The WONS PhD Symposium aims to foster discussion, receive constructive feedback, and stimulate collaboration among PhD students and senior researchers working on wireless on-demand networking systems and services.
Objectives
The PhD Symposium provides an opportunity for PhD students to:
- Present the progress and vision of their PhD research.
- Receive tailored feedback from a panel of experienced researchers regarding challenges and methodologies.
- Increase networking opportunities with top-level researchers and find potential connections for spending periods abroad.
Submission Categories
To reflect different stages of PhD advancement, two types of submissions are considered:
| Category | Target Proposers | Expected Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Early-Stage | PhD students in their 1st or early 2nd year. | Context, motivation, state of the art, core research questions, and planned work. |
| Late-Stage | Students in their 3rd/4th year, writing their dissertation, or graduated within the last 6 months. | A structured overview of the overall research trajectory, including results and evaluation methodologies. |
Submission Guidelines
- Manuscript Length: Maximum 3 pages, including references.
- Format: IEEE double-column conference format (10-point font) in English.
- Templates: Available at IEEE Manuscript Templates.
- Title: Must indicate the nature of the contribution: “PhD Symposium:
- Authorship: Limited to the PhD student and their supervisor(s).
- Mandatory Document: A signed letter from the PhD supervisor(s) confirming the student’s PhD status and stage is required.
- Submission Link: Submit via EDAS.
Important Dates
- Submission deadline: 26 January 2026.
- Notification of acceptance: 31 January 2026.
- Camera-ready deadline: 6 February 2026.
Expert Panel
Submissions will be peer-reviewed by the organizing committee and a panel of experts:
- Giuseppe Bianchi, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy
- Torsten Braun, University of Bern, Switzerland
- Falko Dressler, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
- Silvia Giordano, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Switzerland
General Rules
- Presentation: Accepted papers will be presented in a poster format.
- Presenter: The PhD student must be the presenter of their work.
- Registration: Students of accepted papers may register as PhD students rather than full authors, while still being allowed to participate in the full conference.
- Main Track Note: If a student is an author of a paper in the main track, someone else must present the main track paper, as WONS requires every author to present only one work.
- Publication: Accepted papers will be included in WONS proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore.
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