International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN) is a premier international conference dedicated to addressing advances in Distributed Computing and Communication Networks. Over the years, it has become a leading forum for disseminating the latest research results in these fields. The 20th edition of this conference will be organized in the Department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Incidentally, the Department of Computer Science and Automation of IISc also celebrates its golden jubilee in the year 2019.

As in case of previous ICDCN conferences, ICDCN 2019 will also be organized in two tracks: Distributed Computing and Networking, and will comprise of a highly selective technical program consisting of refereed regular and short papers, and panel discussions. The topics of interest for the conference are given in the call-for-papers section. Besides, the conference also presents keynote technical talks on topics of current interest by eminent invited speakers and focused workshops on emerging topics. The conference also has a Doctoral Symposium. Also, the conference is likely to be attended by a large number of Alumnus of CSA Department in connection with the celebration of CSA Golden Jubilee. Conference proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library.

Selected papers will be invited for fast-track publication in one or more appropriate high-quality journals. The conference will consider awarding a Best Paper Award, independently for each track.

We earnestly invite various organizations to sponsor the ICDCN 2019 conference, and the benefits accruing to the organizations for different levels of sponsorship are as given below. Please contact either Dilip Krishnaswamy (dilip@ieee.org) or R. C. Hansdah (hansdah@iisc.ac.in) regarding the sponsorship.