The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Theory of Network Computing
• Autonomic Network Computing
• Content Delivery Network (CDN)
• High Speed Networks/Protocols and Middleware
• Routing Mechanisms
• Overlay Networks/Peer-to-Peer Systems
• System Area Networks (SAN)/Clusters
• Performance Modeling/Quality of Services (QoS) Issues
• Web Caching and Switching
• Dependable Wide, Local, and System Area Networks
• Network Security
• Intrusion-Tolerant Networked Systems
• Scalable and Dependable Servers and Data Centers
• Middleware for Dependable Network Computing
• Self* (Configuring, Healing, Optimizing, Protecting, Organizing, Aware)
• Platforms for Network Computing
• Network Protocols: Verification and Validation
• Autonomic Network Computing for Achieving Self* Properties and Applications Availability
• Seamless and Virtual Capabilities for Implementing Self* Properties
• Software Defined Networking (SDN): Principles and Implementation
• Designing Highly-Available and Secure SDN
• Network Functions Virtualization (NFV): Design and Optimization
• Network Cloud Computing
• Machine Learning Techniques for Cloud Resources Management
• Big Data in Clouds for IoT
• Future Internet and Communicating Objects
• Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (MANET)
• Sensor Networks
• Fog/Edge Computing
• Energy-Efficient Computation and Communication
• Applications to Real and/or Complex Problems, Practical Experiences and Prototypes
• Programming Environments for Distributed Systems
• Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers
• Byzantine Fault Tolerance
• Web and Mobile Security