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PDP 2027 - CALL FOR PAPERS and SPECIAL SESSIONS
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35th Euromicro Conference on Parallel, Distributed and Network-Based Processing

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
17-19 March 2027

ORGANIZER
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech
Barcelona Supercomputing Center - BSC-CNS

GENERAL CO-CHAIR
Gladys Utrera - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Xavier Martorell - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and BCS
Daniel Jiménez-González - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Pau Ferrer Cid - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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THE PDP CONFERENCE
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PDP stands as a premier European and international
conference that comprehensively addresses all facets of parallel and
distributed processing. Encompassing a spectrum from foundational theory
to practical implementation, it spans systems of all scales—from small
configurations to the largest infrastructures. PDP addresses fundamental
computational challenges alongside robust applications and delves into
architecture, compiler, language, interface design and deployment,
tools, support infrastructures, and performance optimization.

Parallel, Distributed, and Network-Based Processing fields have evolved
significantly, marked by the emergence of novel architectures and
groundbreaking applications. Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a
major application area, leveraging parallel and distributed technologies
to enhance computational efficiency and enable sophisticated AI models.
This progress emphasizes the dynamic fusion of parallel and distributed
technologies with other rapidly advancing domains. In evaluating these
cutting-edge developments, it is imperative to highlight the latest
research achievements in established areas of parallel and distributed
computing, drawing insights from both industrial and academic
perspectives.

PDP 2027 brings researchers and practitioners together in Barcelona to
present new work and discuss where the field is heading next. Accepted
papers are published through IEEE Conference Publishing Services (CPS)
and submitted for indexing in Scopus and other major indexing services.

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TOPICS OF INTEREST
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PDP welcomes original, unpublished work across (but not limited to) the following areas.

- Algorithms
Resource-aware & power-efficient algorithms; real-time and
fault-tolerant distributed/parallel algorithms; graph and network
algorithms.

- Applications
Numerical and scientific applications with multi-level
parallelism; computations over irregular domains.

- Data-centric processing
Scientific workflows; large-scale data
processing & management; next-generation storage; FAIR/open data
systems.

- Distributed AI
Federated and 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; cost, security & energy models.

- Parallel computing
Accelerator-based systems (GPU, FPGA, neuromorphic,
post-CMOS); embedded parallel systems; fault tolerance.

- Programming models & tools
Languages, compilers, middleware and OS;
libraries, runtime and systems software; performance prediction.

- HPC state of practice
Managing systems, storage & facilities; HPC in the
cloud; networking and cybersecurity; training strategies.

- Systems & architectures
High-throughput & streaming architectures;
heterogeneous and hybrid systems; post-CMOS architectures.

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IMPORTANT DATES
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All deadlines are firm, AoE times.

Special session proposals due: 31 Aug 2026


Abstract registration deadline: 19 Oct 2026
Submission deadline: 26 Oct 2026
Author notification: 7 Dec 2026
Camera-ready (all tracks): 25 Jan 2027
Conference dates: 17–19 Mar 2027

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SPECIAL SESSIONS SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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Special Sessions proposals should include the following information:

1. A brief description of the specific issues that the special session will address.
2. Contact information of the Special Session chairs, and their competence in the proposed
topic(s).
3. A tentative list of Program Committee members.
4. A draft of the Session-specific Call for Papers including tentative calendar.
5. An estimate of the number of expected submissions.
6. For returning Special Sessions, please indicate the number of submissions received in
the previous iteration of the session.
7. How the Session is planned to be advertised to receive the expected number of
submissions.

Proposals should be sent until 31st August to spataro@unical.it with subject
[Special session proposal].

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HOW TO SUBMIT
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Papers report original, unpublished work and are reviewed double-blind. 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).

FORMAT
Page limit - Full papers: up to 8 pages.

REVIEW
Double-blind - Remove author names, affiliations, and identifying acknowledgements from
the manuscript prior to submission.

PUBLICATION
Proceedings - Accepted papers are published through IEEE CPS and submitted for indexing
in Scopus and other major services.

REGISTRATION
Author registration - At least one author of each accepted paper must register with a
regular registration and present the paper at the conference.

FORMATTING
Paper templates - All submissions must follow the IEEE Conference Proceedings Format
(double-column, 10pt size fonts). LaTeX and Word templates for the IEEE conference format.

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PROGRAM COMMITEE
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Mario Acosta Cobos - Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Eduard Ayguadé - Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Javier Baliosian - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Mark Bull - EPCC
Patrick Carribault - CEA/DAM Ile de France
Xavier Casas - Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Antony Chazapis - Foundation for Researach and Tehcnology, Hellas
Javier Cuenca - University of Murcia
Pasqua D'Ambra - IAC-CNR
Marco Danelutto - University of Pisa
David E. Singh - University Carlos III Madrid
Pau Ferrer Cid - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Antonella Galizia - IMATI-CNR
Francisco Javier García Blas - University Carlos III Madrid
José Daniel García Sánchez - University Carlos III Madrid
Marisa Gil - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Sukhpal Singh Gill - Queen Mary University of London
Andrea Giordano - Institute of High Performance Computing (ICAR)
Roberto Giorgi - Universita di Siena
Michael Gowanlock - Northern Arizona University
Clemens Grelck - Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Daniel Grosu - Wayne State University
Gaétan Hains - Université Paris-Est Créteil
Andreas Herten - Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Sergio Iserte - Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Daniel Jiménez-González - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Ji-Hoon Kang - KISTI
Christoph Kessler - Linköping University
Francesco Leporati - The University of Pavia
Sebastian Litzinger - FernUniversität in Hagen
Xavier Martorell - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Gianluca Mittone - University of Turin
Philippe Navaux - UFRGS
Virginia Niculescu - Babes-Bolyai University
Paula Fernanda Olaya Garcia - University of Tennesse, Knoxville
Sergi Palomas - Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Radu Prodan - University of Innsbruck
Alex Ramírez - Google
Rocco Rongo - University of Calabria
Ioan Salomie - Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
Mohen Seyedkazemi Ardebili - University of Bologna
Gheorghe Cosmin Silaghi - Babes-Bolyai University
Emil-Ioan Slusanschi - University Politehnica of Bucharest
William Spataro - University of Calabria
Adrian Sterca - Babes-Bolyai University
Przemyslaw Szufel - Warsaw School of Economics
Massimo Torquati - University of Pisa
Miwako Tsuji - RIKEN R-CCS
Gladys Utrera - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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