PDP 2027 – Official Call for Special Sessions (Barcelona, Spain)

William Spataro <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:16:51 +0200
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*Call for Special Sessions at PDP2027*

*17=E2=80=9319 March 2027 Barcelona (Spain)*

*www.pdp2027.org <http://www.pdp2027.org>*

The PDP conference features multiple tracks, including a main track that
covers all conference topics, alongside specialized tracks known as
=E2=80=9CSpecial Sessions=E2=80=9C that focus on interdisciplinary aspects =
within parallel
and distributed computing. Special sessions are proposed upon request by a
Session Organizing Committee, which operates autonomously with its own
Chairs and Program Committee. Papers presented in Special Sessions are
included in the IEEE volume alongside the main track proceedings (IEEE
Conference proceedings format =E2=80=93 IEEEtran, double-column, 10pt) and =
must
therefore adhere to the conference rules, including paper acceptance rates
set in agreement with the general chairs. Special Sessions may have a later
submission deadline compared to the main track, provided that organizers
can complete article reviews in time for the final camera-ready copy
deadline (estimated January 25, 2027). Each Special Session must have one
of its chair registered at PDP 2027 in order to coordinate activities
related to that session.

*Important Dates Special Session proposals*:  August 31st, 2026

*Paper submission*: To be managed as a track in the same Multi-track
Easychair installation as the main conference. Special Session Chairs will
be assigned there in Track Chair roles.

*Author notification:* Defined by the Special Session Chairs

*Camera ready for all tracks: *January 25, 2027 (estimate)



*Proposals should be sent until 31st August to **[email protected]*
<[email protected]>
* with subject [Special session proposal].*



*Special Session Proposal Submission Guidelines*

Special Sessions proposals should include the following information:

=E2=80=93 A brief description of the specific issues that the special sessi=
on will
address;

=E2=80=93 Contact information of the Special Session chairs, and their comp=
etence
in the proposed topic(s);

=E2=80=93 A tentative list of Program Committee members;

=E2=80=93 A draft of the Session-specific Call for Papers including tentati=
ve
calendar;

=E2=80=93 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;






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William Spataro
Department of Mathematics & Computer Science
High Performance Computing Center
University of Calabria
I-87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS)
Italy

Phone(s) : +39.0984.496464
Fax : +39.0984.493570

Web: www.mat.unical.it/spataro
Email: [email protected]
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