The next ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers will takeplace on May 9th - 11th, 2023. Computing Frontiers 2023 will be heldin person in the town of Bologna, Italy.

Computing Frontiers is an eclectic, interdisciplinary, collaborativecommunity of researchers who investigate emerging technologies in thebroad field of computing: our common goal is to drive the scientificbreakthroughs that support society.

CF's broad scope is driven by recent technological advancesin wide-ranging fields impacting computing, such as novel computingmodels and paradigms, advancements in hardware, network and systemsarchitecture, cloud computing, novel device physics and materials,new application domains of artificial intelligence, big dataanalytics, wearables and IoT. The boundaries between thestate-of-the-art and revolutionary innovation constitute the advancingfrontiers of science, engineering, and information technology — andare the CF community focus. CF provides a venue to share, discuss,and advance broad, forward-thinking, early research on the future ofcomputing and welcomes work on a wide spectrum of computer systems,from embedded and hand-held/wearable devices to supercomputers anddatacenters.

IMPORTANT DATES

• Paper Submission deadline:    February 10th, 2023 (AoE) (Extended)
• Authors Notifications:        March 17th, 2023
• Camera Ready:                 March 24th, 2023
• Conference Dates:             May 9th - 11th, 2023

TOPICS OF INTEREST

We seek original research contributions at the frontiers of a widerange of topics, including novel computational models and algorithms,new application paradigms, computer architecture (from embedded to HPCsystems), computing hardware, memory technologies, networks, storagesolutions, compilers, and environments.

• Innovative Computing Approaches, Architectures, Accelerators,  Algorithms, and Models 
  • Approximate, analog, inexact, probabilistic computing
  • Neuromorphic, biologically-inspired computing, and hyperdimensional computing
  • Dataflow architectures, near-data, and in-memory processing
  • Quantum computing systems, including algorithms and applications for near-term quantum devices, programming models and compilers, and error correction
  • Benchmarks, methods, and performance metrics to evaluate innovative computing approaches
  • Physics-based models of computation
• Technological Scaling Limits and Beyond
  • Limits: Defect- and variability-tolerant designs, graphene and other novel materials, nanoscale design, dark silicon
  • Extending past Moore's law: 3D-stacking, heterogeneous architectures and accelerators, chiplets, distributed and federated computing and their challenges
• Efficient AI computing
  • Deep learning co-processors including architectures, efficient algorithms, chip design and hardware-software codesign, frameworks and programming models
  • Edge deep learning for IoT
  • Distributed AI computing for cloud data servers
• Embedded, IoT, and Cyber-Physical Systems
  • Ultra-low power designs, energy scavenging
  • Physical security, attack detection and prevention
  • Reactive, real-time, scalable, reconfigurable, and self-aware systems
  • Sensor networks, IoT, and architectural innovation for wearable computing
• Large-Scale System Design and Networking
  • Large-scale homogeneous/heterogeneous architectures and networking
  • System-balance and CPU-offloading
  • Power- and energy-management for clouds, data centers, and exascale systems
  • Big Data analytics and exascale data management
• System Software, Compiler Technologies, and Programming Languages
  • Technologies that push the limits of operating systems, virtualization, and container technologies
  • Large scale frameworks for distributed computing and communication
  • Resource and job management, scheduling and workflow systems for managing large-scale heterogeneous systems
  • Compiler technologies: hardware/software integrated solutions, high-level synthesis, compilers for heterogeneous architectures
  • Tools for analyzing and managing performance at large scale
  • Novel programming approaches
• Fault Tolerance and Resilience
  • Solutions for ultra-large and safety-critical systems (e.g., infrastructure, airlines)
  • Hardware and software approaches in adverse environments such as space
• Security
  • Methods, system support, and hardware for protecting against malicious code
  • Real-time implementations of security algorithms and protocols
  • Quantum and post-quantum cryptography
• Computers and Society
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics and AI environmental impact
  • Education, health, cost/energy-efficient design, smart cities, emerging markets, and interdisciplinary applications

We also strongly encourage submissions in emerging fields that may notfit into traditional categories — if in doubt, please contact the PCco-chairs by email.

CONFERENCE WEBSITE

https://www.computingfrontiers.org/

SUBMISSION

We encourage the submission of both full and short papers containinghigh-quality research describing original and unpublished work.Short papers may be position papers or may describe preliminary orhighly speculative work. Full papers are a maximum of eight (8)(excluding references) and short papers are a maximum of four (4)(including references) double-column pages in ACM conference format.Authors may buy up to two (2) extra pages for accepted full papers.Page limits include figures, tables and appendices, but excludereferences for full papers. As the review process is double-blind,removal of all identifying information from paper submissions isrequired (i.e., cite own work in third person). Papers not conformingto the above submission policies on formatting, page limits and theremoval of identifying information, will be automatically rejected.Authors are strongly advised to submit their papers with the finallist of authors in the submission system, as changes may not befeasible at later stages. By submitting your article to an ACM Publication, you are herebyacknowledging that you and your co-authors are subject to all ACMPublications Policies, including ACM's new Publications Policy onResearch Involving Human Participants and Subjects. Alleged violationsof this policy or any ACM Publications Policy will be investigated byACM and may result in a full retraction of your paper, in addition toother potential penalties, as per ACM Publications Policy.No-show policy: Any accepted papers are expected to be presentedin-person at the conference and at least one full registration isrequired from a submission author for each accepted paper. A no-showof papers will result in exclusion from the ACM digital libraryproceedings. If circumstances arise such that authors are unable topresent their papers at the conference, they must contact the PCco-chairs with a proposal for a replacement presenter.

SUBMISSION FORMAT

• Stage 1 - Paper submission: The short or full papers must be submittedby February 10th, 2023 (AoE).
• Stage 2 - Authors Notifications: March 17th, 2023.
• Stage 3 - Camera Ready: March 24, 2023.

CALL FOR ARTIFACT EVALUATION AND DISCLAIMER

The CF23 Organizing Committee strongly encourages authors on avoluntary basis to present the Artifact Evaluation documentation tosupport their scientific results. The Artifact Evaluation is run by adifferent committee after the acceptance of the paper and does notaffect the paper evaluation itself.

Authors may submit the artifact during the submission period or afterthe notification. To arrange the CF23 AE Committee and the necessarycomputing resources, authors are invited to flag the option during thepaper registration if they are willing to participate in theevaluation.

* Artifact Preparation

  CF23  adopts the ACM Artifact Review and Badging (Version 1.1 -  August 24, 2020). By "artifact", we mean a digital object that was  either created by the authors to be used as part of the study or  generated by the experiment itself. Typical artifacts may include  system description or scripts to install the environment or  reproduce specific experiments. Authors are invited to include a  one-page appendix to the main paper (after the references). The  appendix does not count in the page limit.

  To prepare the Appendix, authors may refer to the following guide  https://ctuning.org/ae/checklist.html to avoid common mistakes.  A Latex template can be found at the following link:https://github.com/ctuning/ck-artifact-evaluation/blob/master/wfe/ar  tifact-evaluation/templates/ae.tex

* Review Process

  The Artifact Evaluation (AE) Committee will reproduce the paper by  following the instructions included in the appendix and verify ACM  roles for assigned badges. For example, in order to have a paper  with an Artifact Available badge, the code and data should be stored  in a permanent archive with a DOI or another unique identifier.

  Authors may be invited by the AE Committee to revise their  instructions according to their feedback. At the end of the process,  AE Committee will recommend one or more badges to assign to the  paper among those supported by the ACM reproducibility policy.

ORGANIZATION

Computing Frontiers 2023 Chairs

•   General Co-Chairs:     
  • Andrea Bartolini, Università di Bologna, IT     
  • Kristian Rietveld, Leiden University, NL
•   Program Co-Chairs:     
  • Catherine Schuman, University of Tennessee, US     
  • Jose Moreira, IBM, US
•   Artifact Evaluation Co-Chairs:     
  • Flavio Vella, Università di Trento, IT     
  • Biago Cosenza, Università degli Studi di Salerno, IT
•   Finance Co-Chairs:     
  • Siddhartha Jana, Intel, US     
  • Luca Sterpone, Politecnico di Torino, IT
•   Local and Arrangment Co-Chair:     
  • Andrea Borghesi, Università di Bologna, IT     
  • Giuseppe Tagliavini, Università di Bologna, IT
•   Poster Co-Chair:     
  • Sarah Azimi, Politecnico di Torino, IT     
  • Nusa Zidaric, Leiden University, NL
•   Publication Co-Chairs:     
  • Josef Weidendorfer, LRZ / TUM, DE     
  • Serena Curzel, Politecnico di Milano, IT
•   Publicity Co-Chairs:     
  • Max Ghiglione, Airbus Defence and Space, DE     
  • Maryam Parsa, George Mason University, US     
  • Eishi Arima, TUM, DE
•   Registration Chair:     
  • Francesco Barchi, Università di Bologna, IT
•   Web Co-Chairs:     
  • Amir Raoofy, LRZ / TUM, DE     
  • Michael Ott, LRZ, DE
•   Workshop and Special Session Chair:     
  • Antonino Tumeo, PNNL, US

Computing Frontiers Steering Committee

• Michela Becchi, North Carolina State University, US 
• John Feo, PNNL, US 
• Hubertus Franke, IBM Research, US 
• Paul Kelly, Imperial College London, UK 
• Sally A. McKee, Clemson University, US 
• Claudia Di Napoli, ICAR-CNR, IT 
• Gianluca Palermo, Politecnico di Milano, IT (Deputy Co-Chair) 
• Maurizio Palesi, University of Catania, IT 
• Francesca Palumbo, University of Sassari, IT 
• Kristian Rietveld, Leiden University, NL 
• Kento Sato, RIKEN R-CCS, JP 
• Martin Schulz, TUM, DE 
• Carsten Trinitis, TUM Heilbronn, DE (Chair) 
• Antonino Tumeo, PNNL, US (Deputy Co-Chair) 
• Josef Weidendorfer, LRZ / TUM, DE

FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information and updates, check the CF'23 website at https://www.computingfrontiers.org/