BIRDS OF A FEATHER
SUBMISSION
Sessions
JUNE 8-10, 2027
BIRDS OF A FEATHER SUBMISSION
BOF CHAIR
Francesca Palumbo, University of Cagliari, Italy
Deputy BoF Chair
Kengo Nakajima, The Universoty of Tokyo, Japan
We provide the high performance computing community with a casual discussion platform based on the ISC 2027 topic areas and shared interests. Each BoF lasts 60 minutes. The BoFs are meant to foster engaging conversations and not formal presentations. In your proposal, please demonstrate a clear concept detailing the interactive nature of the BoF.
Are you interested in sparking conversations in small groups? Why not hold your BoF at ISC with a roundtable setup? We have room for ten people at eight roundtables, which we think is perfect for lively conversations with the audience.
For more helpful information, please read our BoF guidelines.
Jan 21, 2027
Full Submission Deadline
March 4, 2027
Notification of Acceptance
JUN 8-10, 2027
BoF Sessions
All Dates
May 7, 2027
Submission of Final List of Speakers Deadline
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
REQUIRED INFORMATION
A BoF submission includes:
- Title of the BoF session
- BoF organizer/speaker information
- Short abstract (250 words maximum)
- BoF format (presentation style, meet-up or roundtable conversation)
- Description of the concept (goals, topics to be discussed, relevance to the hpc community, description of approach to make the BoF interactive)
- Topic area and one to five topics
- Maximum intended fraction of time spent on presentations
- Summary of BoF history, outcomes and changes planned (if applicable)
- Targeted audience
- Estimated number of attendees
REVIEW PROCESS
- Each proposal is expected to receive a minimum of 3 reviewers.
- BoFs will be evaluated based on originality, significance, quality, clarity, and diversity, as well as a clear description of the required interactive nature of a BoF.
- Not all highly rated proposals may be accepted due to program capacity and the need for variety.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
- By submitting a BoF proposal, you agree to host the BoF session in person in Hamburg.
- BoF presenters must be registered as ISC participants and need at least an Exhibition Pass.
- We will provide meeting room facilities and basic technical equipment for the BoF sessions. A BoF can be held in a mixed classroom/theater setting or in a roundtable format with discussion tables.
- If available, presentation slides will be published on the event platform for registered attendees.
- We will not cover travel, accommodation, registration fees, or other associated costs.
TOPICS
BoF sessions are intended to cover all topic areas as follows.
Click on a topic area to view details.
System Architecture & Hardware Components
- Chiplets, Packaging, and Optical Interconnects
- Composable Disaggregated Infrastructure
- Data Center Infrastructure and Cooling
- Emerging Computing Technologies
- Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
- Extreme-scale Systems
- Heterogeneous System Architectures
- Memory Technologies and Hierarchies
- Networking and Interconnects
- Storage Technologies and Architectures
Programming Environments & System Software
- Compilers, Tools, and AI-Assisted Programming
- Cybersecurity in HPC and AI
- Energy Management
- File Systems
- HPC in the Cloud and HPC Containers
- Parallel Programming Languages
- Resource Management and Scheduling
- Runtime Systems for HPC
- System and Performance Monitoring
- System Deployment and Management
Algorithms & Performance
- Mixed Precision
- Novel Algorithms
- Optimizing for Power and Performance
- Parallel Numerical Algorithms
- Performance and Resource Modeling
- Performance Measurement
- Performance Tools and Simulators
Applications & Use Cases
- Application Workflows for Discovery
- Bioinformatics and Life Sciences
- Chemistry and Materials Science
- Earth, Climate and Weather Modeling
- Energy Applications
- Engineering Applications
- Geoscience Applications
- Industrial Use Cases of HPC, ML and QC
- Physics Applications
- Scientific Visualization and In-Situ Analysis
Artificial Intelligence
- Agentic AI
- AI Applications powered by HPC Technologies
- AI Factories
- Digital Twins
- Efficient AI – Low-Precision Formats, Sparsity, and Compression
- Foundation Models – Training and Inference at Scale
- HPC Simulations enhanced by Machine Learning
- HW and SW Design for Scalable Machine Learning
- Physical AI
- Sovereignty in AI
Quantum Computing
- Integration of Quantum Computing and HPC
- Quantum Computing Basics and Theory
- Quantum Computing Technologies and Architectures
- Quantum Computing Use Cases
- Quantum Error Correction and Fault Tolerance
- Quantum Program Development and Optimization
Community & HPC
- Community Engagement
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Early Career
- Education and Training
NEW AT ISC 2025
Are you interested in sparking conversations in small groups? Why not hold your BoF at ISC with a roundtable setup? We have room for ten people at eight roundtables, which we think is perfect for lively conversations with the audience.
INFORMATION FOR SPEAKERS
For guidance on preparing and delivering your presentation, please refer to our Speaker Manual, which provides all necessary details for your upcoming contribution at ISC.
BOF COMMITTEE
The Birds of a Feather Committee oversees the review process and ensures the scientific quality of submitted BoF proposals.
VIEW ALL MEMBERS
- Francesca Palumbo, University of Cagliari, Italy (Chair)
- Kengo Nakajima, University of Tokyo, Supercomputing Research Division, Information Technology Center; RIKEN R-CCS (Center for Computational Science), Japan (Deputy Chair)
- Fabio Affinito, CINECA, Italy
- David Baldwin, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
- Maria Guadalupe Barrios Sazo, Juelich Supercomputing Centre, Germany
- Fabio Cabeccia, University of Cagliari, Italy
- Stefano Corda, Huawei Technologies AG, Switzerland
- Sanskriti Deva, IBM, United States of America
- Jorge Galvez Vallejo, The Australian National University, Australia
- Juan David Guerrero Balaguera, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
- Xu Guo, Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC), The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Huda Ibeid, Intel, United States of America
- Anan Ibrahim, Merck KGAa, Germany
- Sarah Johnston, Durham University, United Kingdom
- Prasanth K K, Zoho, MLCommons, India
- Kaushik Kandadi Suresh, NVIDIA Corporation, United States of America
- Bhavin. P. Kapadia, AI Security GPU HPC Financial Services, United States of America
- Ian Karlin, Nvidia, Canada
- Alfio Lazzaro, HPE, Switzerland
- Federico Manca, University of Cagliari, Italy
- Ian McInerney, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
- Nithin Singh Mohan, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America
- Sasmita Mohapatra, University of Texas at Dallas, TX, United States of America
- erika pellegrino, Leonardo SpA, Italy
- Simon Pickartz, ParTec AG, Germany
- Sreeranjani Ramprakash, Argonne National Laboratory, United States of America
- Claudio Rubattu, ,
- Kumar Saurabh, Advanced Micro Devices, United States of America
- Vijeta Sharma, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Sweden AI Factory, Sweden
- Gopalakrishna Sunkara, NXP Semiconductors, Qualcomm, India
- Li Tang, Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States of America
- Joel Tony, Microsoft Research, India
- Ahmet Emre Topbas, Middle East Technical University, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure - Turkey, Turkey
- Majesa Trimmel, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
- swetha varadarajan, Brown University, United States of America
- Mike Vildibill, NeoVerity, United States of America
- Yonglei Wang, Linkoping University, Sweden
- Volker Weinberg, Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, Germany
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES & TERMS
VIEW Submission Guidelines & Review Process
A BoF submission includes:
- Title of the BoF session
- BoF organizer/speaker information
- Short abstract (250 words maximum)
- BoF format (presentation style, meet-up or roundtable conversation)
- Description of the concept (goals, topics to be discussed, relevance to the hpc community, description of approach to make the BoF interactive)
- Topic area and one to five topics
- Maximum intended fraction of time spent on presentations
- Summary of BoF history, outcomes and changes planned (if applicable)
- Targeted audience
- Estimated number of attendees
Review Process
- Each proposal is expected to receive a minimum of 3 reviewers
- BoFs will be evaluated based on originality, significance, quality, clarity, and diversity, as well as a clear description of the required interactive nature of a BoF
- Not all highly rated proposals may be accepted due to program capacity and the need for variety
VIEW Terms & Conditions
- By submitting a BoF proposal, you agree to host the BoF session in person in Hamburg.
- BoF presenters must be registered as ISC participants and need at least an Exhibition Pass.
- We will provide meeting room facilities and basic technical equipment for the BoF sessions. A BoF can be held in a mixed classroom/theater setting or in a roundtable format with discussion tables.
- If available, presentation slides will be published on the event platform (Swapcard) for registered attendees.
- We will not cover travel, accommodation, registration fees, or other associated costs.
