We are pleased to announce that Prof. James Zou of Stanford University will join BIOINFO/GIW 2026 as a Keynote Speaker.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Prof. George Church will unfortunately be unable to participate in this year’s conference. We are very grateful to Prof. James Zou for kindly accepting our invitation to deliver a keynote lecture.

Prof. Zou is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University, with courtesy appointments in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. His research spans artificial intelligence, machine learning, genomics, and biomedical data science, with a particular focus on developing reliable and innovative AI methods for understanding human biology and disease.

• With AI rapidly transforming bioinformatics and genomics, we look forward to an exciting and thought-provoking keynote from Prof. Zou and are delighted to welcome him to BIOINFO/GIW 2026.