16^th International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Networks and Trust Management (P2PTM 2026)

November 27 ~ 28, 2026, Zurich, Switzerland

Scope & Topics

16^th International Conference on Peer-to-Peer Networks and Trust Management (P2PTM 2026) will provide an excellent international forum for sharing knowledge and results in theory and applications of Computer Networks and Data Communications. The Conference looks for significant contributions to the Computer Networks and Communications for wired and wireless networks in theoretical and practical aspects. Original papers are invited on Networks, wireless and Mobile, Protocols and wireless networks and security. The aim of the conference is to provide a platform to the researchers and practitioners from both academia as well as industry to meet and share cutting-edge development in the field.

Authors are solicited to contribute to the Conference by submitting articles that illustrate research results, projects, surveying works and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in the following areas, but are not limited to.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following

• Advances in Theoretical Foundations of P2P
  
• Distributed Algorithms for P2P
  
• Overlay Architectures and Topologies
  
• Self Organization in P2P Systems
  
• P2P Workload Characterization and Simulation
  
• Performance and Robustness of P2P Systems
  
• Mobile P2P
  
• Ad hoc and Wireless P2P Networks
  
• Sensor Driven P2P Systems
  
• Delay Tolerant P2P Systems
  
• Protocols for Mobile and Wireless P2P
  
• P2P and Wireless Convergence
  
• Blockchain Enabled P2P Systems
  
• Decentralized Storage (IPFS, Filecoin, Swarm)
  
• Web3 P2P Protocols
  
• Consensus Protocols and Distributed Ledgers
  
• Smart Contracts and Trust Automation
  
• DAOs and Decentralized Governance
  
• Security in P2P Systems
  
• Trust, Reputation and Fairness
  
• Privacy Preserving P2P Protocols
  
• Sybil Resistant P2P Architectures
  
• Decentralized Identity and Verifiable Credentials
  
• Zero Knowledge P2P Protocols
  
• Encrypted P2P Data Exchange
  
• P2P Data Provenance and Audit Trails
  
• Confidential P2P Computing
  
• P2P Routing Protocols
  
• Semantic Overlay Networks
  
• Semantic Query Routing
  
• Higher Level Query Support
  
• Overlay Monitoring and Management
  
• P2P Interaction with Underlying Infrastructure
  
• Distributed Hash Tables (DHTs)
  
• Content Addressable Networks
  
• P2P Web Crawling
  
• Decentralized Search Engines
  
• Cooperation and Collaboration in P2P Systems
  
• Social Networks and Social P2P
  
• Incentive Mechanisms and P2P Economics
  
• Game Theoretic Models for P2P
  
• P2P Marketplaces and Resource Trading
  
• Scalable P2P Architectures
  
• Hybrid Cloud–P2P Systems
  
• Intermittent Connectivity P2P
  
• P2P over LEO Satellite Networks
  
• Space Based P2P Routing
  
• P2P Digital Twin Synchronization
  
• P2P Information Retrieval
  
• Distributed Indexing
  
• Erasure Coded P2P Storage
  
• P2P Storage Marketplaces
  
• Federated Learning over P2P
  
• Decentralized Machine Learning
  
• Gossip Based ML Training
  
• P2P Model Aggregation
  
• P2P Federated Analytics
  
• Decentralized Data Aggregation
  
• Privacy Preserving P2P Statistics
  
• P2P Multi Agent Systems
  
• Decentralized Agent Coordination
  
• Agent to Agent P2P Protocols
  
• On Device P2P Agents
  
• Local Reasoning in P2P Networks
  
• Autonomous P2P Decision Making
  
• P2P Applications and Services
  
• P2P Grids and Distributed Computing
  
• P2P for IoT and Edge Computing
  
• P2P for Multimedia and Streaming
  
• P2P Content Delivery Networks
  
• Decentralized Video Streaming
  
• Hybrid CDN–P2P Architectures
  
• P2P for Metaverse and XR
  
• Real Time P2P World Synchronization
  
• Swarm Robotics via P2P
  
• Decentralized Drone Networks
  
• P2P for Autonomous Vehicles
  
• P2P Distribution of AI Generated Media
  
• Decentralized Synthetic Content Markets
  
• P2P Moderation of AI Content
  
  

Paper Submission

Authors are invited to submit papers through the conference Submission System by September 12, 2026 . Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this conference. The proceedings of the conference will be published by The proceedings of the conference will be published by Computer Science Conference Proceedings in Computer Science & Information Technology (CS & IT) series (Confirmed).

Selected papers from P2PTM 2026, after further revisions, will be published in the special issue of the following journals.

• International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA)
  
• International Journal of Security, Privacy and Trust Management (IJSPTM)
  
• International Journal of Peer to Peer Networks (IJP2P)
  
• Information Technology in Industry (ITII)
  
  

Important Dates

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***** The invited talk proposals can be submitted to p2ptm@p2ptm2026.org