[hpc-announce] SC 2026 Posters Program: CALL FOR POSTERS

[Afzal, Ayesha]

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SC 2026 Posters Program: CALL FOR POSTERS
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Posters at SC 2026: Insight Through Images
International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC26), Chicago, IL, USA

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Submission: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://submissions.supercomputing.org/__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!cMWs6rpjdQouloyRM6LZ5imSFD3pjA1ceS6aBK7GyKN5H91kGxF1YBCe83tg2_NQRNoX4zWjhxNg7hpTDxTaOV2_A52l1g$ 

Key Dates
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Submission Open: 1 January 2026
Submission Close: 1 August 2026
Notification of Acceptance: 9 September 2026
Final Materials Due: 30 September 2026

Posters Display and Reception
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Posters Display: Tuesday–Thursday, 17–19 November 2026
Posters Reception: Tuesday, 17 November 2026

Poster Tracks Overview
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SC26 hosts four distinct poster tracks. Authors should submit to the track that best fits their work:

1) Research Posters
Research Posters provides a venue to discover cutting-edge research by academics, researchers, and students. Many posters form the foundation for future papers to be presented at future HPC conferences. The Best Poster Award is presented based on quality of research and quality of poster presentation. (NEW!) Recorded Poster Blitz: To engage a global audience, we are highly encouraging poster presenters to submit a 1-minute teaser-style video highlighting the core idea or most compelling insight from their poster. 

2) Interactive Research e-Posters
Complimenting the traditional Research Posters program, Interactive Research e-Posters offers presenters a unique opportunity to showcase scientific breakthroughs through interactive presentations as well as large-scale and/or dynamic visualizations. This track is designed for research projects that benefit from highly interactive user experiences that cannot be fully expressed on static posters, such as live visualization, data exploration, and on-site code executions.

3) ACM Student Research Competition (SRC)
SC hosts the ACM Student Research Competition (SRC) showcasing original research from undergraduate and graduate students. The ACM SRC Committee selects a set of winners based on poster content and presentation quality.

4) Doctoral Showcase
The Doctoral Showcase provides an important opportunity for students near the end of their PhD to present a summary of their dissertation research in the form of short talks and poster presentations. This is also an ideal opportunity for prospective employers to interact with new or soon-to-be-graduating PhDs, and for junior graduate students to learn about state-of-the-art research in high performance computing.

Why Present a Poster at SC?
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Being part of the SC Posters Program enhances your career, whether you are:
* Presenting cutting-edge research
* Showcasing innovative systems, tools, or practices
* Teaching and mentoring the next generation of HPC professionals
* Competing and gaining recognition for outstanding student research
The poster selection process is highly competitive, and acceptance is a significant professional achievement.

Looking forward to seeing you presenting in Chicago in November!

Sincerely,
Ayesha Afzal – Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center, Germany
SC26 Posters Chair

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Research Division,  
Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center (NHR at FAU)  
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)  
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