Special Sessions

Collaborative Projects (Call for Abstracts)

CF'26 will feature a special session focused on collaborative projects addressing the topics of interest of the conference, including but not limited to novel computational models and algorithms, AI on the edge, new application paradigms, computer architecture (from embedded to HPC systems), computing hardware, memory technologies, networks, storage solutions, compilers, and environments. We encourage submissions from projects funded by funding agencies across the world: EU, DARPA, IARPA, DOE, ESA, NASA, etc.

The goal of this session is to provide a venue for increasing the visibility of current research and development collaborative projects and creating a forum for collaboration. The special session is also an opportunity to discuss future research projects and search for partnerships.

In addition to ongoing projects, we will also welcome submissions on newly accepted projects, which will be invited for short presentations during the conference.

Submissions

Project Coordinators are invited to submit an abstract (1 page of text maximum, A4 or letter paper size, free format) presenting the goals of the project, recent achievements, and lessons learned. Please also specify in the abstract when the project started and its duration. Abstracts should be sent by e-mail to the special session co-chairs by February 13th, 2026 (AoE). Notification of acceptance will be sent by e-mail on March 6th, 2026 (AoE).

Accepted abstracts are invited to prepare an optional 6-page paper, according to the submission instructions of CF'26. For newly accepted projects, optional 4-page project abstracts, also following the CF'26 submission instructions, will be accepted.

The deadline for the camera-ready submission is April 6th, 2026. All accepted contributions (abstract or optional papers) will be published in the workshop proceedings of Computing Frontiers in the ACM Digital Library. Submission instructions for the camera-ready version will be provided at a later date.

Note that all accepted contributions are expected to be presented in person at the conference and at least one full registration is required from one of the authors of an accepted abstract.

Contact

Michela Becchi
North Carolina State University, USA
mbecchi@ncsu.edu

Francesca Palumbo
University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
francesca.palumbo@unica.it