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ASPLOS stands for the International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems. It is an academic conference for computer systems research that crosses hardware, software and their interaction. Researchers, research administrators and reviewers usually meet the name in a publication list, a CV or a travel-funding request, and this page explains what the venue is, who sponsors it and where to find its current, authoritative details.
What ASPLOS stands for and what it is
The conference’s own site describes ASPLOS as “the premier academic forum for multidisciplinary computer systems research spanning hardware, software, and their interaction” (asplos-conference.org, read 2026-11-08). The ACM SIGPLAN conference page describes it as an international conference that provides “a high-quality forum for scientists and engineers to present their latest research findings” (sigplan.org, read 2026-11-08). The name lists the three areas it was built around: architecture (the design of processors and machines, see instruction set architecture), programming languages, and operating systems.
Scope: what belongs at ASPLOS
The official site states the focus as computer architecture, programming languages and operating systems, together with related areas such as networking and storage. The SIGPLAN page names examples of ideas that have appeared at the conference: RISC and VLIW processors, multiprocessors, clusters, optimizing compilers, RAID, and network-storage designs. The common thread is work whose contribution depends on more than one layer of a computer system, for example a compiler technique that is justified by a hardware feature, or an operating-system design shaped by a new memory technology. A paper confined to one layer usually fits a narrower venue; whether a given paper fits is a judgment for the authors and the programme committee, and the call for papers is the authority on scope for any single year.
| Area in the conference name | Sponsoring special interest group (SIG) | Share of sponsorship |
|---|---|---|
| Computer architecture | SIGARCH (ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture) | 50% |
| Operating systems | SIGOPS (ACM Special Interest Group on Operating Systems) | 25% |
| Programming languages | SIGPLAN (ACM Special Interest Group on Programming Languages) | 25% |
The sponsorship split comes from the SIGPLAN conference page; the mapping from SIG to subject area is the natural reading of each SIG’s name, not a statement on that page.
Sponsors and governance
ASPLOS is co-sponsored by three ACM special interest groups. SIGPLAN’s page calls SIGARCH “the 50% SIG sponsor” and SIGOPS and SIGPLAN “the two 25% SIG sponsors”. The steering committee is made up of the chair and past chair of SIGARCH, the vice chairs of SIGOPS and SIGPLAN, the current and past two general chairs, and the current and past two programme chairs. The SIG representatives serve ex officio and their terms match their SIG positions. The conference also publishes bylaws on its own site.
Recent and upcoming editions
The editions below come from the list on asplos-conference.org (read 2026-11-08). Dates, deadlines and submission rules change every year, so use the official pages for the edition you care about rather than any summary.
| Edition | Location |
|---|---|
| ASPLOS 2027 | Heraklion, Crete, Greece, April 11 to 15, 2027 |
| ASPLOS 2026 | Pittsburgh, USA |
| ASPLOS 2025 | Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| ASPLOS 2024 | San Diego, CA, USA |
| ASPLOS 2023 | Vancouver, Canada |
| ASPLOS 2022 | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| ASPLOS 2021 and 2020 | Lausanne, Switzerland (virtual) |
The site lists earlier editions back to 1982.
Papers, review and artifact evaluation
For each edition the ASPLOS site carries separate pages for the Call for Papers, Submission Information, For Authors, For Reviewers, FAQs, Committees, Code of Conduct and an Artifact Appendix. Those pages, not this one, set the deadlines, formatting rules and review process. Submitted papers go through peer review by a programme committee; in computer systems a work often appears first as a preprint or technical report, and each edition’s submission and FAQ pages say what is allowed. For the wider field, see what computer science is.
Who should use this page
If you are a research administrator or evaluator, the useful facts are that ASPLOS is an ACM-SIG-sponsored academic conference, that it is multidisciplinary within systems, and that its governance is public. This page does not rank the venue or compare it with others; if an assessment framework requires a ranking, consult that framework’s own published list.
FAQ
What does ASPLOS stand for?
The International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems.
Who organises ASPLOS?
It is co-sponsored by ACM SIGARCH (50%), SIGOPS (25%) and SIGPLAN (25%), with a steering committee drawn from those groups and from past and current conference chairs.
Where is the next ASPLOS?
ASPLOS 2027 is listed for Heraklion, Crete, Greece, April 11 to 15, 2027.
Where do I find submission deadlines?
On the Call for Papers and Submission Information pages of the ASPLOS site for the relevant year.
Sources
- ASPLOS conference site, read 2026-11-08.
- ACM SIGPLAN, ASPLOS conference page, read 2026-11-08.
