VNC 2020

VNC 2020
The 2020 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference
Dates	2020/12/16 (iCal) - 2020/12/18
Homepage:	www.ieee-vnc.org
Location
Location:	, Online
Important dates
Papers:	2020/10/02
Posters:	2020/10/14
Demos:	2020/09/30
Notification:	2020/11/13
Camera ready due:	2020/11/27
Committees
General chairs:	Frank Kargl, Onur Altintas
PC chairs:	Ana Aguiar, André Weimerkirch
Panel Chair:	Jim Lansford
Demo chairs:	Pedro D’Orey, Ahmed Sakr
Table of Contents

The IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC) is the premiere conference on vehicular networks and applications. It brings together researchers, professionals, and practitioners to share the latest results and to brainstorm the next phases of exploration in the foundations, technologies, and applications of vehicular communication networks.

The 2020 VNC will be held virtually between December 16-18, 2020.

Important Dates

• Full/short paper submission deadline: October 02, 2020, 23:59 AOE (Anywhere on Earth, UTC-12) September 18, 2020, 23:59 AOE
• Demo/Poster paper Submission Deadline: October 14, 2020, 23:59 AOE (Anywhere on Earth, UTC-12) September 30, 2020, 23:59 AOE
• Acceptance notification: November 13, 2020
• Camera ready paper due: November 27, 2020
• Presentation videos due: December 4, 2020
• Conference: December 16-18, 2020

Topics of Interest

• Connectivity
  • 5G technologies for connected vehicles
  • Emerging V2X communication technologies, including dynamic spectrum sharing, mmWave, massive MIMO, beamforming, and vehicular visible light communications (VLC)
  • Networking, transport and QoS management for vehicular networks
  • In-vehicle communication and networking systems
  • Radio for vehicular networks: channel measurements, propagation models, antenna design, etc

• Architecture and System Design
  • Heterogeneous vehicular networking (e.g., multi-radio, multi-channel, multi-application, multi-technology)
  • Architectures and system designs for connected, automated driving
  • Edge computing and cloud
  • Security, privacy, liability, and dependability of vehicular networks
  • Integration of V2C with on-board systems and networks

• Tools & Methods
  • Hardware and software platforms for the simulation, emulation, prototyping, measurement, and/or real-world deployment of vehicular networks and applications
  • Field measurements and/or real-world deployments of vehicular networks and applications
  • Modeling, design, and analysis of vehicular networks and applications

• Connected & Automated Driving and Other Applications
  • Cooperative perception and cooperative driving
  • Innovative vehicular network applications and their communication requirements
  • Vulnerable road user protection
  • Vehicular networks and IoT integration
  • Impact assessments of vehicular networks on transportation

Organizing Committees

• General Co-Chairs
  • Frank Kargl, Ulm University, Germany
  • Onur Altintas, Toyota Motor North America R&D

• TPC Co-Chairs
  • Ana Aguiar, University of Porto, Portugal
  • André Weimerkirch, Lear Corporation, USA

• Poster/Demo Co-Chairs
  • Pedro D’Orey, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
  • Ahmed Sakr, Toyota Motor North America R&D, USA

• Panel Chair
  • Jim Lansford, Qualcomm, USA

• Publication Chair
  • Takamasa Higuchi, Toyota Motor North America R&D, USA

• Publicity Co-Chairs
  • Ala'a Al-Momani, Ulm University, Germany
  • Ceyhun Ozkaptan, Ohio State University, USA
  • Susumu Ishihara, Shizuoka University, Japan

• Web Chair
  • Ala'a Al-Momani, Ulm University, Germany

• Finance Chair
  • Bruce Worthman, IEEE

• Steering Committee
  • Onur Altintas, Toyota Motor North America R&D
  • Wai Chen, China Mobile Research Institute, China
  • Falko Dressler, TU Berlin, Germany
  • Geert Heijenk, University of Twente, The Netherlands
  • Thomas Luckenbach, FOKUS, Germany
  • Hyun Seo Oh, ETRI, South Korea
  • Umit Ozguner, Ohio State University, USA
  • Tadao Saito, Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo, Japan