IEEE INFOCOM 2018 solicits research papers describing significant and innovative research contributions to the field of computer and data communications networks. We invite submissions on a wide range of research topics, spanning both theoretical and systems research. Topics include:

Big data and data processing for networks
Cellular networks
Cloud computing
Cognitive radio networks
Cooperative networking
Cross-layer optimization and control
Crowdsourcing
Cyber-physical systems
Datacenter networking
Delay tolerant networks
Energy efficiency
Fault tolerance, reliability and survivability
Flow and congestion control
Game theory in networks
Information security and privacy
Information centric networking
Interference management and mitigation
Internet of Things
Localization and location-based services
Medium access control
MIMO-based networking
Mobile cloud computing
Mobility management and models
Multimedia networking
Network calculus
Network coding
Network economics and pricing
Network management
Network measurement and analysis
Network security and privacy
Network virtualization
Optical networks
Overlay and peer-to-peer networks
Quality of Service and resource management
Router and switch design
Routing & Multicast
Scaling laws and fundamental limits
Scheduling and buffer management
Smart antenna based networking
Smart grid
Smartphone and mobile applications
Social computing and networks
Software defined networking
Tactile Internet
Vehicular networks
Web applications and content distribution
WLAN, WPAN, RFID, and NFC
Wireless security and privacy
Wireless sensor networks

Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE INFOCOM 2018 Conference Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore®. Full details of submission procedures and requirements for authors of accepted papers are available at http://infocom2018.ieee-infocom.org.

Important dates:

Abstract Due: Monday, 24 July 2017 (11:59pm EDT)
Full Paper Due: Monday, 31 July 2017 (11:59pm EDT)
Notification of Acceptance: Monday, 27 November 2017 (11:59pm EDT)

General Chair
Galen Sasaki University of Hawaii, USA

General Vice Chair
Yingfei Dong University of Hawaii, USA

Technical Program Chairs
Shiwen Mao Auburn University, USA
Tommaso Melodia Northeastern University, USA
Prasun Sinha Ohio State University, USA

Technical Program Vice-Chair for Information System
Danda B. Rawat, Howard Univ., USA

For more information, visit http://infocom2018.ieee-infocom.org