The 18th International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and Storage (NAS 2026) will be held from OCT 30 − Nov 1, 2026 at WuHan, China. NAS is technically co-sponsored by IEEE TCDP and IEEE Computer Society. The International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and Storage provides a high-quality international forum to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to discuss cutting-edge research on networking, high-performance computer architecture, and parallel and distributed data storage technologies. NAS 2026 will expose participants to the most recent developments in the interdisciplinary areas.

Submission Guidelines

Each submission can be either a regular paper (up to 8 pages) or a short paper (up to 4 pages), including all text, figures, tables, footnotes, appendices, references, etc. Authors are invited to submit previously unpublished work for possible presentation at the conference. The program committee will nominate best papers for recognition in the three conference topic areas. All papers will be evaluated based on their novelty, fundamental insight, experimental evaluation, and potential for long-term impact; new-idea papers are encouraged. All accepted papers will be published in Computer Science (IEEE) series and indexed by EI. Selected and extended papers will be recommended for journal publications.

List of Topics

• Ad hoc and sensor networks
• Cloud and grid computing, Mobile and wireless networks
• Network applications and services
• Network architecture and protocols
• Network information theory
• Network modeling and measurement
• Software-defined networking
• Virtual and overlay networks
• Network security
• Archival systems
• AI for storage and storage for AI
• Caching, replication, and consistency
• Cloud, multi- and hybrid-cloud environments
• Data deduplication and compression
• Database storage
• Emerging memory hierarchy design
• File system design
• Key-value and NoSQL storage
• Memory-only storage systems
• Mobile, personal, embedded, and home storage
• Novel and emerging storage technologies (e.g., DNA and glass storage)
• Performance and QoS
• Power-aware storage architectures
• RAID and erasure coding
• Storage Management
• Micro-architecture, architectural, and compiler
• Processor, memory, and storage architectures
• Multicore and multiprocessor systems
• Cloud and datacenter-scale computing
• Accelerator-based, application-specific, and reconfigurable architectures
• Architectural support for programming languages, compilation, software development, virtualization, security, and privacy
• Quantum computing
• Architecture modeling, simulation and benchmarking methodologies
• Big Data Infrastructure
• Cloud and grid computing
• Architectures for emerging technologies and applications
• HW/SW co-design and trade-off

Committees

Honorary General Co-Chairs

• Weimin Zheng, Tsinghua University
• Laxmi N Bhuyan, University of California, Riverside

General Co-Chairs

• Dan Feng, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
• Jie Wu, Temple University

Program Co-Chairs

• Xiaohua Jia, City University of Hong Kong
• Fei Wu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
• Jidong Zhai, Tsinghua University

Vice Program Co-Chairs

--- Networking Track ---

• Zhenjiang Li, city University of Hong Kong
• Kan Yang, University of Memphis

--- Architecture Track ---

• Liqiang Lu, Zhejiang University
• Yu Feng, Shanghai Jiaotong University

--- Storage Track ---

• Liang Shi, East China Normal University
• Bingzhe Li, University of Texas at Dallas

--- Industry panel/track chairs ---

• Changsheng Xie, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
• Tao Lu, DapuStor

--- Local Arrangement Co-Chairs ---

• Xiaolu Li, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
• Jingling Yuan，Wuhan University of Technology
• Zhipeng Tan, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

--- Finance and Registration Co-Chairs ---

• Jian Zhou, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
• Yu Liu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

--- Industry Sponsorship Chair ---

• Bo Mao, Xiamen University

--- Publication Chair ---

• - Weijun Xiao, Virginia Commonwealth University

--- Publicity Co-chairs ---

• Yunfei Gu, Shanghai Jiaotong University
• ShiYi Li, Harbin Institute of Technology
• Yiduo Wang, China Telecom
• YuChong Hu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

--- Student Travel Awards Chair ---

• Xia Wen, Harbin Institute of Technology
• Hua Wang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

--- Web Co-chairs ---

• Jianhui Yue, Michigan Tech University (NAS conference website)
• You Zhou, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Steering Committee

• Xubin He, Temple University (Chair)
• Laxmi N Bhuyan, University of California, Riverside
• Chita Das, Penn State
• Hong Jiang, UT Arlington
• Changsheng Xie, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
• Qing Yang, U of Rhode Island
• Chentao Wu, Shanghai Jiaotong University

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to You Zhou (zhouyou2@hust.edu.cn).