[hpc-announce] IEEE CCGRID 2026: Call for Workshop Proposals

[Luiz Fernando Bittencourt]

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IEEE CCGRID 2026: CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
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The 26th IEEE International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet
Computing (CCGrid 2026)
In conjunction with the 10th IEEE International Conference on Fog and
Edge Computing (ICFEC 2026)

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May 18-21, 2026, Sydney, Australia
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The 26th IEEE International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud, and Internet
Computing (CCGrid2026) invites workshop proposals to be held in
conjunction with the event.
Workshops serve as platforms for discussions on specific subjects, new
research areas, or interdisciplinary fields. Organisers have the
flexibility to design these workshops in various ways, including
invited lectures, panel discussions, presentations of ongoing work,
peer-reviewed short or full papers, or a mix of these elements.

Workshops will be scheduled in parallel sessions on the opening day of
the conference (May 18th, 2026). While it is suggested that workshops
last for half a day, they can be extended to a full day based on the
interest, available space, and preferences of the organisers.

The acceptance rate for workshops should be aligned closely with that
of CCGrid2026 (between 20% and 25%). To qualify for publication, all
accepted papers must be peer reviewed by at least two reviewers.
Accepted workshop papers will be included in the CCGrid2026 workshop
proceedings, which will be available online at the IEEE Xplore Digital
Library. It is recommended that organisers design workshops for groups
of 20-40 people to maximise their effectiveness and encourage
meaningful discussions. For each accepted workshop paper, at least one
author is required to register for the CCGrid conference at standard
registration rates and must present the paper.


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Submission Requirements
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Workshops should ideally correspond to one or more topics of interest
at the CCGrid2026 conference. Workshop proposals must be in PDF format
and include the following:
- Name and acronyms of the workshop.
- An abstract (half to a page) explaining how the proposed workshop
aligns or complements the topics of CCGrid.
- A brief description of why and to whom the workshop would be of interest.
- List of workshop organisers, including their affiliations, emails,
and short biographies (up to ten lines for each organiser).
- List of potential program committee members and their prior
experience in organising workshops/conferences.
- List of topics of interest.
- Description of the expected structure of the workshop (papers,
invited talks, panel discussions, etc.) and its desired length (i.e.
half or full day).
- A brief history of the previous occurrences of the workshop (with
links to their websites, if available) highlighting the estimated
number of attendees as well as the number of submitted and accepted
papers.
- A publicity plan to attract submissions and attendees, highlighting
the expected number of anticipated submissions, accepted papers, and
attendees.
- List of possible related special issues in indexed journals.
- Preliminary CFP (call for papers) with targeted deadlines.

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Important Dates for Workshop Organizers
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- Deadline for workshop proposals:  September 30, 2025.
- Proposal acceptance notification: October 7, 2025.

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Important Dates for Workshop Authors
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- Workshop paper submission: February 15, 2026 (recommended)
- Paper acceptance notification: March 8, 2026 (firm)
- Camera ready paper submission: March 15, 2026 (firm)

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Workshop Proposal Submission
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A PDF version of the workshop proposal must be emailed to the Workshop
Chairs for assessment. The review panel provides their decisions,
which may include recommendations for enhancement before the specified
deadline.

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Workshop Chairs and Contacts
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For further enquiries or information, please contact:
- Prof. Javid Taheri, Queen’s University Belfast (UK), Karlstad
University (Sweden); javid.taheri at kau.se, javid.taheri at qub.ac.uk
- Dr. Luiz Fernando Bittencourt, University of Campinas (Brazil);
bit at ic.unicamp.br