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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">You are invited to submit your high-quality work to the upcoming
<b>ACM CoNEXT 2026</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">===========================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span lang="EN-GB">December 7-10, 2026 - Utrecht, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">Conference website: </span><a href="https://conferences.sigcomm.org/co-next/2026/#!/home"><span lang="EN-GB">https://conferences.sigcomm.org/co-next/2026/#!/home</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">Full CFP: </span><a href="https://conferences.sigcomm.org/co-next/2026/#!/cfp"><span lang="EN-GB">https://conferences.sigcomm.org/co-next/2026/#!/cfp</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">Submission Guidelines: </span><a href="https://conferences.sigcomm.org/co-next/2026/#!/submission"><span lang="EN-GB">https://conferences.sigcomm.org/co-next/2026/#!/submission</span></a><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">===========================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">----------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><u><span lang="EN-GB">Important Dates for June Submissions<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">----------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoPlainText" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-GB">Paper Registration:
<b>May 29th, 2026</b><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoPlainText" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-GB">Paper Submission:
<b>June 5th, 2026</b><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoPlainText" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-GB">Early reject notification: July, 2026<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoPlainText" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-GB">Notification of Acceptance: September 11th, 2026<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoPlainText" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-GB">Camera Ready for accepted papers: October 12th, 2026<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoPlainText" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-GB">Publication of accepted papers: December 2026 issue of PACMNET<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">For papers given the one-shot major revision option:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoPlainText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6"><span lang="EN-GB">Major revision due: November 12th, 2026<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoPlainText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6"><span lang="EN-GB">Final decision: December 15th, 2026<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoPlainText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6"><span lang="EN-GB">Camera Ready for accepted papers: January 21st, 2027<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoPlainText" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6"><span lang="EN-GB">Publication of accepted papers: March 2027 issue of PACMNET<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">All deadline times are at 24:00 Anywhere on Earth (AoE).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">---------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><u><span lang="EN-GB">Aims and Scope<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">---------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">We especially encourage submissions that present novel experimentation, creative use of networking technologies, and new insights made possible using analysis. We invite submissions on a wide range of networking topics.
The list of topics includes (in alphabetical order):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• Content distribution and caching, e.g., CDN, peer-to-peer, overlays<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• Design, analysis, and evaluation of network architectures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• Experience and lessons learned by deploying large-scale networked systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• Experience with applying machine learning, large language models (LLMs) and generative AI to networking problems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• In-network computing, NFV, and network programmability<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• Innovative uses of network data beyond communication<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• Network measurements and modeling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• Internet economics and policy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• Mobile and wireless network protocols and applications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• Machine learning as applied to all layers of networking<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• Networked applications, including XR, web, video, and online social networks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• Network and systems for AI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• Network aspects of datacenters, cloud computing, operating systems, virtualization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• Network aspects of IoT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• Network control and management, including SDN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• Network, transport, and application-layer protocols<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• Next-generation mobile networks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• Reliability and availability of networks, protocols, and applications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• Reproducibility of networking research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• Routing and traffic engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• Security and privacy aspects of network applications, protocols, and systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">• Sustainable (e.g., energy-efficient, carbon-efficient) computing and networking<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">We are open to other contributions that stretch networking research outside of these topics, present new emerging computing trends, or potentially involve unfamiliar techniques. We welcome experience submissions that
clearly articulate lessons learned, as well as submissions that refute prior published results.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">We emphasize that the focus of CoNEXT is networking and its impact on networked applications. For example, papers focusing on the wireless physical layer without considering the impact on the network (e.g., quantitative
performance benefits, deployment challenges) are out of scope. Similarly, contributions that focus on improvements and applications of AI models are welcome if they present a critical and in-depth analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed
solutions, with a clear take-home message from a networking perspective. Potential authors who are unsure of the scope are encouraged to contact the PC chairs before submission.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">--------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-GB">Thank you for your consideration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">ACM CoNEXT’26 Organization Committee<o:p></o:p></p>
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