Call for Papers: VEHITS 2026

The International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems (VEHITS) 2026 aims to bring together engineers, researchers, and practitioners interested in the advances and applications in the field of Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems.

VEHITS 2026 will be held in conjunction with CSEDU 2026, ICT4AWE 2026, CLOSER 2026, SMARTGREENS 2026, and IMPROVE 2026. Registration to VEHITS allows free access to the co-located conferences as a non-speaker. Although the conference is returning to an in-person format, remote presentations are allowed if unable to travel to the venue.

Conference Areas

Papers are invited in the following areas:

1. Connected Vehicles
   • Big Data and Vehicle Analytics
   • Communication Protocols
   • Connected Services
   • Cooperative Driving and Traffic Management
   • Security and Safety
   • V2V, V2I, V2X
   • Vehicular Networks
2. Data Analytics
   • Accident Analysis and Prevention
   • Analytics and Optimization
   • Analytics for Intelligent Transportation
   • Big Data & Vehicle Analytics
   • Decision Support Systems
   • Traffic Management Reporting Systems & Road and Rail Traffic Management
   • Vehicle Information Systems and Remote Monitoring & Diagnostics
3. Intelligent Transport Systems and Infrastructure
   • Big Data Analytics for Intelligent Transportation
   • Congestion Management and Avoidance
   • Information Systems and Technologies
   • Intelligent Infrastructure and Guidance Systems
   • Public Transportation Management
   • Real-Time Incident Detection
   • Road Safety and Transport Security
   • Traffic Theory, Modeling, and Simulation
   • Urban Mobility and Multimodal Transportation
4. Intelligent Vehicle Technologies
   • Automotive Control and Mechatronics
   • Autonomous Vehicles and Automated Driving Control
   • Autonomous Vehicles and Automated Driving Perception
   • Driver Behavior Analysis
   • Navigation Systems
   • Off the Road Vehicles
   • Pattern Recognition for Vehicles
   • Traffic and Vehicle Data Collection and Processing
   • Vehicle Environment Perception
   • Vision and Image Processing
5. Smart Mobility and Sustainable Transport Services
   • Automated Road Transport
   • City Mobility and Ecodriving
   • Electric Vehicles
   • Energy & Battery Management
   • Novel Regulatory and Compliance Frameworks Related to Intelligent Transport
   • Ride Hailing Services
   • Smart Grid and V2G
   • Systems Modeling and Simulation
   • Transport for People with Disabilities

Paper Submission

Authors can submit their work as a complete paper or an abstract. Accepted abstracts are presented but not published in the proceedings.

• Complete papers can be submitted as a Regular Paper (completed and validated research) or a Position Paper (work in progress or an arguable opinion).
• Papers must be in English, carefully checked for grammar and spelling.
• Submissions should be made through the online submission platform PRIMORIS.
• Double-blind paper evaluation method: Authors are requested to produce and provide the paper WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors, including personal details, acknowledgments, or other identifying references.
• Only original papers should be submitted. Authors must adhere to INSTICC's ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism.

Publications

All accepted complete papers will be published in the conference proceedings, available in print and digital format with an ISBN reference and DOI.

• Proceedings will be submitted for indexation by SCOPUS, Google Scholar, DBLP, Semantic Scholar, EI, and Web of Science/Conference Proceedings Citation Index.
• A short list of best papers will be invited for a post-conference special issue of the Springer Nature Computer Science Journal.
• It is planned to publish a short list of revised and extended versions of presented papers with Springer in a CCIS Series book (final approval pending).

Important Dates

Conference

• Regular Papers:
  • Paper Submission: January 5, 2026
  • Authors Notification: March 3, 2026
  • Camera Ready and Registration: March 17, 2026
• Position Papers / Regular Papers:
  • Paper Submission: February 17, 2026
  • Authors Notification: March 24, 2026
  • Camera Ready and Registration: April 6, 2026

Workshops

• Workshop Proposal: January 20, 2026

Special Sessions

• Special Session Proposal: January 20, 2026

Tutorials

• Tutorial Proposal: April 10, 2026

Demos

• Demo Proposal: April 10, 2026

Panels

• Panel Proposal: April 10, 2026

Note: All dates refer to AOE time, i.e. "Anywhere on Earth".