About

Membership organization for computing and ML systems.

Systems Leadership and Engineering Network maintains member profiles, publishes technical news, and runs an annual conference for engineers and researchers working on computing systems, ML systems, infrastructure, and adjacent production systems.

Current focus

ML systems

Evaluation, serving, observability, and data quality in deployed systems.

Infrastructure

Distributed systems, data platforms, and internal tooling.

Reliability and security

Operational reliability, incident analysis, and system security.

Applied systems work

Embedded systems, robotics, edge platforms, and production architecture.

Technical scope

The conference and technical news coverage focus on the following areas. Submissions and sessions are evaluated against this scope by the program committee.

  • ML systems and model evaluation
  • Distributed systems and data platforms
  • Reliability, observability, and incident response
  • Security, trust, and abuse resistance
  • Developer tooling and platform engineering
  • Embedded, edge, robotics, and applied control systems
  • Systems architecture and operations at production scale

Governance

Organization structure

Officers manage operations. The program committee governs conference review. The advisory board provides strategic oversight.

Officers

Responsible for day-to-day operations, the conference, technical news, and membership standards.

Program Committee

Sets conference scope, review standards, and acceptance criteria. Forming before the 2026 conference cycle.

Advisory Board

Strategic advisors. Quarterly engagement. Helps shape long-term direction and community standards. Forming - 8 seats.

Members

Participate in governance questions and community standards as the organization develops.

Governance updates will be published on the site.

Contact

Membership

Professional and academic membership open. Academic membership is free with a verified .edu email address.