[hpc-announce] CFP: IEEE INFOCOM 2026 at Tokyo, 18-21 May, 2026

[Li Ruidong]

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IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications 2026
(IEEE INFOCOM 2026), 18-21 May, 2026
Tokyo, Japan
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IEEE INFOCOM 2026 is scheduled to take place at the Hilton Tokyo, Tokyo,
Japan during May 18-21, 2026. This event will be conducted in person,
allowing attendees to fully immerse themselves in the conference experience.

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.

IEEE INFOCOM incorporates a rigorous double-blind review process. The
review assignment will be based on the review assignment system described
in the following paper, which analyzes the submitted manuscripts and the
representative publications of TPC members and matches the submissions to
TPC members’ expertise and interests.

B. Li and Y.T. Hou. “The new automated INFOCOM review assignment system,”
IEEE Network, vol.30, no.5, pp.18-24, Sept./Oct. 2016.
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Papers that present data that include experiments on or with humans or
animals and/or presentation or analysis of personally identifiable
information, including aggregated data, must have the appropriate approval
from the author(s)’ institution(s). An explicit statement about the
approval must be included in the paper (with appropriate anonymization in
the paper submitted for review).

PREPRINTS POLICY
While a paper is under submission to the IEEE INFOCOM, authors may choose
to present their work and talk about it, post a preprint of the paper to an
archival repository such as arXiv, and disclose security vulnerabilities to
vendors. Authors should refrain from widely advertising their results. The
reviewers are not under any obligation to check the archive in evaluating
the manuscript.

RESEARCH ETHICS
Authors of all submissions must consider the ethics of their work. Without
sufficient precautions, research endeavors can lead to negative outcomes.
Due to the complexity of today's networking and communication systems,
people could experience negative outcomes either directly or indirectly in
unexpected ways (see The Menlo Report).

CONFLICT OF INTEREST (COI)
Before submission, please update your CoIs in the EDAS system. A CoI occurs
when a person’s objective judgment is — or is perceived by a reasonable
observer — compromised by an existing relationship, affiliation, or
connection to a person whose work they must evaluate.

The following are considered to be specific examples of relationships that
produce CoIs. Individuals in such relationships should not be involved in
peer review of, or making editorial decisions about, materials provided by
the related parties.

The lifelong relationship between a Ph.D. student and his/her Ph.D.
supervisor
Within the last 24 months or reasonably expected within the next year:
Working closely together (e.g., at the same institution, company, or
organization; or within the same organizational team).
Recipients of joint funding or significant professional collaboration.
Joint authorship of an archival publication.
Personal or family relationships that would reasonably cause others to
doubt the impartiality of the review
Notable personal or professional conflicts (publicly known or not).
SUBMISSION CAP, LENGTH, AND FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS
An individual may be listed as author or co-author on at most FIVE papers
submitted to IEEEE INFOCOM 2026. In the event that an individual exceeds
this limit, only the first five papers received before the deadline will be
considered for review, and the remainder will be rejected without review.
Submitted papers must be written in English, with a maximum length limit of
10 printed pages. The main text (including figures, tables, appendices, and
any material other than references) must be no more than 9 pages. Papers
that do not comply with the length limit will not be reviewed. Use the
standard IEEE Transactions templates for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats
found at:
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If the paper is typeset in LaTeX, please use an unmodified version of the
LaTeX template IEEEtran.cls version 1.8, and use the preamble:
\documentclass[10pt, conference, letterpaper]{ IEEEtran}

Do not use additional LaTeX commands or packages to override and change the
default typesetting choices in the template, including line spacing, font
sizes, margins, space between the columns, and font types. This implies
that the manuscript must use 10-point Times font, two-column formatting, as
well as all default margins and line spacing requirements as dictated by
the original version of IEEEtran.cls version 1.8. If you are using
Microsoft Word to format your paper, you should use an unmodified version
of the Microsoft Word IEEE Transactions template (US letter size).
Regardless of the source of your paper formatting, you must submit your
paper in Adobe PDF format.

The paper must print clearly and legibly, including all the figures, on
standard black-and-white printers. Reviewers are not required to read your
paper in color. The submitted manuscript should be self-contained.
Inclusion of additional material (e.g., a technical report containing the
detailed math proof through an anonymous Dropbox or OneDrive link) is not
allowed.

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Due: Thursday, July 24, 2025 (11:59 p.m., AOE)
Full Paper Due: Thursday, July 31, 2025 (11:59 p.m., AOE)
Notification of Acceptance: Monday, December 8, 2025

Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE INFOCOM 2026
Conference Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore®. Full details
regarding the submission procedures and requirements are available at
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TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIRS
Tian Lan (George Washington University, USA)
Satyajayant Misra (New Mexico State University, USA)

TECHNICAL PROGRAM VICE-CHAIR FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Qiben Yan (Michigan State University, USA)