Title:
IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications
Description:
IEEE INFOCOM is a top-ranked conference on networking by the IEEE Communications Society. IEEE INFOCOM 2026 solicits research papers describing significant and innovative research contributions to the field of networking technologies and systems. Following INFOCOM’s tradition, we welcome submissions from a wide range of research topics, spanning both theoretical and systems research. Topics include but are not limited to:
- Artificial Intelligence/Machine learning for networking
- Cellular wireless broadband systems, including 6G and beyond
- Censorship circumvention and net neutrality
- Challenging Network Environments (underwater, underground)
- Cloud computing/mobile cloud computing
- Cross-layer designs
- Cyber-physical network systems
- Datacenter networking
- Dynamic spectrum sharing
- Edge and fog computing/networking
- Extremely high-frequency communications (mmWave, THz)
- Fault tolerance, reliability, and survivability
- Full duplex communication networks
- Green networks
- Information-centric networking
- Interference management and mitigation
- Internet architectures
- Internet of Things
- Large-scale MIMO-based networking
- Localization and location-based services
- Medium access control
- Mobile sensing and applications
- Mobility management and models
- Multimedia networking
- Network economics and pricing
- Network management
- Network measurement and analysis
- Network security and privacy
- Network support for VR/AR
- Network virtualization
- Networked autonomous aerial/terrestrial/underwater systems
- Non-terrestrial networks
- Online social networks
- Optical networks
- Quality-of-service and resource management
- Quantum networking
- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Near-Field Communication (NFC)
- Router and switch design
- Routing and multicast
- Scaling laws and fundamental limits
- Software-defined networking (SDN)
- Tactile Internet
- Testbeds, experimentations, and networked experimental platforms
- Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications (URLLC)
- Vehicular networks
- Visible light communications (VLC)
- Web applications and content distribution
- Wireless networks
- Foundation models for communication and networks
- AI/ML Ethics for networking
- Industry 4.0 communication and networking
- Human-machine interactions in future networks
- Block-chain and payment channel networks
- Digital twin and world models for communication and networks
To enhance the reproducibility and replicability of scientific findings authors are encouraged to make their data and code open-source via anonymous online repository (e.g., anonymous GitHub). Reviewers are not required to review the data or code.