The ACM International Systems and Storage Conference (SYSTOR) is an international forum for interaction across the systems research community. The program includes innovative, peer-reviewed research papers in the broad area of systems, as well as distinguished keynote lecturers, and a poster session. 

ACM SYSTOR is designed to engage academic and industrial researchers and practitioners, welcoming both students and seasoned professionals.

Topics

SYSTOR has traditionally welcomed academic and industrial papers in systems, including storage, cloud and distributed systems, networking, AI systems and systems security. SYSTOR encourages submissions that describe results from experimental system prototypes, as well as experience papers describing practical deployments and valuable lessons learned from them.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Systems and workload optimization for AI/ML
• AI for systems
• Rack-scale heterogeneous compute, scale-up fabric and orchestration
• Sustainability/carbon footprint of computer and network systems
• Systems security, privacy and trust
• Cloud, edge, data center, and distributed systems
• Big data systems and infrastructure
• Embedded and real-time systems
• Networked, mobile, wireless, peer-to-peer, and sensor systems
• Fault tolerance, reliability, and availability
• File, object, block, KV, and other storage systems
• Systems for emerging storage technologies
• Runtime systems and compiler/programming-language support
• Operating systems, computer architecture, and their interactions
• Virtualization and containerization
• Performance evaluation and workload characterization
• System deployment, operational experience, and production‑scale insights

Tracks

• Full Papers Track – original research, at most 12 pages, excluding references
• Short Papers Track – original research, at most 5 pages, excluding references
• Posters with Extended Abstract Track – original work presented as a poster, accompanied by an extended abstract in the conference proceedings (accepted posters can opt-in for physical presentation at the Israeli Systems & AI Workshop in person, SYSTOR physical attendance is not mandatory)
• Highlight Papers – papers recently accepted at top-tier conferences (physical attendance required during the Israeli Systems & AI Workshop)

Important Dates (AoE)

• Full and Short Papers Track
  • Paper Submission: May 21, 2026
  • Acceptance Notification: July 13, 2026
  • Title and Author confirmation: July 20, 2026
  • Camera-ready:
    • to shepherd: August 3, 2026
    • post shepherd: August 10, 2026
    • recorded talk: August 31, 2026
• Posters with Extended Abstract Track
  • Poster & Abstract Submission: July 16, 2026
  • Acceptance Notification: July 28, 2026
  • Title and Author confirmation: August 3, 2026
  • Camera ready:
    • to shepherd: August 3, 2026
    • post shepherd: August 10, 2026
    • recorded talk: August 31, 2026
• SYSTOR Virtual Conference: September 8-9, 2026 
• The Israeli Systems & AI Workshop: September 7, 2026

Organizing Committee

Program Chairs

• Anand Sivasubramaniam (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
• Lluis Vilanova (Imperial College London, UK)

General Chairs

• Anastasia Braginsky (RedHat, Israel)
• Eran Gilad  (Regatta Data, Israel)
• Amit Golander (Tel Aviv University, Israel)

Venue

SYSTOR 2026 will be held virtually on September 8-9, warmed-up by the Israeli Systems & AI (ISAI) Workshop, which will be held physically on September 7 at RedHat Raanana, Israel.

Contact

For more information, please see https://www.systor.org/2026