Facilitated Scientific Exchange

Recognizes excellence in research through awards including the Rosanna Degani Young Investigator Award, the Karlsruhe Simulation Award, and best poster prizes. Finalists present at plenary sessions, and winners receive monetary prizes, plaques, or diplomas. The George B. Moody PhysioNet Challenge winners are also awarded during the final plenary session.

Co-hosts the George B. Moody PhysioNet Challenges with PhysioNet to address unsolved or poorly solved clinical questions, hosting dedicated scientific sessions for participants at the annual conference.

Develops and applies advanced computational methods including explainable machine learning, deep generative models, digital twins, and AI-driven diagnostics for conditions such as cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, and septic shock, with findings presented at conferences and published in proceedings.

Awards monetary prizes and commemorative diplomas to winning teams of the Clinical Needs Translational Award and the Rosanna Degani Young Investigator Award, supporting translational and early-career research in computational cardiology.

Hosts annual conferences featuring plenary, parallel, and poster sessions with over 350 presentations, open to all registrants each September, and organized with local hosts and support from the Board of Directors. Includes dedicated sessions for the PhysioNet/CinC Challenge and special sessions on emerging research themes.

Organized tutorial sessions prior to conference sessions from 1979 to 1989 and hosted hands-on symposia, such as one using 4 cardiac simulation packages on 250 university computers in 2018, to build technical capacity in computational cardiology.

Offers full registration waivers and monetary prizes to Young Investigator Award finalists and semi-finalists, and provides 50% reduced registration fees to eligible participants who submit papers or abstracts for the award competition.

Publishes peer-reviewed short papers (up to four pages) presented at the annual Computing in Cardiology conference, with preprints made available before the event and final versions published annually in November or December. Proceedings are archived online and in print, covering papers from 2001 to 2025.

Identifies and administers international interdisciplinary conferences to advance science and engineering knowledge.

Conducts research in cancer, genomics, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, plant biology, quantitative biology, and molecular biology and genetics, including studies on chromosome duplication and inheritance of genetic material. Designated as a National Cancer Institute Cancer Center for 30 years with an "outstanding" rating.

Employs approximately 1,150 total staff and students, including 600 scientists, 85 faculty and research staff, and 146 postdoctoral fellows, providing a research environment that supports discovery and training in bioscience.

Hosts over 12,000 scientists annually through its Meetings & Courses Program at campuses in Long Island and Suzhou, China, offering conferences, courses, and retreats that facilitate the exchange of advances in biological research. In one year, hosted 12,000 participants across 40 conferences and 34 courses with representation from 64 countries.

Acts as an incubator for early-stage biotechnology companies, having supported the development of more than 25 start-ups.

Provides administrative, financial, and operational support across departments and programs including Finance & Accounting, Human Resources, Information Technology, Facilities Management, and key Laboratory units such as the DNA Learning Center and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

Runs the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory School of Biological Sciences, a graduate program authorized to confer Ph.D., M.S., and Sc.D. degrees, enrolling approximately 112 graduate students and admitting 12 new students annually from a competitive applicant pool.

Delivers hands-on learning experiences to middle and high school students and conducts teacher workshops through the DNA Learning Center. Annually delivers over 31,000 student lab sessions and engages tens of thousands of participants, with over 610,000 students taught since 1988.

Produces and publishes scientific journals, books, manuals, and online resources through Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, including the preprint servers bioRxiv and medRxiv. Published 293 print books, 110 eBooks, 9 journals with over 2,000 subscriptions, and hosted over 50,000 preprints generating tens of millions of downloads.

Operates and maintains a website that provides information about past and upcoming conferences, including registration details, abstract submission deadlines, program publications, and logistical details for attendees.