ASPLOS is the premier forum for multidisciplinary systems research, spanning hardware, computer architecture, compilers, languages, operating systems, networking, and applications. Such work is increasingly important, as computing faces the end of single-processor performance scaling, the divergent trends of mobile and petascale computing, the need for energy efficiency across the computing spectrum, and the growing diversity of users and applications.

Like its predecessors, ASPLOS 2012 invites submissions on ground-breaking research at the intersection of architecture, programming languages, and/or operating systems. A hardware or architecture component is not a necessary requirement for publication in ASPLOS, but papers that emphasize only one of the three main focus areas are not encouraged. In addition to the main program, there will be a variety of tutorials and workshops in areas of current interest. Papers on non-traditional topics are especially encouraged.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Interactions among architecture, programming languages, and operating systems
* Effective use of multicore systems
* Emerging platforms, from sensor networks to petascale systems
* Internet services, networking, and distributed/cloud computing
* Heterogeneous architectures; graphics and media processing
* Power, energy, and thermal management
* Embedded systems
* Memory and storage technologies and architectures
* Case studies of architecture or software design in novel settings
* Security, reliability and availability
* Novel systems to address social, educational, and environmental challenges
* Non-traditional computing models, including molecular, biological, and quantum computing