[hpc-announce] Call for Papers: AgenticAI4HPC'26 @ SC26 — Submission deadline August 7, 2026 (AoE)

[Monil, M. A. H.]

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 1st International Workshop on Agentic AI for HPC (AgenticAI4HPC'26), to be held in conjunction with SC26 on November 15, 2026, in Chicago, USA. We kindly ask you to consider submitting your work and to forward this announcement to interested colleagues and students.

Workshop website: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://ornl.github.io/events/agenticai4hpc2026/__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!c3dwbkk4pxRuZ1vqQteVz0dViPy4bkVlKWa6wAYYaowtWd-PGJJyJrWYqu1QbL0MkthimBjNPs-TUsEWreSJmlc$ 

=== Scope ===

AgenticAI4HPC'26 brings the HPC and AI communities together to explore how autonomous agents — capable of planning, reasoning, and tool use — can accelerate code modernization, performance tuning, workflow orchestration, and human–AI collaboration in scientific computing. The workshop is especially timely given the U.S. DOE Genesis Mission's push to apply AI, including agents, across the scientific-discovery pipeline.

=== Topics of Interest ===

Topics include, but are not limited to:

Programming Models, Code Modernization & Sustainability
- Agent-based support for HPC programming models
- Autonomous code translation across programming models and hardware backends
- Intelligent runtime systems and adaptive execution frameworks
- Automated modernization of legacy HPC applications
- AI-driven refactoring for scalability, maintainability, and portability
- Sustainable software engineering practices enabled by agentic systems

Scientific Workflows & Application Development
- Intelligent workflow composition and orchestration
- Iterative optimization through reinforcement learning or multi-agent systems
- Agent-assisted debugging, verification, and validation
- AI-driven parallel and distributed algorithm design
- Integration of simulation, data analytics, and AI workloads

Co-Design & Human–AI Collaboration in HPC
- Human-in-the-loop agentic systems for scientific computing
- Hardware–software–application co-design with autonomous agents
- Productivity tools and AI copilots for HPC developers
- Trust, transparency, and reproducibility in agent-driven HPC systems

Evaluation, Benchmarking & Reliability
- Benchmarking agentic AI approaches in HPC environments
- Reliability, robustness, and fault tolerance of autonomous systems
- Measurement methodologies for productivity and performance gains
- Case studies and real-world deployments of agentic AI in HPC

=== Submission Guidelines ===

We invite submissions of original, unpublished research and experiential papers. Full papers may be up to 10 pages in length (including references), formatted in the standard IEEE conference format (two-column, US letter; LaTeX conference mode).

- IEEE template: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!c3dwbkk4pxRuZ1vqQteVz0dViPy4bkVlKWa6wAYYaowtWd-PGJJyJrWYqu1QbL0MkthimBjNPs-TUsEWrjevbfM$ 
- Submission system (SC26 workshops): https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://submissions.supercomputing.org/__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!c3dwbkk4pxRuZ1vqQteVz0dViPy4bkVlKWa6wAYYaowtWd-PGJJyJrWYqu1QbL0MkthimBjNPs-TUsEWeRmA0qs$ 

Reviewing is single-blind. Each paper will receive at least three independent reviews.

Submissions must meet the requirements of the SC26 Reproducibility Initiative, including Artifact Description (AD) and Artifact Evaluation (AE):
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=== Publication ===

Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE Digital Library as part of the official SC26 workshop proceedings. A Distinguished Paper Recognition will be awarded on the basis of reviewer recommendations regarding originality and quality.

=== Important Dates ===

- Paper submission:      August 7, 2026    (AoE)
- Author notification:   September 7, 2026 (AoE)
- Camera-ready version:  September 20, 2026 (AoE)
- Workshop:              November 15, 2026, 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM (Chicago, USA)

=== Organizers ===

- Mohammad Alaul Haque Monil (Chair) — Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
- Pedro Valero-Lara (Co-Chair)        — Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
- Daichi Mukunoki (Co-Chair)          — Nagoya University, Japan
- Bogdan Nicolae (Co-Chair)           — Argonne National Laboratory, USA

=== Steering Committee ===

Jeffrey S. Vetter (ORNL, USA); Sunita Chandrasekaran (Univ. of Delaware, USA); Antonio J. Peña (Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain); Ignacio Laguna (LLNL, USA); Toshiyuki Imamura (RIKEN R-CCS, Japan); Franz Franchetti (Carnegie Mellon Univ., USA); Abhinav Bhatele (Univ. of Maryland, USA); Ali Jannesari (Iowa State Univ., USA); Rio Yokota (Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan).


=== Contact ===

For questions, please contact the workshop chair at monilm at ornl.gov<mailto:monilm at ornl.gov>.

We look forward to your submissions and to welcoming you in Chicago.

On behalf of the Organizing Committee,

Mohammad Alaul Haque Monil
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
AgenticAI4HPC'26 — Workshop Chair
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