IEEE Forum on Integrated and Sustainable Transportation Systems: Call for Papers

Call for Papers

IEEE Forum on Integrated and Sustainable Transportation Systems (FISTS)
29 June to 1 July 2011
Vienna, Austria

http://ieee-fists.org


Transportation of goods and people plays a vital role in the lives of everyone and in virtually all businesses on earth. The cost of transportation, both personal and freight, accounts for a significant share in the global economy. Significant advances in technology as well as the incorporation of technology already available will be required to sustain the demands for transportation in the years ahead. Traditionally, transportation has been divided into three categories: land (automobiles, trucks, and rail); air; and water. There are four societies in IEEE addressing these issues, namely the Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society (AESS), the Intelligent Transportation Systems Society (ITSS), the Oceanic Engineering Society (OES), and the Vehicular Technology Society (VTS). Each of these societies addresses issues in a particular mode of transportation. However, there are many issues affecting all of these modes of transportation in the face of increasing demand. Some of the issues include congestion, environmental impact, and energy sources.

These four societies have joined together to co-sponsor a conference that will bring together academicians, practitioners, and policy makers to assess the current technology and identify the new technologies required to meet the demand for a sustainable transportation system. This conference will focus on the issues common to all of these modes of transportation as well as the integration of the technologies required.

Call for Papers

The IEEE FISTS program committee invites technical papers that will undergo the standard IEEE peer review process and will appear in a conference proceedings.

Program topics include:

Sustainable Land Transportation
* Traffic Management
* Traveler Information Services
* Traffic Data Collection and Analysis
* Traffic Estimation/Prediction
* ECO-Friendly ITS programs
* Innovative Transit Systems
* Innovative Goods Movement Systems

Sustainable Water Transportation
* Travel Modes
* Watercraft Fuels
* Goods Movement Issues

Sustainable Air Transportation
* Air Traffic Management Systems
* Aircraft Operations and Fuels
* Integrated Systems
* Co-operative Systems
* Innovative Multi-Modal Travel Solutions
* Transportation Infrastructure Issues

Energy
* Alternative Energy and Fuels
* Innovative Energy Management
* Future Energy Sources

Environmental Issues
* Transport Greenhouse Gas Emissions
* Transport Air Pollutant Emissions
* Transport-related Water Quality Issues

Efficiency Issues
* Efficient Capacity Management of Roads
* Efficient Capacity Management of Rail
* Throughput Maximization
* Systems Operation Efficiency

Submission Deadline: December 1, 2010
Notification of Acceptance Date: February 18, 2011 Final Paper Submission Date: March 31, 2011

For more information and complete instructions for submission of manuscripts, go the conference web site: http://www.ieee-fists.org

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Conference Committee

General Chair
Charles Herget
Herget Enterprises
Alameda, California USA

Co-Chair (Europe)
Reinhard Pfliegl
AustriaTech
Vienna, Austria

Co-Chair (North America)
Wei-Bin Zhang
California PATH
Berkeley, California USA

Co-Chair (Asia)
Sadayuki Tsugawa
Meijo University
Nagoya, Japan

Program Chair
Matthew Barth
University of California
Riverside, California USA
barth@ee.ucr.edu

Program Co-Chair (AESS)
Reza Dizaji
Raytheon Canada
Waterloo, Ontario Canada

Program Co-Chair (ITSS)
Fei-Yue Wang
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona USA

Program Co-Chair (OES)
Jerry Carroll
President, Oceanic Engineering Society
Picayune, Mississippi USA

Program Co-Chair (VTS)
Jeffrey Miller
University of Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska USA

Finance Chair
Daniel Dailey
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington USA

Publicity Chair
Andreas Zich
AustriaTech
Vienna, Austria

Steering Committee

Robert Rassa (AESS)
Raytheon
Fallston, Maryland USA

William Scherer (ITSS)
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia USA

Jim Barbera (OES)
Past President, Oceanic Engineering Society Rockville, Maryland USA

James Irvine (VTS)
University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, Scotland UK


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