Call for Posters & Demos

The SIGCOMM poster/demo session showcases works in progress in an informal setting. Topics of interest are the same as research topics in the SIGCOMM 2026 conference call for papers. We strongly encourage student and industry submissions. The SIGCOMM 2026 poster/demo committee will review all poster and demo proposals. Student posters must be presented by their student authors at the conference. Authors of accepted papers in SIGCOMM 2026 may not submit the same work as their paper on this track.

Industry & student submissions encouraged

We welcome contributions from networking industry researchers and practitioners. In particular, we strongly encourage posters and demos with a strong emphasis on the research problems faced by the industry as well as lessons learned from practical deployment, design, and operation of networks and networked systems.

Why should you submit a Poster or a Demo?

Presenting a poster is a great opportunity, especially for students, to obtain interesting and valuable feedback on ongoing research from a knowledgeable crowd at the conference. Accepted posters and demos will be published as a two-page abstract in the archived conference proceedings. The SIGCOMM poster and demo sessions will also serve as an ACM SIGCOMM Student Research Competition (SRC). The ACM SRC offers a unique forum for graduate students (i.e., enrolled in a master's or PhD program) and undergraduate students (students enrolled in a program below the master's level) to present their original research before a panel of judges and attendees.

What is a Poster/Demo?

We expect both poster and demo presenters to prepare a poster. The key difference between a poster and a demo submission is that a demo also includes live demonstrations of research products.

What to submit

If you are submitting a poster or a demo, you must submit a two-page abstract in PDF format that describes your work.

Abstract formatting requirements

• Add “POSTER:” or “DEMO:” before the paper title.
• Submit abstracts of no more than two single-spaced pages, including figures, tables, etc. (excluding references). Abstracts longer than the limit will be rejected.
• For demos, provide an additional page describing the environment and resources needed for the demonstration (space, tables, etc.). This additional page will not go to the proceedings.
• Submit abstracts formatted for printing on Letter-sized (8.5” × 11”) paper. Paper text blocks must follow ACM guidelines: double-column, with each column 9.25” × 3.33”, with 0.33” space between columns. Each column must use 10-point font or larger and contain no more than 55 lines of text.
• If you use LaTeX, you can use the ACM conference proceedings template. Unlike the official template, some conference-provided “barebones” templates may omit examples to keep things minimal.
• Each demo or poster proposal submission is also welcome to include a video clip.

Authors of accepted demos and posters will be encouraged to publish auxiliary material in the ACM Digital Library with their poster/demo (source code, packet traces, etc.) to improve reproducibility. The auxiliary material does not need to be submitted but can be referenced in the submission.

Originality policy

Submissions must be original and cannot be concurrently submitted to other workshops or conferences during the SIGCOMM poster/demo review period. Double submissions will be rejected.

Where to submit

Please submit your abstract at https://sigcomm26posterdemo.hotcrp.com/. Submissions are single-blind, so please include authors’ names and affiliations. When submitting (a poster or demo), indicate if the submission should be considered for the Student Research Competition (SRC).

Camera-ready instructions for Posters and Demos

For each SIGCOMM 2026 event that publishes proceedings, the proceedings will be produced via the HotCRP site used for the review process. The HotCRP site will collect the final papers (i.e., extended abstracts as described above) and interface with the ACM to manage publication rights.

• Authors must revise the original submission to address reviewers’ concerns and, if subject to shepherding, obtain explicit approval of the final version from the shepherd.
• It is imperative to prepare the final version using the new ACM template (sigconf document type) from the ACM consolidated template package. The font size must be 9 points. Do not number pages. Embed all fonts in the PDF.
• The length of the final paper with all its content except references must not exceed two pages. There is no limit on the number of references.
• Provide proper indexing information in the final version according to the ACM Computing Classification System (CCS).
• Ensure all fonts are embedded (e.g., using pdffonts / Adobe Reader tools).

Student travel grants may be available to selected poster/demo presenters. Students who want to be considered for travel grant support should apply for a Student Travel Grant.

Copyright block

In its bottom-left corner, the first page of the final paper must include a copyright notice that the author receives after filling out the e-Rights form via the ACM rights-management tool on the HotCRP page of the paper. ACM will use its automated system to email this information to the authors. Please set your email spam settings to allow messages from rightsreview@acm.org.

The copyright block includes the DOI specific to the paper, rights-management text that depends on the author's choice of a license or copyright transfer, the official name, dates, and the event's location.

Important Dates

Questions?

For questions about the camera-ready process, please contact the SIGCOMM 2026 Publication Chairs