ELSA's Health Privacy Challenge at CAMDA 2026
Open for submissions: The Health Privacy Challenge returns for 2026!
Following the successful completion of the first run of the Health Privacy Challenge in 2025, we are excited to announce the second run! This edition includes extended baseline methods and a longer implementation period for your solutions.
The challenge runs once again within Conference on Critical Assessment of Massive Data Analysis (CAMDA) @ ISMB 2026.
The challenge consists of two tracks:
Track I: Featuring bulk gene expression data, designed in a “Blue Team (🫐) vs Red Team (🍅)” scheme.
Track II: Featuring single-cell gene expression data
Learn more about the challenge on the ELSA benchmarks platform.
Timeline
January 2026: Submissions open for all tracks.
Please make sure to adhere to the guideline carefully to avoid invalidating your submission
May 4, 2026: Benchmark method submission deadline for both tracks.
All participants must have a benchmark method submissions by the method submission deadline.
May 7, 2026: CAMDA extended abstract submission deadline for both tracks (ALL TEAMS!).
All participants must submit a CAMDA extended abstract by the CAMDA submission deadline. For consideration for oral presentations, all teams must submit a CAMDA extended abstract, that describes the methods they participated in benchmark method submission, through ISMB 2026 submission system.
Organisation Team
The Health Privacy Challenge is designed as a collaborative effort between European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, and the University of Helsinki with the support of Barcelona Computer Vision Center (CVC) within the context of ELSA Project.
