Volunteering

Summary

Volunteer positions for Hot Chips 2026 are filled and we are no longer accepting applications. The information below is provided for reference, and for volunteers who have already been confirmed.

Details

Since 1989, Hot Chips has been one of the semiconductor industry’s leading conferences on high-performance microprocessors and related integrated circuits.

Hot Chips is sponsored by IEEE and members of the organizing, program, and steering committee are all volunteers. The conference also has student volunteers who help with logistics during the conference itself.

Volunteers receive complimentary registration for the entire conference, along with shirt(s) with Hot Chips logo, and a volunteer appreciate dinner at the close of the conference.

In exchange, volunteers are expected to attend the entire conference (all days) as well as the set up the day before from 12 to 5 PM. During the conference itself volunteers are expected to be available to help with logistics such staff registration desk and helping with food for breaks and lunch. This typically takes about 1/3 of a volunteer’s time, leaving the remaining 2/3rds available for attending conference presentations and networking with other attendees during breaks.

Volunteers are typically graduate students in CS/CE/EE, though any student interested in computer architecture is eligible, and there are opportunities for retirees as well. Individuals who are actively working in industry are typically expected to register as regular attendees rather than as volunteers.

Confirmed volunteers with questions can reach the volunteer coordinator at volunteer@hotchips.org.