Call for Papers: The 9th Annual IEEE International Conference on Rebooting Computing (ICRC); 16-17 December 2024; San Diego, CA, USA

The 9th IEEE International Conference on Rebooting Computing (ICRC) 2024 will be held from December 16-17, 2024, in San Diego, CA, USA. ICRC grew out of the IEEE Rebooting Computing Initiative (RCI), founded in 2012 to catalyze rethinking of the computer at all levels of the technology stack. For more information on the RCI please visit the Rebooting Computing Portal. ICRC is also supported by IEEE Computer Society.

Now, in its 9th year, IEEE ICRC 2024 continues to encourage forward-looking research across the computing stack, including novel materials, devices, circuits, algorithms, system software, and network architectures. To advance these goals, novel research contributions encompassing co-design across the computing stack are encouraged. Bridging analog and digital neuromorphic, alongside exotic new forms of probabilistic, reversible and quantum computing, the broad scope of ICRC extends to many areas of interest, such as harnessing novel device physics and materials for energy efficiency, performance, density, or new capabilities.

Topics of Interest 

• Future Computing Paradigms: Including but not limited to neuromorphic (brain-inspired) computing, approximate/probabilistic computing, analog computing, or schemes combining these approaches; energy-efficient computing including reversible computing, adiabatic computing, ballistic computing, and cryogenic computing; quantum computing; optical computing; biological and biochemical computing; non-von Neumann computer architectures (e.g., in-memory processing, memory-based computing, content addressable memory, cellular automata, or neural networks).

• Future Design Aspects for Computing: Including but not limited to extending Moore’s law; error-tolerant logic and circuits; future of design automation; post-CMOS or memory-centric computing; 3D, 2.5D, or other novel heterogeneous integration/packaging approaches; future circuit scaling methods with high reliability and/or flexibility.

• Future Software and Applications: Including but not limited to beyond von Neumann software design (operating systems, compilers, security, and resource management); future programming paradigms and languages; applications driving next generation computing hardware (e.g., machine learning, deep learning, large language models etc.).

• Future Computing Use Cases and Prototypes: Including but not limited to ethics in design, implementation, and use; new technologies impacting the International Roadmap for Devices and Systems (IRDS); cybersecurity in future computing systems.

Submission Formats

Please select from the following formats that best fits your goals:

• Full Papers (5 pp or greater): These papers should present novel, impactful, and original research pertaining to any of the above topics of interest. If accepted, they will be featured as full talks. The page minimum includes figures and references. Authors may submit more than 5 pp of content, at their discretion. Excessively long papers are discouraged.  
• Extended Abstracts (1 pp maximum): These submissions should present an idea, position, or results salient to the above topics of interest. They need not present original research. If accepted, these will be featured as short talks but NOT included in published proceedings or journals. The page limit includes references and all supporting material.
• Special Session Proposals (2 pages): The special session proposals can include workshops, tutorials, panels, or demonstrations on any of the above topics of interest. These sessions need not present original research. The special sessions will last for 1-2 hours (proposers should include a rough time budget in the document). Submitted proposals will not be included in the conference proceedings. The page limit includes references and all supporting material.

Proceedings and Templates

• Final version of all accepted Full Papers will either be included in the Proceedings on IEEEXplore or a partner journal.
  • Several Full Paper submissions will be recommended by the Program Chair/Committee for inclusion in a partner journal. If selected, authors can choose publication in the partner journal rather than the ICRC Proceedings. (Note: this journal publication will be the Full Paper, not an extended version of the Full Paper.)
• Accepted Extended Abstracts are not eligible for automatic publication on Xplore, or the partner journal.
• All submissions must be formatted in the IEEE Conference Template, available on the IEEE Website or Overleaf
• Papers can be submitted at EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icrc2024

Important Dates

• Paper submissions due: 21 October 2024 AoE (No Extensions)
• Reviews Due: 10 November 2024 AoE
• Author notification of acceptance: 13 November 2024
• Hotel reservation deadline: 16 November 2024
• Early registration deadline: 24 November 2024
• Camera-ready copies of papers and copyright forms due:  1 December 2024 (No Extensions)
• Conference: 16-17 December 2024

Organizing Committee

• General Chair: Joseph S. Friedman, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
• Program Chair: Christopher H. Bennett, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
• Finance Chair: Alexandru Paler,  University of Aalto, Finland
• Special Sessions Co-Chair: Matthew Marinella, Arizona State University, USA
• Special Sessions Co-Chair: Jennifer Hasler, Georgia Tech, USA
• Publicity Co-Chair: Akinaga Hiro, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
• Publicity Co-Chair: Catherine Schuman, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
• Publicity Co-Chair: Jean Anne Incorvia, University of Texas, Austin, USA
• Publicity Co-Chair: Damien Querlioz, University of Paris-Saclay, France
• Publicity Co-Chair: Pedram Khalili, Northwestern University, USA