The Sixth Greater Chicago Area Systems Research Workshop (GCASR) 2017 will be held on Monday, April 24 at The McCormick Tribune Campus Center (MTCC). GCASR is the premier venue to promote awareness, collaboration, and synergy amongst academic and corporate systems researchers in the greater Chicago area. The workshop includes one full day of high-quality speakers, content, and engagement, with topics covering high-performance and distributed computing, security and reliability, machine learning, computer architecture, and more. The program features two keynotes (including Cleversafe founder Chris Gladwin), 12 technical talks by faculty, researchers, and industry people, and 50+ research posters.

Computer Science Professors Zhiling Lan and Ioan Raicu are the local organizing chairs of GCASR 2017.