[hpc-announce] MIDDLEWARE 2026 Call for Papers – Summer Submission Deadlines Approaching

[AURORA GONZALEZ VIDAL]

MIDDLEWARE 2026: 27th ACM/IFIP International Middleware Conference

30th November – 4th December 2026

Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Tarragona, Spain

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CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPERS

The annual ACM/IFIP Middleware conference is a major forum for discussing innovations and recent scientific advances in middleware systems with a focus on the design, implementation, deployment, and evaluation of distributed systems, platforms, and architectures for computing, storage, and communication. The conference will include a high-quality single-track technical program, invited speakers, an industrial track, panel discussions involving academic and industry leaders, poster and demonstration presentations, a doctoral symposium, tutorials, and workshops.

Topics of Interest

The Middleware conference seeks original submissions of research papers on a diverse range of topics, particularly those identifying new research directions. The topics of interest for the conference include, but are not limited to:

  *   Middleware Applications

Middleware for cyber-physical and real-time systems

Middleware support for security and privacy

Middleware for AI and machine learning systems

Middleware for data science pipelines

Middleware techniques for internet-of-things and smart cities

Middleware for multimedia systems

Middleware for sustainable computing

  *   Middleware Systems

Fault tolerance and consistency

Distributed and parallel systems

Distributed ledgers and blockchains

Event-based, publish/subscribe, streaming, and peer-to-peer systems

Serverless and Function-as-a-Service computing

Data-intensive systems (big data)

Cloud, fog, edge computing, and data centers

Networking, network function virtualization, and software-defined networking

Mobile and pervasive systems and services

Emerging hardware technologies

  *   Middleware Design Principles and Programming Models

Programming abstractions and paradigms for middleware

Reconfigurable, adaptable, and reflective middleware

Critical reviews of middleware paradigms, e.g., object models, aspect orientation

Methodologies and tools for middleware systems design, implementation, verification, and evaluation

Monitoring, resource management, and analysis

Virtualization, auto-scaling, provisioning, and scheduling

Energy and power-aware techniques

The conference seeks original papers of these types:

Research Papers: These papers report original research on the above topics and will be evaluated on the significance of the problem, the novelty of the solution, advancement beyond prior work, sufficient supporting evidence, and clarity of the presentation.

Experimentation and Deployment Papers: These papers describe complete systems, platforms, and/or comprehensive experimental evaluations of alternative designs and solutions to well-known problems. The emphasis during the review of these papers will be more on the demonstrated usefulness and potential impact of the contributions, the extensive experimentation involved, and the quality and weight of the lessons learned.

Big Ideas Papers: These are papers that have the potential to open up new research directions. For such papers, the potential to motivate new research is more important than full experimental evaluation, though some preliminary evidence of the effectiveness of the approach or idea is important.

Important Dates, Deadlines, Conditions
Second Round: Spring/Summer Deadlines:

Paper abstract registration: May 29, 2026

Full paper submissions due: June 5, 2026

Early rejection notification: July 10, 2026

Rebuttal: August 12-14, 2026

Notification to authors: August 28, 2026

Final paper files (camera-ready copy) due: October 16, 2026

Complete Guidelines and requirements


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Aurora González Vidal
Ph.D on Artificial Intelligence for Smart Environments
DIIC, Computer Sciences Faculty
University of Murcia

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