HEART 2026 – International Symposium on Highly Efficient Accelerators and Reconfigurable Technologies

Organizing Committee

General Chair	Dirk Koch Heidelberg University, Germany dirk.koch@uni-heidelberg.de
Vice Chairs	Shinya Takamaeda University of Tokyo, Japan shinya@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp Mirjana Stojilović EPFL, Switzerland mirjana.stojilovic@epfl.ch
Program Chairs	Riadh Ben Abdelhamid Heidelberg University, Germany riadh.benabdelhamid@ziti.uni-heidelberg.de Ray Cheung City University of Hong Kong r.cheung@cityu.edu.hk Frank Hannig University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität)
Publication Chair	Shreejith Shanker Trinity College Dublin
Workshop Chairs	Daniel Ziener TU Ilmenau Akram Ben Ahmed AIST Japan
Finance Chair	Nima Taherinejad Heidelberg University
Publicity Chairs	Christos-Savvas Bouganis Imperial College London Philip Leong University of Sydney Philip Brisk University of California, Riverside
Local Arrangement	Gennadiy Knis Heidelberg University
Web Chair	T.B.D. Heidelberg University
ACM Publication Contact Point	Sean Pidgeon pidgeon@hq.acm.org

Steering Committee

Steering Committee	Hideharu Amano Keio University, Japan Jason Anderson University of Toronto, Canada Khaled Benkrid ARM, UK Diana Goehringer Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany Martin Herbordt Boston University, USA Michael Huebner Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany Miriam Leeser Northeastern University, USA Wayne Luk Imperial College London, UK Takaaki Miyajima Meiji University, Japan Hironori Nakajo Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan Christian Plessl Paderborn University, Germany Kentaro Sano Riken R-CCS, Japan Yuichiro Shibata Nagasaki University, Japan Hayden Kwok-Hay So University of Hong Kong, Hong-Kong Yoshiki Yamaguchi University of Tsukuba, Japan João MP Cardoso University of Porto, Portugal Yasunori Osana Kumamoto University, Japan

Hideharu Amano

Keio University, Japan

Jason Anderson

University of Toronto, Canada

Khaled Benkrid

ARM, UK

Diana Goehringer

Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany

Martin Herbordt

Boston University, USA

Michael Huebner

Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

Miriam Leeser

Northeastern University, USA

Wayne Luk

Imperial College London, UK

Takaaki Miyajima

Meiji University, Japan

Hironori Nakajo

Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

Christian Plessl

Paderborn University, Germany

Kentaro Sano

Riken R-CCS, Japan

Yuichiro Shibata

Nagasaki University, Japan

Hayden Kwok-Hay So

University of Hong Kong, Hong-Kong

Yoshiki Yamaguchi

University of Tsukuba, Japan

João MP Cardoso

University of Porto, Portugal

Yasunori Osana

Kumamoto University, Japan

Program Committee

Program Committee	Andrea Guerrieri Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse occidentale, Switzerland Tomohiro Ueno RIKEN, Japan Martin Herbordt Boston University, USA Takefumi Miyoshi e-trees, Japan, Inc. Tomonori Izumi Ritsumeikan University, Japan Stefan Nikolić University of Novi Sad, Serbia Davide Conficconi Politecnico di Milano, Italy Ryohei Kobayashi Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan Yoshiki Yamaguchi University of Tsukuba, Japan Iman Firmansyah National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia Nick Brown The University of Edinburgh, UK Rui Policarpo Duarte Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Portugal Ameer Abdelhadi McMaster University, Canada Yasunori Osana Kumamoto University, Japan João MP Cardoso University of Porto, Portugal Yukinori Sato Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan George Theodoridis University of Patras, Greece Jason Bakos University of South Carolina, USA Yuichiro Shibata Nagasaki University, Japan Taito Manabe Nagasaki University, Japan Diana Goehringer Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany Miriam Leeser Northeastern University, USA Antonio Carlos Schneider Beck Filho Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Peter Jamieson Miami University, USA Hayden So University of Hong Kong Jiafeng Xie Villanova University Tobias Kenter University of Paderborn Kenneth Kent University of New Brunswick

Andrea Guerrieri

Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse occidentale, Switzerland

Tomohiro Ueno

RIKEN, Japan

Martin Herbordt

Boston University, USA

Takefumi Miyoshi

e-trees, Japan, Inc.

Tomonori Izumi

Ritsumeikan University, Japan

Stefan Nikolić

University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Davide Conficconi

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Ryohei Kobayashi

Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan

Yoshiki Yamaguchi

University of Tsukuba, Japan

Iman Firmansyah

National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia

Nick Brown

The University of Edinburgh, UK

Rui Policarpo Duarte

Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Portugal

Ameer Abdelhadi

McMaster University, Canada

Yasunori Osana

Kumamoto University, Japan

João MP Cardoso

University of Porto, Portugal

Yukinori Sato

Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan

George Theodoridis

University of Patras, Greece

Jason Bakos

University of South Carolina, USA

Yuichiro Shibata

Nagasaki University, Japan

Taito Manabe

Nagasaki University, Japan

Diana Goehringer

Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany

Miriam Leeser

Northeastern University, USA

Antonio Carlos Schneider Beck Filho

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Peter Jamieson

Miami University, USA

Hayden So

University of Hong Kong

Jiafeng Xie

Villanova University

Tobias Kenter

University of Paderborn

Kenneth Kent

University of New Brunswick