[hpc-announce] PDP 2026 - Call for Papers

[Virginia Niculescu]

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CALL FOR PAPERS
PDP 2026

34th Euromicro/IEEE International Conference on Parallel, Distributed, and Network-Based Processing
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
25-27 March 2026

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The PDP conference stands as a premier European and international conference that comprehensively addresses all facets of parallel and distributed processing. Encompassing a spectrum from foundational theory to practical implementation, it spans systems of all scales—from small configurations to the largest infrastructures.
PDP addresses fundamental computational challenges alongside robust applications and delves into architecture, compiler, language, interface design and deployment, tools, support infrastructures, and performance optimization.

## Important dates

Special Session proposals:  August 31st, 2025
Abstract submissions: October 19th, 2025
Paper submissions: October 26th, 2025
Author notification: December 7th, 2025
Camera-ready: January 25th, 2026


## Topics

We invite submissions of high-quality, novel, and original research results in areas of parallel and distributed computing, including but not limited to:

* Algorithms: resource-aware and power-efficient algorithms; real-time and fault-tolerant distributed/parallel algorithms; graph and network algorithms.

* Applications: numerical and scientific applications with multi-level parallelism; applications with computations over irregular domains;
models and methods to enhance functional/non-functional application
characteristics.

* Data-centric Processing: scientific workflows; large-scale data processing; large-scale data management; scalable and next-generation storage systems;
I/O performance tuning, benchmarking, and middleware; FAIR/open data systems.

* Distributed AI: Federated Learning; Distributed Learning; AI at scale; training of LLMs; benchmarking for AI workloads.

* Distributed Computing: cluster, grid, fog/edge, mobile and cloud systems; Service-oriented processing; stochastic and approximate computing;
cost, security, energy, and other non-functional requirements models and frameworks

* Parallel Computing: accelerator-based systems inc. GPU, FPGA, neuromorphic and post-CMOS devices;
embedded parallel systems; dependability, survivability, and fault-tolerance; methodologies, benchmarking/metrics, performance analysis and tools.

* Programming Models and Tools: programming languages, compilers, middleware and OS; libraries, runtime, and systems software; notations;
 performance prediction and analysis; simulation and modelling of parallel/distributed systems.

* HPC state of practice: Managing systems and storage; managing facilities; HPC project management; moving, managing and sharing data HPC in the cloud;
networking and cybersecurity; HPC training and education strategies; application workflows; system benchmarking.

* Systems and Architectures: high data throughput and streaming architectures; memory organisation; service-oriented architectures;
heterogeneous and hybrid systems; resource management; post-CMOS architectures inc. quantum, neuromorphic, and others.


## Research paper submission guidelines

Submissions must be in PDF format and should not exceed eight pages for long papers and four pages for short contributions.
All submissions must follow the IEEE Conference proceedings format (IEEEtran, double-column, 10pt).
Submission via EasyChair - more details about the submission will be added soon.

The review process is double-blind and all papers need to be “best-effort” anonymized.
We strongly encourage making code and data available anonymously (e.g., in an anonymous GitHub repository via
Anonymous GitHub or in a Dropbox folder).

At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the PDP 2026 and present the paper.


Co-located Special Sessions are also planned as usual for PDP.

## Special session proposal submission guidelines

Special Sessions proposals should include the following information:
* A brief description of the specific issues that the special session will address
* Contact information of the workshop chairs and their competence in the proposed topic(s)
* A tentative list of Program Committee members
* A draft of the Call for Papers
* An estimate of the number of expected submissions

Contact: <pdp2026 at cs.ubbcluj.ro>


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Dr. Virginia Niculescu
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
"Babes-Bolyai" University
E-mail: virginia.niculescu at ubbcluj.ro
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