| October 25, 2013 | Official start date. The sample benchmark suite is released. |
| November 20, 2013 | Details regarding the evaluation procedure via the web-interface. |
| December 16, 2013 | Modified ISPD-2013 benchmark suite A is released. |
| December 19, 2013 | Modified ISPD-2013 benchmark suite A release notes. |
| January 15, 2014 | Registration deadline. Please follow registration instructions here. |
| February 4, 2014 | Modified DAC-2012 benchmark suite B is released. |
| Feb. 20, 2014 | Deadline to receive alpha executable submissions from all teams. |
| Mar. 16, 2014 | Deadline to receive executable submissions from all teams. |
| March 30 - April 2, 2014 | Contest results will be announced at the conference. |