The 40th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing

Sicily, Italy, March 31 - April 4, 2025

TRACK ON COMPUTER NETWORKING

A special track on Computer Networking will be held at SAC 2025. This track aims to be a forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners, in both academia and industry, to share new ideas, experiences, and results, and to present their latest findings in all aspects of computer communications, networks, and services. Original and unpublished papers and tutorials are invited in all areas of computer networking. The Track will emphasize on the design, implementation, management, and applications of computer communications, networks, and services. Works of theoretical nature are also welcome, provided there is a clear practical potential in applying the results of such works. Major topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

Big data and machine learning for networks
Challenged environments for networking (underwater, underground)
Cloud computing and networking
Communication protocols
Connected unmanned aerial/terrestrial/underwater systems
Content-based network services
Context-aware networking
Cross-layer optimization and control
Crowdsourcing
Cyber-physical-social-systems
Datacenter networking
Edge Computing and Computation offloading
Future networks and services
Green networking
Internet of Things to Cloud Continuum
Internet of Vehicles
Internet services and applications
Localization and location-based services
Low-latency communications
Middleware support for networking
Mobility management
Multimedia communications

Network architectures
Network fault tolerance, reliability, resilience, and survivability
Network measurements and analysis
Network modeling and simulations
Network operation, administration and management
Network performance evaluation
Network security and privacy
Network virtualization
Novel networking paradigms
Optical networks
Programmable networks
Quality of service and quality of experience
Quantum computing and networking
Resource allocation and management
Smart grid applications
Smart ubiquitous networking
Self-organizing networks
Social computing and networks
Switching and routing technologies
Traffic engineering and characterization
Virtual and overlay networks

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION

Original and unpublished papers are solicited from the above-mentioned areas. The file format should be PDF. The author(s) name(s) and address(es) must not appear in the papers, and self-references should be written in the third person tense, in order to allow double blind review. Only the title should be shown at the first page without the author's information. Papers must be formatted according to the template which is available at the SAC 2025 website. Paper size is limited to eight pages (covered by the registration fee) plus two additional pages (at extra charge), resulting in the total of ten pages maximum according to the above-mentioned template. For papers accepted as posters, the length is two pages (covered by the registration fee) plus one additional page (at extra charge), resulting in the total of three pages maximum. A few key words should be provided. A paper cannot be sent to more than one track. Original manuscripts should be submitted in an electronic format through the conference web site:

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Paper registration is required, allowing the inclusion of the paper/poster in the conference proceedings. An author or a proxy attending SAC MUST present the paper - this is a requirement for the paper/poster to be included in the ACM/IEEE digital library. No-show of scheduled papers and posters will result in excluding them from the ACM/IEEE digital library.

For any other question regarding this Track, please contact the Chairs at sac2025@di.ubi.pt

Important Dates

September 20, 2024: Paper and SRC Submission Deadline
October 30, 2024: Author Notification
November 29, 2024: Camera-Ready Paper Due

TRACK CHAIRS

Mário M. Freire
Full Professor
Dept of Computer Science, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
mario@di.ubi.pt | http://www.di.ubi.pt/~mario

Ivan Ganchev
Full Professor
University of Limerick, Ireland / University of Plovdiv "Paisii Hilendarski", Bulgaria
ivan.ganchev@ul.ie | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0535-7087

Karima Velasquez
Assistant Professor
Department of Informatics Engineering, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
kcastro@dei.uc.pt | https://www.cisuc.uc.pt/en/people/karima-velasquez

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Alexandre Santos, University of Minho, Portugal
André Aquino, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil
André Riker, University of Pará, Brazil
Bruno Silva, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Bruno Sousa, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Carmen Guerrero, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
David Abreu, Instituto Pedro Nunes, Portugal
Duarte Raposo, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
Edmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, University of New Mexico, USA
Fernando Boavida, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Fernando Ramos, University of Lisboa, Portugal
José Luís Oliveira, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Leandro Villas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
Marco Roccetti, Università di Bologna, Italy
Marília Curado, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Máirtín O’Droma, University of Limerick, Ireland
Marie-José Montpetit, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Miguel Pardal, University os Lisboa, Portugal
Mohamed Mosbah, LaBRI, Bordeaux INP, France
Nelson Fonseca, State University of Campinas, Brazil
Pedro Inácio, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland
Qin Xin, University of the Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands
Roger Immich, University of Campinas, Brazil
Rossitza Goleva, New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria
Saverio Mascolo, Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Tiago Simões, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
Torsten Braun, University of Berne, Switzerland
Xavi Masip, Technical University of Cataluña, Spain
Zoubir Mammeri, Université Paul Sabatier, France