INFOCOM 2027 Workshop on Embodied Intelligence Networks (EIN)
Full-day workshop · Monday, May 24, 2027 · Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Short technical papers on the network architectures, protocols, algorithms, and system designs for embodied intelligence networks.
Motivation and Scope
Embodied agents, from collaborative robots and humanoids to smart glasses and industrial IoT sensors, increasingly perceive and act in the physical world, often directed by software agents that coordinate through protocols such as the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent2Agent (A2A). Their perception and decisions critically depend on an efficient, low-latency, highly dependable, and adaptive network infrastructure.
The second EIN workshop is a full-day, interdisciplinary forum on the network architectures, protocols, algorithms, and system designs for embodied intelligence networks, with two highlighted themes this year: multi-agent embodied systems, and virtual and real clients in embodied AI. We welcome forward-looking research, novel system designs, and deployment experiences. Papers with open-source artifacts are especially encouraged, and the freshness of visionary ideas is more important than the completeness of theoretical proofs.
Topics of Interest
Submissions are solicited for short technical papers of up to six pages, each presented as a talk. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Multi-agent embodied systems (highlighted): Communication, coordination, and task allocation among embodied and software agents; collective perception and multi-agent planning over the network; agent communication protocols (e.g., MCP, A2A) and quality of service for agentic traffic; semantic communication and intent-aware reasoning; networking for robot fleets, humanoids, wearables, and teleoperation.
- Virtual and real clients in embodied AI (highlighted): Hybrid federated and distributed learning across simulated and physical clients; sim-to-real transfer over the network; emulating large populations of virtual clients alongside real devices; keeping virtual and physical state consistent; digital twins, simulators, toolchains, and testbeds.
- Network infrastructure for embodied foundation models: Split, distributed, and streaming inference of vision-language-action (VLA) models and world models; edge computing and in-network acceleration; 6G and AI-native RAN architectures for real-time control loops; integrated sensing and communication; large-scale data collection over the network.
- Dependable embodied networks: Trust, safety, and security for embodied agents and network infrastructure; safe behavior under network degradation; federated learning and differential privacy; measurement studies, benchmarks, and open datasets; real-world deployments in smart cities, manufacturing, and disaster relief.
Submission Guidelines
Papers must use the standard IEEE two-column format of the INFOCOM 2027 main conference and must not exceed six pages, including references.
Papers are submitted through EDAS; the submission link will be posted here when submissions open. Review is single-blind, so please include author names and affiliations on the paper. Each paper will be reviewed by at least three members of the Technical Program Committee.
Accepted papers will appear in the IEEE INFOCOM 2027 workshop proceedings and be submitted to IEEE Xplore. At least one author of each accepted paper must present it in person at the workshop.
Important Dates
- Submission deadline
- December 29, 2026
- Notification of acceptance
- February 2, 2027
- Camera-ready manuscript due
- February 16, 2027
- Workshop date
- Monday, May 24, 2027
Dates may be adjusted to follow the final IEEE INFOCOM 2027 schedule; please refer to the workshop website and INFOCOM 2027 announcements for updates.