MIDDLEWARE 2026

27th ACM/IFIP International Middleware Conference

30th November – 4th December 2026

Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Tarragona, Spain

Conference Information

ACM/IFIP Middleware

The annual ACM/IFIP Middleware conference is a major forum for discussing innovations and recent scientific advances in middleware systems with a focus on the design, implementation, deployment, and evaluation of distributed systems, platforms, and architectures for computing, storage, and communication.

The conference will include a high-quality single-track technical program, invited speakers, an industrial track, panel discussions involving academic and industry leaders, poster and demonstration presentations, a doctoral symposium, tutorials, and workshops.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

The Middleware conference seeks original submissions of research papers on a diverse range of topics, particularly those identifying new research directions. The topics of interest for the conference include, but are not limited to:

  • Middleware Applications
  • Middleware for cyber-physical and real-time systems
  • Middleware support for security and privacy
  • Middleware for AI and machine learning systems
  • Middleware for data science pipelines
  • Middleware techniques for internet-of-things and smart cities
  • Middleware for multimedia systems
  • Middleware for sustainable computing
    • Middleware Systems
  • Fault tolerance and consistency
  • Distributed and parallel systems
  • Distributed ledgers and blockchains
  • Event-based, publish/subscribe, streaming, and peer-to-peer systems
  • Serverless and Function-as-a-Service computing
  • Data-intensive systems (big data)
  • Cloud, fog, edge computing, and data centers
  • Networking, network function virtualization, and software-defined networking
  • Mobile and pervasive systems and services
  • Emerging hardware technologies
    • Middleware Design Principles and Programming Models
  • Programming abstractions and paradigms for middleware
  • Reconfigurable, adaptable, and reflective middleware
  • Critical reviews of middleware paradigms, e.g., object models, aspect orientation
  • Methodologies and tools for middleware systems design, implementation, verification, and evaluation
  • Monitoring, resource management, and analysis
  • Virtualization, auto-scaling, provisioning, and scheduling
  • Energy and power-aware techniques
  • Sustainability-aware techniques

    • General Chair

  • Pedro García López, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

    • Program Committee Co-Chairs

  • Sara Bouchenak, INSA Lyon, France
  • Abhishek Chandra, University of Minnesota, USA