IEEE CIBCB 2026 · Special Session
Governance-Aware and Sustainable Computational Intelligence for Medicine and Digital Health
Athens, Greece · 31 Aug – 2 Sep 2026

A special session on trustworthy, sustainable, and governance-aware computational intelligence for biomedicine.

This special session brings together researchers working at the intersection of computational intelligence, biomedical engineering, bioinformatics, and digital health to discuss intelligent systems that are not only high-performing, but also interpretable, privacy-conscious, regulation-aware, and sustainable by design.

Scientific Rigor

Advanced computational intelligence methods for high-impact biomedical and health-related problems.

Responsible Design

Interpretability, fairness, privacy, and compliance integrated into system development.

Long-Term Sustainability

Resource-aware and operationally sustainable approaches for biomedical AI deployment.

Session Highlights

Governance-aware computational intelligence architectures for biomedical systems

Federated, privacy-preserving, and distributed learning in healthcare ecosystems

Energy-efficient and sustainable intelligent methods for omics and medical imaging

Interpretable, accountable, and regulation-conscious digital health systems

Why this session matters

As intelligent systems become embedded within real biomedical and clinical infrastructures, their scientific value depends not only on predictive performance, but also on transparency, accountability, privacy, sustainability, and readiness for deployment in regulated settings.

Paper Submission Deadline
March 31, 2026
Extended
April 20, 2026
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Aim and Scope

Responsible and Sustainable Computational Intelligence for Biomedicine

Computational intelligence methods are increasingly integrated into biomedical research, digital health platforms, and bioinformatics pipelines. However, beyond predictive performance, modern biomedical AI systems must address broader challenges including interpretability, fairness, privacy protection, regulatory compliance, and computational sustainability.

This special session aims to create a forum for research that combines advanced computational intelligence with responsible system design. The focus is on approaches that support trustworthy, explainable, energy-efficient, and governance-aware AI systems capable of operating in real biomedical and clinical environments.

Scientific Focus

Novel computational intelligence approaches addressing complex biomedical datasets such as medical imaging, omics data, and clinical health records.

Responsible AI

Methods that integrate transparency, explainability, privacy preservation, fairness, and governance considerations into AI system design.

Digital Health Systems

Intelligent infrastructures supporting digital health platforms, distributed biomedical data ecosystems, and next-generation clinical decision systems.

Sustainable AI

Energy-efficient and resource-aware AI techniques enabling scalable biomedical intelligence with reduced environmental footprint.

Topics of Interest

Areas of contribution

We invite original research contributions in areas including, but not limited to:

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Energy-efficient computational intelligence for medical imaging and omics data

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Federated and privacy-preserving learning in healthcare

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Explainable and interpretable AI in bioinformatics and computational biology

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Generative models for biomedical applications

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Multi-agent systems in digital health environments

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Data governance and regulation-aware AI architectures

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Sustainable computing for large-scale biological modeling

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Computational intelligence for climate-health and environmental monitoring

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Fairness and robustness in biomedical AI

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Lifecycle assessment of intelligent systems in healthcare

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Distributed ledger technologies for secure digital health infrastructures

Target Audience

Who should submit

Researchers in computational intelligence, bioinformatics, biomedical engineering, and healthcare informatics

Digital health and clinical decision-support system designers

Federated and privacy-preserving learning researchers in healthcare ecosystems

Experts in trustworthy, interpretable, and sustainable intelligent systems

Researchers working on governance, regulatory compliance, and ethical AI in high-risk biomedical domains

Distributed systems and secure data infrastructure researchers supporting health and bio-ecosystems

Industry practitioners in digital health platforms, biomedical analytics, and regulated AI deployment

Session Organizers

An interdisciplinary organizing team

Dr. Polat Goktas

Sabanci University, Türkiye

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Dr. Polat Goktas is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences at Sabancı University, Türkiye. His research spans artificial intelligence, machine learning, data mining, and explainable AI, with a focus on sustainable intelligent systems, privacy-aware learning, and digital healthcare applications. He previously served as a Senior Researcher at University College Dublin and CeADAR, and was a Fulbright Doctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.

Dr. Elif Calik

University of Galway, Ireland

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Dr. Elif Calik is a Digi+ MSCA COFUND Postdoctoral Fellow and researcher at the ADAPT Research Centre and the School of Computer Science, University of Galway. Her work focuses on blockchain technology, smart contracts, medical informatics, privacy, trustworthiness-by-design, ethics, and multi-stakeholder data governance in healthcare ecosystems.

Dr. Malika Bendechache

University of Galway, Ireland

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Dr. Malika Bendechache is a Lecturer Above the Bar in the School of Computer Science at the University of Galway and an investigator at ADAPT and Lero Research Centres. Her research covers big data analytics, machine learning, data governance, privacy, and trustworthy intelligent systems, with applications in healthcare and complex data-driven environments.

Paper Submission Deadline
March 31, 2026Extended(Extended) April 20, 2026
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Acceptance Notification
May 31, 2026
Final Paper Submission & Early Registration
June 30, 2026
Conference Dates
August 31 – September 2, 2026