RESEARCH PAPER
SUBMISSION
Sessions
JUNE 23-25, 2026
RESEARCH PAPER SUBMISSION
RESEARCH PAPER CHAIR
Hatem Ltaief, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Proceedings CHAIR
Erin Carson, Charles University, Prague
RESEARCH PAPER Deputy CHAIR
Richard Vuduc, Georgia Inst. of
Technology, USA
Proceedings Deputy CHAIR
Grey Ballard, Wake Forest University, USA
Calling all researchers, scientists, and engineers! Irrespective of your sector, if your research can contribute to the future of high performance computing, artificial intelligence, high performance data analytics, quantum computing, or new and emerging technologies, we are eager to receive your research proposal!
All papers presented at ISC 2026 will be published as fully open access in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. ISC will cover all publication costs to increase the visibility of the research presented at ISC and create access to a broader community.
Dec 12, 2025
Abstract Deadline
Dec 19, 2025
Full Submission Deadline (no extension!)
MAR 18, 2026
Notification of Acceptance
JUN 23-25, 2026
Research Paper Sessions
All Dates
TBA
Author Rebuttals
TBA
Camera-Ready Submission
MAY 22, 2026
Short pre-recorded Video due
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.
Submission Guidelines
- Upload your research paper in PDF format, up to 10 pages (references don’t count in the page limit). You must use one of the conference manuscript templates provided on the IEEE website. An additional page is allowed to include reviewer comments and improvements (10+1) for the camera-ready version of your paper.
- Authors may include as many pages of appendices as they wish, but reviewers are not required to read these. If you wish to include an appendix, please add it after your references and keep in mind the double blind guidelines.
- If any content in the Research Paper is generated using AI tools, authors must transparently and thoroughly describe their use in the methods, acknowledgment, or equivalent section of the paper. Description is not necessary for tools used solely for improving spelling, grammar, and general editing. Authors are accountable for the accuracy of information provided by AI tools and for referencing any supporting work based on that information.
- The double-blind review process applies to all submissions (see ISC High Performance Double-Blind Review Guidelines). Please refrain from including names, affiliations, funding sources, or acknowledgments in the heading or body of the document. Authors should cite their own work in a third-party manner rather than redacting the citations.
- Papers submitted for the Research Papers track should not have been previously published or under peer review for a different venue. Papers pre-posted to arXiv, institutional repositories, and personal websites remain eligible for submission.
- Membership on a program committee does not inherently create a conflict of interest in submitting a paper.
Review Process
- Each paper is expected to receive a minimum of 3 to 4 reviews
- Papers will be evaluated based on novelty, fundamental insights, clarity of presentation, and potential for long-term impact
- Reviewers will provide constructive, actionable feedback that can be used to improve the paper, whether it is eventually accepted or not
- The Research Paper Committee reserves the right to reject incorrectly formatted papers
Rebuttal Phase
- Initial reviewer comments will be made available to the authors by the committee
- Authors can respond to clarify misunderstandings and answer questions
- Rebuttals will be submitted in written format and will have a tight deadline
- Authors will receive additional instructions via email
Final Decision
- The paper’s track committee will consider all reviews and rebuttals
- Live reviewer discussions will occur during the research paper committee meeting
- A consensus-driven approach will be used to select the strongest papers
- Notification of the papers’ outcomes will be sent to authors after the program committee’s meeting
Terms & Conditions
- The research paper sessions will be held from June 23-25, 2026.
- By submitting a research paper, you agree that one of the authors will present the work in person at ISC 2026.
- For a paper to be included in the IEEE Xplore proceedings, at least one author must present it at the conference in person. Otherwise, the paper will be excluded from the proceedings.
- One author is eligible for a complimentary conference participation pass (Tuesday – Thursday).
- Every paper presenter is required to submit a short, pre-recorded video summary of their paper prior to the conference.
- Presentation slides and short videos will be available on the event platform for registered attendees.
- Travel, accommodation, registration fees for other authors, and other such expenses will not be covered by the ISC organizers.
Hans Meuer Award
Named in honor of ISC’s founding father, the winning research paper will receive a €3000 cash prize and an award certificate.
ISC 2024 Research Paper Award Winners
TOPIC AREAS
The Research Paper Committee encourages the submission of high-quality papers reporting original work in theoretical, experimental, and industrial research and development in any of the following six topic areas.
System Architecture & Hardware Components
- 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
- Post Moore Computing
- Storage Technologies and Architectures
Programming Environments & System Software
- Compiler and Tools for Parallel 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
Algorithms & Performance
- Mixed Precision
- Novel Algorithms
- Optimizing for Energy 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
- Engineering
- Geosciences
- Industrial Use Cases of HPC, ML and QC
- Physics
- Renewable Energy
- Visualization and Virtual Reality
Machine Learning & AI
- AI Applications powered by HPC Technologies
- AI Factories
- Digital Twins and ML
- High-Performance Data Analytics
- HPC Simulations enhanced by Machine Learning
- HW and SW Design for Scalable Machine Learning
- Large Language Models and Generative AI in HPC
- ML Model Optimization
- ML Systems and Frameworks
- 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
- Quantum Machine Learning
- Quantum Program Development and Optimization
- Simulating Quantum Systems
Research Paper committee
ISC 2026 Research Paper Committee
- Hatem Ltaief, KAUST, Saudi Arabia (Chair)
- Richard Vuduc, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America (Deputy Chair)
Research Paper Information
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Submission Guidelines & Review Process
- Upload your research paper in PDF format, up to 10 pages (references don’t count in the page limit). Use double-column text in a single-spaced 10-point font on 8.5×11-inch pages. IEEE strongly encourages the use of conference manuscript templates on its website
- If any content in the Research Paper is generated using Artificial Intelligence tools, authors must transparently and thoroughly describe their use in the methods, acknowledgment, or equivalent section of the paper. Description is not necessary for tools used solely for improving spelling, grammar, and general editing. Authors are accountable for the accuracy of information provided by AI tools and for referencing any supporting work based on that information
- The double-blind review process applies to all submissions (see ISC High Performance Double-Blind Review Guidelines). Please refrain from including names, affiliations, funding sources, or acknowledgments in the heading or body of the document. Authors should cite their own work in a third-party manner rather than redacting the citations
- Papers submitted for the Research Papers track should not have been previously published or under peer review for a different venue. Papers pre-posted to arXiv, institutional repositories, and personal websites remain eligible for submission
- Membership on a program committee does not inherently create a conflict of interest in submitting a paper
- Each paper is expected to receive a minimum of 3 to 4 reviews
- Papers will be evaluated based on novelty, fundamental insights, clarity of presentation, and potential for long-term impact
- Reviewers will provide constructive, actionable feedback that can be used to improve the paper, whether it is eventually accepted or not
- The Research Paper Committee reserves the right to reject incorrectly formatted papers
- Initial reviewer comments will be made available to the authors by the committee
- Authors can respond to clarify misunderstandings and answer questions
- Rebuttals will be submitted in written format and will have a tight deadline
- Authors will receive additional instructions via email
- The paper’s track committee will consider all reviews and rebuttals
- Live reviewer discussions will occur during the research paper committee meeting
- A consensus-driven approach will be used to select the strongest papers
- Notification of the papers’ outcomes will be sent to authors after the program committee’s meeting
Terms & Conditions
- By submitting a research paper, you agree that one of the authors will present the work in person at ISC 2025. One author is eligible for a complimentary conference participation pass
- The research paper sessions will be held from June 10-12, 2025
- Every paper presenter needs to submit a short, pre-recorded summary video of the paper before the conference
- For a paper to be included in the IEEE Xplore proceedings, at least one author must present it at the conference in person. Otherwise, the paper will be excluded from the proceedings
- Presentation slides and short videos will be available on the event platform (Swapcard) for registered attendees
- Travel, accommodation, registration fees for other authors, and other such expenses will not be covered by the ISC organizers
Publications
All papers presented at ISC 2025 will be published as fully open access in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. ISC will cover all publication costs to increase the visibility of the research presented at ISC and create access to a broader community.
Hans meuer award
Named in honor of ISC’s founding father, the winning research paper will receive a 3000 euro cash prize and an award certificate.