CFP: Special Issue on Top Picks from the 2025 Computer Architecture Conferences

Submissions due: 20 December 2025

Publication: September/October 2026

Eligibility

Eligible submissions include papers that make substantial contributions to computer architecture published in 2025 at the following conference venues:

Core Computer Architecture Venues: ASPLOS, ISCA, MICRO, HPCA.

Related and Cross-Disciplinary Venues:  MLSys, SC, PACT, ISPASS, IISWC, ICLR, NeurIPS, CVPR, SOSP, OSDI, IEEE S&P, USENIX ATC, NSDI, and NDSS.

Papers from these venues must demonstrate clear and substantial contributions to computer architecture; submissions without such focus may be desk-rejected at the discretion of the PC Chairs.

For papers originating from other venues, authors must obtain prior approval from the Selection Committee Chairs before submission.

Submission Guidelines

To simplify reviewing, there is a mandatory format for submissions. Authors will need to upload the following two documents:

1. A three-page (including all references), two-column document using 10-point type. The first two pages should summarize the paper. The third page should argue for the potential of the work to have long-term impact, clearly articulating why and how it will influence other researchers and/or industry.
2. The final version of the original conference paper.

Submissions that do not follow this format will not be reviewed. The first document should contain the names of the authors with a footnote that includes the title of the original conference paper, the full name of the conference, and date of publication.

Please submit here: https://toppicks2026.hotcrp.com

In addition to submitting your paper to IEEE Micro, you are also encouraged to upload the data related to your paper to IEEE DataPort. IEEE DataPort is IEEE's data platform that supports the storage and publishing of datasets while also providing access to thousands of research datasets. Uploading your dataset to IEEE DataPort will strengthen your paper and will support research reproducibility. Your paper and the dataset can be linked, providing a good opportunity for you to increase the number of citations you receive. Data can be uploaded to IEEE DataPort prior to submitting your paper or concurrent with the paper submission. Thank you!

Accepted Paper Guidelines

Authors of accepted papers will receive further instructions on how to prepare the final papers to conform to IEEE Micro‘s guidelines. Final papers should not exceed 6,000 words including no more than 12 references and short bios of authors, with each average-size figure counting as 250 words toward this limit. Papers must have at least 30 percent new content. Final papers will be reviewed again before publication and edited for structure, style, clarity, and readability.

Guest Editors (and Selection Committee Chair and Vice Chair)

Contact the guest editors at: microtoppicks2026@gmail.com

• Nam Sung Kim (Chair), University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
• Yingyan (Celine) Lin (Vice Chair), Georgia Tech