SUBMISSION

Conference Topics

While membrane computing remains the central topic of the conference, we explicitly welcome contributions that:
  • Advance the theory of natural and bio-inspired computation.
  • Develop novel models of computation inspired by biological, chemical or physical processes.
  • Build bridges between membrane computing and other paradigms.
  • Present interdisciplinary applications in science, engineering and technology.
  • Contribute to implementation and experimentation on real-life scenarios.
The conference topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Theoretical aspects of membrane computing
  • Variants of computing models: cell-, tissue- and neural-like P systems, among others
  • Formal frameworks for computing models
  • Computational power of membrane computing models
  • Computational complexity theory in membrane computing
  • Connections with formal language theory, grammars, automata, logic and related areas
Applications of membrane computing
  • Systems biology and bioinformatics
  • Ecological and environmental modeling
  • Optimization of computationally hard problems
  • Robot controller design
  • Fault diagnosis of robots, power systems, etc.
  • Information and communication technologies
  • Digital twin modeling and simulation
  • Cryptography and security
Connections with other natural computing paradigms
  • DNA computing
  • Quantum computing
  • Reaction systems
  • Virus machines
  • Artificial neural networks
  • Spiking neural networks and neuromorphic computing
  • Cellular automata

Implementation and experimentation

  • Software simulation platforms
  • Hardware and biochip implementations
  • Parallel and distributed implementations
  • In silico and in vivo experimental results

Submission Instructions

Original research contributions (including significant work-in-progress) on membrane computing, its applications and related subjects are sought. Contributions reporting in-vivo or in-silico experimental results are particularly encouraged. Authors are invited to submit their contribution as PDF, written in English and preferrably prepared in LaTeX using Springer LNCS style (llncs).

Only electronic submissions are accepted. Simultaneous submission to other conferences or workshops with published proceedings is not allowed.

Submission via EasyChair

The link to submit paper to ICMC2026 via easychair is here.

Submission and Publication

All submissions will be reviewed by at least three referees. To ensure inclusion of an accepted contribution into the (pre)proceedings volume, at least one of its authors must be registered to ICMC2026. The pre-proceedings volume will be available during the conference.

A selections of accepted papers will be re-reviewed and considered for publication in special issue in Journal of Membrane Computing (Springer).