Graduate Forum

COMSNETS Graduate Forum 2026

COMSNETS 2026 Graduate Forum presents a unique opportunity for open discussions and feedback from reviewers (and judges) for students enrolled in graduate programs (Undergraduate, Postgraduate, and Doctoral Researchers) on their research (including early-stage research works) in areas related to communications, systems, and networking.

In addition to the useful feedback on their current research and possible future research directions, it offers an opportunity to interact with eminent researchers from both academia and industry. All submissions will receive detailed reviews from the review committee.

Accepted submissions will be published in the conference proceedings (unless the author requires otherwise). At least one of the authors of the accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper at the dedicated Graduate Forum session through a formal presentation.

A partial travel grant will be available for selected Graduate Forum Participants. The applicants have to apply for the travel grant separately (See Travel Grants page for more details).

Best Paper Award:

A “Best Graduate Forum Paper Award” will be awarded based on the presentations by a panel of judges.

Who can Submit:

To be eligible to submit your work to the Graduate Forum, you must be registered as a Ph.D., Master’s or Bachelor's student at the time of submission.

The topics of interest for the Graduate Forum are in line with the main conference program. Submissions must include the author’s name, affiliations, and email addresses. We will follow a single-blind review policy.

Topics of Interest Include (but are not limited to):

• Wireless 📡
  • 5G and wireless broadband networks
  • Technologies for 6-100 GHz spectrum
  • WLAN, RFID, and NFC
  • Visible light communications
  • Heterogeneous networks (HetNets)
  • Cognitive radio and white-space networking
  • CubeSats/Satellite networking
  • Long-range/Low-power wide-area wireless networking
  • Connected unmanned aerial/terrestrial/underwater systems
• Data Center & Edge 🖥️
  • Enterprise, data center, and storage-area networks
  • Edge & Cloud computing/networking
  • Multimedia networking
• Green Networking 🌱
  • Economics of networks
  • Energy-efficient communications
  • Sustainable Networking
• Testbeds 🔬
  • Studies on testbeds and large-scale experimental platforms
• Architecture 🌐
  • Network architecture, protocols & science
  • Traffic analysis and engineering
  • Caching and Content Delivery Systems
  • Information/Content-centric networks (ICN)
  • Network management and operations
  • SDN/NFV and Network Programmability
  • Internet Measurement and Modeling
  • Big Data and machine learning for networks
  • Web applications and content distribution
• Mobility & IoT 🚗
  • Mobility and location management
  • Mobile sensing
  • Vehicular networks and intelligent transportation
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Smart Grid communications and networking
  • Machine Learning and AI in Networking & IoT
  • Crowdsourcing
• Blockchain & Security 🔒
  • Network security and privacy
  • Trusted computing
  • Blockchain and Distributed Ledger

What to Submit:

We encourage the authors to submit their proposals with the following as a single PDF file containing:

• Resume: A one-page resume informing of your current position, educational details, broad area of research, research experiences, publications (if any), etc.
• A three-page Extended Abstract: Explaining the problem statement, relevant state-of-the-art, proposed solution approach, preliminary results, future work, and bibliography. Submissions must be written in English, in IEEE two-column format (details can be seen on the main conference page), and should adhere to the submission guidelines of COMSNETS. The page limit is three pages (strictly), and no additional pages will be allowed.

The prospective authors should merge all of the above (resume and three-page abstract) into a single PDF document and upload the PDF file to the submission portal. Submissions not formatted as described above will be rejected without any review.

Upon acceptance, the authors will be requested to submit only the three pages of the Extended Abstract for the final camera-ready version. The accepted papers need to be presented at the conference. Presentation must be around 5-6 slides for a 10-minute talk, including Q&A from the audience.

Submission Link:

TBA

Important Dates:

• Paper Submission deadline (final): 10th November 2025, AoE
• Notification of Acceptance: 5th December 2025, AoE
• Camera-ready Submission: 15th December 2025, AoE

Technical Program Committee:

TBA

Contact:

For any queries, please contact us at comsnets.gradforum@gmail.com

Graduate Forum Co-Chairs

Pragma Kar

Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi
India

Tanya Shreedhar

TU Delft,
Netherlands

Debasree Das

Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
Germany