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    "title": "Distributed ML Venues",
    "description": "Top conferences, workshops, journals and special issues for distributed / federated machine learning and ML systems.",
    "updated": "2026-10-22",
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        "ml-systems",
        "distributed-training",
        "inference-serving"
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      "location": "Bellevue, WA, USA",
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        "end": "2027-06-25"
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          "date": "2026-10-30",
          "time": "12:00",
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      "notes": "Two tracks (Research, Industrial) via OpenReview. Deadline confirmed on the official mlsys.org homepage Important Dates (Oct 30 2026 12:00 PM PDT); the separate 2027 CFP page still says details not announced. Author reviews 2027-01-18, responses due 2027-01-21.",
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          "note": "Page says details for MLSys 2027 not yet announced"
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      "id": "osdi-2027",
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      "name": "USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation",
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      "edition": "2027",
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      "location": "Baltimore, MD, USA",
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        "start": "2027-07-07",
        "end": "2027-07-09"
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        {
          "label": "Full paper",
          "date": "2026-12-08",
          "time": "17:59",
          "tz": "America/New_York",
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      "notes": "Preliminary CFP. USENIX may add an initial review stage; details promised at least one month before the paper deadline. Hard deadlines, no extensions.",
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      "id": "nsdi-2027",
      "type": "conference",
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      "name": "USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation",
      "acronym": "NSDI",
      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A*",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
        "networking",
        "distributed-systems",
        "ml-systems"
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      "url": "https://www.usenix.org/conference/nsdi27",
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      "location": "Providence, RI, USA",
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        "start": "2027-05-11",
        "end": "2027-05-13"
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          "time": "23:59",
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          "tz": "America/New_York",
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        {
          "label": "Fall full paper",
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          "time": "23:59",
          "tz": "America/New_York",
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          "confidence": "official",
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      "notification_date": "2026-12-08",
      "typical_deadline": "late April (spring) and mid September (fall)",
      "notes": "New Frontiers Track for bold ideas without a complete evaluation. Next: NSDI 2028 spring deadline, expected ~April 2027.",
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      "id": "eurosys-2027",
      "type": "conference",
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      "name": "European Conference on Computer Systems",
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      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
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        "systems",
        "ml-systems",
        "distributed-systems"
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      "location": "Rabat, Morocco",
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        "start": "2027-04-19",
        "end": "2027-04-23"
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          "label": "Fall cycle abstract",
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          "label": "Fall cycle full paper",
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          "tz": "AoE",
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      "notes": "Two review cycles per year. 12 pages double-blind, max three submissions per author per cycle, AI-tool use must be disclosed. Next: EuroSys 2028 spring cycle, expected ~May 2027. Official URL for 2027 unverified.",
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      "id": "asplos-2027",
      "type": "conference",
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      "name": "International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems",
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      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A*",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
        "architecture",
        "systems",
        "ml-systems"
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      "location": "Heraklion, Greece",
      "event_dates": {
        "start": "2027-04-11",
        "end": "2027-04-15"
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        {
          "label": "April cycle full paper",
          "date": "2026-04-15",
          "time": "23:59",
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          "confidence": "official",
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          "label": "September cycle full paper",
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          "time": "23:59",
          "tz": "AoE",
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      ],
      "notification_date": "2026-12-21",
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      "notes": "No separate abstract deadline. Next: ASPLOS 2028 April cycle, expected ~April 2027.",
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      "id": "ipdps-2027",
      "type": "conference",
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      "name": "IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium",
      "acronym": "IPDPS",
      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
        "parallel-computing",
        "hpc",
        "distributed-training"
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      "location": "Bellevue, WA, USA",
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        "start": "2027-06-01",
        "end": "2027-06-05"
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          "label": "Abstract",
          "date": "2026-10-01",
          "time": "23:59",
          "tz": "AoE",
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        {
          "label": "Full manuscript",
          "date": "2026-10-08",
          "time": "23:59",
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          "kind": "paper",
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      "notes": "Early-reject round, rebuttal, then revision cycle. Workshop CFPs (many on distributed ML / FL) are published on the IPDPS workshops page with later deadlines, typically January.",
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      "name": "International Conference on Machine Learning",
      "acronym": "ICML",
      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A*",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
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        "distributed-training",
        "federated-learning"
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      "location": "South America (city TBA)",
      "event_dates": null,
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          "time": "23:59",
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      "notification_date": null,
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      "notes": "Official 2027 CFP not yet published as of 2026-10-21; dates are projections from the 2026 cycle.",
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      "id": "neurips-2027",
      "type": "conference",
      "series": "neurips",
      "name": "Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems",
      "acronym": "NeurIPS",
      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A*",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
        "general-ml",
        "distributed-training",
        "federated-learning"
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      "url": "https://neurips.cc/",
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      "location": null,
      "event_dates": null,
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      "typical_deadline": "mid May",
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      "id": "iclr-2027",
      "type": "conference",
      "series": "iclr",
      "name": "International Conference on Learning Representations",
      "acronym": "ICLR",
      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A*",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
        "general-ml",
        "distributed-training",
        "federated-learning"
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          "date": "2026-09-18",
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      "notification_date": "2026-12-16",
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      "notes": "ICLR 2027 (15th ICLR) submission deadline has passed; final decisions 2026-12-16. Next: ICLR 2028 CFP expected mid 2027.",
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      "name": "ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles",
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      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A*",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
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        "ml-systems",
        "distributed-systems"
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      "notes": "Now annual. CFP usually appears in January. Edition pages live under https://sigops.org/s/conferences/sosp/<year>/ (2026: Prague, 29 Sep-2 Oct 2026); the 2027 page is not published yet.",
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      "type": "conference",
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      "name": "ACM SIGOPS Annual Technical Conference",
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      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023 (as USENIX ATC)",
      "topics": [
        "systems",
        "ml-systems",
        "distributed-systems"
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      "url": "https://sigops.org/s/conferences/atc/",
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      "id": "sigcomm-2027",
      "type": "conference",
      "series": "sigcomm",
      "name": "ACM SIGCOMM Conference",
      "acronym": "SIGCOMM",
      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A*",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
        "networking",
        "distributed-training",
        "ml-systems"
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      "event_dates": null,
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      "sources": [],
      "last_verified": null,
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      "url_kind": "edition"
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      "name": "International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis",
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      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
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        "distributed-training",
        "parallel-computing"
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      "location": "Denver, CO, USA",
      "event_dates": {
        "start": "2027-11-14",
        "end": "2027-11-19"
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          "date": "2027-04-01",
          "time": "23:59",
          "tz": "AoE",
          "kind": "paper",
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      "notes": "Deadline projected from SC24-SC26 pattern; replace with the official SC27 dates when published.",
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      ],
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      "next_deadline": "2027-04-01",
      "url_kind": "series"
    },
    {
      "id": "ppopp-2027",
      "type": "conference",
      "series": "ppopp",
      "name": "ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Principles and Practice of Parallel Programming",
      "acronym": "PPoPP",
      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
        "parallel-computing",
        "ml-systems"
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      "type": "conference",
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      "name": "ACM International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing",
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      "rank": "A",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
        "hpc",
        "distributed-systems",
        "distributed-training"
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      "event_dates": null,
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      "type": "conference",
      "series": "icdcs",
      "name": "IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems",
      "acronym": "ICDCS",
      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
        "distributed-systems",
        "federated-learning",
        "edge-ml"
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      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
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        "cloud",
        "distributed-systems",
        "edge-ml"
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        "ml-systems",
        "distributed-systems"
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      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
        "distributed-systems",
        "ml-systems",
        "edge-ml"
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      "location": null,
      "event_dates": null,
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      "notification_date": null,
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      "notes": "URL pattern unverified for 2027.",
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      "name": "International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing",
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      "rank": "A",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
        "parallel-computing",
        "distributed-systems",
        "distributed-training"
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      "name": "ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data",
      "acronym": "SIGMOD",
      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A*",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
        "databases",
        "ml-systems"
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      "url": "https://2027.sigmod.org/",
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      "location": null,
      "event_dates": null,
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      "notification_date": null,
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      "notes": "Research track uses two submission rounds. Verify which rounds remain open. URL pattern unverified for 2027.",
      "sources": [],
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      "added": "2026-10-21",
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      "url_kind": "edition"
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      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
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        "ml-systems"
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        {
          "url": "https://vldb.org/2027/",
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      "series": "kdd",
      "name": "ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining",
      "acronym": "KDD",
      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A*",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
        "general-ml",
        "federated-learning",
        "ml-systems"
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      "url": "https://kdd2027.kdd.org/",
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        {
          "url": "https://kdd2027.kdd.org/",
          "kind": "official",
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      "name": "International Symposium on Computer Architecture",
      "acronym": "ISCA",
      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A*",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
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        "ml-systems"
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      "url": "https://iscaconf.org/isca2027/",
      "cfp_url": "https://iscaconf.org/isca2027/submit/callforpapers.php",
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        "end": "2027-06-09"
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      "deadlines": [
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          "time": "23:59",
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          "tz": "AoE",
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      "notification_date": "2027-03-26",
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      "acronym": "MICRO",
      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A*",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
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        "ml-systems"
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      "cfp_url": null,
      "location": null,
      "event_dates": null,
      "deadlines": [],
      "notification_date": null,
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      "notes": null,
      "sources": [],
      "last_verified": null,
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      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A*",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
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        "ml-systems"
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      "location": "Salt Lake City, UT, USA",
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        "end": "2027-03-24"
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      "deadlines": [
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          "time": "23:59",
          "tz": "AoE",
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        {
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          "time": "23:59",
          "tz": "AoE",
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      "notification_date": "2026-11-06",
      "typical_deadline": "early August",
      "notes": "33rd HPCA, co-located with CGO/PPoPP/CC 2027. Deadlines have passed; track HPCA 2028 (CFP expected July 2027).",
      "sources": [
        {
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          "retrieved": "2026-10-21"
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      "series": "sigmetrics",
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      "acronym": "SIGMETRICS",
      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A*",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
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        "distributed-systems",
        "ml-systems"
      ],
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      "cfp_url": null,
      "location": null,
      "event_dates": null,
      "deadlines": [],
      "notification_date": null,
      "typical_deadline": "three rounds: ~February, ~May, ~October",
      "notes": "Papers appear in POMACS; several deadlines per year.",
      "sources": [],
      "last_verified": null,
      "added": "2026-10-21",
      "status": "tbd",
      "next_deadline": null,
      "url_kind": "series"
    },
    {
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      "series": "conext",
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      "acronym": "CoNEXT",
      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
        "networking",
        "distributed-training",
        "edge-ml"
      ],
      "url": "https://conferences.sigcomm.org/co-next/2027/",
      "cfp_url": null,
      "location": null,
      "event_dates": null,
      "deadlines": [],
      "notification_date": null,
      "typical_deadline": "two rounds: ~January and ~June/July",
      "notes": "Hosts the DistributedML workshop. URL pattern unverified for 2027.",
      "sources": [],
      "last_verified": null,
      "added": "2026-10-21",
      "status": "tbd",
      "next_deadline": null,
      "url_kind": "edition"
    },
    {
      "id": "infocom-2027",
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      "series": "infocom",
      "name": "IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications",
      "acronym": "INFOCOM",
      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A*",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
        "networking",
        "federated-learning",
        "edge-ml"
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      "url": "https://infocom2027.ieee-infocom.org/",
      "cfp_url": null,
      "location": null,
      "event_dates": null,
      "deadlines": [],
      "notification_date": null,
      "typical_deadline": "late July / early August",
      "notes": "2027 deadline has most likely passed; verify and then track INFOCOM 2028. Large FL / distributed learning presence. URL pattern unverified.",
      "sources": [],
      "last_verified": null,
      "added": "2026-10-21",
      "status": "tbd",
      "next_deadline": null,
      "url_kind": "edition"
    },
    {
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      "type": "conference",
      "series": "mobicom",
      "name": "ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking",
      "acronym": "MobiCom",
      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A*",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
        "edge-ml",
        "federated-learning",
        "networking"
      ],
      "url": "https://sigmobile.org/mobicom/2027/",
      "cfp_url": null,
      "location": null,
      "event_dates": null,
      "deadlines": [],
      "notification_date": null,
      "typical_deadline": "two rounds: ~March and ~August",
      "notes": "URL pattern unverified for 2027.",
      "sources": [],
      "last_verified": null,
      "added": "2026-10-21",
      "status": "tbd",
      "next_deadline": null,
      "url_kind": "edition"
    },
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      "series": "cluster",
      "name": "IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing",
      "acronym": "CLUSTER",
      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
        "hpc",
        "distributed-systems",
        "distributed-training"
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      "cfp_url": null,
      "location": null,
      "event_dates": null,
      "deadlines": [],
      "notification_date": null,
      "typical_deadline": "mid April",
      "notes": null,
      "sources": [],
      "last_verified": null,
      "added": "2026-10-21",
      "status": "tbd",
      "next_deadline": null,
      "url_kind": "series"
    },
    {
      "id": "icpp-2027",
      "type": "conference",
      "series": "icpp",
      "name": "International Conference on Parallel Processing",
      "acronym": "ICPP",
      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
        "parallel-computing",
        "distributed-training"
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      "url": "https://icpp2027.github.io/",
      "cfp_url": null,
      "location": "Sapporo, Japan",
      "event_dates": {
        "start": "2027-09-13",
        "end": "2027-09-17"
      },
      "deadlines": [],
      "notification_date": null,
      "typical_deadline": "mid April",
      "notes": "56th ICPP. CFP not yet posted as of 2026-10-21 (expected around March 2027). The series page https://www.icpp-conf.org/ redirects to the current edition. (Seed URL icpp2027.org was an unrelated chemistry congress.)",
      "sources": [
        {
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          "retrieved": "2026-10-21"
        }
      ],
      "last_verified": "2026-10-21",
      "added": "2026-10-21",
      "status": "tbd",
      "next_deadline": null,
      "url_kind": "edition"
    },
    {
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      "series": "aistats",
      "name": "International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics",
      "acronym": "AISTATS",
      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "A",
      "rank_source": "CORE2023",
      "topics": [
        "general-ml",
        "federated-learning",
        "optimization"
      ],
      "url": "http://aistats.org/aistats2027/",
      "cfp_url": null,
      "location": "Montréal, Canada",
      "event_dates": null,
      "deadlines": [
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          "label": "Abstract",
          "date": "2026-09-29",
          "time": "23:59",
          "tz": "AoE",
          "kind": "abstract",
          "confidence": "official",
          "status": "passed"
        },
        {
          "label": "Full paper",
          "date": "2026-10-06",
          "time": "23:59",
          "tz": "AoE",
          "kind": "paper",
          "confidence": "official",
          "status": "passed"
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      ],
      "notification_date": "2027-01-20",
      "typical_deadline": "early October",
      "notes": "30th AISTATS. Notification date marked tentative on the virtual site. Journal-to-conference deadline 2027-01-18. Submission deadlines have passed.",
      "sources": [
        {
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          "retrieved": "2026-10-21"
        },
        {
          "url": "http://aistats.org/aistats2027/",
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          "retrieved": "2026-10-21"
        }
      ],
      "last_verified": "2026-10-21",
      "added": "2026-10-21",
      "status": "closed",
      "next_deadline": null,
      "url_kind": "edition"
    },
    {
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      "name": "European Workshop on Machine Learning and Systems (co-located with EuroSys)",
      "acronym": "EuroMLSys",
      "edition": "2027",
      "rank": "W",
      "rank_source": "workshop",
      "topics": [
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        "distributed-training",
        "edge-ml"
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      "url": "https://euromlsys.eu/",
      "cfp_url": null,
      "location": "Rabat, Morocco",
      "event_dates": null,
      "deadlines": [],
      "notification_date": null,
      "typical_deadline": "early February",
      "notes": "Co-located with EuroSys 2027 (April 2027).",
      "sources": [],
      "last_verified": null,
      "added": "2026-10-21",
      "status": "tbd",
      "next_deadline": null,
      "url_kind": "series"
    },
    {
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      "type": "workshop",
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      "rolling": true,
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      "sources": [],
      "last_verified": null,
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        "distributed-systems"
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        "federated-learning",
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        "federated-learning",
        "networking"
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        "federated-learning"
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      "cfp_url": "https://ieee-iotj.org/special-issues/",
      "publisher": "IEEE",
      "rolling": true,
      "deadlines": [],
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      "last_verified": null,
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      "deadlines": [],
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