ICST Transactions on Information and Communications Technologies in Transportation (ISSN: 2032-9474)

Description

In the near future, automotive vehicles are expected to be wirelessly connected with each other, with the road infrastructure, and with the communications infrastructure, making the transportation system an integral part of the overall information and communication system. A transportation system enabled by advanced information and communications technology (ICT) can significantly reduce accidents, save lives, reduce traffic congestion, make transportation more convenient and enjoyable, reduce energy consumption and pollution caused by transportation, and help make transportation sustainable for the long term.
Countries around the world have been devoting significant resources to develop ICT technologies and applications for transportation systems. These include, for example, the US IntelliDrive program, formerly known as Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII), to develop the technologies and potential government regulations needed to enable a nationwide vehicle communications system to enhance traffic safety, mobility and travel convenience; the Collision Avoidance Metrics Partnership (CAMP) programs in the US to develop vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications technologies and applications to allow vehicles to avoid collisions; the Global System for Telematics (GST) developed in Europe to develop architectures for enabling V2I applications; and the Car-to-Car initiatives in Europe to develop technologies for vehicles to communicate with each other. Vehicle manufacturers have been equipping vehicles with communications capabilities to support a growing range of safety, mobility and driver convenience applications such as emergence assistance to drivers, route assistance using the Global Positioning System, and hands-free phone features.
Today, significant challenges remain to be addressed. This journal aims to provide a comprehensive coverage of information and communications technologies in the transportation systems and how ICT technologies will transform future transportation systems into an integral part of the global information and communications infrastructure.
This journal calls for papers in areas including, but not limited to, the following areas:
Wireless communications technologies for vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure, vehicle-to-road, vehicle-to-pedestrian communications, and any other forms of communications involving vehicles and other components of a transportation system
Architectures and protocols for signalling, control, and management in an ICT-enabled transportation system
Computing and software technologies for ICT-enabled transportation systems
Applications, and their enabling platforms and technologies, for ICT-enabled transportation systems, including applications to support active vehicle safety, to improve vehicle mobility, to reduce traffic congestion, to improve driver convenience, and to coordinate the use of different transportation modes
Sensor technologies for vehicles and transportation systems, and technologies that use sensors to support future transportation systems
Autonomous vehicles
Security technologies for ICT-enabled transportation systems
Privacy-support technologies for ICT-enabled transportation systems
Remove vehicle diagnosis and prognosis
Remove vehicle management such as remote vehicle software upgrade
Technologies for supporting safe driving throughout the lifespan (e.g., methodologies to help older and younger drivers to drive more safely)
Transportation management technologies and systems
Human factors and their impact on driving (e.g., understanding and addressing impact of driver distraction on safe driving)
Vehicle on-board information and communications technologies and systems
Integration of vehicles and transportation systems with the information and communications infrastructure
Integration of different modes of transportation (e.g., cars, trains, and planes)
Governance and government policy issues and strategies related to ICT-enabled transportation systems
Modelling, analysis, and simulation of ICT-enabled transportation systems and technologies
Trials and experimental systems, experiences, and findings
Standards
Interoperability
Deployment strategies and experiences
Business cases and benefit-cost analysis
Impact of ICT-based transportation on societies
Keywords

Transportation, telematics, vehicle, vehicular, car, train, automotive, traffic, road, roadway, roadside, pedestrian, highway, freeway, wireless, radio, mobile ad-hoc, network, information, communication, control, security, privacy, V2V, V2I, V2Grid, intelligent transportation system, ITS, sensor, onboard, positioning, broadcast, interoperability, information and communications technology, ICT, safety, active safety, driving, driver, energy, diagnosis, prognosis, congestion, mobility, applications, infrastructure, integration, engine, control, DSRC, business case, benefit cost analysis
Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Tao Zhang
Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
Editorial Board
Wireless Communications, Mobile Ad-hoc Networks
Prof. Prathima Agrawal
Aubun University, USA
Vehicles, Vehicle Communications, Vehicle Safety Technologies
Dr. Fan Bai
GM R and D, USA
ITS Systems, Wireless and Vehicle Systems, Policy and Governance
Dr. Char-Dir Chung
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Vehicle Electronics, Onboard Network Systems, Onboard Sensors
Dr. David Duan
Kostal of America, USA
Automotive Industry Needs, Vehicles, Vehicle Communications, Vehicle Safety, Radio Technologies for Vehicle Communications
Dr. Luca Delgrossi
Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America, Inc.
Palo Alto, California, USA
ITS, Vehicle Architecture, Smart Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles
Prof. Qingquan Li
Wuhan University, China
DSRC and Other Radio Technologies for Vehicles
Prof. Weidong Xiang
University of Michigan at Dearborn, USA