Call for Research Papers

The 31st IEEE International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems (ICPADS 2025)​​ will be held in Hefei, China, from December 14-18, 2025. Under the theme "Ubiquitous Computing for Global Communities", this flagship conference of the IEEE Computer Society will feature a diverse technical program, including 18 specialized tracks​​ alongside ​​special sessions in distributed systems, offering cutting-edge research and discussions.

Important Dates:

Research Paper Submission Deadline
August 15, 2025
Author Notification
October 1, 2025
Camera Ready Submission
October 15, 2025

Tracks

AIGC & Multi-Agent Parallel Computing (CFP)

  • Liang Lin (Sun Yat-sen University, China)
  • Jufeng Yang (Nankai University, China)
  • Yang Liu (Sun Yat-sen University, China)
  • Zhouxia Wang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Artificial Intelligence for Mobile Computing (CFP)

  • Zhenzhe Zheng (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
  • Mengwei Xu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China)

Big Data and Foundation Models (CFP)

  • Qing Liao (Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China)
  • Yang Liu (Swansea University, UK)
  • Changyang He (Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy, Germany)
  • Haoyang Li (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR)
  • Heyan Chai (Shenzhen University, China)

Big Data and Machine Learning Systems (CFP)

  • Dong Zhao (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China)
  • En Wang (Jilin University, China)
  • Guang Wang (Florida State University, USA)

Blockchain & Activation of Data Value (CFP)

  • Liehuang Zhu (Beijing Institute of Technology, China)
  • Keke Gai (Beijing Institute of Technology, China)

Cloud & Edge Computing (CFP)

  • He Huang (Soochow University, China)
  • Ju Ren (Tsinghua University, China)
  • Xianjun Deng (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China)

Distributed Storage (CFP)

  • Yuchong Hu (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China)
  • Wen Xia (Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, China)

Distributed System and Ubiquitous Intelligence (CFP)

  • Deze Zeng (China University of Geosciences,China)
  • Wei Wang (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR China)
  • Yuan Wu (University of Macau, Macau SAR China)

Industrial Informatics & Internet (CFP)

  • Shibo He (Zhejiang University, China)
  • Zhenyu Wen (Zhejiang University of Technology, China)
  • Chao Li (Zhejiang University, China)

Information Security (CFP)

  • Jing Chen (Wuhan University, China)
  • Cong Wu (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR)
  • Yang Liu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Intelligent Data Processing & Management (CFP)

  • Ye Yuan (Beijing Institute of Technology, China)
  • Yurong Cheng (Beijing Institute of Technology, China)
  • Jieming Shi (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR)

Interdisciplinary Distributed System and IoT Applications (CFP)

  • Shuai Wang (Southeast University, China)
  • Yu Yang (Lehigh University, USA)

Next-Generation Mobile Networks and Connected Systems (CFP)

  • Wei Gao (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
  • Zhaowei Tan (UC Riverside, USA)

RF Computing and AIoT Application (CFP)

  • Fusang Zhang (Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
  • Xiuzhen Guo (Zhejiang University, China)
  • Minhao Cui (Seoul National University, Korea)

Security and Privacy in Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems (CFP)

  • Hanqing Guo (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA)
  • Dong Li (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA)

System and Applied Data Science (CFP)

  • Feng Lyu (Central South University, China)
  • Guangtao Xue (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
  • Huaqing Wu (University of Calgary, Canada)

Wireless and Mobile AIoT (CFP)

  • Chen Qian (University of California, USA)
  • Haipeng Yao (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China)
  • Wei Xi (Xi'an Jiaotong University, China)

Wireless Sensing & Mobile Computing (CFP)

  • Linghe Kong (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
  • Haipeng Dai (Nanjing University, China)
  • Jia Liu (Nanjing University, China)

Special Sessions in Distributed Systems

SS: Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Sensing and Networks (CFP)

  • Zhou Anfu (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China)

SS: Networked Computing for Embodied AI (CFP)

  • Shan Zhang (Beihang University, China)
  • Jiaqi Zheng (Nanjing University, China)
  • Kavé Salamatian (Université Savoie Mont Blanc,France)

SUBMISSION GUIDELINE

All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference submission website (Coming soon) in PDF format.

Submission Requirements

  • Submitted papers must be original and not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
  • Manuscripts undergo single-blind peer review. Each submission should include authors' names and affiliations.
  • Papers must be written in English.
  • Papers are limited to 8 pages, including figures and references. Authors may include up to two additional pages subject to an overlength page charge. Initial submissions longer than 10 pages will be rejected without review.
  • Manuscript format: IEEE Computer Society Proceedings format (two columns, single-spaced, 10-point font).
  • During the initial paper submission process, it is the authors' responsibility to ensure that the author list and the paper title of the submitted pdf file is an exact match to the author list and paper title on the paper registration page. Failure to comply with this rule might result in your paper being withdrawn from the review process.
  • Please be aware that the author list of an accepted paper can NOT be changed in the final manuscript.

Presentation & Registration

  • The paper must be presented by an author of that paper at the conference unless the TPC Chair grants permission for a substitute presenter in advance of the event and who is qualified both to present and answer questions.
  • Important IEEE Policy Announcement: The IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (including its removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference.
  • Non-refundable registration fees must be paid prior to uploading the final IEEE formatted, publication-ready version of the paper.

Ethical Guidelines

  • Papers are reviewed on the basis that they do not contain plagiarized material and have not been submitted to any other conference at the same time (double submission). These matters are taken very seriously and the IEEE Computer society will take action against any author who engages in either practice. Follow these links to learn more:

Publication

  • All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Press.
  • Papers will be indexed by EI and IEEE Xplore.
  • High quality papers will be nominated to publish at various journal special issues.

Templates

Manuscript templates for IEEE Conference Proceedings can be downloaded from: IEEE Templates Website

Questions

Please address questions about a track to co-chairs listed on the conference website.

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