Track journal special issue deadlines

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

README.md

@@ -195,6 +195,32 @@ journals:
 
 **Important**: Hugo reserves the front matter field `url` as a page URL override. `generate_content.py` maps `venues.yaml:url` → front matter field `homepage` to avoid this conflict.
 
+### Journal Special Issues
+
+Journals with `submission_model: rolling` have no fixed deadlines, so WikiCFP yields nothing for them. Special issue CFPs are the only dated journal deadlines worth tracking. Add a `special_issues` list to the journal entry:
+
+```yaml
+journals:
+  - acronym: TPDS
+    # ... existing fields ...
+    special_issues:
+      - title: "Edge AI Systems: Design and Optimization"
+        guest_editors: ["Wei Zhang", "Yong Cui", "Jian Wang"]
+        cfp_url: "https://..."
+        abstract_deadline: "Aug 15, 2026"
+        submission_deadline: "Sep 1, 2026"
+        notification: "Jan 2027"
+```
+
+Special issue deadlines appear in three places:
+- **Journal page** — a "Special Issues" table below the journal metadata
+- **Calendar page** — a "Journal Special Issues" table below the conference deadlines
+- **FullCalendar grid** — events colored purple (`#7b2cbf`), titled `ACR SI — Title — deadline type`, carrying `cfp_url` in `extendedProps`
+
+Dates use the same `MMM D, YYYY` format as conference deadlines. `notification` additionally accepts month-only precision (`Jan 2027`), which lands on the first of that month in the calendar grid; the tables always print the raw string.
+
+These entries are `source: manual` by nature — WikiCFP doesn't cover journal special issues. Add them directly to `site/data/<topic>/venues.yaml`.
+
 ---
 
 ## `topics.yaml` Schema

site/content/cloud-edge/calendar/_index.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: Submission Deadlines
 layout: calendar
-generated: '2026-08-17T16:18:08Z'
+generated: '2026-08-17T17:07:26Z'
 draft: false
 events:
 - title: OSDI — abstract deadline
@@ -386,23 +386,74 @@ events:
   end: '2026-05-22'
   extendedProps:
     location: Sydney, Australia
+- title: 'TPDS SI — Edge AI Systems: Design and Optimization — abstract deadline'
+  start: '2026-08-15'
+  url: /cloud-edge/venues/journals/tpds/
+  color: '#7b2cbf'
+  allDay: true
+  extendedProps:
+    cfp_url: https://www.computer.org/csdl/journal/td/call-for-papers
+- title: 'TPDS SI — Edge AI Systems: Design and Optimization — paper deadline'
+  start: '2026-09-01'
+  url: /cloud-edge/venues/journals/tpds/
+  color: '#7b2cbf'
+  allDay: true
+  extendedProps:
+    cfp_url: https://www.computer.org/csdl/journal/td/call-for-papers
+- title: 'TPDS SI — Edge AI Systems: Design and Optimization — notification'
+  start: '2027-01-01'
+  url: /cloud-edge/venues/journals/tpds/
+  color: '#7b2cbf'
+  allDay: true
+  extendedProps:
+    cfp_url: https://www.computer.org/csdl/journal/td/call-for-papers
+- title: FGCS SI — Serverless Computing at the Edge — abstract deadline
+  start: '2026-07-31'
+  url: /cloud-edge/venues/journals/fgcs/
+  color: '#7b2cbf'
+  allDay: true
+  extendedProps:
+    cfp_url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems/call-for-papers
+- title: FGCS SI — Serverless Computing at the Edge — paper deadline
+  start: '2026-09-15'
+  url: /cloud-edge/venues/journals/fgcs/
+  color: '#7b2cbf'
+  allDay: true
+  extendedProps:
+    cfp_url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems/call-for-papers
+- title: FGCS SI — Serverless Computing at the Edge — notification
+  start: '2027-02-01'
+  url: /cloud-edge/venues/journals/fgcs/
+  color: '#7b2cbf'
+  allDay: true
+  extendedProps:
+    cfp_url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems/call-for-papers
 ---
 
-| Conference | Abstract | Paper deadline | Notification | Event dates | Location | ICORE |
+## Conference Deadlines
-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
-| [IPDPS](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/ipdps/) | Oct 2, 2025 | Oct 9, 2025 | Feb 2, 2026 | May 25, 2026 - May 29, 2026 | New Orleans, USA | A |
-| [MobiSys](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/mobisys/) | Nov 28, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 | Mar 2, 2026 | Jun 22-24, 2026 |  | A |
-| [OSDI](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/osdi/) | Dec 4, 2025 | Dec 11, 2025 |  | Jul 13-15, 2026 | Seattle, WA, USA | A* |
-| [CCGrid](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/ccgrid/) |  | Dec 21, 2025 | Feb 10, 2026 | May 18-21, 2026 | Sydney, Australia | B |
-| [HPDC](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/hpdc/) | Jan 29, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | Jul 13, 2026 - Jul 16, 2026 | Cleveland, OH, USA | A |
-| [SOSP](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/sosp/) | Mar 26, 2026 | Apr 1, 2026 | Jul 3, 2026 | Sep 29, 2026 - Oct 2, 2026 | Prague, Czechia | A* |
-| [SC](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/sc/) | Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 | Jul 1, 2026 | Nov 17-19, 2026 | Chicago, IL, USA | A |
-| [SEC](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/sec/) | Apr 24, 2026 | May 1, 2026 | Jul 29, 2026 | Oct 13-16, 2026 |  | unranked |
-| [EuroSys](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/eurosys/) | May 7, 2026 | May 14, 2026 | Aug 21, 2026 | Apr 19-24, 2027 | Rabat, Morocco | A |
-| [Middleware](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/middleware/) | May 29, 2026 | Jun 5, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 | Dec 14-18, 2026 | Tarragona, Spain | A |
-| [ATC](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/atc/) |  | Jun 10, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | Nov 16-18, 2026 | Hong Kong | C |
-| [SoCC](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/socc/) | Jul 7, 2026 | Jul 14, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 | Nov 18-20, 2026 | Singapore | — |
-| [NSDI](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/nsdi/) | Sep 10, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026 | Dec 8, 2026 | May 11-13, 2027 | Providence, RI, USA | National: USA |
 
-> Deadlines sourced from conference websites and [WikiCFP](http://www.wikicfp.com/).
+| Venue | Name | Abstract | Paper deadline | Notification | Event dates | Location | ICORE |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| [IPDPS](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/ipdps/) | IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium | Oct 2, 2025 | Oct 9, 2025 | Feb 2, 2026 | May 25, 2026 - May 29, 2026 | New Orleans, USA | A |
+| [MobiSys](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/mobisys/) | ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services | Nov 28, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 | Mar 2, 2026 | Jun 22-24, 2026 |  | A |
+| [OSDI](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/osdi/) | USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation | Dec 4, 2025 | Dec 11, 2025 |  | Jul 13-15, 2026 | Seattle, WA, USA | A* |
+| [CCGrid](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/ccgrid/) | IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing |  | Dec 21, 2025 | Feb 10, 2026 | May 18-21, 2026 | Sydney, Australia | B |
+| [HPDC](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/hpdc/) | IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing | Jan 29, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | Jul 13, 2026 - Jul 16, 2026 | Cleveland, OH, USA | A |
+| [SOSP](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/sosp/) | ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles | Mar 26, 2026 | Apr 1, 2026 | Jul 3, 2026 | Sep 29, 2026 - Oct 2, 2026 | Prague, Czechia | A* |
+| [SC](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/sc/) | International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis | Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 8, 2026 | Jul 1, 2026 | Nov 17-19, 2026 | Chicago, IL, USA | A |
+| [SEC](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/sec/) | IEEE/ACM Symposium on Edge Computing | Apr 24, 2026 | May 1, 2026 | Jul 29, 2026 | Oct 13-16, 2026 |  | unranked |
+| [EuroSys](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/eurosys/) | European Conference on Computer Systems | May 7, 2026 | May 14, 2026 | Aug 21, 2026 | Apr 19-24, 2027 | Rabat, Morocco | A |
+| [Middleware](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/middleware/) | ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware Conference | May 29, 2026 | Jun 5, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 | Dec 14-18, 2026 | Tarragona, Spain | A |
+| [ATC](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/atc/) | ACM SIGOPS Annual Technical Conference |  | Jun 10, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | Nov 16-18, 2026 | Hong Kong | C |
+| [SoCC](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/socc/) | ACM Symposium on Cloud Computing | Jul 7, 2026 | Jul 14, 2026 | Sep 26, 2026 | Nov 18-20, 2026 | Singapore | — |
+| [NSDI](/cloud-edge/venues/conferences/nsdi/) | USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation | Sep 10, 2026 | Sep 17, 2026 | Dec 8, 2026 | May 11-13, 2027 | Providence, RI, USA | National: USA |
+
+## Journal Special Issues
+
+| Venue | Title | Abstract | Paper deadline | Notification | Guest Editors |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| [TPDS](/cloud-edge/venues/journals/tpds/) | [Edge AI Systems: Design and Optimization](https://www.computer.org/csdl/journal/td/call-for-papers) | Aug 15, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 | Jan 2027 | Wei Zhang, Yong Cui, Jian Wang |
+| [FGCS](/cloud-edge/venues/journals/fgcs/) | [Serverless Computing at the Edge](https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems/call-for-papers) | Jul 31, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | Feb 2027 | Marco Serafini, Dimitrios Skarlatos |
+
+> Deadlines sourced from conference websites, [WikiCFP](http://www.wikicfp.com/), and journal special issue CFPs.
 

site/content/cloud-edge/digests/_index.md

@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ title: Digests
 layout: digests
 draft: false
 ---
+
+tl;drs for the top papers.

site/content/cloud-edge/venues/journals/FGCS/_index.md

@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ homepage: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-syste
 | **Website** | [https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems](https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems) |
 | **Latest digest** | [FGCS 2025](/cloud-edge/digests/fgcs-2025/) — 12 papers |
 
+## Special Issues
+
+| Title | Abstract | Paper deadline | Notification | Guest Editors |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| [Serverless Computing at the Edge](https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems/call-for-papers) | Jul 31, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | Feb 2027 | Marco Serafini, Dimitrios Skarlatos |
+
+
 ## Previous Editions
 
 ### FGCS 2025

site/content/cloud-edge/venues/journals/TPDS/_index.md

@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ homepage: https://www.computer.org/csdl/journal/td
 | **Website** | [https://www.computer.org/csdl/journal/td](https://www.computer.org/csdl/journal/td) |
 | **Latest digest** | [TPDS 2025](/cloud-edge/digests/tpds-2025/) — 12 papers |
 
+## Special Issues
+
+| Title | Abstract | Paper deadline | Notification | Guest Editors |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| [Edge AI Systems: Design and Optimization](https://www.computer.org/csdl/journal/td/call-for-papers) | Aug 15, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 | Jan 2027 | Wei Zhang, Yong Cui, Jian Wang |
+
+
 ## Previous Editions
 
 ### TPDS 2025

site/data/cloud-edge/venues.yaml

@@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ journals:
     scimago_quartile: Q1
     scimago_sjr: "1.560"
     scimago_h_index: "131"
+    special_issues:
+      - title: "Edge AI Systems: Design and Optimization"
+        guest_editors: ["Wei Zhang", "Yong Cui", "Jian Wang"]
+        cfp_url: "https://www.computer.org/csdl/journal/td/call-for-papers"
+        abstract_deadline: "Aug 15, 2026"
+        submission_deadline: "Sep 1, 2026"
+        notification: "Jan 2027"
 
   - acronym: TOCS
     full_name: "ACM Transactions on Computer Systems"
@@ -150,6 +157,13 @@ journals:
     scimago_quartile: Q1
     scimago_sjr: "1.520"
     scimago_h_index: "130"
+    special_issues:
+      - title: "Serverless Computing at the Edge"
+        guest_editors: ["Marco Serafini", "Dimitrios Skarlatos"]
+        cfp_url: "https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems/call-for-papers"
+        abstract_deadline: "Jul 31, 2026"
+        submission_deadline: "Sep 15, 2026"
+        notification: "Feb 2027"
 
   - acronym: JPDC
     full_name: "Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing"

src/publish_assistant/generate_content.py

@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ def _conf_body(fm: dict, digests: list[dict] | None = None, base_path: str = "")
     return "\n".join(lines) + "\n"
 
 
-def _journal_body(fm: dict, digests: list[dict] | None = None, base_path: str = "") -> str:
+def _journal_body(fm: dict, digests: list[dict] | None = None, base_path: str = "",
+                  special_issues: list[dict] | None = None) -> str:
     q       = fm.get("scimago_quartile") or "—"
     sjr     = fm.get("scimago_sjr") or "—"
     h       = fm.get("scimago_h_index") or "—"
@@ -253,6 +254,25 @@ def _journal_body(fm: dict, digests: list[dict] | None = None, base_path: str =
         suffix = f"— {count} papers" if count else "*(digest pending)*"
         lines.append(f"| **Latest digest** | [{title} {year}]({base_path}/digests/{slug}/) {suffix} |")
 
+    if special_issues:
+        lines += ["\n## Special Issues\n"]
+        lines += [
+            "| Title | Abstract | Paper deadline | Notification | Guest Editors |",
+            "|---|---|---|---|---|",
+        ]
+        for si in special_issues:
+            si_title = si.get("title", "Special Issue")
+            abstract = si.get("abstract_deadline") or ""
+            paper    = si.get("submission_deadline") or si.get("abstract_deadline") or "TBD"
+            notif    = si.get("notification") or ""
+            editors  = ", ".join(si.get("guest_editors", [])) or "—"
+            abs_cell = abstract if (abstract and abstract != paper) else ""
+            cfp_url  = si.get("cfp_url", "")
+            if cfp_url:
+                si_title = f"[{si_title}]({cfp_url})"
+            lines.append(f"| {si_title} | {abs_cell} | {paper} | {notif} | {editors} |")
+        lines.append("")
+
     if digests:
         lines += ["\n## Previous Editions\n"]
         for d in sorted(digests, key=lambda x: x["year"], reverse=True):
@@ -278,13 +298,25 @@ def _journal_body(fm: dict, digests: list[dict] | None = None, base_path: str =
 # Date helpers
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-def _parse_date(s: str) -> str | None:
+def _parse_date(s: str, month_only: bool = False) -> str | None:
-    """'Apr 1, 2026' → '2026-04-01', or None if unparseable."""
+    """'Apr 1, 2026' → '2026-04-01', or None if unparseable.
+
+    With month_only, also accepts a bare month and year ('Jan 2027' →
+    '2027-01-01'). Journal special issues often announce notifications at
+    month granularity; conference deadlines are always full dates, so this
+    stays opt-in to keep their output unchanged.
+    """
     for fmt in ("%b %d, %Y", "%B %d, %Y"):
         try:
             return datetime.strptime(s.strip(), fmt).strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
         except ValueError:
             pass
+    if month_only:
+        for fmt in ("%b %Y", "%B %Y"):
+            try:
+                return datetime.strptime(s.strip(), fmt).strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
     return None
 
 
@@ -429,6 +461,29 @@ def _calendar_events(venues: dict, deadlines: dict, base_path: str = "") -> list
             if location:
                 ev["extendedProps"] = {"location": location}
             events.append(ev)
+
+    # Journal special issue deadlines — one purple series, distinct from conferences
+    journal_color = "#7b2cbf"
+    for journal in venues.get("journals") or []:
+        acronym = journal.get("acronym", "")
+        url = f"{base_path}/venues/journals/{acronym.lower()}/"
+        for si in journal.get("special_issues") or []:
+            si_title = si.get("title", "Special Issue")
+            cfp_url  = si.get("cfp_url", "")
+            for field, label in [
+                ("abstract_deadline",   "abstract deadline"),
+                ("submission_deadline", "paper deadline"),
+                ("notification",        "notification"),
+            ]:
+                # Notifications are often month-only ('Jan 2027'); deadlines are not.
+                iso = _parse_date(si.get(field) or "", month_only=(field == "notification"))
+                if iso:
+                    ev = {"title": f"{acronym} SI — {si_title} — {label}",
+                          "start": iso, "url": url, "color": journal_color,
+                          "allDay": True}
+                    if cfp_url:
+                        ev["extendedProps"] = {"cfp_url": cfp_url}
+                    events.append(ev)
     return events
 
 
@@ -441,7 +496,9 @@ def _calendar_body(venues: dict, icore: dict, deadlines: dict, base_path: str =
                 pass
         return datetime.max
 
-    rows = []
+    lines: list[str] = []
+
+    conf_rows = []
     for conf in venues.get("conferences") or []:
         acronym  = conf.get("acronym", "")
         rank     = icore.get(acronym.upper(), "—") or "—"
@@ -451,24 +508,57 @@ def _calendar_body(venues: dict, icore: dict, deadlines: dict, base_path: str =
         notif    = dl_data.get("notification") or ""
         event    = dl_data.get("event_dates") or "—"
         location = dl_data.get("location") or ""
-        rows.append((acronym, abstract, paper, notif, event, location, rank))
+        conf_rows.append((acronym, conf.get("full_name", ""), abstract, paper,
+                          notif, event, location, rank))
 
-    rows.sort(key=lambda r: (parse_deadline(r[2]), r[0]))
+    conf_rows.sort(key=lambda r: (parse_deadline(r[3]), r[0]))
 
-    lines = [
+    lines += [
-        "\n| Conference | Abstract | Paper deadline | Notification | Event dates | Location | ICORE |",
+        "\n## Conference Deadlines\n",
-        "|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|",
+        "| Venue | Name | Abstract | Paper deadline | Notification | Event dates | Location | ICORE |",
+        "|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|",
     ]
-    for acronym, abstract, paper, notif, event, location, rank in rows:
+    for acronym, full_name, abstract, paper, notif, event, location, rank in conf_rows:
         abs_cell = abstract if (abstract and abstract != paper) else ""
+        link = f"[{acronym}]({base_path}/venues/conferences/{acronym.lower()}/)"
         lines.append(
-            f"| [{acronym}]({base_path}/venues/conferences/{acronym.lower()}/) "
+            f"| {link} | {full_name} | {abs_cell} | {paper} | {notif} "
-            f"| {abs_cell} | {paper} | {notif} | {event} | {location} | {rank} |"
+            f"| {event} | {location} | {rank} |"
+        )
+
+    si_rows = []
+    for journal in venues.get("journals") or []:
+        acronym = journal.get("acronym", "")
+        for si in journal.get("special_issues") or []:
+            abstract = si.get("abstract_deadline") or ""
+            paper    = si.get("submission_deadline") or si.get("abstract_deadline") or "TBD"
+            notif    = si.get("notification") or ""
+            si_title = si.get("title", "Special Issue")
+            cfp_url  = si.get("cfp_url", "")
+            if cfp_url:
+                si_title = f"[{si_title}]({cfp_url})"
+            editors  = ", ".join(si.get("guest_editors", [])) or "—"
+            si_rows.append((acronym, si_title, abstract, paper, notif, editors))
+
+    si_rows.sort(key=lambda r: (parse_deadline(r[3]), r[0]))
+
+    if si_rows:
+        lines += [
+            "\n## Journal Special Issues\n",
+            "| Venue | Title | Abstract | Paper deadline | Notification | Guest Editors |",
+            "|---|---|---|---|---|---|",
+        ]
+        for acronym, si_title, abstract, paper, notif, editors in si_rows:
+            abs_cell = abstract if (abstract and abstract != paper) else ""
+            link = f"[{acronym}]({base_path}/venues/journals/{acronym.lower()}/)"
+            lines.append(
+                f"| {link} | {si_title} | {abs_cell} | {paper} | {notif} | {editors} |"
             )
 
     lines += [
         "",
-        "> Deadlines sourced from conference websites and [WikiCFP](http://www.wikicfp.com/).",
+        "> Deadlines sourced from conference websites, [WikiCFP](http://www.wikicfp.com/), "
+        "and journal special issue CFPs.",
         "",
     ]
     return "\n".join(lines) + "\n"
@@ -586,7 +676,8 @@ def gen_journals(venues: dict, scimago: dict[str, dict], root: Path,
         }
         fm = merge_fm(existing_fm, new_fm, PRESERVED_VENUE_FIELDS)
         digests = (venue_digests or {}).get(acronym)
-        write_hugo_file(path, fm, _journal_body(fm, digests, base_path))
+        write_hugo_file(path, fm, _journal_body(fm, digests, base_path,
+                                                journal.get("special_issues")))
         count += 1
         print(f"  {path.relative_to(root.parent)}", file=sys.stderr)
     return count