[hpc-announce] PDP 2026 - Call for Papers

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CALL FOR PAPERS
PDP 2026

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

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:  September 15th, 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:

* Algorithm: 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.

The conference will feature contributed and invited talks.

## 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).
Submissions should be done via EasyChair:
https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=pdp2026__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!cwPhag0huldFl1PsFIaSGcGnEfnPXxmDuHut_DU5pAf_-ZUxx6mR13wYq__E-o4sm9ZtFg_jcmvZc30K15Tv8jRsfME$ 

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.