VNC 2021

VNC 2021
The 2021 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference
Dates	2021/11/10 (iCal) - 2021/11/12
Homepage:	https://ieee-vnc.org/2021/
Location
Location:	Ulm, Germany
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Important dates
Papers:	2021/07/24
Posters:	2021/09/01
Demos:	2021/09/01
Notification:	2021/09/16
Camera ready due:	2021/09/30
Committees
General chairs:	Frank Kargl, Onur Altintas
PC chairs:	Christoph Sommer, Takamasa Higuchi
Panel Chair:	Jim Lansford
Demo chairs:	Lara Codecà, Ahmed Sakr
Table of Contents

Now in its 13th year, VNC has been the primary venue for people interested in vehicular communication to meet.

Last year, VNC 2020 featured a very different format. While some attendees called it the best online-conference they attended in 2020, not meeting in person is only the second best option.

In 2021, the organizing team is therefore committed to bring back the opportunity to meet in-person again. As the development of the pandemic over the next months and thus the possibilities to travel to and meet in a conference venue in November are hard to predict, we made the decision to plan VNC 2021 in a hybrid format where we aim for an equally good conference experience for both presenters and attendees no matter if you attend on-site or remotely. You will be able to register for the online conference and book an add-on package for on-site participation even on relatively short notice, leaving you all options open as long as possible.

We therefore encourage authors to submit their papers to VNC 2021 and enjoy the best of both worlds: on-site presentations and meetings with the VNC community if possible; or an excellent online experience if travel cannot be arranged.

Important Dates

• Full/short paper submission deadline: July 24, 2021, 23:59 AOE (Anywhere on Earth, UTC-12) July 10, 2021, 23:59 AOE (Anywhere on Earth, UTC-12)
• Demo/Poster paper Submission Deadline: September 1, 2021, 23:59 AOE (Anywhere on Earth, UTC-12)
• Acceptance notification: September 16, 2021
• Camera ready paper due: September 30, 2021
• Conference: November 10-12, 2021

Topics of Interest

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

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

• Tools & Methods
  • Hardware and software platforms for 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
  • Optimization techniques (e.g., linear programming, machine learning) with unique benefits for vehicular applications
  • Modeling, design, and analysis of vehicular networks and applications

• 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 (e.g., safety, efficiency, comfort, privacy, and environmental sustainability)

Organizing Committees

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

• TPC Co-Chairs
  • Christoph Sommer, TU-Dresden, Germany
  • Takamasa Higuchi, Toyota Motor North America R&D, USA

• Poster/Demo Co-Chairs
  • Lara Codecà, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
  • Ahmed Sakr, University of Windsor, Canada

• Panel Chair
  • Jim Lansford, Qualcomm, USA

• Publication Chair
  • Florian Klingler, Paderborn University, Germany

• Publicity Co-Chairs
  • Susumu Ishihara, Shizuoka University, Japan
  • Michele Segata, Free University of Bolzano, Italy

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