The 41st ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing
Thessaloniki, Greece, March 23-27, 2026
TRACK ON COMPUTER NETWORKING
A special track on Computer Networking will be held at SAC 2026. 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 Original and unpublished papers and tutorials are invited in all areas of computer networking.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Original and unpublished papers are solicited from the above-mentioned areas.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 2026 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:
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.
Important Dates
September 26, 2025: Paper and SRC Submission Deadline
October 31, 2025: Author Notification
December 5, 2025: Camera-Ready Paper Due
TRACK CHAIRS
Mário M. Freire
Full Professor
Dept of Computer Science, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
mario.freire@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, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Duarte Raposo, Telecommunications Institute, 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
Máirtín O’Droma, University of Limerick, Ireland
Marie-José Montpetit, SLICES-RI, France
Marilia Curado, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Miguel Pardal, University of 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