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This is the 1st May 2026 digest of SIGARCH Messages.

In This Issue

Call for Papers: PAW-ATM 2026: Parallel Applications Workshop, Alternatives To MPI+X - (Note: The Call for Paper type has not been set for this item!)

Call for Participation: ISPASS 2026
https://ispass.org/ispass2026/
Submitted by Udit Gupta

IEEE International Symposium on Performance Analysis of Systems and Software (ISPASS 2026)
April  26 – 28, 2026
Seoul, South Korea
https://ispass.org/

Early Registration Deadline: April 1, 2026

ISPASS 2026 Student Travel Grants
Student travel grants are available to help support student attendance (no paper required).
https://ispass.org/ispass2026/studenttravel.php
Student Travel Grant Deadline: March 27, 2026

ISPASS provides a forum for sharing academic and industrial research on performance analysis in the design of computer systems and software.

The technical program will feature 54 technical paper presentations, two keynote talks  by Babak Falsafi (EPFL) and Myoungsoo Jung (KAIST, Panmnesia), and two co-located workshops. The program spans topics including tools and benchmarks, performance evaluation, workload characterization, simulation and modeling, and emerging architectures and applications. 

ISPASS aims to foster discussion and exchange of ideas on rigorous performance analysis and its role in computer system design.

Conference keynotes:

  • Back to Future: The Return of Rigorous Full-System Timing Simulation — Babak Falsafi (EPFL)
  • From AI Models to AI Infrastructure: Rethinking Datacenters with CXL — Myoungsoo Jung (KAIST, Panmnesia)

 

Workshops and Tutorials:

  • How Fast Will It Train? From ML Workload Representation to System-Level Performance Modeling  Date: 9am ~ 12pm, April 26
  •  NPU Compiler and Architecture Performance Modeling with PyTorchSim  Date: 1:30pm ~ 4:30pm, April 26

 

Registration for the conference is now open at: https://ispass.org/ispass2026/registration.php

Visa information is now available at: https://ispass.org/ispass2026/visainformation.php

Sponsored by: Panmnesia ,Mobilint, HyperAccel

Supporting Organizations: IEEE Computer Society (TCCA & TCuARCH), National Science Foundation

 

Call for Papers: Hot Topics in System Infrastructure @ ISCA 2026
https://hotinfra.org/2026/
Submitted by Jian Huang

The 3rd workshop on Hot Topics in System Infrastructure (HotI 2026)
co-located with ISCA
June 28, 2026,
Raleigh, NC, USA
https://hotinfra.org/2026/

The HotInfra workshop is soliciting three types of paper submissions: regular papers, industry papers, and retrospective study papers:

  1. The regular papers are encouraged to have new and crazy ideas in building future system infrastructure. We will favor submissions that have great potential to inspire interesting discussions, so it is fine if the work has only an early version of the system prototype.
  2. The industry papers are encouraged to demonstrate the recent trends and demands of real systems infrastructures from the industry and have insightful discussions on the challenges and experiences of developing real system infrastructures from industry perspectives.
  3. The retrospective study papers may include studies that have been published in top-tier systems and architecture conferences in the past year, but showcase new experience, concepts, approaches, and/or experimental results.

Topics of Interest

  • AI chip and its ecosystem development
  • Systems architecture
  • Operating systems and runtime systems support
  • Resource management and task scheduling
  • Empirical evaluation of real infrastructures
  • Security and reliability of new infrastructures
  • Energy supply and energy efficiency
  • Emerging applications and services enabled
  • System-building approaches

Important Dates

  • Submission Deadline: May 20, 2026
  • Author Notifications: June 1, 2026
  • Camera-ready Paper due: June 8, 2026
  • Workshop: June 28, 2026

Call for Papers: Architecture 2.0 @ ISCA 2026
https://harvard-edge.github.io/isca-26-arch-2-workshop/
Submitted by Zishen Wan

Architecture 2.0: Workshop on Agentic AI for Computing Systems Design
Co-located with ISCA 2026
Raleigh, NC, USA

Track 1: Call for Papers
We invite submissions of work-in-progress papers, extended abstracts of completed work, and position papers on topics related to agentic AI for computing systems design, including (but not limited to):

  • AI for Computer Architecture
  • AI for Systems
  • Infrastructure and Evaluation

Important Dates:

  • Submission: May 8, 2026
  • Notification: May 22, 2026
  • Workshop: June 27, 2026

Track 2: Call for Tutorials and Demos

We also invite submissions for mini-tutorials, tool demonstrations, and hands-on sessions. This is a great opportunity to showcase your artifacts with the theme of agentic AI for architecture and system design, including (but not limited to):

  • Agent-Driven Tools
  • Simulation Frameworks
  • Open-Source Infrastructure

Important Dates:

  • Submission: May 15, 2026
  • Notification: May 22, 2026
  • Workshop: June 27, 2026

Workshop Website: https://harvard-edge.github.io/isca-26-arch-2-workshop/

 

Organizing Team: Zishen Wan, Chenyu Wang, Andy Cheng, Shvetank Prakash, Arya Tschand, Ankita Nayak, Adrian Nunez-Rocha, Vijay Janapa Reddi

Call for Papers: Workshop on Systems and Architectures for Encrypted AI @ ISCA 2026
https://cmu-caos.github.io/safeAI/2026/
Submitted by Siddharth Jayashankar

This workshop on Encrypted AI will explore cutting-edge techniques for accelerating and democratizing privacy-preserving AI, focusing on Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE), Secure Multi-party Computation (MPC) and Zero Knowledge Proofs (ZKP). Designed in two parts, the workshop will first host sessions with invited speakers from academia and industry, who will share the latest advances in encrypted computing, real-world applications, and challenges in scaling encrypted AI. The second part will host submissions accepted for the community. The workshop will cover a broad range of topics on systems and architectures for encrypted AI including acceleration techniques across the computing stack, compilers, tools, DSLs, and applications.
Website: https://cmu-caos.github.io/safeAI/2026

Call For Papers

We invite submissions for contributions to the workshop that specifically address the systems-related challenges and advancements within the domain of encrypted computation. The focus of this call is on innovative research, development, and deployment of systems that enable practical, efficient, and secure computation on encrypted data. Our key areas of interest include, but are certainly not limited to, the following topics:

  • Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE)
  • Secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC)
  • Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP)
  • Hardware Architectures for Encrypted Computation
  • System Design and Infrastructure for Encrypted Computation
  • Compilers, Programming Languages, and Tools for Encrypted Computation:
  • Applications and Use Cases leveraging Encrypted Computing
  • Position papers on any system aspects of encrypted computing

Submission Guidelines

  • Please follow the ISCA 2026 submission guidelines.
  • Submissions are limited to 2 pages not including references.
  • Submissions must be anonymous and should not include any author identifying information.
  • Both unpublished and previously published works, as well as works in progress, are welcome.
  • Submit work at: https://safeai2026.hotcrp.com/

Important Dates

  • Registration Deadline: 15th May, 2026 (Anywhere on Earth)
  • Submission Deadline: 15th May, 2026 (Anywhere on Earth)
  • Author Notification: 1st June, 2026

Call for Papers: MLArchSys @ ISCA 2026
https://sites.google.com/view/mlarchsys
Submitted by Thaleia Doudali

MLArchSys 2026 (Machine Learning for Computer Architecture and Systems),
co-located with ISCA 2026
Raleigh, USA.

As agentic AI and foundation models reshape computing, MLArchSys brings together the ML, systems and architecture communities to explore their impact on hardware and systems design.

New this year: A³ (Agentic Approaches to Architecture) focusing on autonomous agents for system and hardware design.

We welcome short papers, position papers, and early work across three tracks:

  • Architecture & Systems for Foundation Models & AI
  • Machine Learning for Architecture & Systems
  • Agentic Approaches for Architecture and Systems

Important Dates

  • Submission: May 1, 2026
  • Notification: May 22, 2026
  • Workshop: June 28, 2026

Submission link: OpenReview

Contact: mlarchsys@gmail.com

Organizing Committee: Bahar Asgari · Thaleia Dimitra Doudali · Qijing Jenny Huang · Akanksha J. · Geonhwa Jeong · Priyadarshini Panda · Santosh Pandey · Suvinay Subramanian · Tom St. John · Neeraja Yadwadkar · Amir Yazdanbakhsh

Call for Papers: Arch4Health @ ICS 2026
https://events.safari.ethz.ch/ics26-arch4health/
Submitted by Nika Mansouri Ghiasi

3rd Architecture for Health (Arch4Health) Workshop,
co-located with the 40th ACM International Conference on Supercomputing (ICS) 2026!
6th July 2026
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

This workshop will focus on: 

  • Exploring the key computational challenges in health-related applications
  • The vital role of computer architecture in overcoming these challenges to advance healthcare

Submission Guidelines:

This workshop consists of talks on general topics in computing system design for healthcare applications, as well as new trends and bottlenecks in data-intensive healthcare applications. To give a talk in the workshop, please submit an extended abstract (maximum 4 pages) using this link:
https://forms.gle/4Gq7m7VHn7h7DgCg7 

Accepted submissions will be included in the ACM proceedings.
Please refer to our website for more information on submission guidelines and related topics: https://events.safari.ethz.ch/ics26-arch4health/ 

Important Dates:

  • Abstract Submission Deadline: 24 April 2026
  • Notification: 30 April 2026
  • Workshop Date: 6 July 2026 (Monday)

 

Previous Editions of Arch4Health:
https://events.safari.ethz.ch/micro25-arch4health/
https://events.safari.ethz.ch/hpca26-arch4health/

Organizers: Nika Mansouri Ghiasi, Konstantina Koliogeorgi, Onur Mutlu

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Call for Papers: PAW-ATM 2026: Parallel Applications Workshop, Alternatives To MPI+X
https://sourceryinstitute.github.io/PAW/
Submitted by Karla V Morris

PAW-ATM 2026: Parallel Applications Workshop, Alternatives To MPI+X
Co-located at Supercomputing 2026
November 15–20, 2026

PAW-ATM is a forum for discussing HPC applications written in alternatives to MPI+X. Its goal is to bring together application experts and proponents of  high-level languages to present concrete example uses of such alternatives, describing their benefits and challenges.

Topics of Interst

  • Novel application development using high-level parallel programming languages
    and frameworks
  • Examples that demonstrate performance, compiler optimization, error checking,
    and reduced software complexity
  • Applications from artificial intelligence, data analytics, bioinformatics, and
    other novel areas
  • Performance evaluation of applications developed using alternatives to MPI+X
    and comparisons to standard programming models
  • Novel algorithms enabled by high-level parallel abstractions
  • Experience with the use of new compilers and runtime environments
  • Libraries using or supporting alternatives to MPI+X
  • Benefits of hardware abstraction and data locality on algorithm
    implementation
  • Papers that include description of applications that demonstrate the use of
    alternative programming models will be given higher priority

Submission guidelines: 
Submissions are solicited in two categories:

1) Full-length papers presenting novel research results:

Full-length papers will be published in the workshop proceedings. Submitted  papers must describe original work that has not appeared in, nor is under consideration for, another conference or journal. Papers shall be eight (8) pages minimum and not exceed ten (10) pages including text, figures, and non-AD/AE appendices, but excluding bibliography, acknowledgments and AD/AE appendices.

PAW-ATM follows the reproducibility initiative of SC26. Submissions shall include an Artifact Description (AD) appendix, and may optionally include an Artifact Evaluation (AE) appendix.

See https://sourceryinstitute.github.io/PAW/ for further details.

2) User experience abstracts:

Abstracts will be evaluated separately and will not be included in the published proceedings. Submissions in this track include a title and 1-4 pages abstract. The content may include any combination of novel and/or previously published work that is relevant to the workshop’s scope. Content that highlights the experiences of users of alternatives of MPI, and their
applications, will be prioritized within this submission category.

Abstracts may optionally include AD/AE appendices, not included in the abstract page count, but such appendices will NOT be evaluated and no badges will be awarded.

Organizers
Organizing Committee
Chair :  Karla Vanessa Morris Wright – Sandia National Laboratories
* Daniele Lezzi – Barcelona Supercomputing Center
* Tasuku Hiraishi – Kyoto Tachibana University
* Katherine Rasmussen – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
* Elliott Slaughter – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Program Committee co-chairs
* Daniele Lezzi – Barcelona Supercomputing Center
* Katherine Rasmussen – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Important Dates

  • Manuscript Submissions deadline: July 24, 2026
  • Artifact Description (AD) Stage 1 (mandatory)
  • Submissions deadline: July 24, 2026
  • Notification to authors: August 31, 2026
  • Artifact Evaluation (AE) Stage 2 (optional) Submissions deadline: September 4, 2026
  • AE and Reproducibility Badges review period: September 7–23, 2026

Call for Workshops/Tutorials: IISWC 2026 Call for Tutorial & Workshop Proposals
https://iiswc.org/iiswc2026/cftw.html
Submitted by Select Name...

We are actively seeking proposals for engaging and insightful tutorials and workshops to precede the main conference.
This year, all sessions will be conducted in person, with proposed formats ranging from lightweight 2-hour introductions to comprehensive full-day immersions.
This is an opportunity to share your valuable insights with both the hardware and software communities.

IISWC Workshops and Tutorials will be held on Sunday, September 27th, 2026 in Boulder, CO.
Workshop and Tutorial proposals must be submitted by July 27th, 2026
Submitters will be notified on August 3rd, 2026.

Submission Guidelines
Please direct your tutorial and workshop proposals to samuel.thomas@pomona.edu, including the following information:
• Session Type: Tutorial or Workshop
• Session Title
• List of Organizers
• Abstract: A brief summary of the session content
• Duration: 2 hours, half day, or full day
• Planning Requirements: Any specific planning needs for your session

We encourage you to take this opportunity to lead a session that advances understanding and innovation in key areas of computer science and technology.

Episode 23 of the Computer Architecture Podcast Released! Featuring Guest Dr. Tushar Krishna, Georgia Tech
https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com/
Submitted by Suvinay Subramanian

Computer Architecture Podcast: A series of conversations on cutting-edge work in computer architecture and the remarkable people behind it.

Announcing the release of Episode 23: Cross-stack Design and Tooling for Large-Scale Distributed AI Systems with Dr. Tushar Krishna, who is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech and holds a Ph.D. from MIT. Tushar’s work shapes how the computing community designs modern large-scale distributed AI systems–spanning specialized accelerators, memory hierarchies, and communication fabrics–and driving design-space exploration with pioneering tools like ASTRA-sim, Chakra, and Garnet. A member of the ISCA, MICRO, and HPCA Halls of Fame, his impactful research has garnered over 21,000 citations and the 2025 DAC “Under 40 Innovators Award.” He also actively shapes future AI computing standards as the Co-director of Georgia Tech’s CRNCH and co-chair of the MLCommons Chakra Working Group.

Listen to the episode at https://comparchpodcast.podbean.com. Also available on your favorite podcast player — iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, etc.

Please view the SIGARCH website for the latest postings, to submit new posts, and for general SIGARCH information. We also encourage you to visit the Computer Architecture Today Blog.

- Adarsh Patil
SIGARCH Content Editor

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