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.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

• 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.

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

IMPORTANT DATES

Special session proposal: 31 August 2026
Abstract registration deadline: 19 October 2026
Submission deadline: 26 October 2026
Author notification: 7 December 2026
Camera-ready: 25 January 2027
Conference: 17-19 March 2027

SPECIAL SESSION SUBMISSION GUIDELIINES

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 Special Session chairs, and their competence in the proposed topic(s).
A tentative list of Program Committee members.
A draft of the Session-specific Call for Papers including tentative calendar.
An estimate of the number of expected submissions.
For returning Special Sessions, please indicate the number of submissions received in the previous iteration of the session.
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].

PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

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
Full papers: up to 8 pages.

Review
Remove author names, affiliations, and identifying acknowledgements from the manuscript prior to submission.

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

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

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

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
Gladys Utrera – Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Xavier Martorell – Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Daniel Jiménez-Gonzáles – Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Pau Ferrer Cid – Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

HPCMS Program Committee
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 – BlasUniversity 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 LitzingerFern – Universität 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 TsujiRIKEN R-CCS
Gladys Utrera – Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya