Call for Papers

Call for Papers

In the last decade, the growth of the Internet and other web technologies has driven fast developments of various networking technologies that are becoming primary parts of our daily lives. The wealth of existing algorithms and architectures for parallel and distributed computing, combined with the proliferation of future wireless technologies and electronic devices resulted in a fast-growing adoption of future networks and highly decentralized systems. Future networks and distributed systems research is an interdisciplinary research field involving academic researchers in computer science, communication engineering, physics and social and behavioral studies, as well as information technology industry consultants and practitioners to support multiservice, multimedia services convergence, service ubiquity and context awareness, mobility, fixed-mobile convergence, variable connectivity, quality of service, spontaneous and autonomic networking and other capabilities.

ICFNDS 2026 aims to bring together a diverse global community to exchange ideas on both theoretical advances and practical implementations, covering a wide spectrum of topics ranging from core networking technologies and distributed computing architectures to cutting-edge paradigms such as AI-driven networking, edge-cloud continuum, 6G, IoT ecosystems, cyber-physical systems, blockchain-enabled infrastructures, network security, and trustworthy distributed intelligence.

The conference welcomes original, high-quality, and unpublished research contributions addressing fundamental challenges, novel methodologies, experimental studies, prototype implementations, and real-world industrial experiences. By fostering collaboration between academia and industry, ICFNDS 2026 seeks to accelerate innovation and shape the future of interconnected and distributed digital systems.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Future Networks

• Artificial Intelligence-enabled communications

• Machine / deep Learning for communication networks

• Future Internet

• Future generation communication networks

• Future warehousing

• Multi-Cores, virtualization

• Clusters and grid computing

• Web-services and SOA

• 6G, 5G, LTE, LTE-Advanced, WLAN, WPAN

• Small cell networks

• Cognitive radio network

• QoE, QoS, SLA, and GoS

• Heterogeneous networks

• Wireless, VLC and LED communication

• CCN/CDN/ICN/Delay-tolerant networks

• Software-Defined Networking (SDN)

• Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)

• Future network platforms, software and services

• Network theory and network science

• Intelligent Internet communication

• Mobile computing

• Peer-to-peer, optical and Interconnection networks

• Network routing and communication algorithms

• Security, reliability and fault-tolerance

• Network security

2. Cloud, Distributed and Parallel systems

• Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and blockchains

• Parallel and distributed architectures

• Theory of parallel and distributed computing

• Parallel algorithms and their implementation

• Resource allocation and management

• Task mapping and job scheduling

• Distributed data and knowledge-based systems

• Database applications and data mining

• Web technologies

• Performance evaluation and measurements

• Wireless networks and Protocols

• Optimization

• Language, compliers and operating systems

• Reusability and scheduling

• Formal methods and programming languages

• Modelling and simulation

• Crowdsourcing and cloud computing

• Big data networks and data center architecture

3. Internet of Things (IoT)

• Data collection, deep learning, reality mining, and prediction methods

• Real-time decision-making and information extraction

• Methods for seamless human-to-object and object-to-object interactions

• Advanced manufacturing and logistics with IoT

• Evaluation of challenges of real-world deployments of Industrial Internet and GS1

• Information architecture design on field device, edge device and servers in cloud

• Transitioning functional and processing allocation across system entities

• Advanced data capturing and networking technology

• Object identification and access

• Interoperability of IoT systems

• Service and device discovery

• Synchronization of distributed directory systems.

• Semantic data description frameworks

• Data sharing and acceptance of IoT Systems

• Data security, authentication and authorization

• Privacy protection, data sharing technologies, tampering protection and detection

• Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN)

• Smart cities and services

• Case studies in the deployment of IoT applications/services in the area of accessibility

• Wearable technology for independent living

• Pervasive platforms and applications for assisted living

4. General Track

Future networks and distributed systems papers that do not fit the above tracks can be submitted to the general conference track. Subjects of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Cybersecurity and darknet

• Artificial intelligence

• Smart infrastructure

• Vehicular Networks

• Digital Twins

Important Dates

• Final Paper Submission: May 1, 2026

• Notification of Acceptance: June 27, 2026

• Camera Ready Paper: June 25, 2026 

• Authors Registration: July 10, 2026

• Conference Date: Dec 27 – 29, 2026