Schedule
COMSNETS 2026 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Chancery Pavilion Hotel, Bangalore, India
Date: January 5 2026 (Monday)
| 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM | COMSNETS 2026 All Hands Meeting (Organizers & Staff) |
Date: January 6 2026 (Tuesday)
| Time | Esquire Hall | Indian Affairs | Sigma 1 | Sigma 2 | Sigma 3 |
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| 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Cybersecurity & Privacy (CPS) | SysAI Workshop | Internet Intelligence (IIGW) | COMSNETS Working Space | Machine Intelligence (MINDS) |
| 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Tea / Coffee Break | ||||
| 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | Cybersecurity & Privacy (CPS) | SysAI Workshop | Internet Intelligence (IIGW) | COMSNETS Working Space | Machine Intelligence (MINDS) |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Lunch Break (Pool Side) | ||||
| 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Cybersecurity & Privacy (CPS) | SysAI Workshop | Internet Intelligence (IIGW) | COMSNETS Working Space | Machine Intelligence (MINDS) |
| 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Tea / Coffee Break | ||||
| 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM | Cybersecurity & Privacy (CPS) | SysAI Workshop | Internet Intelligence (IIGW) | COMSNETS Working Space | Machine Intelligence (MINDS) |
| 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Research Café & COMSJOB: Industry Perspectives | ||||
| 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM | COMSNETS WELCOME RECEPTION (Pool Side) | ||||
Date: January 7 2026 (Wednesday)
| 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM |
COMSNETS Inauguration & Opening Remarks
General, TPC, and Steering Committee Co-Chairs; COMSNETS Co-Founders |
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| 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM |
Keynote Talk #1Prof. Alexandre Proutiere (KTH, Sweden) SIGMA HALL |
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| 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Tea/Coffee Break & Group Photograph @ SIGMA HALL | |||
| Time | Sigma 1 | Sigma 3 | Pool Side | Indian Affairs |
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| 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM |
Session T1-1: Security I Invited Talk: Prof. Yamaguchi (University of Tokyo) |
Session T2-1: Learning & Comm Invited Talk: Prof. Andres Kawansinski (RIT, USA) |
-- | Demos & Exhibits |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Lunch Break | |||
| 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM | Graduate Forum |
Session T2-2: 6G I Invited Talk: Dr. Niyati Chhaya (Hyperbots Inc.) |
Poster Session (1:00 PM - 4:00 PM) |
Demos & Exhibits |
| 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM | Tea/Coffee Break | |||
| 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Graduate Forum |
Session T2-3: IoT/Sensors I Invited Talk: Prof. Linga Reddy (University of Agder) |
Poster Session (cont.) | Demos & Exhibits |
| 5:15 PM – 6:45 PM |
COMSNETS Panel Discussion #1 Topic: 6G and WiFi8 Meets Generative AI: Reimagining the Future of Intelligent Connectivity Venue: SIGMA HALL |
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| 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM | COMSNETS Association Meeting (Sigma Hall) | |||
| 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM |
Dinner Organizing Committee and Association Members Only (Sigma Hall Foyer) |
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Date: January 8 2026 (Thursday)
| 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM |
Keynote Talk #2Prof. Stefano Salsano (University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy) SIGMA HALL |
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| 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Tea/Coffee Break | ||||
| Time | Sigma 1 | Esquire Hall | Indian Affairs | Pool Side | Sigma 3 |
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| 10:45 AM – 1:15 PM | Women in Engineering (WiE) |
Session T3-1: Security II Invited: Prof. Dipankar Dasgupta (University of Memphis) Session T3-2: Systems Invited: Dr. Anees Shaikh (Google, USA) |
Demos & Exhibits | -- |
I+ART Track Industry-Academia Research |
| 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM | Lunch Break | ||||
| 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Under Graduate Forum |
Session T3-3: Net Performance Invited Talk: Prof. Florin Ciucu (University of Warwick) |
Demos & Exhibits |
Poster Session (1:00 PM - 4:00 PM) |
I+ART Track |
| 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Tea/Coffee Break | ||||
| 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Under Graduate Forum |
Session T3-4: Multimedia Invited Talk: Dr. R. Venkatesha Prasad (TU Delft) |
Demos & Exhibits | -- | I+ART Track |
| 5:45 PM – 7:00 PM |
COMSNETS Panel Discussion #2 Networks Beyond People: Designing Infrastructure for Autonomous Systems Venue: SIGMA HALL |
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| 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM |
Banquet Talk & Awards Ceremony
Welcome address by Prof. Ana Garcia Armada, VP Conferences, IEEE ComSoc
Banquet Talk by Dr. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, CEO, ANRF
Awards Ceremony
Talk by Dr. Pravin Bhagwat, Founder 14Trees Foundation
Handing over the Baton to the 2027 Organizing Committee
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| 8:30 PM | Group Photograph | ||||
| 8:30 PM – 11:00 PM |
Conference Banquet Pool Side / Banquet Hall |
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Date: January 9 2026 (Friday)
| 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM |
Keynote Talk #3Dr. Ranjita Bhagwan (Google, India) SIGMA HALL |
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| 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Tea/Coffee Break | |||
| Time | Sigma 1 | Sigma 3 | Indian Affairs | |
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| 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM |
Session T1-2: Vehicular & Autonomous Networks Invited Talk: Prof. Sanjay K Madria (Missouri S&T) |
Session T2-4: Networking and Internet Invited Talk: Prof. Balajee Vamanan (UIC, USA) Session T2-5: Networking and Internet II Invited Talk: Dr. Suparna Bhattacharya (Hewlett Packard Enterprise, India) |
Entrepreneur Ignite Summit (EIS) | |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Lunch Break & Group Photograph (Hotel Entrance) | |||
| 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM |
Session T1-3: 6G II Invited Talk: Neha Sharma (Samsung R&D) |
Session T2-5: IoT/Sensors II Invited Talk: Prof. Balaji Palanisamy (University of Pittsburgh) |
Entrepreneur Ignite Summit (EIS) | |
| 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Tea/Coffee Break | |||
| 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM |
COMSNETS Panel Discussion #3 Networking for a World Where AI Talks to AI: Autonomous Agents and Next-Gen Traffic Venue: SIGMA HALL |
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| 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM |
Main COMSNETS Conference Closure |
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Date: January 10 2026 (Saturday)
| Time | Indian Affairs | Esquire Hall | Sigma 1 | Sigma 2 | Sigma 3 |
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| 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM |
ADVnet Autonomous Driving |
Decarbx Road to Net-Zero |
SDR Workshop Standards-driven Research |
Working Space |
AIoT Workshop AI of Things |
| 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Tea / Coffee Break | ||||
| 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | ADVnet | Decarbx | SDR Workshop | Working Space | AIoT Workshop |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM |
Lunch Break Pool Side |
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| 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM | ADVnet | Decarbx | SDR Workshop | Working Space | AIoT Workshop |
| 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Tea / Coffee Break | ||||
| 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM | ADVnet | Decarbx | SDR Workshop | Working Space | AIoT Workshop |
| 6:00 PM |
COMSNETS Conference & Workshops Closure |
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*Please refer to individual workshop schedules for exact technical session timings.
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