PACT 2026

October 19–22, 2026
Illini Center
Chicago, Illinois, USA

The International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques (PACT) is a unique technical conference sitting at the intersection of hardware and software, with a special emphasis on parallelism. The PACT conference series brings together researchers from computer architectures, compilers, execution environments, programming languages, and applications to present and discuss their latest research results.
PACT 2026 will be held in person in Chicago, IL, USA. At least one author of accepted papers must attend the conference, and we encourage all authors to participate.

News

May 19, 2026: Google Supports as a Platinum Sponsor

PACT 2026 is pleased to recognize Google as a Platinum Sponsor of the conference. Google’s support helps strengthen the conference and the broader PACT community. We are grateful for their participation and for their continued commitment to advancing research in parallel architectures, compilation techniques, and large-scale computing systems.

May 6, 2026: PACT 2026 Tutorials Are Now Available Online

PACT 2026 is pleased to announce that the tutorial program is now available online. The tutorials will take place on Monday, October 19, 2026, and will offer attendees the opportunity to engage with timely topics, tools, and methods in parallel architectures, compilation techniques, and related areas. We encourage participants to review the tutorial offerings and plan their PACT 2026 attendance accordingly. Tutorials are included at no additional fee with either full conference registration or one-day registration for Monday, October 19. The full tutorial program is available here: https://pact2026.github.io/workshops

April 16, 2026: HPE Supports PACT 2026 as a Silver Sponsor

PACT 2026 is pleased to recognize HPE as a Silver Sponsor of the conference. HPE’s support helps strengthen the conference and the broader PACT community. We are grateful for their participation and for their commitment to advancing research in parallel architectures and compilation techniques.

April 10, 2026: Student Support Available for PACT 2026

Thanks to support from SIGARCH, limited student support is available for PACT 2026. If you are a student planning to attend, please contact the General Chair at mtaufer@utk.edu with PACT student support in the subject line. We encourage interested students to reach out early.

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PACT 2026

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Call for Papers

Call for Workshop/Tutorials

Call for Student Research Competition Abstracts

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