Deadlines:

  • Submission Deadline for Posters and Short Papers: : August 3rd, 2026, 11:59PM AoE

IEEE International Symposium on Workload Characterization (IISWC) is dedicated to the understanding and characterization of workloads that run on all types of computing systems. This symposium will focus on characterizing and understanding emerging applications in consumer, commercial and scientific computing. IISWC 2026 will be held on September 27-29, 2026, Boulder, CO, USA.

Tracks

This year we will accept poster abstracts in three tracks: short paper track, regular work-in-progress (WiP) track and PhD forum track. Submissions to regular WiP and PhD forum tracks have a 2-page limit, and short paper track have a 4-page limit. Please use the submission template as mentioned in “Submission guidelines” below. The deadline for all 3 tracks is August 3rd, 2026, 11:59 PM AoE

Topics

Authors are invited to submit extended poster abstracts encompassing ongoing or late breaking research, tools or benchmarks in any of the following fields:

  • Characterization of applications in domain
  • Characterization of workloads for emerging workloads and architectures
  • Characterization of OS, Virtual Machine, middleware and library behavior
  • Implications of workloads in system design
  • Benchmark methodologies and suites
  • Measurement tools and techniques

Submission Guidelines

  • Page limit: 4 pages for short paper track, 2 pages for regular WiP and PhD forum track, including references, in PDF format. Single-spaced double column pages using a 10-point size font on 8.5x11 inch using the submission template.
  • Submission template: IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings
  • Proceedings: Regular WiP and PhD forum poster abstracts will NOT be included in the IISWC 2026 proceedings, so that the authors can resubmit their work to a future conference or journal. Short paper poster abstracts will be included in the IISWC 2026 proceedings.