Since 1978, the IEEE Sarnoff Symposium has been bringing together leading experts from industry, universities, and government and continues to grow as the premier forum for researchers, engineers, and business executives in the North East. Topics covered include Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), 5G Networks, Silicon Photonics, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Software Defined Networks (SDN), Edge Computing, Cloud Automation and Orchestration, Block Chain, Internet of Things (IOT), Self-Driving cars, Optical Networks, Smart Cities, Drones and more. Through a series of keynote talks, invited talks, technical paper presentations, panel sessions, tutorial sessions, industry exhibits and poster sessions, IEEE Sarnoff Symposium 2018 will foster rich discussion between researchers, practitioners, and policy makers in academia, industry, governemnt and user community to share findings on leading edge research, implementation experiences and challenges.