Call for Papers - IEEE International Workshop on Networks for AI and AI for Networks (NetAI 2026)

[Carlo Puliafito]

Call for Papers

 

 

IEEE International Workshop on Networks for AI and AI for Networks (NetAI 2026), held in conjunction with the 24th IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA 2026)

 

November 10-12, 2026, Ortygia-Syracuse (Sicily), Italy

 

 

The IEEE International Workshop on Networks for AI and AI for Networks (NetAI 2026), held in conjunction with the 24th IEEE International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA 2026), aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working on the interplay between AI and modern networked systems. The workshop seeks high-quality contributions addressing theoretical advances, system designs, experimental evaluations, operational experiences, and emerging research challenges at the intersection of these domains.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

●   AI-driven resource management and service orchestration in networks

●   Foundation models and generative AI for network management and optimization

●   Generative AI-assisted intent-based networking

●   Small language models for edge and resource-constrained environments

●   AI-driven prediction of resource and performance metrics for orchestration and control

●   Machine learning for network monitoring, anomaly detection, diagnosis, and self-healing

●   AI-enabled management of NFV/SDN environments

●   AI in 5G/6G networks and in the cloud-edge continuum

●   Trustworthy, Explainable, and secure AI for networked systems

●   Networks and protocols for AI systems and workloads

●   Federated learning and collaborative intelligence over networks

●   Communication-efficient, privacy-preserving, and secure distributed AI

●   Edge computing and distributed cloud for efficient distributed AI

●   Performance, scalability, reliability, and sustainability issues in AI/network integration

●   Experimental studies, datasets, benchmarks, prototypes, and real-world deployments

●   Open challenges and visionary directions in AI for networks and networks for AI

 

Important dates

●   Workshop Paper Submission Deadline: July 24, 2026

●   Workshop Paper Acceptance Notification: September 11, 2026

●   Camera-ready deadline: 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Authors are invited to submit papers describing original, previously unpublished work not currently under review by any other conference, workshop, or journal.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 have a maximum length of 6 pages (one additional page is allowed upon payment of an extra fee of 100€) and be formatted using the two-column IEEE conference proceedings template. Paper submissions are handled via EDAS (the system is being finalized).

 

Peer-review process

A single-blind peer-review process will be adopted. Each submitted paper will receive at least three reviews from members of the Technical Program Committee.

 

NetAI 2026 is an in-person event

The workshop 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.

 

For further information, please consult the NetAI 2026 Website at https://netai2026.dii.unipi.it/.

General Chairs

Carlo Puliafito, University of Pisa, Italy

Luiz Bittencourt, University of Campinas, Brazil

Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy

Omer Rana, Cardiff University, UK

Floriano Scioscia, Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy

 

Technical Program Committee

·        Carlos A. Astudillo Trujillo, University of Campinas, Brazil

·        Zakaria Benomar, Thales, France

·        Alex Borges Vieira, UFJF, Brazil

·        Oscar Caicedo, Universidad de Cauca, Colombia

·        André Costa Drummond, University of Brasília, Brazil

·        Fabrizio De Vita, University of Messina, Italy

·        Joahannes Bruno Dias da Costa, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil

·        Filippo Gramegna, LUM University, Italy

·        Saverio Ieva, Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy

·        Hasan Ali Khattak, National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan

·        Diego Kreutz, UniPampa, Brazil

·        Giuseppe Loseto, LUM University, Italy

·        Helder Oliveira, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

·        Rafael Pasquini, UFU, Brazil

·        Benedetta Picano, University of Florence, Italy

·        Agnese Pinto, Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy

·        Christian Quadri, University of Milan, Italy

·        Michele Ruta, Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy

·        Michael Sheng, Macquarie University, Australia

·        Riccardo Tommasini, Institute National des Sciences Appliquées, France

·        Carlo Vallati, University of Pisa, Italy

·        Fabio Verdi, UFScar, Brazil