About us

The 18th International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and Storage (NAS 2026) provides a high-quality international forum to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to discuss cutting-edge research on networking, high-performance computer architecture, and parallel and distributed data storage technologies. The conference will expose participants to the most recent developments in the interdisciplinary areas.

Important Dates

Sun, Jun 21, 2026
Abstract registration deadline
Tue, Jun 30, 2026
Submission deadline
Sat, Aug 15, 2026
Notification to authors
Fri, Sep 4, 2026
Camera-ready Paper
Sun, Sep 6, 2026
Early-bird Registration

Paper Submission

Research Paper Submission Tracks

Network security
Ad hoc and sensor networks
Quantum computing
Cloud and grid computing
Mobile and wireless networks
Network applications and services
Network architecture and protocols
Network information theory
Network modeling and measurement
Software-defined networking
Virtual and overlay networks
Archival systems
AI for storage and storage for AI
Caching, replication, and consistency
Cloud, multi- and hybrid-cloud environments
Data deduplication and compression
Database storage
Emerging memory hierarchy design
File system design
Key-value and NoSQL storage
Memory-only storage systems
Mobile, personal, embedded, and home storage
Novel and emerging storage technologies (e.g., DNA and glass storage)
Performance and QoS
Power-aware storage architectures
RAID and erasure coding
Storage Management
Micro-architecture, architectural, and compiler
Processor, memory, and storage architectures
Multicore and multiprocessor systems
Cloud and datacenter-scale computing
Accelerator-based, application-specific, and reconfigurable architectures
Architectural support for programming languages, compilation, software development, virtualization, security, and privacy
Architecture modeling, simulation and benchmarking methodologies
Big Data Infrastructure
Architectures for emerging technologies and applications
HW/SW co-design and trade-off

Call for Papers Description

Each submission can be either a regular paper (up to 8 pages) or a short paper (up to 4 pages), including all text, figures, tables, footnotes, appendices, references, etc. Authors are invited to submit previously unpublished work for possible presentation at the conference.

Committee

Honorary General Co-Chairs

Weimin Zheng

Tsinghua University

Laxmi N Bhuyan

University of California, Riverside

General Co-Chairs

Dan Feng

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Jie Wu

Temple University

Program Co-Chairs

Xiaohua Jia

City University of Hong Kong

Fei Wu

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Jidong Zhai

Tsinghua University

Vice Program Co-Chairs

Zhenjiang Li

Networking Track

city University of Hong Kong

Kan Yang

Networking Track

University of Memphis

Liqiang Lu

Architecture Track

Zhejiang University

Yu Feng

Architecture Track

Shanghai Jiaotong University

Liang Shi

Storage Track

East China Normal University

Bingzhe Li

Storage Track

University of Texas at Dallas

Industry panel/track chairs

Changsheng Xie

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Tao Lu

DapuStor

Local Arrangement Co-Chairs

Xiaolu Li

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Jingling Yuan

Wuhan University of Technology

Zhipeng Tan

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Finance and Registration Co-Chairs

Jian Zhou

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Yu Liu

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Industry Sponsorship Chair

Bo Mao

Xiamen University

Publication Chair

Weijun Xiao

Virginia Commonwealth University

Publicity Co-chairs

Yunfei Gu

Shanghai Jiaotong University

ShiYi Li

Harbin Institute of Technology

Yiduo Wang

China Telecom

YuChong Hu

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Student Travel Awards Chair

Xia Wen

Harbin Institute of Technology

Hua Wang

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Web Co-chairs

Jianhui Yue

Michigan Tech University

You Zhou

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Steering Committee

Xubin He

Chair

Temple University

Laxmi N Bhuyan

University of California, Riverside

Chita Das

Penn State

Hong Jiang

UT Arlington

Changsheng Xie

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Qing Yang

U of Rhode Island

Chentao Wu

Shanghai Jiaotong University

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