Call for Papers
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The 24th International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA 2026)
November 10-13, 2026, Ortigia-Syracuse (Sicily), Italy
https://www.nca-ieee.org/2026/
Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings. The proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore, subject to IEEE approval.
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About NCA

The IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications is a successful series of conferences that serves as a large international forum for presenting and sharing recent research results and technological developments in the fields of network and distributed computing. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Network Architectures & Protocols
- Routing Mechanisms
- Distributed Systems & Platforms
- Cloud, Edge, Computing Continuum
- Future Internet and Internet of Things
- Content Delivery Network (CDN)
- Network Softwarization & Virtualization
- Autonomic & Self-Networked Systems
- Performance, QoS & Energy Efficiency
- Security, Privacy & Dependability
- Blockchain
- Social Networks
- Data/AI for Networked and Distributed Systems
- Applications, Prototypes & Experiences
- Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANETs)
- Distributed Quantum Computing


Important dates

NCA 2026 welcomes contributions as regular, demo, or poster manuscripts. Further formatting requirements and page limits are clarified later. All the deadlines are Anywhere on Earth (AoE).

- Regular manuscripts due: June 19, 2026
- Demo/poster manuscripts due: July 24, 2026
- Author notification (for all manuscripts): September 11, 2026
- Camera-ready submission (for all manuscripts): September 25, 2026


Submission Guidelines

Authors are invited to submit papers describing original, previously unpublished work not currently under review by any other conference, workshop, or journal. Manuscripts must be formatted using the two-column IEEE conference proceedings template. Paper submissions are handled via EasyChair (the system is being finalized).


Double-blind peer review process

Papers following formatting requirements will be peer reviewed by at least three reviewers selected from the Technical Program Committee. For regular papers, NCA 2026 applies a double-blind peer review process. Authors are expected to anonymize their manuscripts. The submission must not reveal the authors’ identities anywhere in the text, whether explicitly or implicitly. When citing prior work that is their own, authors should describe it in the third person, as though it were produced by others. At the same time, anonymization should not compromise the paper’s integrity: do not remove relevant references solely because they are self-citations, since reviewers may need those works to assess context and novelty. Papers that fail to comply with these anonymization requirements will be rejected without review.


Manuscripts page limit

Page limits include all figures, tables, and references.
- Regular Papers: 8 pages, up to 2 extra pages (under payment of an extra per-page fee of 100€)
- Poster/Demo Papers: 2 pages, no extra pages allowed


NCA 2026 is an in-person event

The conference will be in-person and no virtual or remote presentations will be permitted. Authors of accepted papers are responsible to obtain an Italian visa, if required, in a timely manner so as to meet the above expectation. Accepted papers must be presented in person by one of the authors under full registration. Failure to meet this requirement will result in the exclusion of the paper from the final proceedings. All presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to the IEEEXplore Digital Library, subject to IEEE approval.

For further information, please consult the Website at https://www.nca-ieee.org/2026/


Best paper award and editorial follow-ups

The authors of the best paper will receive an award in recognition of their contribution to the field.

Substantially extended versions of selected high-quality papers accepted to the main conference will be considered for publication in a high-quality (Q1) Journal (to be defined).


General Co-Chairs

- Antonio Puliafito (University of Messina)
- Om Prakash Vyas (IIT Raipur)


Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs

- Maurizio Giacobbe (University of Messina)
- Carlo Puliafito (University of Pisa)

For any questions about the conference, please contact the TPC Co-Chairs.