Conference Focus
ICS is the premier international forum for presenting research results in high-performance computing systems, held annually since 1987. The focus of ICS is high-performance computers and computation:
- Architecture including power-aware, parallel I/O, grid-based, web-based, continuous monitoring, self-healing, fault-tolerant, embedded
- Productivity including benchmarks, performance evaluation studies, specialized languages, program development tools
- Systems including compilers, operating systems, schedulers, runtime optimization
- Applications including numeric and non-numeric, scientific, biological, industrial, massive sensory processing
- Theoretical underpinnings of any of the above topics as well as analysis and experimental evaluation of systems.
ICS 2027
The 41st ICS will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, as part of the ACM Federated Computing Research Conference (FCRC). Dates and the organizing committee will be announced here.
ICS 2026
The 40th ICS was held in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, from 6 to 9 July 2026. Conference website.
Governance
ICS is directed by a permanent Steering Committee, which operates under published bylaws setting out its membership classes, terms of service, and criteria for rotating its membership.