34rd Euromicro/IEEE International Conference on Parallel, Distributed
Processing (PDP 2026), Cluj-Napoca, Romania 25-27 March 2026

https://pdp2026.org (https://pdp2026.org/)

## Important dates

Special Session proposals: August 31st, 2025
Abstract submissions: October 19th, 2025
Paper submissions: October 26th, 2025
Author notification: December 7th, 2025
Camera-ready: January 25th, 2026

## Topics

We invite submissions of high-quality, novel, and original research
results in areas of parallel and distributed computing, including but
not limited to:

* Algorithm: resource-aware and power-efficient algorithms; real-time
and fault-tolerant distributed/parallel algorithms; graph and
network algorithms

* Applications: numerical and scientific applications with multi-level
parallelism; applications with computations over irregular domains;
models and methods to enhance functional/non-functional application
characteristics

* Data-centric Processing: scientific workflows; large-scale data
processing; large-scale data management; scalable and
next-generation storage systems; I/O performance tuning,
benchmarking, and middleware; FAIR/open data systems

* Distributed AI: Federated Learning; Distributed Learning; AI at
scale; training of LLMs; benchmarking for AI workloads

* Distributed Computing: cluster, grid, fog/edge, mobile and cloud
systems; Service-oriented processing; stochastic and approximate
computing; cost, security, energy, and other non-functional
requirements models and frameworks

* Parallel Computing: accelerator-based systems inc. GPU, FPGA,
neuromorphic and post-CMOS devices; embedded parallel systems;
dependability, survivability, and fault-tolerance; methodologies,
benchmarking/metrics, performance analysis and tools

* Programming Models and Tools: programming languages, compilers,
middleware and OS; libraries, runtime, and systems software;
notations; performance prediction and analysis; simulation and
modelling of parallel/distributed systems

* HPC state of practice: Managing systems and storage; managing
facilities; HPC project management; moving, managing and sharing
data HPC in the cloud; networking and cybersecurity; HPC training
and education strategies; application workflows; system benchmarking

* Systems and Architectures: high data throughput and streaming
architectures; memory organisation; service-oriented architectures;
heterogeneous and hybrid systems; resource management; post-CMOS
architectures inc. quantum, neuromorphic, and others

The conference will feature contributed and invited talks. Co-located
Special Sessions are also planned as usual for PDP.

## Research paper submission guidelines

Submissions must be in PDF format and should not exceed eight pages for
long papers and four pages for short contributions. All submissions must
follow the IEEE Conference proceedings format (IEEEtran,
double-column, 10pt). More details about the submission system will be
added soon.

The review process is double-blind and all papers need to be
“best-effort” anonymized. We strongly encourage making code and data
available anonymously (e.g., in an anonymous GitHub repository via
Anonymous GitHub or in a Dropbox folder).

## Special session proposal submission guidelines

Special Sessions proposals should include the following information:
* A brief description of the specific issues that the special session
will address;
* Contact information of the workshop chairs and their competence in
the proposed topic(s);
* A tentative list of Program Committee members;
* A draft of the Call for Papers;
* An estimate of the number of expected submissions.

Proposals should be sent to chairs@pdp2026.org
(mailto:chairs@pdp2026.org)

Special Session proposals: August 31st, 2025