The LDMSCON2026 Program Committee invites contributions to the annual conference of the LDMS User Group (LDMS-UG). LDMSCON brings together the LDMS community — researchers, system administrators, and HPC practitioners — to share experiences, discuss challenges, and explore the future of monitoring for high-performance computing systems.

LDMSCON2026 will be held June 9–11, 2026 at the David Rubenstein Forum, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. For general conference information, registration, and venue details, visit the LDMSCON2026 conference website.

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Submission Types and Requirements

LDMSCON2026 offers five ways to contribute to the conference program. All submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis — you will be notified within two weeks of submitting.

30-Minute Presentations

Presentations are the primary venue for sharing work, results, and operational experience with the community. We welcome reports on deployments, analyses, integrations, and novel uses of LDMS.

Submission requirement: Abstract of up to 500 words clearly describing the material and its value to the community.

15-Minute Lightning Talks

Lightning talks are short, focused presentations suited for early-stage work, new ideas, implementation challenges, or topics that benefit from a concise, high-energy format.

Submission requirement: Abstract of up to 250 words describing the topic and its relevance to the community.

Focus Area Discussion Sessions: 60 or 90 Minutes

Focus area sessions are structured group discussions on a specific topic relevant to the LDMS community. They are not presentations — the goal is to surface shared challenges, generate community-wide understanding, and identify directions for future work.

If your topic is accepted, you are expected to lead or co-lead the session: opening the discussion, keeping it on track, and helping the group reach useful conclusions. The program committee will work with you on the session structure before the conference.

Submission requirement: Proposal of up to 500 words including the topic, motivation, and 2–4 seed questions to open and guide the discussion.

Tips for a strong focus area submission:

• Frame the topic as a question or challenge, not a solved problem.
• Seed questions should be open-ended and invite multiple perspectives — not questions with obvious answers.
• Think about who in the room will have something to say. Strong sessions draw on the diversity of the audience.

Demos and Hands-on Sessions: 30 or 60 Minutes

Demos give you the opportunity to walk the community through a working system, tool, or workflow. Hands-on sessions are especially encouraged where participants can engage directly with the software or infrastructure being demonstrated.

Submission requirement: Abstract of up to 500 words describing what will be demonstrated and what participants will take away.

Tutorials: 30, 60, or 90 Minutes

Tutorials provide focused, in-depth learning opportunities on topics of practical value to the LDMS community. Both introductory and advanced tutorials are welcome. Hands-on components are strongly encouraged.

Submission requirement: Proposal of up to 500 words including tutorial objectives, target audience, and a session outline.

• Topics include: LDMS installation and configuration, data collection techniques, analysis methods, visualization approaches, and new LDMS capabilities.
• Note: Tutorial organizers are responsible for preparing and delivering all session content.

Topics of Interest

The following topics are of particular interest for presentations, lightning talks, and demos. This list is not exhaustive — if your work is relevant to the LDMS community, we encourage you to submit.

• LDMS deployment experiences and site reports
• LDMS performance benchmarking and analysis
• Desired LDMS capabilities for current and projected use cases
• Monitoring paradigms and telemetry sources
  • Multi-tenant monitoring
  • On-switch monitoring
  • Application-level telemetry
  • Other emerging telemetry sources
• System monitoring, data analysis, and visualization
• Application monitoring, data analysis, and visualization
• Utilization of monitoring data
  • Feedback to applications
  • Admin and operational notifications
  • End-user application performance analysis
• Utilization of monitoring infrastructure for broader purposes
  • Feedback to system and application elements and processes
  • Integration with other operational workflows
• Always-on monitoring for application performance analysis
• Data-driven resource allocation and scheduling
• Cloud deployment and monitoring
  • Cloud-native LDMS deployment
  • Hybrid HPC/cloud monitoring architectures
  • Monitoring in containerized and orchestrated environments (e.g., Kubernetes)
  • Cloud-based data analysis and visualization pipelines
• Quantum monitoring
• Other — Don’t see your topic here? Submit anyway.

How to Submit

All contributions are submitted through EasyChair:

1. Go to the LDMSCON2026 submission page: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ldmscon2026
2. Create an EasyChair account if you don’t already have one.
3. Click New Submission to start your submission form.
4. In the Submission Type field, select the format that matches your contribution.
5. In the Requested Session Duration field, select your preferred session length.
6. In the Presentation Mode field, indicate whether you plan to present in person or remotely.
7. Complete the title, abstract, and author information according to the requirements for your submission type.
8. Submit. You will receive a confirmation email from EasyChair immediately after submitting.

Review Process

All submissions are reviewed by the LDMSCON2026 Program Committee. Review is rolling — submissions are evaluated as they arrive and you will be notified of the decision within two weeks of your submission date. Submitting early is encouraged, as it allows more time for the program committee to work with you if any adjustments are needed before acceptance.

Accepted contributors are encouraged to attend and present in person at LDMSCON2026. If your plans change after submission, contact us at nichamon@ogc.us. Presentation mode will not affect the review of your submission.

Location and Venue

LDMSCON2026 will be held at the David Rubenstein Forum, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Sessions run 9:00am–5:00pm each day, with morning and afternoon breaks and lunch provided. A special evening event will be held on Wednesday, June 10.

For full venue details, travel information, and hotel recommendations, visit the LDMSCON2026 conference website.

Contact Information

For questions about submissions or the conference program, contact the Program Committee at nichamon@ogc.us.

For general conference information, visit the LDMSCON2026 conference website or the LDMS-UG website.