Call for Posters & Demos

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The 24th International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA 2026)

November 10-13, 2026, Ortigia-Syracuse (Sicily), Italy

Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings. The proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore, subject to IEEE approval.

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About NCA

The IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications is a successful series of conferences that serves as a large international forum for presenting and sharing recent research results and technological developments in the fields of network and distributed computing. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Network Architectures & Protocols
• Routing Mechanisms
• Distributed Systems & Platforms
• Cloud, Edge, Computing Continuum
• Future Internet and Internet of Things
• Content Delivery Network (CDN)
• Network Softwarization & Virtualization
• Autonomic & Self-Networked Systems
• Performance, QoS & Energy Efficiency
• Security, Privacy & Dependability
• Blockchain
• Social Networks
• Data/AI for Networked and Distributed Systems
• Applications, Prototypes & Experiences
• Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs)
• Distributed Quantum Computing

Important dates

NCA 2026 welcomes contributions as demo or poster manuscripts. Further formatting requirements and page limits are clarified later. All the deadlines are Anywhere on Earth (AoE).

• Demo/poster manuscripts due: July 24, 2026
• Author notification: September 11, 2026
• Camera-ready submission: September 25, 2026

Submission Guidelines

Submission Guidelines: Authors are invited to submit papers describing original, previously unpublished work not currently under review by any other conference, workshop, or journal. Manuscripts must be formatted using the two-column IEEE conference proceedings template. Paper submissions are handled via EDAS (the system is being finalized).

Manuscripts page limit

Page limits include all figures, tables, and references. For poster and demo papers, the page limit is 2 pages, and no extra pages are allowed.

NCA 2026 is an in-person event

The conference will be in-person and no virtual or remote presentations will be permitted. Authors of accepted papers are responsible to obtain an Italian visa, if required, in a timely manner so as to meet the above expectation. Accepted papers must be presented in person by one of the authors under full registration. Failure to meet this requirement will result in the exclusion of the paper from the final proceedings. All presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library, subject to IEEE approval.

For any questions about the conference, please contact the TPC Co-Chairs.