SAC 2027 — 42nd ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing
by ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing (SIGAPP)
ACM's applied-computing symposium, rebuilt each year from independently reviewed tracks, in Gwangju
About This Event
SAC 2027, the 42nd ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, runs 5–9 April 2027 in Gwangju, South Korea. SAC is unusual among ACM conferences in that its programme is reassembled every year from independently chaired technical tracks: track proposals closed on 5 June 2026, decisions were issued on 19 June and the individual track calls went out on 3 July, so the subject mix follows what practitioners are currently deploying rather than a fixed table of contents. The 2027 call includes tracks such as the 5th Intelligent Systems for Digital Era, covering digitalization, automation, smart ecosystems, trustworthy computing, cyber-physical systems, soft computing, assistive robotics, artificial agents and the sociotechnical side of digital transformation across manufacturing, healthcare and transportation. Alongside regular papers the symposium runs a Student Research Competition with its own poster exhibit and oral final, plus a tutorial programme.
Key Dates & Deadlines
- Regular paper and SRC research abstract submission deadline
- Tutorial proposal deadline
- Tutorial acceptance notification
- Paper and SRC acceptance notification
- Camera-ready deadline
- Author registration deadline
At a Glance
- Date
- April 5–9, 2027
- Location
- Gwangju, South Korea
- Format
- In-Person
- Event Type
- Conference
- Status
- Upcoming
- Pricing
- Paid
- Organizer
- ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing (SIGAPP)
- Added
- Sep 20, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 20, 2026
Topics & Focus Areas
Who Should Attend
- ✓Applied computer scientists
- ✓Software engineers and architects
- ✓Machine learning engineers
- ✓Data science and analytics leads
- ✓Industrial and manufacturing technology leaders
- ✓Academic researchers and PhD students
Why Attend
SAC is the ACM venue where applied work lands: track chairs are recruited afresh each year from the areas actually being worked on, and the papers are case-grounded rather than benchmark-grounded. A head of engineering or data science gets a five-day read on where intelligent systems are genuinely going into production on manufacturing lines, in hospitals and across transport networks, direct access to the chairs shaping those sub-fields, and a Student Research Competition that doubles as a recruiting channel. The published author-registration deadline also makes it easy to judge months ahead whether the work you care about will be presented.
Event Features
- ✓5th Intelligent Systems for Digital Era (ISDE) track — automation, smart ecosystems, trustworthy computing, artificial agents, assistive robotics
- ✓Student Research Competition (SRC), with research abstracts reviewed on the same calendar as regular papers
- ✓SRC Posters Exhibit on 6 April 2027
- ✓Non-SRC Posters Programme on 7 April 2027
- ✓SRC Oral Presentations on 8 April 2027
- ✓Tutorial programme with its own proposal round (proposals due 9 October 2026, notifications 30 October 2026)
What Makes This Unique
- ★The programme is rebuilt annually from independently reviewed track proposals rather than fixed sessions, so coverage follows current practice — the published track-proposal, decision and track-CFP dates make that process visible.
- ★Applied rather than theoretical by charter: papers are expected to show computing put to work on a real problem, which makes the proceedings unusually readable for practitioners.
- ★Runs a Student Research Competition with abstracts reviewed alongside regular papers, a poster exhibit and an oral final — a direct line to early-career hires in one of Asia's denser engineering markets.
- ★Forty-two consecutive editions under ACM SIGAPP, with proceedings in the ACM Digital Library.
- ★Named tracks such as Intelligent Systems for Digital Era place agents, automation and trustworthy computing in specific sectors — manufacturing, healthcare, transportation — rather than in the abstract.
Industries Represented
Organizer
ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing (SIGAPP)
sigapp.org/Frequently Asked
- When is SAC 2027?
- SAC 2027 takes place April 5–9, 2027 in Gwangju, South Korea.
- Where is SAC 2027 held?
- SAC 2027 is held in Gwangju, South Korea. The event format is in-person.
- What is the SAC 2027 submission deadline?
- The next SAC 2027 deadline is regular paper and src research abstract submission deadline on Oct 2, 2026. Remaining dates: Tutorial proposal deadline — Oct 9, 2026; Tutorial acceptance notification — Oct 30, 2026; Paper and SRC acceptance notification — Nov 13, 2026; Camera-ready deadline — Nov 28, 2026; Author registration deadline — Dec 5, 2026.
- How much does SAC 2027 cost?
- SAC 2027 is paid.
- Who should attend SAC 2027?
- SAC 2027 is aimed at Applied computer scientists, Software engineers and architects, Machine learning engineers, Data science and analytics leads, Industrial and manufacturing technology leaders, Academic researchers and PhD students.
- What topics does SAC 2027 cover?
- SAC 2027 covers Applied artificial intelligence, Machine learning and soft computing, Intelligent agents and autonomous systems, Cyber-physical systems, Trustworthy computing, Data science, Assistive robotics, Digital transformation and smart ecosystems.
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