The S3 workshop provides a unique venue for graduate students around the world to discuss research ideas for mobile and wireless systems. The workshop is organized by a student-run TPC. S3 aims to foster early-career development among students, expose them to the workings of an academic life, and encourage student leadership and participation in the research community. We anticipate a vibrant event where students can freely interact with a broad peer group, and share their research opinions.
The Wireless of the Students, by the Students, and for the Students Workshop provides a unique venue for graduate students around the world to present, discuss, and exchange ideas on cross-cutting research on mobile wireless networks. As the name suggests, the workshop is organized by students, and the technical sessions are given by student presenters. The first author of each submission must be a student. The workshop aims at fostering early-career development among students and exposing them to the workings of academic life. It provides a venue for students to learn about each others’ work and discover opportunities for collaboration.
The workshop invites students to submit papers, posters, demos and participate in elevator pitch sessions. Students are also welcome to submit their ongoing work directly to the TPC committee. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the student TPC. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
You can also present a poster or demo of your work. Demos and poster submissions should consist of a one-page abstract in the same format describing the demonstration plan or the outline of the poster content. We encourage students with a paper, poster, or demo at ACM MobiCom to present their work at S3 as well. We will be awarding prizes for the best poster/demo.
All paper/poster/3MT submissions will be handled electronically at the S3 2025 submission website. All submitted papers will be evaluated through a double-blind reviewing process, with the identities of the authors withheld from the reviewers.
Authors should prepare a PDF version of their papers. Paper submissions should be no longer than 3 pages in font size no smaller than 10 points, including figures and references, in standard ACM conference format. Demos and poster submissions should consist of a one-page abstract in the same format describing the demonstration plan or the outline of the poster content. We encourage students with a paper, poster, or demo at ACM MobiCom main conference to present their work at this workshop as well.
Before final submission, you are expected to make sure that your paper complies with the following requirements. Please do not violate these requirements with the aim of including additional material: submissions that violate the formatting requirements may not be reviewed. Any papers that do not adhere to the following guidelines may be immediately rejected:
Our panel discussions' format focuses on the Q&A style that we encourage more questions asked from the student audience. There will be a shortlist of curated questions from the moderator, and most importantly, we aim to allocate most of the time to the student audiences' questions. Please email chairs if you are interested to join as a panelist.
TPC members are also invited to propose potential talks. While the program committee and presenters will be restricted to current graduate students, we encourage all members of the wireless/mobile computing community to attend and participate.
Please email TPC co-chairs Moinak Ghoshal, Yiwen Song, or Bhawana Chhaglani if you have any questions.
| TPC Co-Chairs | Moinak Ghoshal | Northeastern University |
| Yiwen Song | Carnegie Mellon University | |
| Bhawana Chhaglani | UMass Amherst |
TPC |
Abhishek Duttagupta |
IMDEA Networks Institute and Universidad Carlos III Madrid, Spain |
| Changhan Ge | The University of Texas at Austin, USA | |
| Geoff Twardokus | Rochester Institute of Technology, USA | |
| Haitham Abdelhafez | University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA | |
| Hetvi Shastri | University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA | |
| Imran Khan | Northeastern University, USA | |
| Ishani Janveja | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA | |
| Kuang Yuan | Carnegie Mellon University, USA | |
| Poorya Mollahosseini | Princeton University, USA | |
| Rong Ding | Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China | |
| Rostand A. K. Fezeu | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA | |
| Sixu Tan | University of California, Riverside, USA | |
| Sofia Martins | Carnegie Mellon University, USA and University of Porto, Portugal | |
| Solomon Yese | CY Cergy Paris University, France | |
| Stavros Eleftherakis | IMDEA Networks Institute and Universidad Carlos III Madrid, Spain | |
| Weihe Li | University of Edinburgh, UK | |
| Woosung Kang | DGIST, South Korea | |
| Yongjian Fu | Central South University, China |
| Carlee Joe-Wong | Carnegie Mellon University | |
| Marco Fiore | IMDEA Networks Institute | |
| Yasaman Ghasempour | Princeton University |
All paper submissions will be handled electronically at the S3 2025 submission website. Authors should prepare a PDF version of their papers. You may use these templates helpful in complying with the requirements. Paper submissions should be no longer than 3 pages in font size no smaller than 10 points, including figures and references, in standard ACM conference format. Demos and poster submissions should consist of a one-page abstract in the same format describing the demonstration plan or the outline of the poster content. We encourage students with a paper, poster, or demo at ACM MobiCom main conference to present their work at this workshop as well.
The S3 Workshop provides a unique venue for graduate students around the world to plan, manage, and experience a vibrant workshop focused on research in all aspects of mobile wireless networks. It encompasses both theory and systems research, exposing participants to the full breadth of research in networking. As its name suggests, the workshop is organized by students, and the technical sessions are given by student presenters. It aims to foster early career development among students and expose them to the workings of an academic life. It encourages students to actively participate in the networking research community and offers unique networking opportunities.
Sponsoring S3 will give your organization increased visibility within the computer networking and mobile computing community, especially among talented PhD students. Supporting this student-organized workshop will benefit the community of student researchers. This focused venue will be a great opportunity for companies to attract the future researchers to them. We will acknowledge all supporters during the conference opening remarks and prominently display company names and logos on the S3 website. You can also direct your funds to name specific awards such as Travel Grants (which will encourage huge participations), Best Papers, Best Posters, Best Presentation, Best Questions, Best Demos etc. With your sponsorship, S3 will give financial awards to the student attendees and TPC members, who otherwise may not be able to attend due to financial constraints.
S3 has been held in conjunction with ACM MobiCom, one of the most prestigious conferences in mobile networking, for the past 13 out of 14 years. Previous workshops have attracted over 60 participants, including several ACM MobiCom attendees. Traditionally, the workshop has been sponsored by ACM SIGMOBILE and industry partners.
Links to workshop homepages can be found below:
ACM S3 2024 in Washington D.C., United States, with ACM MobiCom 2024.
ACM S3 2023 in Madrid, Spain, with ACM MobiCom 2023.
ACM S3 2022 in Sydney, Australia, with ACM MobiCom 2022.
ACM S3 2021 in New Orleans, USA with ACM MobiCom 2021.
ACM S3 2019 in Los Cabos, Mexico with ACM MobiCom 2019.
ACM S3 2018 in New Delhi, India with ACM MobiCom 2018.
ACM S3 2017 in Snowbird, Utah, USA with ACM MobiCom 2017
ACM S3 2016 in New York, USA with ACM MobiCom 2016
ACM S3 2015 in Paris, France with ACM MobiCom 2015
ACM S3 2014 in Maui, Hawaii with ACM MobiCom 2014
ACM S3 2013 in Miami, Florida with ACM MobiCom 2013
ACM S3 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey with ACM MobiCom 2012
ACM S3 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada with ACM MobiCom 2011
ACM S3 2010 in Chicago, Illinois with ACM MobiCom/MobiHoc 2010
ACM S3 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana with ACM MobiHoc 2009.
| 9:25 - 16:45 |
Workshop Room: 1410 |
|---|---|
| 9:25 - 9:30 |
Opening Remarks |
| 9:30 - 10:30 |
Keynote 1: Towards Sensing Intelligence with Ambient Systems
(Shanghai Jiao Tong University) Bio: Dongyao Chen is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor in 2020, advised by Prof. Kang G. Shin. His research interests lie in mobile sensing, wearable systems, and security/privacy issues of emerging sensing technologies. His research has been published in conferences such as MobiCom, MobiSys, UbiComp, SenSys, and CCS. His work received the Distinguished Paper Award at UbiComp 2025 and the Best Paper Award at VehicleSec 2023. He co-founded DriverX, a mobile telematic startup focusing on democratizing sensing systems for safe driving. |
| 10:30 - 11:20 |
Paper Session I
Sinong Zhang (China Three Gorges University); Haowei Wang (China Three Gorges University); Liang Zhao (China Three Gorges University); Wencai Li (China Three Gorges University); Victor C. M. Leung (The University of British Columbia)
Lih Wei Chia (National University of Singapore); Mehul Motani (National University of Singapore)
Leyang Xue (The University of Edinburgh); Meghana Madhyastha (Johns Hopkins University); Myungjin Lee (Cisco Research); Amos Storkey (The University of Edinburgh); Randal Burns (Johns Hopkins University); Mahesh Marina (The University of Edinburgh)
Andrew Ferguson (University of Edinburgh); Ujjwal Pawar (The University of Edinburgh); Tianxin Wang (The University of Edinburgh); Mahesh Marina (University of Edinburgh)
Qingyuan Zheng (University of California San Diego); Ushasi Ghosh (University of California San Diego); Ali Mamaghani (University of California San Diego); Srinivas Shakkottai (Texas A&M University); Dinesh Bharadia (University of California San Diego) |
| 11:20 - 12:05 |
Faculty-Industry Panel: "Beyond the PhD: Lessons from Early Career Researchers"Panelists: Ish Jain (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Yang Liu (Nokia Bell Labs), Qijia Shao (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 12:05 - 12:50 |
Student Panel: How to Excel in Your PhD Journey?Panelists: Chae Young Lee (Stanford University), Ishani Janveja (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Sixu Tan (University of California, Riverside) |
| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
| 13:30 - 14:30 |
Keynote 2: Building On-device Multimodal Sensing and AI Systems for Smart Health
(Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) Bio: Xiaomin Ouyang is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Previously, she was a postdoctoral researcher at UCLA and received her Ph.D. degree from CUHK. Her research interests include embedded AI, IoT, and smart health, with a primary focus on building AI-powered mobile and IoT systems for in-home and community-based healthcare. She received Distinguished TPC members at ACM SenSys 2025, ACM MobiSys 2023 Best Paper Award and ACM SIGBED China Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award. She was named one of EECS Rising Stars in 2023 and NIH mHealth Scholars in 2024. |
| 14:30 - 15:00 |
Paper Session II
Rong Ding (Shanghai Jiao Tong University); Haiming Jin (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
Kotone Sekiguchi (Aoyama Gakuin University); Yuusuke Kawakita (Kanagawa Institute of Technology); Yui Yamashita (Aoyama Gakuin University); Yoshito Tobe (Aoyama Gakuin University)
Musfira Khan (University of Helsinki); Agustin Zuniga (University of Helsinki); Sasu Tarkoma (University of Helsinki); Petteri Nurmi (University of Helsinki) |
| 15:00 - 15:05 |
Closing Remarks |
Best Paper Award: TBD
Best Poster/Demo Award: TBD
Best 3MT Award: TBD
ACM S3 2024 in Washington D.C., United States, with ACM MobiCom 2024.
ACM S3 2023 in Madrid, Spain, with ACM MobiCom 2023.
ACM S3 2022 in Sydney, Australia, with ACM MobiCom 2022.
ACM S3 2021 in New Orleans, USA with ACM MobiCom 2021.
ACM S3 2019 in Los Cabos, Mexico with ACM MobiCom 2019.
ACM S3 2018 in New Delhi, India with ACM MobiCom 2018.
ACM S3 2017 in Snowbird, Utah, USA with ACM MobiCom 2017.
ACM S3 2016 in New York, USA with ACM MobiCom 2016.
ACM S3 2015 in Paris, France with ACM MobiCom 2015.
ACM S3 2014 in Maui, Hawaii with ACM MobiCom 2014.
ACM S3 2013 in Miami, Florida with ACM MobiCom 2013.
ACM S3 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey with ACM MobiCom 2012.
ACM S3 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada with ACM MobiCom 2011.
ACM S3 2010 in Chicago, Illinois with ACM MobiCom/MobiHoc 2010.
ACM S3 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana with ACM MobiHoc 2009.