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NAIC 2026: Workshop on Networks for AI Computing (3rd edition)

In conjunction with
ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication 2026
August 17-21, 2026
Colorado Convention Center
Denver, Colorado, United States

Data Communications

Focuses on the networking layer inside and between AI training and inference clusters - covering collective communication for distributed training, RDMA over Ethernet, in-network computing for all-reduce, and the co-design of network topology with AI workloads.

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