To submit your Late-Breaking abstract for consideration as a poster contribution to ISCB 2024, please fill in the form in the respective Abstract Submission tab of this online submission portal link. Once you have created an account, you can submit your abstract.

The author account is needed for purposes of communication and submission; the same credentials will be used for all other Conference-related services, such as registration, etc. Abstracts submitted by e-mail will not be accepted. Registration of the presenting author within the authors’ registration deadline is a requirement of inclusion of the abstract in the Conference Programme, once accepted by the Scientific Programme Committee. Each author may present a maximum of 2 abstracts; however, there are no limitations in co-authorship or submission of abstracts. All abstracts must be submitted in English. Please do not submit multiple copies of the same abstract. All abstracts will be forwarded to the Scientific Programme Committee for review.

1. Format

Given that the abstracts will be published in the ISCB 2024 Conference Final Programme & Abstract Book exactly in the form they are submitted (as is), authors are kindly requested to adhere to the following guidelines:

• Language: British English
• Abstract text word limit: 400 words (author names and affiliation details excluded)
• Full names and affiliations of all authors should be submitted in the relevant specified fields. The uploaded PDF file should be blinded, and no author or affiliation information should exist in the file.

The abstract should be divided into the following sections:

• Background / Introduction
• Methods
• Results
• Conclusion

The text may include references, as long as the total amount of words does not exceed the above-mentioned word limit (400 words).

You are required to choose a main topic for submission of your abstract:

• Analysis of Imperfect Data (including Missing Data and Measurement error)
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Methods
• Causal inference
• Clinical Trials Design and Simulations
• Competing Risks and Multistate models
• Diagnostic and Screening Tests
• Digital Phenotype and Mobile Health Data Analysis
• Electronic Health Records and Real World Data for Observational and Interventional Studies
• Infectious Diseases Modelling
• Integrative Data analysis
• Joint and Latent Variables Models
• Longitudinal Data analysis
• Methods for High Dimensional Data (including -omics)
• Multiple Testing
• Prediction and Prognostic Models
• Rare Data Analysis or Case Studies in Medical Statistics
• Statistical Analysis of Complex Data Structures
• Statistical Methods for Health Economic Evaluations
• Statistics in Epidemiology
• Survival Analysis
• Using statistics to improve the conduct of clinical trials
• Validation of Synthetic Data

Important Note
Responsibility for accuracy rests with the author(s).

2. Submission

You may submit your abstract via the respective Abstract Submission tab of the online submission portal and completing all required fields. If you should experience any problems with the online submission, please do not hesitate to contact the ISCB 2024 Conference Organisers at scientific@iscb2024.info.

3. Abstract Withdrawal

If you wish to withdraw an abstract ahead of the review process, please contact the Conference Organisers in writing at scientific@iscb2024.info.

Confirmation of receipt & notification of decision

Once you have filled in all relevant fields and have checked acceptance of terms, please click on the Submit button to complete your submission. Within a few minutes, you will receive an automated email confirmation that your abstract has been received, indicating the allocated abstract number. Please refer to this abstract number in all further correspondence regarding the abstract. Please, contact the Conference Organisers at scientific@iscb2024.info if you submit an abstract and do not receive written confirmation. Only the submitter will receive all information concerning the abstract and will be responsible for informing the other authors of the status of the abstract. Following acceptance and allocation of the abstract presentation in the programme, communication on relevant details will be redirected to the presenting author as indicated. Please make sure to include the presenter’s email address, should the submitter not be the final presenter of the abstract.

After the review by the Scientific Programme Committee, authors will be notified about results around 27 June 2024.

If an abstract is accepted, the presenting author must register and pay the registration fee before 4 July 2024, in order for the abstract to be included in the ISCB 2024 Conference programme.

Registration is required for an accepted abstract to be included in the ISCB 2024 Programme, and to be published in the ISCB 2024 Abstract Book.

Copyright & Legal Obligation
All information in the abstract submission, including authors’ names, affiliations, authors order of listing, and the content of abstract, will be used in the Conference publications. The contributor carries legal obligations of the abstract; any violation to a third party’s right will be the responsibility of the contributor him/her/themself. ISCB has the copyright to use the abstract in the Conference for scientific purposes without any prior notice to the contributor/authors.

Further Information
Please contact the ISCB 2024 Conference scientific team at scientific@iscb2024.info.