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BOSC 2024

The BOSC 2024 conference was a part of the Systems for Molecular Biology Conference of 2024. The 2024 event also marked the 25th anniversary of the conference, which took place in Montreal, Canada.

The conference was held in a hybrid setting, with around 200 live attendees and the rest watching live.

The conference covered a wide variety of topics, with the main theme focusing on approaches to using Artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine learning (ML) in Bioinformatics.

Keynote Speakers

The conference featured two keynote speakers.

One of them, Dr. Mélanie Courtot, gave a presentation titled "The Data Shows We Need Better Data" on day one of the conference. During her speech, she introduced the TRUE principles for preparing data for AI tools. the full speech can be watched here.

The next keynote speaker to present on day two was Andrew Su, who gave a presentation titled "Open Data, Knowledge Graphs, and Large Language Models". This presentation discussed how to verify the accuracy of answers produced by Large language Models (LLM). A solution he presented was Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). The full speech can be watched here.

Timeline

Day 1

Other than the keynote speakers, there were a total of 36 talks and 23 posters selected to be presented at the conference. One of the sessions for day one was Data Analysis. These presentations were about approaches to analyzing biomedical data, different types of data that are freely available for use, and some of the research that has been done using these open-source tools and data.

The next session of day one was the Open Data Session, which included presentations about some of the freely available databases, open data portals, and platforms that are being used by researchers around the world.

The final session was Visualization, which included presentations about new additions to older biological databases.

Day 2

The first session of day 2 was “Standards and Frameworks for Open Science”. This session was all about how to create consistent, recyclable, and long lasting open source software.

The next session was called “Open Approaches to AI/ML” , which was about how to use machine learning to solve biological problems.

The links to the recorded presentations for both days can be seen here.

Open Panel Discussion

From left to right, Monica Munoz-Torres, Thomas Hervé Mboa Nkoudou, Mélanie Courtot, Lawrence Hunter, and Andrew Su during the “Open Source AI/ML: A Game Changer for Bioinformatics?” open panel discussion

The events of day two concluded with an open panel discussion titled “Open Source AI/ML: A Game Changer for Bioinformatics?”. The researchers on the panel included Lawrence Hunter, Thomas Hervé Mboa Nkoudou, Mélanie Courtot, and Andrew Su. The moderator of the panel was Monica Munoz-Torres. This discussion explored the benefits and drawbacks of using Artificial Inteligence and Machine Leanring in Bioinformatics research.

References

• "BOSC 2024". Open Bioinformatics Foundation. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
• "BOSC 2024 Schedule". Open Bioinformatics Foundation. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
• "BOSC 2024 Panel – Open Source AI/ML: A Game Changer for Bioinformatics?". Open Bioinformatics Foundation. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
• Harris, Nomi L.; Hokamp, Karsten; Maia, Jessica; Ménager, Hervé; Munoz-Torres, Monica C.; Sawant, Swapnil; Unni, Deepak; Williams, Jason (2024). "25 Years of BOSC, the Bioinformatics Open Source Conference". F1000Research. 13. doi:10.12688/f1000research.156426.1. Retrieved 2025-04-23.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

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