Call for papers - NetMob 2026

Main Conference


The 2026 edition marks the 10th anniversary of NetMob, continuing a tradition that began in 2010. Over the years, the conference has attracted participants from leading research institutions, industry, and public agencies worldwide. Originally focused on mobile phone data, NetMob has evolved to address a broader range of questions about human behavior, interactions, and complex social systems, leveraging large-scale behavioral data.

Following the success of NetMob 2025 in Paris, France, NetMob 2026 will be held in Niterói, Brazil, marking the conference’s first edition in the Southern Hemisphere. The event will take place at the Institute of Computing of Fluminense Federal University (UFF), located just across Guanabara Bay from Rio de Janeiro. NetMob 2026 will bring together researchers, industry professionals, and policymakers to discuss recent advances in mobile network data analysis.

Topics of interest: We welcome contributions spanning multiple aspects of mobile and behavioral data analytics. This includes but is not limited to analyses of Call Detail Records (CDRs), mobile location data, Wi-Fi traces, app usage data, and social media content.

As in previous editions, NetMob 2026 will feature a single-track format, with short contributed talks or posters providing a forum for presenting early-stage research and work published elsewhere.

Important dates (tentative)

Abstract submission: June 17th
Notification: July 15th
Camera ready: August 15th

Submission format:

Authors are invited to submit two-page abstracts (including figures, tables, and references).
Submissions should include the title, author(s), affiliation(s), and email address(es) on the first page.
Electronic submission of manuscripts in PDF format is required.


All authors are required to use one of the official NetMob paper templates for their submissions. Papers must not exceed two pages, including all figures and references. No appendices are allowed, and the specified formatting requirements must be followed. The NetMob template is available in the following links:


- LaTeX Template on Overleaf (https://pt.overleaf.com/read/hzrxdnwxvwtp#7b1e3f)
- MS Word Template (https://docs.google.com/document/d/15tJsLFyojAyJoF69g_5eBhZXpkq6-ob7/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=117511000640231666764&rtpof=true&sd=true)


Authors may choose the format that best suits their workflow, but all submissions must adhere strictly to the NetMob template. Submissions that do not comply with the NetMob template may be rejected before review.


Please visit https://www.netmob.org/ for other useful information.


Organization

Jussara M. Almeida, UFMG
Antônio "Guto" Rocha, UFF
Antonio Loureiro, UFMG
Thiago H Silva, UTFPR
Humberto Torres Marques-Neto, PUC Minas
Vinícius Mota, UFES
Giovanni Comarela, UFES
Felipe da Cunha, PUC Minas
Steffen Knoblauch, Heidelberg University
Igor Monteiro Moraes, UFF
Célio Vinicius Neves de Albuquerque, UFF

Steering Committee

Vincent Blondel, University of Louvain
Leo Ferres, IDSUDD, ISI Foundation & Telefónica
Marco Fiore, IMDEA Networks Institute & Net AI
Vanessa Frias-Martinez, University of Maryland
Renaud Lambiotte, University of Oxford
Esteban Moro Egido, Northeastern University
Alex (Sandy) Pentland, MIT, USA
Sveta Milusheva, World Bank
Aline Carneiro Viana, Inria