The 2nd Workshop on Systems & Architectures For Encrypted AI
June 27, 2026
Co-located with ISCA 2026, Raleigh, USA

About

This workshop on Encrypted AI will explore cutting-edge techniques for accelerating and democratizing privacy-preserving AI, focusing on Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) and Secure Multi-party Computation (MPC). Designed in two parts, the workshop will first host sessions with invited speakers from academia and industry, who will share the latest advances in FHE for AI, real-world applications, and challenges in scaling encrypted AI. The workshop will cover a broad range of topics on systems and architectures for encrypted AI including acceleration techniques across the computing stack, compilers, tools, DSLs, and applications for encrypted AI.

Call For Papers

Important Dates

Submission Deadline: 15th May, 2026 (Anywhere on Earth)
Author Notification: 1st June, 2026
Submission URL: https://safeai2026.hotcrp.com/

Topics of Interest

We invite submissions for contributions to the workshop that specifically address the systems-related challenges and advancements within the domain of encrypted computation. The focus of this call is on innovative research, development, and deployment of systems that enable practical, efficient, and secure computation on encrypted data. Our key areas of interest include, but are certainly not limited to, the following topics:

  • Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE)
  • Secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC)
  • Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP)
  • Hardware Architectures for Encrypted Computation
  • System Design and Infrastructure for Encrypted Computation
  • Compilers, Programming Languages, and Tools for Encrypted Computation
  • Applications and Use Cases leveraging Encrypted Computing
  • Position papers on any system aspects of encrypted computing

Submission Guidelines

  • Please follow the ISCA 2026 submission guidelines.
  • Submissions are limited to 2 pages not including references.
  • Submissions must be anonymous and should not include any author identifying information.
  • Both unpublished and previously published works, as well as works in progress, are welcome.

Additional Information

Proceedings will not be published.
Contact: Dimitrios Skarlatos (dskarlat@cs.cmu.edu)

Program

Talks

Talks featuring speakers across acadmeia and industry on the latest exciting developments in encrypted computing.


Organizers

Siddharth Jayashankar, Wenting Zheng, Dimitrios Skarlatos
Carnegie Mellon University

Brandon Reagen
New York University

Contact

Dimitrios Skarlatos (dskarlat@cs.cmu.edu)

Past Events

The 1st Workshop on Systems and Architecrures for Encrypted AI
Co-located with ASPLOS 2025, Rotterdam, Netherlands