MobiCom 2022 - 28th Annual International Conference On Mobile Computing And Networking

The ACM MobiCom conference seeks papers describing significant research contributions in the field of wireless networking and mobile computing. MobiCom solicits papers that address important research challenges, including but not limited to communication networks, energy, computing, security, and user experience. Successful papers should propose novel ideas to attack such problems through rigorous analysis, system design, and/or real-world measurement and deployment of mobile networks, systems, and applications.
We want MobiCom’22 to be bold and emphasize novelty and creativity. The more novel the concept, the harder it can be to fully develop or evaluate all aspects, and the review process will take this into account. We encourage authors to discuss not only the significance but also the limitations of their ideas. We strongly encourage authors to describe how they will provide access to well-documented datasets, modeling and/or simulation tools, and codebases to support the reproducibility of their methods. MobiCom continues the two-deadline model and the reviewing process with a one-shot revision to improve the quality and timeliness of publications.
Topics
We invite submissions on a wide range of mobile computing, mobile systems, and wireless networking research, including but not limited to the following (listed alphabetically):
Applications of machine learning to mobile/wireless research
Backscatter communication and wireless power
Edge and cloud computing
Embedded and energy-harvesting systems
Experimental platforms and infrastructures for wireless/mobile research
Implanted and wearable computing
Machine-to-machine communications
Millimeter-wave and terahertz communications
Mobile data science & analysis
Mobile health
Next generation of mobile networks (5G, 6G and beyond)
Mobile web, video, virtual reality, and other applications
Novel applications of wireless signals
Mobile systems for smart spaces (e.g. smart factories, smart workspace, smart agriculture)
Practical quantum applications and systems (quantum sensing, quantum programming, quantum machine learning, etc.)
Robotic and drone-based networking
Reconfigurable surfaces and meta materials for mobile systems
Security and privacy issues/solutions for mobile/wireless systems
Sensing with radio, light, sound, and acoustics
Ubiquitous computing and mobile human-computer interaction
Visible light communications
Wireless communication and sensing for space/underwater systems
Wireless localization and tracking
In addition to full research papers as described above, MobiCom also invites submission in the following three categories:
Challenge Papers
The conference invites submissions of short papers (limited to eight pages excluding references) that present revolutionary new ideas or that challenge existing assumptions prevalent among the wireless research community. These "challenge papers" should provide stimulating ideas or visions that may open up exciting avenues and/or influence the direction of future research. Descriptions of new products or evolution of existing work are not appropriate topics for papers in this category. While an exhaustive evaluation of the proposed ideas is not necessary, insight and in-depth understanding of the issues is expected. Challenge papers will be reviewed by the program committee and if selected, become part of the conference technical program and be published in the conference proceedings. Challenge papers should be submitted using the same submission procedure adopted for the full papers. The title of these papers must bear a "Challenge:" prefix.
Experience Papers
The conference invites submission of short papers (limited to eight pages excluding references) that present extensive experiences with implementation, deployment, and operations of mobile systems and wireless networks. Desirable papers are expected to contain real data as well as descriptions of the practical lessons learned. The experience papers will be evaluated by the program committee, primarily for (i) richness of their data or experiences, (ii) inferences drawn or lessons learned, (iii) discovery of new problems, and (iv) their impact/potential impact on current and future mobile systems and wireless networks, as well as on society. Note that a paper that builds a system and presents a limited experimental evaluation is NOT suitable as an experience paper. Selected experience papers will become a part of the conference technical program and will be published in the conference proceedings. Experience papers should be submitted according to the same submission procedure as full papers, and their title must bear an "Experience:" prefix.
Verification Papers
The conference invites submission of short papers (limited to eight pages excluding references) that seek to verify recent breakthrough results in mobile computing using rigorous experimental methodologies with the goal of extensively and thoroughly characterizing the operating parameters under which these results can be reproduced. Selected verification papers will become a part of the conference technical program and will be published in the conference proceedings. Verification papers should be submitted according to the same submission procedure as full papers, and their title must bear a "Verification:" as a prefix.