Call for Papers: IEEE ICNP 2025

The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP 2025) will be held in Seoul, South Korea, September 22-25, 2025.

ICNP 2025 is the premier conference covering all aspects of network protocol research, including design, analysis, specification, verification, implementation, and performance.

Scope

The conference is soliciting paper submissions with significant research contributions to network protocol research. Both experimental studies and formal investigations are equally welcome. Topics traditionally of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Applying AI/ML to improve networks
• Network protocols for improving AI/ML
• Blockchain, distributed systems, network aspects of reliable systems
• Data center and cloud networking
• Host networking
• Next-generation network architectures
• IoT networks
• Measurement, monitoring, and troubleshooting
• Network management
• Network virtualization
• Programmable networks
• Quantum networking
• Routing and load balancing
• Security and privacy, applied cryptography for supporting network functions
• Software-defined networking
• Testing and verification
• Theoretical aspects, analysis, network algorithms
• Transport and congestion control
• Wide-area networks
• Wireless networks, including cellular, satellite, and sensor networks

Authors unsure whether their submissions fit the scope are welcome to contact the Program Committee Co-Chairs.

Important Dates

• Title / Abstract registration: May 9, 2025 (AoE)
• Full paper submission: May 16, 2025 (AoE)
• Rebuttal: July 7-10, 2025 (AoE)
• Notification of acceptance: July 25, 2025
• Camera ready version: August 18, 2025

Paper Formatting

• Paper submissions should adhere to the IEEE Conference formatting requirements using the templates available here.
• Submissions should not exceed 10 pages excluding references and well-marked appendices.
• Authors are responsible for producing readable submissions that comply with the formatting constraints. Violating the formatting requirements will result in a submission being returned without review.
• Authors who have developed software or collected data for the paper are encouraged to release their artefacts and describe them in the submitted paper. To preserve anonymity, artefacts should only be publicly released upon paper acceptance.

Submission and Anonymity Policy

• Papers submitted to the conference will be reviewed through a double-blind review process.
• Authors must remove all identifiers (names, emails, affiliations) from the title page.
• Remove acknowledgments of and identifiers of funding sources.
• Use anonymous names for files.
• Refer to your own related work in the third person.
• While it is permissible for authors to give local talks and release their paper on a non-peer-reviewed location (e.g., arXiv), care should be exercised to limit public exposure.

Submission and Plagiarism Policy

• Papers must present original contributions and cannot be previously published or under review elsewhere.
• Papers containing plagiarized materials will be subject to the IEEE plagiarism policy and will be rejected without review.

Rebuttal Phase

Authors will have an opportunity to respond to preliminary reviews.

Best Paper Award and Fast-Track Journal Publication

One accepted paper will receive the Best Paper award and will be fast-tracked to the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking.

Presentation and Registration Requirements

ICNP 2025 will be held physically in person in Seoul, South Korea. At least one author of any accepted paper must register for the conference at the full rate and present the paper at the conference. Any paper not presented by an author will be withdrawn from the proceedings and IEEE Xplore.