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38th International Conference on Scalable Scientific Data Management

August 11–13, 2026 — San Diego, California

Venue: SDSC, UC San Diego

Abstract submission: Apr 24, 2026 AOE

Paper submission deadline: May 1, 2026 AOE

Notification: Jun 14, 2026

Poster submission deadline: TBD, 2026

Camera-Ready Deadline: TBD, 2026

San Diego Supercomputer Center

UC San Diego

Call for Short and Demo Papers

Short and demo papers are submitted through the same process as regular papers. Please see the Call for Papers for the full list of topics, submission guidelines, and important dates.

Short papers

Short papers are up to 6 pages (including references and appendices). Short papers should describe interesting, innovative ideas, which nevertheless require more work to mature, or are vision papers. Short papers will be given a short presentation slot in the conference.

Demo papers

Demo papers are up to 6 pages (including references and appendices). Demo paper proposals should provide the motivation for the demonstrated concepts, the information about the technology and the system to be demonstrated (including a system description, functionality and figures when applicable), and should state the significance of the contribution. Selection criteria for the demonstration proposals evaluation include: the novelty, the technical advances and challenges, and the overall practical attractiveness of the demonstrated system. Demo papers will be given a short presentation slot in the conference.

Submission Guidelines

All submissions must follow the ACM format using the sigconf template: https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template

For LaTeX users: \documentclass[sigconf,review]{acmart}

Submission site: HotCRP (submission link will be available soon)

Short & Demo papers (up to 6 pages including references) will be included in the conference proceedings. If your paper is selected, at least one author must register for the technical program and present the paper in person. Each registration may cover only one accepted paper. Papers not presented at the conference will be removed from the proceedings.

Important Dates (AoE)