13^thInternational Conference on Computer Networks & Data Communications (CNDC 2026)

November 27 ~ 28, 2026, Zurich, Switzerland

Scope & Topics

13^th International Conference on Computer Networks & Data Communications (CNDC 2026) will provide an excellent international forum for sharing knowledge and results in theory and applications of Computer Networks and Data Communications. The Conference looks for significant contributions to the Computer Networks and Communications for wired and wireless networks in theoretical and practical aspects. Original papers are invited on Networks, wireless and Mobile, Protocols and wireless networks and security. The aim of the conference is to provide a platform to the researchers and practitioners from both academia as well as industry to meet and share cutting-edge development in the field.

Authors are solicited to contribute to the conference by submitting articles that illustrate research results, projects, surveying works and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in the following areas, but are not limited to.

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

• Future Internet and Clean Slate Architectures
  
• Transport Protocols, Congestion Control and Low Latency Networking
  
• Routing, Switching, Traffic Engineering and Programmable Control
  
• Network Measurement, Telemetry, Observability and Performance Analysis
  
• Network Verification, Formal Methods and Intent Based Assurance
  
• Datacenter Networks, RDMA/RoCE and High Performance Fabrics
  
• Networking for AI/LLM Training Clusters and Distributed Deep Learning
  
• Programmable Data Planes, P4, eBPF and In Network Computing
  
• Cloud Native, Microservices and Service Mesh Networking
  
• Edge, Fog, MEC and Distributed Intelligence
  
• 5G/6G, THz, mmWave and Multi RAT Wireless Systems
  
• Non Terrestrial Networks (Satellite, Aerial, Space Ground)
  
• Spectrum Sharing, Cognitive Radio and Joint Communication–Sensing
  
• Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) and Smart Radio Environments
  
• Vehicular Networks, V2X and Intelligent Transportation Systems
  
• IoT, Cyber Physical Systems and Industrial Networks
  
• Robotics Networking, Drone Swarms and Autonomous Systems
  
• Ubiquitous, Pervasive and Context Aware Networking
  
• Network Security, Zero Trust and Resilient Architectures
  
• Privacy Preserving Networking, MPC and Encrypted Traffic Analysis
  
• Federated Analytics and Privacy Preserving Telemetry
  
• Post Quantum and Quantum Safe Networking
  
• Blockchain, Web3 and Decentralized Networked Systems
  
• Optical Transport, Photonic Switching and High Capacity Backbones
  
• Quantum Networking and Entanglement Distribution
  
• AI/ML for Networking, Traffic Engineering and Anomaly Detection
  
• LLM Driven Automation, Autonomous Networks and Zero Touch Management
  
• Network Digital Twins and Closed Loop Control
  
• XR/VR/AR Networking, Holographic Media and Immersive Systems
  
• Haptic Internet, Tactile Communications and Remote Surgery Networking
  
• Real Time Media Delivery, QoS and QoE Optimization
  
• Network Economics, Policy, Pricing and Governance
  
• Tokenized Network Services and Decentralized Spectrum Markets
  
• Sustainable and Carbon Aware Networking
  
• Carbon Optimized AI Cluster Networking
  
• Internet Scale Experimentation, Testbeds and Reproducibility
  
• Benchmarking, Emulation and Simulation Frameworks
  
• Smart City Digital Twins and Infrastructure Scale Sensing
  
• Human Centered Networking and Digital Society Systems
  
• Emerging Trends in Computer Networks and Communications

Paper Submission

Authors are invited to submit papers through the conference Submission System by October 10, 2026 . Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this conference. The proceedings of the conference will be published by The proceedings of the conference will be published by Computer Science Conference Proceedings in Computer Science & Information Technology (CS & IT) series (Confirmed).

Selected papers from CNDC 2026, after further revisions, will be published in the special issue of the following journals.

• International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications (IJCNC) - Scopus, ERA Indexed
  
• International Journal of Next-Generation Networks (IJNGN)
  
• International Journal of Wireless & Mobile Networks (IJWMN)
  
• International Journal of Distributed and Parallel Systems (IJDPS)
  
• International Journal of Grid Computing & Applications (IJGCA)
  
• International Journal of UbiComp (IJU)
  
• International Journal of Ad hoc, Sensor & Ubiquitous Computing (IJASUC)
  
• International Journal of Advanced Smart Sensor Network Systems (IJASSN)
  
• International Journal on AdHoc Networking Systems (IJANS)
  
• International Journal of Peer to Peer Networks (IJP2P)
  
• Information Technology in Industry (ITII)
  
  

Important Dates

Co - Located Event

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• 18^th International Conference on Web services & Semantic Technology (WeST 2026)
  
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• 16^th International Conference on Digital Image Processing and Pattern Recognition (DPPR 2026)
  
• 7^th International Conference on Data Science and Applications (DSA 2026)
  
• 16^th 16th International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Networks and Trust Management (P2PTM 2026)
  
• 12^th International Conference on Software Security (ICSS 2026)
  
• 16^th International Conference on Advances in Computing and Information Technology (ACITY 2026)
  
• 7^th International Conference on Internet of Things & Embedded Systems (IoTE 2026)
  
• 7^th International Conference on NLP Techniques and Applications (NLPTA 2026)
  

***** The invited talk proposals can be submitted to cndc@cndc2026.org