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<p><b>Call for Papers<br>
<i>PPSN 2026 Workshop on Nature-Inspired High-Performance
Computing (NIHPC 2026)<br>
</i></b>Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (PPSN XVII)<br>
Trento, Italy — August 29 or 30, 2026 (TBD)</p>
<hr><b>Overview</b><br>
Nature-inspired computation—including evolutionary algorithms, swarm
intelligence, neuromorphic systems, and quantum-inspired
optimization—has strong connections to parallel and distributed
computing. As modern HPC platforms evolve toward extreme-scale and
heterogeneous architectures, these approaches present new
opportunities and challenges in scalability, efficiency, and
deployment.<br>
This workshop brings together researchers at the intersection of <b>nature-inspired
computation and high-performance computing</b>, focusing on
scalable algorithm design, performance modeling, and real-world
applications on modern computing systems.<br>
<hr><b>Topics of Interest</b> (include but are not limited to):<br>
<ul>
<li>Parallel and distributed evolutionary algorithms</li>
<li>Scalable swarm intelligence (PSO, ACO, artificial immune
systems, etc.)</li>
<li>Large-scale agent-based and multi-agent systems</li>
<li>Neuromorphic and spiking approaches for optimization</li>
<li>Quantum and quantum-inspired optimization</li>
<li>Hybrid and heterogeneous computing approaches</li>
<li>Algorithm–architecture co-design</li>
<li>Performance modeling and scalability analysis</li>
<li>Communication-efficient and asynchronous methods</li>
<li>Energy-efficient and sustainable computing</li>
<li>Reproducibility, benchmarking, and workflows</li>
<li>Applications in science, engineering, and AI (e.g., RL, NAS)</li>
</ul>
<hr><b>Important Dates</b><br>
<ul>
<li>Submission deadline: May 8, 2026</li>
<li>Notification: May 22, 2026</li>
<li>Workshop: August 29 or 30, 2026 (TBD)</li>
</ul>
<hr><b>Submission Guidelines</b><br>
<ul>
<li>Papers must follow <b>PPSN 2026 / Springer LNCS format not to
exceed 8 pages</b></li>
<li>We welcome <b>original, unpublished work</b></li>
<li>Submissions will be <b>peer-reviewed</b> for quality and
relevance</li>
<li>Some accepted workshop papers will be selected for publication
in a special journal issue.</li>
</ul>
Submission site (EasyChair): <a
href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nichpc26"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nichpc26</a><br>
<hr><b>Website</b><br>
<a
href="https://markcoletti.github.io/ppsn-nihpc-workshop-site/2026/index.html"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://markcoletti.github.io/ppsn-nihpc-workshop-site/2026/index.html</a><br>
<b>Contact</b><br>
For inquiries, please contact the organizers via the workshop
website or by emailing <a
href="mailto:2026-ppsn-nature-inspired-hpc-workshop-organizers@googlegroups.com"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">2026-ppsn-nature-inspired-hpc-workshop-organizers@googlegroups.com</a><br>
<hr><b>Organizers</b><br>
<ul>
<li>Mark Coletti, Chair, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA</li>
<li>El-Ghazali Talbi, Co-organizer, Polytech'Lille, University
Lille - INRIA, France</li>
<li>Philippe Codognet, Co-organizer, Japanese-French Laboratory
for Informatics (JFLI) at CNRS / Sorbonne University /
University of Tokyo, France and Japan</li>
<li>Swetha Varadarajan, Co-organizer, Seattle University, USA</li>
</ul>
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MESS'2026 summer school on Quantum and Neuromorphic Optimization
July 6-10, 2026, Catania, Sicilia, Italy, <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ants-lab.it/mess2026/">https://www.ants-lab.it/mess2026/</a>
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Prof. El-ghazali TALBI
Polytech'Lille, University Lille - INRIA
CRISTAL - CNRS</pre>
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