Computational Approaches for Cancer Workshop 2025

The Eleventh Computational Approaches for Cancer Workshop 2025 (CAFCW25) is being held as part of SC25, the international conference for high performance computing, networking, storage, and analysis, at America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri on Monday November 17, 2025. 

This year's workshop will bring together a wide range of individuals including clinicians, cancer biologists, mathematicians, data scientists, computational scientists, engineers, developers, vendors, thought leaders and others with an interest in advancing the use of computation to better understand, diagnose, treat and prevent cancer. As an interdisciplinary workshop, the sharing of insight and challenges fosters collaborations and future innovations accelerating progress in computationally and data-driven cancer research and clinical applications.

High performance computing plays a transformative role in advancing cancer research and improving patient care by enabling the analysis of complex, large-scale biological data at unprecedented speed and scale.  These capabilities accelerate the development of precision medicine approaches, allowing for more accurate diagnoses and tailored therapies. Additionally, high performance computing supports large-scale clinical data integration, helping to uncover patterns and outcomes that inform evidence-based care. As cancer research becomes increasingly data-driven, the impact of high performance computing continues to grow, bridging the gap between scientific discovery and clinical application.

The special emphasis for CAFCW25 will build on the theme 'HPC Ignites Innovations in Cancer Research and Care' which will specifically seek presenters and submissions who show novel uses of HPC technologies in enabling efforts, clinical applications, translation for patient impact, and improving communication with visualization and education around cancer.