While keeping the focus on research in core communications network technologies from academia and inviting submissions from ecosystem stakeholders, IEEE Sarnoff Symposium 2017 will also provide the platform to cover the perspectives of vertical industries. Keeping this in mind, our Call for Papers encompasses a wide variety of topics covering theory, application and practice and has a broad appeal for researchers and practitioners alike. Through a series of keynote talks, invited talks, technical paper presentations, panel sessions, tutorial sessions, industry exhibits and poster sessions, IEEE Sarnoff Symposium will bring together leading researchers and practitioners in academia and industry to deliberate, discuss and share findings on leading edge research, implementation experiences and challenges.