The International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA) is the premier forum for new ideas and experimental results in computer architecture. The conference specifically seeks particularly forward-looking and novel submissions. In 2026, the 53rd edition of ISCA will be held in Raleigh at the Raleigh Convention Center from June 27 to July 1, 2026.

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Upcoming Dates

Unless otherwise noted, all deadlines occur on the given date(s) at 11:59 PM AoE.

Category Event Date
Registration Updated Early-bird pricing ends May 22 26, 2026
Registration Last day for refunds June 8, 2026
Workshops / Tutorials Program under way June 27 – 28, 2026
Main Program Sympsosium under way June 29 – July 1, 2026

Announcements

ISCA 2026 Award Recipients

June 30, 2026

2026 ISCA Best Paper Awards

  • "Patterns Behind Chaos: Forecasting Data Movement for Efficient Large-Scale MoE LLM Inference" by Zhongkai Yu, Yue Guan, Zihao Yu, Chenyang Zhou, Zhengding Hu, Shuyi Pei, Yangwook Kang, Yufei Ding, and Po-An Tsai
  • "Cerberus: Cross-Layer ECC Co-Design for Robust and Efficient Memory Protection" by Junhwan Kim, Seunghyun Kim, Yesin Ryu, Saeid Gorgin, and Jungrae Kim

2026 ISCA Distinguished Artifact Awards

  • "Transpiler-Architecture Co-Design to Curb Clifford Costs in Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing" by Meng Wang, Chenxu Liu, Samuel Stein, Yufei Ding, Poulami Das, Prashant Nair, and Ang Li
  • "Towards Practical Interrupt Side-Channel Attacks on macOS for Apple Silicon" by Xin Zhang, Chang Liu, Jiajun Zou, Yi Yang, Qingni Shen, Zhi Zhang, and Trevor E. Carlson

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June 25, 2026

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SIGARCH Childcare Grants Available

April 28, 2026

Childcare grants are available from ACM SIGARCH. Apply by May 15, 2026 for best consideration.

Registration Open

April 3, 2026

ISCA 2026 registration opens on April 3, 2026. Visa letter requests will be collected and processed during registration.

uArch Student Travel Grants Available

Feb 16, 2026

Apply or sponsor a student by March 6, 2026.

Call for Workshops & Tutorials

Jan 9, 2026

The call for workshops and tutorials proposal is now live!

HotCRP is now open for submissions!

Nov 7, 2025

HotCRP link for paper submissions is now open!

Call for Papers

Oct 1, 2025

The Call for Papers is now live! Submit your best work!

The ISCA 2026 website is now live!

Aug 29, 2025

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