LEGO is a working group affiliated with the CNRS BIM GDR and dedicated to machine learning for genomics.

Like many scientific fields, genomics has benefited from the rise of machine learning over the past decade. The French research community in machine learning for genomics is active but scattered throughout the country within teams traditionally skilled in other methodological areas for genomics, such as statistics, algorithms, or bioinformatics.

The purpose of the LEGO working group is to facilitate exchanges within this community, promote collaborations, and enable the monitoring of progress made by participating teams.

We had our first meeting on May 31st 2023 at Sorbonne Université and a second one during the GDR BIM days on November 23rd 2023. This third event is a satellite of the JOBIM 2024 conference.

Website: https://gt-lego.cnrs.fr

We welcome abstracts of up to 300 words, in French or English, on recently published or ongoing research related to machine learning for genomics. Submission platform to be open soon.

The working group organizers will select a subset of the submitted abstracts for oral presentations (in English).

The deadline is set to May 17th. 

The meeting will take place on Tuesday June 25th at INRAe Toulouse, from 9am to noon.

The event is free, but registration is mandatory for logistical reasons.

• Abstract submission : May 17th 2024
• Decisions: May 24th 2024
• Registration: May 31st 2024. Registration may close earlier if the room capacity (80 people) is reached.

(freely adapted from NeurIPS and ICML)

The events organized by the LEGO workgroup aim at gathering the French
community in machine learning for genomics in order to foster an
exchange of ideas and a respectful scientific debate.

Our objective is that anyone interested by these events can attend
them comfortably, and in particular without experiencing any form of
harassement or discrimination (racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic
or ableist).

Any witness or victim of such incidents or any other non-professional
behavior can get in touch with the organizers. All complaints will be
handled as confidentially as possible.

The meeting is sponsored by the GDR BIM (http://www.gdr-bim.cnrs.fr)