[Theme and Scope]
It is thought that the Internet is approaching a turning point and there might be the need for rethinking and redesigning the entire system composed of the human society, nature, and the Internet. To solve the problems across multiple layers on a large-scale and complex system and to design the entire system of systems towards future information networks for human/social orchestration, a new tide of multi-perspective and multi-disciplinary research is essential. It will involve not only the network engineering (network routing, mobile and wireless networks, network measurement and management, high-speed networks, etc.) and the networked applications (robotics, distributed computing, human computer interactions, Kansei information processing, etc.), but the network science (providing new tools to understand and control the huge-scale complex systems based on theories, e.g., graph theory, game theory, information theory, learning theory, statistical physics, etc.) and the social science (enabling safe, secure, and human-centric application principles and business-models). In particular, recent strong demand on Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CSP) for smart and connected communities along with architectural advancement, such as Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Software Defined Networking (SDN), and Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC), have posed new and exciting challenges in Information Network Design.The Information Network Design Workshop aims at exploring ongoing efforts in the theory and application on a wide variety of research fields related to the design of information networks and resource sharing in the networks. The workshop provides an opportunity for academic/industry researchers and professionals to share, exchange, and review recent advances on information network design research. Original contribution describing recent modeling, analysis, and experiment on network design research with particular, but not exclusive, regard to:

• Large scale and/or Complex networks
• Cross layered networks
• Overlay and/or P2P networks
• Sensor and/or Mobile ad-hoc networks
• Delay/disruption tolerant networks
• Social networks
• Secure and/or resilient networking
• Network function virtualization/Software defined networking
• Multi-access edge computing
• Applications on networks
• Fundamental theories for network design


[Important Dates]
Submission Deadline: June 5, 2026
Authors Notification: June 15, 2026
Author Registration: June 30, 2026
Final Manuscript: June 30, 2026
Conference Dates: September 9 – September 11, 2026


[Workshop Organizers]
Chenglong Shao (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
Hiroyoshi Miwa (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)
Kazuya Tsukamoto (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)


[Submission Procedure]
Submitted papers should be original and contain contributions of
theoretical, experimental or application nature, or be unique
experience reports. For submitting, go to the INCoS 2026 paper submission site
(URL: https://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/conf/incos/2026/Papersummit), follow the instructions.
For track selection in the EDAS paper registration page, please select the workshop “Workshop-WIND-2026” shown at the bottom.

Venue
Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan