The International Conference on Future Networks and Distributed Systems (ICFNDS) – the 7th International Conference aims at addressing advances in research on distributed systems and future networks, covering topics ranging from enabling technologies to emerging applications and industrial experiences. ICFNDS aims to encourage researchers and practitioners to exchange and share their experiences. Authors are solicited to contribute original, unpublished contributions in all aspects of future networking and distributed systems.

The 2022 ICFNDS meeting was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The 2021 ICFNDS meeting was held online due to the pandemic. The 2020 ICFNDS meeting was held in St. Petersburg, Russia. The  2019 ICFNDS meeting was held at The University of Paris Sud, France. The  2018 ICFNDS  meeting was held at The Middle East University, Amman, Jordan. The 2017 ICFNDS  meeting was held at The Møller Centre, Churchill College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

List of Topics

1. Future Networks

• Artificial Intelligence-enabled communications
• Machine / deep Learning for communication networks
• Future Internet
• Future generation communication networks
• Future warehousing
• Multi-Cores, virtualization
• Clusters and grid computing
• Web-services and SOA
• 5G, 4G, LTE, LTE-Advanced, WLAN, WPAN
• Small cell networks
• Cognitive radio network
• QoE, QoS, SLA, and GoS
• Heterogeneous networks
• Wireless, VLC and LED communication
• CCN/CDN/ICN/Delay-tolerant networks
• Software-Defined Networking (SDN)
• Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
• Future network platforms, software and services
• Network theory and network science
• Intelligent Internet communication
• Mobile computing
• Peer to peer, optical and Interconnection networks
• Network routing and communication algorithms
• Security, reliability and fault-tolerance
• Network security

2. Cloud, Distributed and Parallel systems

• Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and blockchains
• Parallel and distributed architectures
• Theory of parallel and distributed computing
• Parallel algorithms and their implementation
• Resource allocation and management
• Task mapping and job scheduling
• Distributed data and knowledge-based systems
• Database applications and data mining
• Web technologies
• Performance evaluation and measurements
• Wireless networks and Protocols
• Optimization
• Language, compliers and operating systems
• Reusability and scheduling
• Formal methods and programming languages
• Modelling and simulation
• Crowd sourcing and cloud computing
• Big data networks and data center architecture

3. Internet of Things

• Data collection, deep learning, reality mining, and prediction methods
• Real-time decision making and information extraction
• Methods for seamless human-to-object and object-to-object interactions
• Advanced manufacturing and logistics with IoT
• Evaluation of challenges of real-world deployments of Industrial Internet and GS1
• Information architecture design on field device, edge device and servers in cloud
• Transitioning functional and processing allocation across system entities
• Advanced data capturing and networking technology
• Object identification and access
• Interoperability of IoT systems
• Service and device discovery
• Synchronization of distributed directory systems.
• Semantic data description frameworks
• Data sharing and acceptance of IoT Systems
• Data security, authentication and authorization
• Privacy protection, data sharing technologies, tampering protection and detection
• Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN)
• Smart cities and services
• Case studies in the deployment of IoT applications/services in the area of accessibility
• Wearable technology for independent living
• Pervasive platforms and applications for assisted living

4. General Conference Track

Future networks and distributed systems papers that do not fit the above tracks can be submitted to the general conference track. Subjects of interest include, but not limited to:

• Artificial intelligence
• Cybersecurity and darknet
• Smart infrastructure
• Vehicular Networks
• Digital Twins

Publication

ICFNDS proceedings are published in ACM ICPS as a series.

ACM ICPS are published in the ACM Digital Library and indexed in DBLP, Scopus and Thomson Reuters.

Venue

The conference will be held at the American University in the Emirates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to CFNDS@mmu.ac.uk