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- We welcome original, unpublished work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