PPoPP Topic Selection
Guides academic researchers in evaluating paper scope and routing parallel computing research to PPoPP versus sibling venues like PLDI, CGO, ASPLOS, or POPL.
PPoPP Topic Selection is an academic scoping and conference routing guide tailored for parallel and concurrent computing researchers. It helps authors determine whether a research contribution firmly aligns with the ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Principles and Practice of Parallel Programming (PPoPP) or is better suited for adjacent venues such as CGO, PLDI, POPL, ASPLOS, HPCA, SC, or SPAA. By applying diagnostic tests—such as the 'remove-the-parallelism' and 'swap-the-machine' evaluations—the skill ensures that core contributions emphasize both concurrency correctness and measurable scalability before drafting begins, preventing costly out-of-scope rejections.