Magali Richard

Magali Richard

I am a CNRS researcher in bioinformatics, with a background in molecular biology, genetics, and computational biology. My research focuses on tumor heterogeneity, method development, and cancer biology, and I also promote collaborative science by organizing data challenges.

How to organise a scientific competition to benchmark methods and algorithms in computational biology?

This paper provides a comprehensive guide for organizing scientific competitions in bioinformatics, based on our experience with HADACA3, a data challenge focused on deconvolution algorithms for predicting cellular composition in cancer, from multi-omics data.

Recommended citation: Nicolas Homberg, Lucie Lamothe, Elise Amblard, Hugo Barbot, Morgane Térézol, et al. How to organise a scientific competition to benchmark methods and algorithms in computational biology? 2026. ⟨hal-05445539⟩
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