The IEEE COLCOM 2025  Organizing   Committee is  inviting  the  submission  of original,  unpublished,  high-quality research papers focused on (but not limited to) the following topics of interest:

TOPICS FOR COMMUNICATIONS SYMPOSIUM

WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING

  • Cellular systems, 5G, 6G and beyond
  • Wireless body area networks
  • Femtocell networks and traffic offloading
  • Connecting the unconnected
  • Flow and congestion control
  • Modulation, coding, and diversity techniques
  • Antennas, smart antennas, and space-time processing
  • MIMO, multi-user MIMO, and massive MIMO
  • Cross-layer design and physical-layer based network issues
  • Radio resource allocation and interference management

IoT, IIoT, AND SMART CITIES

  • Future Internet Research Experimentation for Internet of Things
  • Machine to Machine (M2M) and cellular-based protocols for Internet of Things
  • Cloud computing, Edge Computing / Fog Computing integration with Internet of Things
  • Software Defined Networks or Network Functions Virtualization for Internet of Things
  • Personal Area Networks for IoT
  • Smart healthcare and e-health systems
  • Smart buildings and smart homes
  • Smart education Smart environment
  • Smart city for special needs
  • Smart Farming
  • QoS and QoE of smart city systems, applications, and services
  • Sensing, Actuating and IoT for smart cities
  • Industry 4.0
  • Edge Computing in industry
  • Wireless industrial Networks

CYBERSECURITY

  • Safety and security systems
  • Anonymity, anonymous communications
  • Authorization and access control
  • Availability and survivability of secure services and systems
  • Cloud and distributed applications security
  • Computer and network forensics
  • Cryptography (Cryptographic implementations for networking)
  • Firewall technologies; intrusion detection, localization, and prevention
  • Mobile and wireless networks security
  • Operating systems and applications security and analysis tools
  • Trust models and certificate handling
  • Virtual private networks and group security
  • Vulnerabilities, exploitation tools and virus analysis
  • Web, e-commerce, and m-commerce security

AI, Generative AI, BIG DATA, and ML for Networking 

  • AI, GAI, and ML for 5G/B5G/6G and network slicing
  • AI, GAI, and ML for virtualized and softwarized software-defined networks
  • Artificial Neural Networks for Programmable Data Planes
  • AI, GAI, neural networks, and deep learning for network management
  • LLM and Big data for smart cities and smart homes
  • Big data in, with, and for cloud computing and networking
  • Big data in, with, and for communications and networking
  • Big data with and for smart grids
  • Big data with IoT and cyber-physical systems
  • Cloud and network data analytics, modeling and visualization
  • Federated learning for software software-defined and virtualized networks
  • LLM and Data analytics to QoS and traffic classification
  • LLM and Data analytics to faults and root-cause analysis
  • Data-driven management of virtualized infrastructure
  • Data-driven management of IoT and cyber-physical systems
  • Data-driven management of SDN and data centers
  • ML-based distributed training and learning over the air
  • Operational analytics and intelligence
  • Predictive analytics and real-time analytics

TOPICS FOR VEHICULAR SYMPOSIUM

VEHICULAR COMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKS, AND TELEMATICS

  • Intelligent vehicle-to-infrastructure integration
  • Smart traffic system operations
  • Smart Mobility for Pedestrian and bicyclist Safety
  • 5G technologies for connected vehicles
  • Congestion and awareness control in vehicular networks
  • Security, privacy, liability, and dependability in vehicular networks
  • Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANET);
  • Broadband Internet services;
  • Cellular/VANET interworking;
  • Channel models and mobility models for vehicular networks;
  • Cloud-mobility;
  • Connected vehicles;
  • Context aware service and applications;
  • Data traffic offloading;
  • DSRC;
  • Information distribution services;
  • Interaction between intra- and inter-vehicular communications;
  • In-vehicle communication & networking;
  • IP mobility;
  • Mobility estimation;
  • Multi-channel/multi-antenna/multi-transceiver systems for vehicular communication;
  • Multimedia applications and messaging;
  • Multimedia over VANETs, and infotainment;
  • Network design for V2X communications;
  • OBU and RSU communication systems;
  • Prototype, measurements, and field tests;
  • Quality-of-experience;
  • Ultra-low latency and ultra-high reliability communications for road safety applications;
  • V2X communications, V2X for automated driving, applications, and security

ELECTRIC VEHICLES, VEHICULAR ELECTRONICS, AND INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION

  • Heterogeneous network infrastructures for ITS;
  • Smart mobility and transportation
  • Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs);
  • Vehicle power systems;
  • Vehicle stability controls;
  • Vehicle traction power control/conversion;
  • Wireless charging;
  • Wireless/mobile system applications for transportation control and routing;
  • Wireless/mobile systems for multi-modal transportation.
  • Autonomous driving technologies;
  • Digital maps and location technologies;
  • Drive-by-wire controls;
  • Electromagnetic valve controls;
  • Emulation/simulation of ITS applications;
  • Autonomous vehicles;
  • Cooperative ITS;
  • Engine control modules;
  • Green ITS navigation for people and freight;
  • HCCI controls;
  • Human factors and human-machine interface (HMI) for smart cars;
  • In-car electronics and embedded integration;
  • Intelligent transportation systems;
  • Mobile/wireless systems for transportation logistics;
  • Multimedia service provisioning and vehicle traffic management;
  • Pedestrian protection via VANET;

SPECTRUM SHARING, SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT, AND COGNITIVE RADIO

  • Algorithms for TV whitespace usage;
  • Applications of cognitive radio networks (e.g., for 5G, heterogeneous networks);
  • Characterization of cognitive wireless networks;
  • Cognitive highly time-variant networks;
  • Cognitive radio networks;
  • Cognitive radio protocols and algorithms;
  • Cognitive radio prototypes;
  • Cooperative sensing;
  • Co-existence of primary and secondary radio networks;
  • Dynamic spectrum access;
  • Economic aspects of spectrum sharing (e.g., pricing, auction) in cognitive radio networks;
  • Energy-efficient spectrum sensing;
  • Game theory for cognitive radio networks;
  • Interference management;
  • Light-licensing;
  • Machine learning techniques for cognitive radio systems;
  • MIMO/OFDM-based cognitive radio;
  • Radio environment modeling;
  • Spectrum aggregation;
  • Spectrum database (or geolocation database);
  • Spectrum measurements and monitoring;
  • Spectrum mobility;
  • Spectrum policies;
  • Spectrum sensing;
  • Unlicensed and licensed shared access.

TOPICS FOR COMPUTER SYMPOSIUM

BIG DATA

  • Big data models, theories, algorithms, approaches, solutions
  • Machine learning, data mining, web mining, and graph mining
  • Big data for communications and networking
  • Big data integration and visualization
  • Big data architecture, infrastructure, and platforms
  • Big data storage and management
  • Privacy protection, trust in Big Data
  • Big data for smart cities and smart homes
  • Image and signal processing
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Data privacy
  • Location-based Information Systems

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING

  • Performance evaluation and modeling
  • Cluster computing
  • GPGPUs and FPGAs acceleration
  • Simulation
  • Computer architecture Applications (e.g. Bioinformatics, neuroscience, astrophysics)

COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

  • Agile Methodologies
  • Methods and software process
  • Quality and assessment of products and processes
  • Software Testing
  • Software Product Line
  • Ontologies applied to software engineering
  • Software architectures
  • Information Retrieval
  • Global Software Development
  • Model-driven software engineering
  • Information security
  • Knowledge management in software engineering
  • Requirements engineering
  • Simulation
  • Governance and Organizational Aspects of Computing
  • Social Impact of Computing
  • UX – UI
  • Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality
  • Educational Software
  • Computer-Aided Software Development
  • Neural Networks
  • Information Technology for the business
  • Video game design and development

SUBMISSION FORMAT

Papers should be written in English or Spanish, but at least the abstract MUST be in English, unpublished, and not submitted elsewhere. Full papers must be formatted as the standard IEEE double-column conference template and submitted exclusively using the link [pending]. A maximum 6 pages are allowed for each paper, including all illustrations and references.

IMPORTANT DATES

Conference dates: August 13 to 15, 2025
Submission: May 18, 2025
Notification: June 15, 2025
Camera-ready: June 29, 2025