The 28th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and
Security of Distributed Systems
October 9-11, 2026, Gothenburg, Sweden
https://sss2026.conf.lip6.fr/
SSS is an international forum for researchers and practitioners in the
design and development of distributed systems with a focus on systems
that are able to provide guarantees on their structure, performance,
and/or security in the face of an adverse operational environment.
Where
Gothenburg, Sweden
When
9-11 October 2026
Important Dates
First Deadline
Paper Submission Deadline: March 31, 2026 (11:59 PM AoE)
Acceptance Notification: April 30, 2026
Camera-Ready Copy Due: July 31, 2026
Second Deadline
Paper Submission Deadline: May 22, 2026 (11:59 PM AoE)
Acceptance Notification: June 30, 2026
Camera-Ready Copy Due: July 31, 2026
Third Deadline
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 25, 2026 (11:59 PM AoE)
Paper Submission Deadline: July 26, 2026 (11:59 PM AoE)
Acceptance Notification: August 30, 2026
Camera-Ready Copy Due: September 10, 2026
Call for Papers
SSS is an international forum for researchers and practitioners in the
design and development of distributed systems with a focus on systems
that are able to provide guarantees on their structure, performance,
and/or security in the face of an adverse operational environment. The
symposium encourages submissions of original contributions on both
fundamental research and practical applications concerning topics in
the symposium tracks:
Track A. Stabilization and Locality in Distributed Computing
Stabilizing Systems
Proof labelling schemes
Graph Algorithms
Graph-theoretic concepts for communication networks
Social and Peer-to-Peer Networks
LOCAL/CONGEST models
Communication complexity
Game-theory and economical aspects of distributed computing
Dynamic networks, time-varying graphs, evolving graphs
Track B. Time, Safety, and Security in Distributed Computing
Concurrent and fault-tolerant algorithms
Synchronization protocols
Shared and transactional memory
Blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies
Formal methods, semantics and verification of distributed systems
Secure multi-party computation and cryptographic distributed protocols
Privacy-enhancing technologies and anonymity
Post-quantum and information theoretic cryptography and security
Track C. Moving and Computing
Mobile agents
Autonomous mobile robots
Mobile sensor networks
Mobile ad-hoc networks
Population protocols
Nature-inspired computing
Programmable particles, nanoscale robots, biological systems, and
related new models
Track D. Distributed Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Fault-tolerant distributed training
Scheduling and resource allocation in ML clusters
Consistency models for distributed ML
Communication efficient distributed machine learning
Edge Cloud co-training
ML-aware storage systems
Data flow optimization of ML pipelines
Energy efficient distributed ML
Learning augmented consensus
Predictive failure detection
Convergence of asynchronous optimization
Lower bounds for distributed learning
Track E. Real-World Distributed Systems and Operational Challenges
This track welcomes contributions that bridge distributed systems
research with practical deployment, empirical evaluation, and
operational experience.
Deployment and implementation of distributed algorithms and protocols
Real-world case studies of distributed and dependable systems,
including operational IoT and cyber-physical deployments such as
automotive infrastructures
Industry-driven challenges in distributed systems
Empirical evaluation and benchmarking of distributed systems
Comparative and reproducibility studies for distributed systems
Large-scale configuration, orchestration, and systems management
Reliability, resilience, and fault tolerance in deployed systems
and cyber-physical infrastructures
Security and privacy protection for operational distributed
systems and infrastructures
Scalability bottlenecks and debugging experiences in real deployments
Operational lessons learned from distributed systems in practice
Conference Model
There will be THREE non-overlapping deadlines, and thus three
submission rounds. Papers that are rejected at an early round (1 or 2)
may be reworked, corrected, enhanced, and resubmitted at a later round
(2 or 3), if wished by the authors. Of course, accepted papers at an
early round are definitely accepted and should not be submitted again
at a later round. In case of resubmission, reviews from the previously
submitted round will be transmitted to the reviewers of the
resubmission round.
Paper Submission
Papers are to be submitted electronically through HotCRP. All
submissions must conform to the formatting instructions of Springer
LNCS series. Each submission must be an original work written in
English, in PDF format. Note that the website for submitting paper for
the third deadline will be activated after July 1 when the review
process of round 2 is completed
Double-blind Review
All submissions must be anonymous. We use a somewhat relaxed
implementation of double-blind peer review: you are free to
disseminate your work through arXiv and other online repositories and
give presentations on your work as usual. However, please make sure
you do not mention your own name or affiliation in the submission, and
please do not include obvious references in the text that reveal your
identity. A reviewer who has not previously seen the paper should be
able to read it without accidentally learning the identities of the
authors. Please feel free to ask the general co-chairs if you have any
questions about the double-blind policy of SSS 2025.
Submissions
There are two types of submissions: regular papers and brief announcements.
A regular submission must not exceed 15 pages (including the
title, abstract, figures, and excluding references). Additional
necessary details for an expert to verify the main claims of the
submission may be included in a clearly marked appendix if extra
space is needed.
A brief announcement submission must not exceed 5 pages including
everything.
Any submission deviating from these guidelines will be rejected
without consideration of its merits. It is recommended that a regular
submission begins with a succinct statement of the problem being
addressed, a summary of the main results or conclusions, a brief
explanation of their significance, a brief statement of the key ideas,
and a comparison with related work, all tailored to a
non-specialist. Technical development of the work, directed to the
specialist, should follow. Papers outside of the conference scope will
be rejected without review. For the third round only, if requested by
the authors on the cover page, a regular submission that is not
selected for a regular presentation will also be considered for the
brief announcement format. This will not affect consideration of the
paper for a regular presentation.
Publication
Regular papers and brief announcements will be included in the
conference proceedings. Conference proceedings will be published by
Springer.
Special Issue
Extended and revised versions of selected papers will be considered
for a special issue of an international journal (under negociation).
Paper Award
Prizes will be given to the best regular paper and best student
regular paper. A regular paper is eligible for the best student paper
if at least one of its authors is a full-time student at submission
time. Authors should clearly indicate whether their submission is
eligible to be considered for the best student regular paper award
(e.g., using a \thanks in the title). The PC may decline to confer
awards or may split awards.