International Society for Computational Biology
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The International Society for Computational Biology is a global scholarly society that promotes the advancement and dissemination of computational methods in biology and bioinformatics through conferences, publications, and community initiatives.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| International Society for Computational Biology canonical | 2 |
| ISCB | 1 |
| ISCB annual conference | 1 |
| ISMB conference | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6834337 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Society for Computational Biology Context triple: [Jill P. Mesirov, memberOf, International Society for Computational Biology]
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Department of Computational Molecular Biology
The Department of Computational Molecular Biology is a research unit specializing in algorithmic and statistical methods for analyzing molecular and genomic data within the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics.
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IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
The IEEE Computational Intelligence Society is a professional society of the IEEE that focuses on advancing the theory, design, application, and education of computational intelligence technologies such as neural networks, fuzzy systems, and evolutionary computation.
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Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics
The Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics is a specialized research unit focused on applying genomic and bioinformatic methods to study public health–relevant pathogens and diseases.
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Commission on Biological Macromolecules
The Commission on Biological Macromolecules is a specialist body within the International Union of Crystallography that promotes and coordinates research, standards, and collaboration in the crystallographic study of biological macromolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids.
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E.
National Center for Biotechnology Information
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is a U.S. government bioinformatics institution that develops and hosts major biological databases and tools for biomedical research.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: International Society for Computational Biology Target entity description: The International Society for Computational Biology is a global scholarly society that promotes the advancement and dissemination of computational methods in biology and bioinformatics through conferences, publications, and community initiatives.
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A.
Department of Computational Molecular Biology
The Department of Computational Molecular Biology is a research unit specializing in algorithmic and statistical methods for analyzing molecular and genomic data within the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics.
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B.
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
The IEEE Computational Intelligence Society is a professional society of the IEEE that focuses on advancing the theory, design, application, and education of computational intelligence technologies such as neural networks, fuzzy systems, and evolutionary computation.
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C.
Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics
The Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics is a specialized research unit focused on applying genomic and bioinformatic methods to study public health–relevant pathogens and diseases.
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D.
Commission on Biological Macromolecules
The Commission on Biological Macromolecules is a specialist body within the International Union of Crystallography that promotes and coordinates research, standards, and collaboration in the crystallographic study of biological macromolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids.
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E.
National Center for Biotechnology Information
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is a U.S. government bioinformatics institution that develops and hosts major biological databases and tools for biomedical research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
non-profit organization
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professional association ⓘ scientific society ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ISCB ⓘ |
| countryOfIncorporation |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| field |
bioinformatics
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computational biology ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
algorithm development for biology
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computational genomics ⓘ computational systems medicine ⓘ data science in biology ⓘ evolutionary bioinformatics ⓘ proteomics ⓘ structural bioinformatics ⓘ systems biology ⓘ transcriptomics ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1997 ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
advocacy for computational biology
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awarding fellowships ⓘ awarding prizes and honors ⓘ community outreach ⓘ student and early-career programs ⓘ |
| hasFocus |
global community building
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interdisciplinary collaboration between biology and computing ⓘ |
| hasMembershipType |
individual membership
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institutional membership ⓘ student membership ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| organizes |
ISMB conference
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Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology ⓘ regional conferences in computational biology ⓘ special interest group meetings ⓘ training and education events ⓘ workshops in computational biology ⓘ |
| publishes |
conference proceedings
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policy statements ⓘ society newsletters ⓘ |
| purpose |
advancement of bioinformatics
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community building in computational biology ⓘ education in computational biology and bioinformatics ⓘ professional development for computational biologists ⓘ promotion of computational methods in biology ⓘ support of computational biology research ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| supports |
career development resources
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open data in life sciences ⓘ open science in computational biology ⓘ |
| website | https://www.iscb.org/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: International Society for Computational Biology Description of subject: The International Society for Computational Biology is a global scholarly society that promotes the advancement and dissemination of computational methods in biology and bioinformatics through conferences, publications, and community initiatives.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: International Society for Computational Biology
linked to: International Society for Computational Biology
Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology
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awardedBy
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International Society for Computational Biology
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Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology
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associatedWith
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ISCB annual conference
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linked to: International Society for Computational Biology