The 2012 International Symposium on Network Coding will be held in Boston, MA on Friday, June 29 and Saturday, June 30, 2012. It will conveniently precede ISIT 2012 (MIT, July 1-6), and will be held at the same location, at MIT.

Previously unpublished contributions from a broad range of topics are solicited, including (but not limited to) the following areas:

Shannon theory and the fundamentals of network coding
Network code constructions and algorithms
Joint source/channel and network coding
Resource optimization for network coding
Inter-session network coding
Network coding for distributed storage systems and cashing
Network coding for content distribution and video streaming
Implementation and deployment of network coding


A small number of invited talks will present and contrast alternative and/or interdisciplinary approaches to the following topics:

Deploying network coding on smart phones and other wireless systems
Interactions of network coding with network protocols and traffic
Secure network coding: challenges and opportunities
Index coding: combinatorial vs. information theoretic treatment

Contributions in these areas are particularly encouraged.