Since 1978, the IEEE Sarnoff Symposium has been bringing together telecom and communications experts from industry, universities, and governments. The Sarnoff Symposium continues to grow as a premier forum in the northeastern United States for researchers, engineers, and business executives, drawing an attendance from all over the world.  Besides technical sessions, the Symposium will include keynotes, invited talks, expert panels, tutorials, demo/exhibits and poster presentations.

SCOPE

The Symposium is soliciting state-of-the-art research papers, panels and tutorial proposals including, but not limited to, the following topics:

4G/5G Communications 	
Network Architecture
Cloud and data center networks 	
Network Design
Cognitive radio and opportunistic networks 	
Network Performance
Communications and Information Theory 	
Internet-of-Things
Cyber-physical systems and networks 	
Optical Communications
Green networking and Sustainability 	
Optical Networking
M-Health, E-Health and Smart Health-care 	
Self Configuring Networks
Mobile Networks 	
Smart Cities and Communities
Near field communications 	
Software-Defined Networks
Network Function Virtualization 	
Standardization Efforts and Needs
Cloud Computing 	
Security, Trust, and Privacy
Network architectures for Smart Infrastructures 	
UAV, Underwater and Underground Communications
Network virtualization 	
Wireless Communications
Networked Applications and Services 	
Wireless Networks
Network Analytics 	
Wireless Sensor Networks