Student Workshop

The student workshop will be held on October 12, 2026

Call for Submissions

Following the success of last year’s edition, the main conference will once again be accompanied by a one-day Student Workshop. The ACM IMC 2026 Student Workshop provides an interactive platform for graduate students to engage with one another, learn from senior members of the community, and explore opportunities for collaboration.

The workshop distinguishes itself from the poster session in several ways. First, it features a range of activities, such as panels and keynotes, through which senior members of the community can share guidance, insights, and practical advice. Second, it provides students with a unique opportunity to present their work, for example through lightning talks, and receive constructive feedback from the community. More broadly, the workshop offers a valuable opportunity to further integrate junior researchers into the Internet measurement community and foster their continued engagement with it.

We encourage submissions from graduate students about research at an early stage as well as more advanced dissertation-level research. Research addressing nonstandard topics, controversial problems and approaches are of particular interest.

The scope of the workshop is broad and covers all aspects of networking research with an emphasis on the topics the main conference focuses on. Below are example topics taken from the main conference website:

• collection and analysis of data that yield new insights about network structure and network performance (e.g., traffic, topology, routing, energy utilization, performance)

• collection and analysis of data that yield new insights about application and end-user behavior (e.g., economics, privacy, security, application interaction with protocols)

• measurement-based modeling (e.g., workloads, scaling behavior, assessment of performance bottlenecks, causality)

• methods and tools to monitor and visualize network-based phenomena

• systems and algorithms that build on measurement-based findings

• theoretical analysis and modeling of networked-systems and measurement techniques

• novel methods for data collection, analysis, and storage (e.g., anonymization, querying, sharing)

• reappraisal of previous empirical network measurements and measurement-based conclusions

• descriptions of challenges and future directions the measurement community should pursue

Submission Formats

Please guidelines regarding anonymity, ethics, use of generative AI, and paper formatting—please see the main conference’s Detailed Submission Instructions page with the following added requirement:

Submissions are limited to two pages. Note that the two-page limit includes ALL figures, tables, and references.

The review process is double blind and therefore submissions must be anonymous (i.e. no authors or affiliations should be mentioned in the PDF). Please see the main track CFP for further details on double blind preparation. When registering the paper, the student should be the first author and it can be followed by one or more advisers.

Submit your paper at: https://imc26-StudentWorkshop.hotcrp.com

Important Dates

For any further questions or concerns, please contact the Student Workshop TPC chairs:

• Cristel Pelsser (UCLouvain, cristel.pelsser@uclouvain.be)

• Ronaldo A. Ferreira (UFMS, raf@facom.ufms.br)