Call for Papers: ApPLIED workshop held in conjunction with PODC 2026

ApPLIED: Workshop on Advanced tools, programming languages, and PLatforms for Implementing and Evaluating algorithms for Distributed systems -- held in conjunction with PODC 2026.

Accepted papers will appear on the workshop's website and ACM digital library (as ACM proceedings).


DATES (tentative)

Abstract registration: May 1, 2026 (AoE).

Full paper submission: May 5, 2026 (AoE).

Final notification: May 30, 2026.

Camera-ready deadline: June 6, 2026.

Workshop: Monday, July 6, 2026, Egham, England.


SCOPE

Designers of advanced systems wishing to implement and evaluate distributed algorithms in practical settings are often faced with challenging questions regarding the transformation from design to a working prototype.

The purpose of this workshop is to bring together designers and practitioners of distributed systems from both academia and industry to share their points of view and experiences. We solicit submissions describing research results and/or position papers relevant to the topic of interest to ApPLIED. The goal of the workshop is to act as a bridge between the traditional PODC community, which has a more analytical focus, and researchers working on more applied approaches and building large-scale distributed systems.

All topics that fall within the scope of distributed computing and systems are of interest. Special emphasis is on new frontiers, including the cloud environment, e.g., edge-computing, consensus-related solutions (e.g., distributed ledger technology), cyber-security, machine learning, and novel hybrid systems (e.g., classic/quantum distributed systems). We are also interested in recent advances in the process of designing distributed algorithms as well as implementing prototypes suitable for running on working systems. Moreover, we welcome success stories in which the evaluation of (perhaps known) distributed algorithms resulted in further (analytical) insights.


TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE (Confirmed)

Timothé Albouy, The IMDEA Software Institute (Spain)

Atakan Aral, University of Vienna (Austria)

Romaric Duvignau, Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)

Danny Hendler, Ben-Gurion University (Israel)

Gregory Schwartzman, JAIST, (Japan)

Armando Castañeda, UNAM (Mexico)

Joseph Izraelevitz, University of Colorado, Boulder (USA)

Arif Merchant, Google Research (USA)

Achour Mostefaoui, University of Rennes (France) --- co-chair

Mikhail Nesterenko, Kent State University (USA) Etienne Riviere, UC Louvain (Belgium)

Jan Rellermeyer, Leibniz University Hannover (Germany) and TU-Delft (Netherlands)

Mark R. Tuttle, Amazon (USA)

Matthieu Perrin, University of Rennes (France) --- co-chair

Lin Wang, Paderborn University (Germany)

WORKSHOP SUBMISSION AND PRESENTATIONS

Two formats will be considered:

* A regular paper submission must report on original research that has not been previously or concurrently published; concurrent submissions to journals or conferences are not permitted. A regular submission must not exceed eight pages, excluding up to two pages of references. Additional necessary details may be included in a clearly marked appendix, which will be read at the program committee's discretion. However, the paper must be self-contained without the appendices. Submissions not accepted as regular papers will be considered short research statements.

* Short research statements aim at fostering discussion and collaboration. Research statements may summarize research published elsewhere or outline new emerging ideas. These submissions must not exceed four pages, excluding up to one page of references. The material in these short research statements may be published at other conferences.

Submissions that do not conform to these rules and papers outside the scope of the conference will be rejected without consideration.

Authors with accepted submissions must ensure that at least one of the co-authors is registered for the workshop and physically presents their work. While we encourage authors to prerecord their presentations for wider dissemination, it is essential to note that these videos do not replace the necessity for in-person presentations during the workshop.


PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Papers are to be submitted electronically through HotCRP:

https://ApPLIED2026.hotcrp.com/

Papers are to be submitted electronically, following the guidelines on the workshop web page. Submission must be in English and in .PDF format. Submissions must be prepared in LaTeX and use the official ACM Master article template acmart.cls, version 1.80 or greater, using the following documentclass instructions:

\documentclass[sigconf]{acmart}

The template is available at https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template. Each paper must begin with a cover page containing (1) a title, (2) author names and affiliations, (3) contact author's email, (4) an abstract, and (5) an indication of whether the paper should be considered as an article of original research or a short research statement.

PUBLICATION

The final versions of the accepted papers will appear on the workshop website and ACM digital library and will be available electronically to the participants during the workshop.