The 24th International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications
(ISPA 2026)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

27 December 2026 – 02 January 2027

Call For Papers

ISPA 2026 is an international forum for original research on parallel, distributed, edge, cloud and large-scale computing systems. The conference welcomes academia and industrial researchers to share innovations on multi-core, heterogeneous clusters, P2P networks, AI computing architecture, blockchain security, big data analytics and pervasive services. ISPA series has been held annually since 2003 across Asia, Europe, Australia and North America. The conference includes oral presentations, poster sessions, tutorials, invited keynote speeches and special sessions.

We invite submissions from academia, government and industry that present novel research on all aspects of parallel and distributed processing with applications. Topics of ISPA include but are not limited to the following areas:

  • Track 1: Systems and Architectures
    • – Cloud computing and data center technology
    – Migration of computations
    – Multi-clouds environments, cloud federation, interoperability
    – Energy management and green computing
    – Wireless and mobile networks
    – Systems and Architectures for artificial intelligence
    – Distributed/parallel algorithms and application
    – Social networks, crowdsourcing, and P2P systems
    – Distributed file and storage systems, I/O systems
  • Track 2: Technologies and Tools
    • – Parallel and distributed computing paradigms
    – Novel parallel programming paradigms
    – Programming models for cloud services
    – Code generation and optimization
    – Compilers for parallel computers
    – Middleware and tools
    – Scheduling and resource management
    – Reliability, fault tolerance, and dependability
    – Generative AI, agents, and world model
  • Track 3: Applications and Services
    • – High-performance scientific and engineering computing
    – Grid and cluster computing
    – Pervasive and ubiquitous computing
    – Databases, data mining, and data management
    – Big data and business analytics
    – Scientific cloud systems and services
    – Internet computing and web services
    – Software defined network and its applications
    – LLMs powered by parallel and distributed computing
  • Track 4: Security and Block-chain
    • – Security in parallel AI systems
    – Federated learning
    – Blockchain-based applications and services
    – Blockchain security and privacy
    – Blockchain in cyber physical systems
    – Scalability issues in blockchain
    – Blockchain in edge and cloud computing
    – Blockchain-based applications and services
    – Decentralized blockchain-enabled AI systems

Page limits are as follows:

  • Full Regular Paper: 8 pages allowed (up to 10 pages with over-length charge)
  • Regular Paper or Special Session Paper: 6 pages allowed (up to 8 pages with over-length charge)
  • Late Breaking Innovation (LBI) papers should present cutting-edge research across all ISPA topics. LBI submissions will undergo a review process, and accepted papers will be included in the conference program as Regular papers, based on their quality, novelty, and completeness. NOTE: Please add the target track number (i.e., Track 1/Track 2/Track 3/Track 4) to the end of the paper title when registering your paper, for example, Paper Title (Track 1). The author does not need to add the track number to the manuscript. The file size of the manuscript must not exceed 20MB.

PDF files must embed all fonts; avoid scanned images, conversion errors, encryption, and obsolete Type-3 fonts, as these issues can prevent successful upload. All papers must use a two-column, single-spaced layout with 10-point font, on US Letter (8.5" × 11") or A4 (210 × 297 mm) pages.


Anonymity: All submitted papers will be reviewed under a single-blind peer review process.


Paper Publication:

Distinguished papers presented at the conference, after further revision, will be invited for submission to a special issue.



Sponsored and Organized by

Zhengzhou University
Zhejiang Normal University