Call for Tutorial

The 27th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN 2026) invites submissions for Tutorial proposals on all topics listed below and more. Tutorial proposals should be no more than two pages (excluding the biography of the presenters) using 11-point or larger fonts, in a single-column, single-space (between lines) format with reasonable margins, on letter-size or A4 paper.

Tutorials are expected to take place in parallel with the workshops and main conference tracks of the conference. The length of each tutorial is supposed to be 1.5 - 2.5 hours (flexible). At least one organizer of an accepted Tutorial is required to attend the conference to carry out the presentation. Proposal evaluation criteria include the following: relevance to ICDCN, scientific quality, perceived interest and overlap with ICDCN tutorials in the past.

Topics

Scope of the tutorial tentatively include, but are not limited to

• Theoretical aspect of distributed algorithms: design, analysis, and complexity

• 6G networks and beyond

• Semantic communications

• Quantum and optics-based distributed algorithms

• Communication networks: algorithms, architectures, services, protocols, and applications

• Multiprocessor and multi-core architectures, programming, and algorithms

• Fault-tolerance, reliability, availability, self-organization, self-stabilization

• Coding theory and reliable communication

• Social networks and recommendation systems

• Dynamic and/or adaptive distributed algorithms

• Distributed algorithms for machine learning

• Distributed operating systems, middleware platforms, databases

• Game-theoretic approaches to distributed computing

• Peer-to-peer systems, overlay networks, distributed data management

• High-performance, cluster, cloud and grid computing

• Wireless networks, mobile computing, autonomous agents and robots

• Context-aware distributed systems

• Security in distributed computing, cryptographic protocols

• Distributed cryptocurrencies and blockchain protocols

• Nanonetworks and biological distributed algorithms

• Sensor, mesh, and ad hoc networks

• Specification, semantics, verification of concurrent systems

Tutorials in the past recent years

• Concurrent and Learned Data Structures (2025)

• Compositional Network Architecture: A New Model for Today’s Internet and its Research Potential (2025)

• O-RIDE: Open-RAN Innovation and Deployments Exploration (2025)

• Post Quantum Internet (2024)

• Distributed Machine Learning (2024)

• Efficient and Resilient Edge Computing: Algorithms, Techniques and Research Opportunities (2024)

• Network Economics enabling Resource Orchestration in Next Generation Networks (2023)

• Creating datasets for environmental sustainability problem in developing countries (2023)

• Secure Multi-Party Computation (2023)

• Improving Performance of High Throughput Wireless Access Networks (2022)

• Designing Distributed Algorithms for Autonomous Robots (2022)

• Edge Learning for Distributed Big Data Analytics: Theory, Algorithm and System Design (2021)

• Cryptocurrency Network Analysis & Forensics (2020)

• Byzantine Agreement and Leader Election: From Classical to the Modern (2020)

• Security in SDN/NFV and 5G Networks-Opportunities and Challenges (2019)

Submission Guidelines

Proposals (six pages, excluding the biography of the presenters) must include the following sections

• Title.

• Names and Affiliations of all presenters.

• Abstract.

• Introduction.

• Scope, motivation, summary of tutorial.

• If the organizers have had a similar tutorial held in the past, a brief history-description.

• Description of target audience and relevance to ICDCN 2026 research topics.

• Tutorial outline (sections and an overview of their contents).

• Biographies of presenters.

Submission procedure

Please use this link at EasyChair to submit your tutorial proposal.

Important Dates

(All submission/notification dates are in 2025 and time zones are AoE)

• Submission of Proposals: September 1, 2025 

• Acceptance Notification: September 15, 2025

• Tutorial (Conference) Dates: January 6th - 9th, 2026

Tutorial Co-Chairs

Nirmalya Roy, Univ of Maryland Baltimore County, USA

Taisuke Izumi, Osaka University, Japan