Call for Papers

The 24th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt 2026) solicits high-quality contributions. WiOpt 2026 aims to bring together state-of-the-art research contributions from different fields in networks. It welcomes original and high-quality submissions related to modeling, performance evaluation, and optimization of networks. The focus includes mobile networks, social networks, vehicular networks, content-driven networks, edge and cloud computing systems, Internet of Things, etc. We encourage both theoretical contributions and real-world empirical measurements and experimental studies.

The areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Modeling, model validation and performance analysis
• Cross-layer design and optimization / control
• Scaling laws and fundamental limits
• Network architectures and protocol design
• Resource allocation and management
• Network economics and pricing
• Game theory for networks
• Quality of service solutions
• Energy efficiency, harvesting, power control and management
• Security, trust, and privacy
• Resiliency, robustness, and dependability
• Anomaly detection and reliability analysis
• Data collection and analytics for networks
• Edge and Fog computing
• Mobile and Cloud computing
• Content distribution networks and wireless caching
• Reflective intelligent surface for communication networks
• Machine learning techniques for wireless communications and networking
• Distributed and federated learning
• Network optimization for AI/ML workloads
• Non-terrestrial networking including UAV and HAPS
• Integrated sensing and communication
• Human-centric communication and networking for Metaverse

WiOpt 2026 will give one Best Paper Award and one Best Student Paper Award. For the Best Student Paper Award, the first author of the paper needs to be a full-time student at the time of paper submission. Both awarded papers will be offered the opportunity for a Fast-Track submission of an extended version to IEEE Transactions on Networking.

WiOpt 2026 will obtain the technical co-sponsorship of the IEEE Control Systems Society and of the IEEE Information Theory Society, and the support of IFIP. The copyright of published papers belongs to IFIP, which implements a free open access policy: authors effectively hold the copyright of their papers, and IFIP automatically grants authors permissions to reuse the material as they wish. The published papers will be available in the Digital Library of IFIP at no cost neither to authors nor to readers and will be considered for publication in IEEE Xplore.