At the International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE) 2026 in Florence, Italy, members of the SPEC Power Research Group, led by Maximilian Meißner, presented their latest research on energy efficiency benchmarking, contributing to the ongoing advancement of industry standards in server efficiency.

On May 29, 2026, we celebrated the kick-off of our new cooperation project with IBM continuing our successful collaboration since 2023. The project focusses on benchmarking the energy efficiency of enterprise systems (such as IBM Z) designed for maximum availability and reliability.

At ICPE 2026, leading researchers discussed the future of performance engineering in the GenAI era, featuring a panel where Samuel Kounev joined as panelist together with Bjarne Stroustrup (Creator of C++), Leana Golubchik, and Valeria Cardellini. The event was preceded by an invited WEPPE talk on fair and reliable benchmarking of AI systems delivered by Samuel Kounev.

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Christian Krupitzer successfully completed his Habilitation. Congratulations!