Use when targeting ACM International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC) or deciding whether a computer-science manuscript fits this venue. Encodes conference fit, framing, evidence bar, submission-cycle checks, rebuttal posture, and desk-reject risks for parallel/distributed computing.
SkillScore68Maintained
Automatic
◆Research pack
Last verified 9/1/2026
What it changes
Passed 15 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 8 of 22 without it.
Without skill36%
With skill68%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Assigns a Low fit level.
Includes the bracketed header tag [Fit].
Includes the bracketed header tag [Target].
and 7 more in the full report
8 fixed7 passed either way6 still failing1 broke
Pass-rate lift
+32 pp
Tokens
+56%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-25%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 9/1/2026v115 of 22 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 8 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 8
Prompt
We built a parallel matrix factorization engine and tested it on a single 64-core workstation with 512GB RAM. We plan to submit to HPDC. Diagnosing our submission readiness, what is our primary experimental weakness? Output your diagnosis using the standard bracketed structure.
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Includes the bracketed tag [Main evidence gap].
Missed
Passed
Identifies single-node workstation testing without multi-node cluster benchmarks as the primary evaluation weakness.
Passed
Passed
case-17 · gemini-3.6-flash · 9/1/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md105 linessingle file
ACM International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC)
Conference positioning
ACM International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing (HPDC) is a top computer-science conference venue for parallel and distributed computing, cloud/HPC systems, scheduling, workflows, and data-intensive computing. It rewards a distributed/HPC paper with performance evidence across realistic distributed settings. Treat this skill as a fit / venue-selection / re-framing tool for conference submission strategy, not as a substitute for the current year's CFP, author kit, ethics policy, or submission portal.
Because CS conferences change deadlines, templates, page limits, review workflow, artifact rules, AI-use policy, and rebuttal formats every cycle, always verify the live official instructions before making a submission-ready recommendation. Start from the official source anchor recorded for this venue in ../../resources/conference-roster.md and ../../resources/official-source-map.md.
When to trigger
The author names HPDC / ACM International Symposium on High-Performance Parallel and Distributed Computing as the target venue.
A manuscript in parallel and distributed computing needs a conference-fit read before being formatted or submitted.
The paper must be re-framed from journal style or arXiv style into a selective CS conference narrative.
The author needs an evidence-gap, anonymity, artifact, rebuttal, or re-routing diagnosis for this venue.
Scope & topic fit
Core fit: parallel and distributed computing, cloud/HPC systems, scheduling, workflows, and data-intensive computing.
Best submissions make a precise contribution type visible: algorithm, theorem, system, dataset, benchmark, empirical finding, design artifact, tool, or socio-technical analysis.
The paper should explain why the result matters to HPDC's reviewers, not just why it is interesting to the authors' lab or product context.
Position related work against the most recent conference-cycle papers in this venue and its closest siblings; stale comparisons are a common early-review weakness.
If the contribution is interdisciplinary, state which part is CS research and which part is domain evidence.
Venue-specific calibration
Reviewer lens: Treat HPDC as a parallel/distributed computing venue whose reviewers expect the scope and evidence to match its own community. Do not submit a generic CS paper until the introduction names the exact subcommunity, contribution type, and proof or empirical standard.
Contribution hook to foreground: the venue-specific contribution bar.
Scope vocabulary to use naturally in the abstract and introduction: parallel and distributed computing, cloud/HPC systems, scheduling, workflows, and data-intensive computing.
Official anchor domain: www.hpdc.org. Quote annual rules only after opening that source and the current-year CFP/author kit.
Close-neighbor routing guardrail
Route to HPDC when the contribution is parallel or distributed computing infrastructure,
scheduling, runtime, resource management, or high-performance distributed systems.
Compare SC for flagship HPC, PPoPP for parallel programming, SIGMETRICS for performance
modeling, and systems venues when OS/networking is central.
What distinguishes this venue from its closest siblings