	Using Cluster Quality Metrics for Record Linkage Evaluation
Patterson, Murray	DANCE: Deep Learning-Assisted Analysis of ProteiN Sequences Using Chaos Enhanced Kaleidoscopic Images Compactly Representing a set of Tumor Phylogenies Benchmarking Deep Generative Models for Antibody Design and Optimization: A Systematic Evaluation Uncovering Hierarchical Structure in LLM Embeddings with $\delta$-Hyperbolicity, Ultrametricity, and Neighbor Joining
Paul, Bikash Kumar	Leveraging Vision Transformers and Traditional Classifiers for Accurate Gastrointestinal Disease Detection
Pellow, David	Foundation Models for Gut Microbiome Representation Learning
Peter, Oluwaseun	Whole Metagenome Sequencing: not Deep Enough for Complete Microbial Function Recovery
Piontkivska, Helen	Using gene-specific ADAR editing profiles as blood-based biomarkers for neuropsychiatric disorders Identification of ADAR editing signatures across bacterial, viral, and fungal infections
Popic, Victoria	Compactly Representing a set of Tumor Phylogenies
Portik, Daniel M.	Critical Evaluation of Long Read Taxonomic Profiling of the Gut Microbiome
Purvis, Jeremy	Manifold learning reveals cell cycle plasticity underlying fractional resistance to palbociclib in ER+/HER2− breast tumor cells
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Rajasekaran, Sanguthevar	Using Cluster Quality Metrics for Record Linkage Evaluation
Rauf, Somiya	Machine Learning Approaches for Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer
Riccardi, Brian	Compactly Representing a set of Tumor Phylogenies
Ritchotte, Mason	LLM-GeneTxGraph: A LLM-based Knowledge Graph Generation Framework for Gene-gene Network and Downstream Tasks
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Sahni, Sartaj	Using Cluster Quality Metrics for Record Linkage Evaluation
Salem Ghahfarokhi, Sepehr	NeuroGAN-3D: Enhancing Intrinsic Functional Brain Networks via High-Fidelity 3D Generative Super-Resolution XMorph: Explainable Brain Tumor Analysis Via LLM-Assisted Hybrid Deep Intelligence
Sarker, Ram Prosad	Leveraging Vision Transformers and Traditional Classifiers for Accurate Gastrointestinal Disease Detection
Schlecht, Nicolas F.	Whole Metagenome Sequencing: not Deep Enough for Complete Microbial Function Recovery
Schreiner, Zackary	“You Can’t Deny Who You Are”: Cross-Sectional Dimensionality Reduction Reveals Strongest Connection Between Identity and Lower GI Microbial Composition
Schwartz, Russell	Predicting clonal progression in cancers with blood-based genomics
Sedlazeck, Fritz J.	Critical Evaluation of Long Read Taxonomic Profiling of the Gut Microbiome
Seshadri, Shreya	HexSplit: An Improved Computational Approach for Detecting Partial Gene Transfer
Shah, Nidhibahen	Using Cluster Quality Metrics for Record Linkage Evaluation
Shishkin, Aleksandr	Inferring mutational order via a novel dependency graph-based approach
Skums, Pavel	Comparing Hamming distance vs LLM Embedding distance metrics in Evolutionary Space Embedding-based methodology for Balanced Minimum Evolution phylogenetic inference Reconstruction of Cancer Evolutionary History From Single Cell Data Reconstructing intra-tumor fitness landscapes from scSeq CNA profiles via simulation-based Bayesian inference and Deep Learning
Spanheimer, Philip	Manifold learning reveals cell cycle plasticity underlying fractional resistance to palbociclib in ER+/HER2− breast tumor cells
Stebliankin, Vitalii	Exploring the Causal Relationship between the Gut Microbiome and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Sterling, Gulnaz	Noise reduction methods for single cell RNA and VDJ sequencing data Cell-to-Cell Communication Analysis in Skin Cancer Using Cell Chat
Sumrell, Collin	Inferring mutational order via a novel dependency graph-based approach Computational Inference of CRC Cancer Gene Mutation Order
Sunderraman, Raj	XMorph: Explainable Brain Tumor Analysis Via LLM-Assisted Hybrid Deep Intelligence
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Tariq, Ayesha	Using gene-specific ADAR editing profiles as blood-based biomarkers for neuropsychiatric disorders
Thant, Yin Min	Critical Evaluation of Long Read Taxonomic Profiling of the Gut Microbiome
Treangen, Todd J.	Critical Evaluation of Long Read Taxonomic Profiling of the Gut Microbiome
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Ullah Khan, Imdad	Benchmarking Deep Generative Models for Antibody Design and Optimization: A Systematic Evaluation
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Venkateswara, Hemanth	Benchmarking Deep Generative Models for Antibody Design and Optimization: A Systematic Evaluation
Vonbank, Spencer	Benchmarking Deep Generative Models for Antibody Design and Optimization: A Systematic Evaluation
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Walker, Andrew	Methods for Spatial Analysis of Immune Cell Interaction in Breast Cancer
Wang, Jeremy	A classification pipeline for B-ALL genomic subtypes using Nanopore mRNA-sequencing
Wei, Wei	Branch lengths inference and its application in beta diversity computation
Weinberg, Daniel	Using Cluster Quality Metrics for Record Linkage Evaluation
Wolff, Sam	Manifold learning reveals cell cycle plasticity underlying fractional resistance to palbociclib in ER+/HER2− breast tumor cells
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Yadav, Ritesh	Efficient Metagenomic Analysis via Quantization​
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Zaman, Sumaira	HexSplit: An Improved Computational Approach for Detecting Partial Gene Transfer
Zarghi, Afshin	POSTER TALK: From Activity to Potency: An Integrated Machine Learning Framework for HIV-1 Integrase Inhibitor Discovery
Zelikovsky, Alex	Enhancement of the Genetic Algorithm using Saltation Comparing Hamming distance vs LLM Embedding distance metrics in Evolutionary Space Computational Inference of CRC Cancer Gene Mutation Order A Comprehensive Benchmark of Discrepancies Across Microbial Genome Reference Databases Reconstruction of Cancer Evolutionary History From Single Cell Data Cell-to-Cell Communication Analysis in Skin Cancer Using Cell Chat
Zelikovsky, Alex	Inferring mutational order via a novel dependency graph-based approach
Zhang, Liqing	Leveraging Vision Transformers and Traditional Classifiers for Accurate Gastrointestinal Disease Detection
Zikry, Tarek	Manifold learning reveals cell cycle plasticity underlying fractional resistance to palbociclib in ER+/HER2− breast tumor cells

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