[hpc-announce] GenAI4Cloud: Generative AI for Cloud Computing 2026

[Kunal Rao]

NVITATION

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Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to:

Special thematic track

GenAI4Cloud: Generative AI for Cloud Computing
Scheduled to be April 19 - 23, 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal
The submission deadline is February 28, 2026.
GenAI4Cloud is planned along with
CLOUD COMPUTING 2026, The Seventeenth International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDs, and Virtualization

Please see the GenAI4Coud LinkedIn flyer<https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nec-laboratories-america_generativeai-activity-7418038124758388736-kkHs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAANRWLgBZvfyk9fB5Dg2-ho-oBPJby5Ljhw__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YDvOV1kBxWiejoxlG2Tq3-ByezNy2Ge5VEVqA75bYEgMav5Zmdnh0tDxUayXCXR6tJxLBUot0b-otWHn8ooefw$ >.

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.iariajournals.org__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YDvOV1kBxWiejoxlG2Tq3-ByezNy2Ge5VEVqA75bYEgMav5Zmdnh0tDxUayXCXR6tJxLBUot0b-otWG2AKIt3g$ <https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.iariajournals.org/__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YDvOV1kBxWiejoxlG2Tq3-ByezNy2Ge5VEVqA75bYEgMav5Zmdnh0tDxUayXCXR6tJxLBUot0b-otWGWF8aOXA$ >
All events will be held in a hybrid mode: on site, online, prerecorded videos, voiced presentation slides, pdf slides.

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============== GenAI4Cloud | Call for Papers ===============

For details see CALL<https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.iaria.org/conferences2026/filesCLOUDCOMPUTING26/GenAI4Cloud.pdf__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YDvOV1kBxWiejoxlG2Tq3-ByezNy2Ge5VEVqA75bYEgMav5Zmdnh0tDxUayXCXR6tJxLBUot0b-otWGrj2kxwg$ >  https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.iaria.org/conferences2026/filesCLOUDCOMPUTING26/GenAI4Cloud.pdf__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YDvOV1kBxWiejoxlG2Tq3-ByezNy2Ge5VEVqA75bYEgMav5Zmdnh0tDxUayXCXR6tJxLBUot0b-otWGrj2kxwg$ 

For submission: submission website<https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.iariasubmit.org/conferences/submit/newcontribution.php?event=CLOUD*COMPUTING*2026*Special__;Kysr!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YDvOV1kBxWiejoxlG2Tq3-ByezNy2Ge5VEVqA75bYEgMav5Zmdnh0tDxUayXCXR6tJxLBUot0b-otWGXVxSOfg$ >.

Event schedule: April 19 - 23, 2026

Onsite and Online Options: In order to accommodate various situations, we are offering the option for either physical presence or virtual participation (pdf slides or pre-recorded videos)

Submission deadline: Feb 28, 2026

Topics of Interest (include but are not limited to):

  *       Generative AI application platforms, runtime, and specifications
  *       AI agent–based orchestration and workflow generation in the cloud
  *       LLM-driven cloud management, optimization, and automation
  *       Cloud computing applications using Generative AI
  *       Systems and infrastructure support for GenAI workloads
  *       Performance and efficiency of Generative AI in cloud systems

Contributions types:
- regular papers [in the proceedings, digital library]
- short papers (work in progress) [in the proceedings, digital library]
- ideas: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]
- extended abstracts: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]
- posters: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]
- posters:  slide only [slide-deck posted at https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://www.iaria.org__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YDvOV1kBxWiejoxlG2Tq3-ByezNy2Ge5VEVqA75bYEgMav5Zmdnh0tDxUayXCXR6tJxLBUot0b-otWG7Eh3j6Q$ <https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://www.iaria.org/__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YDvOV1kBxWiejoxlG2Tq3-ByezNy2Ge5VEVqA75bYEgMav5Zmdnh0tDxUayXCXR6tJxLBUot0b-otWE1cIpCFg$ >]
- presentations: slide only [slide-deck posted at https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://www.iaria.org__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YDvOV1kBxWiejoxlG2Tq3-ByezNy2Ge5VEVqA75bYEgMav5Zmdnh0tDxUayXCXR6tJxLBUot0b-otWG7Eh3j6Q$ <https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://www.iaria.org/__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YDvOV1kBxWiejoxlG2Tq3-ByezNy2Ge5VEVqA75bYEgMav5Zmdnh0tDxUayXCXR6tJxLBUot0b-otWE1cIpCFg$ >]
- demos: two pages [posted at https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://www.iaria.org__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YDvOV1kBxWiejoxlG2Tq3-ByezNy2Ge5VEVqA75bYEgMav5Zmdnh0tDxUayXCXR6tJxLBUot0b-otWG7Eh3j6Q$ <https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://www.iaria.org/__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YDvOV1kBxWiejoxlG2Tq3-ByezNy2Ge5VEVqA75bYEgMav5Zmdnh0tDxUayXCXR6tJxLBUot0b-otWE1cIpCFg$ >]

Submission deadline: Feb 28, 2026

Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals:  https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.iariajournals.org__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YDvOV1kBxWiejoxlG2Tq3-ByezNy2Ge5VEVqA75bYEgMav5Zmdnh0tDxUayXCXR6tJxLBUot0b-otWG2AKIt3g$ <https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.iariajournals.org/__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YDvOV1kBxWiejoxlG2Tq3-ByezNy2Ge5VEVqA75bYEgMav5Zmdnh0tDxUayXCXR6tJxLBUot0b-otWGWF8aOXA$ >
Print proceedings will be available via Curran Associates, Inc.: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.proceedings.com/9769.html__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YDvOV1kBxWiejoxlG2Tq3-ByezNy2Ge5VEVqA75bYEgMav5Zmdnh0tDxUayXCXR6tJxLBUot0b-otWE5svKebA$ 
Articles will be archived in the free access ThinkMind Digital Library: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.thinkmind.org__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YDvOV1kBxWiejoxlG2Tq3-ByezNy2Ge5VEVqA75bYEgMav5Zmdnh0tDxUayXCXR6tJxLBUot0b-otWGZ3yuVIw$ <https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.thinkmind.org/__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YDvOV1kBxWiejoxlG2Tq3-ByezNy2Ge5VEVqA75bYEgMav5Zmdnh0tDxUayXCXR6tJxLBUot0b-otWHoejuIFw$ >

The aspects suggested by the tracks themes can be discussed in terms of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas.

The special track is are open to both research and industry contributions.
Before submission, please check and comply with the editorial rules: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YDvOV1kBxWiejoxlG2Tq3-ByezNy2Ge5VEVqA75bYEgMav5Zmdnh0tDxUayXCXR6tJxLBUot0b-otWEHYOkg9g$ 

Deadlines:
    Submission: Feb 28
    Notification: Mar 20
    Registration: Apr 2
    Camera-ready: Apr 2

Note: special deadline requests should be addressed to the Chair or the Contact.

We are looking forward to your contributions.
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Chair:
Kunal Rao, NEC Laboratories America, USA kunal at nec-labs.com <https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://kunal@nec-labs.com/__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YDvOV1kBxWiejoxlG2Tq3-ByezNy2Ge5VEVqA75bYEgMav5Zmdnh0tDxUayXCXR6tJxLBUot0b-otWHPeOniIQ$ >
Contact:
Steve McGuire, IARIA Special tracks coordination  steve at iaria.org<https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://steve@iaria.org/__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!YDvOV1kBxWiejoxlG2Tq3-ByezNy2Ge5VEVqA75bYEgMav5Zmdnh0tDxUayXCXR6tJxLBUot0b-otWEK1Dh21Q$ >
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