About us

NICHPC'26 is a workshop held during the PPSN 2026 conference. It focuses on the intersection of nature-inspired computation—including evolutionary algorithms, swarm intelligence, neuromorphic systems, and quantum-inspired optimization—and high-performance computing (HPC) platforms. The workshop aims to foster dialogue on scalable algorithm design, performance modeling, and practical deployment of these methods on leadership-class architectures.

Important Dates

Fri, Mar 13, 2026
Submission opening
Sun, May 31, 2026
Submission deadline
Sun, Jun 14, 2026
Notification of paper acceptance
Sat, Aug 29, 2026
Workshop

Call For Paper

Evolutionary computation
Benchmarking
Swarm intelligence
Neuromorphic computing
Quantum and quantum-inspired optimization
Bio-inspired multi-agent systems
Hybrid paradigms
Scalable algorithm design
Performance modeling
Practical deployment experiences

The workshop aims to bring together researchers working at the intersection of nature-inspired computation and large-scale computing systems. We welcome contributions spanning evolutionary computation, swarm intelligence, neuromorphic computing, quantum and quantum-inspired optimization, bio-inspired multi-agent systems, and hybrid paradigms.