TOPICS AND SCOPE

Autonomous Vehicles and Systems (abbreviation in the Submission System: AVS) 

• highly automated and autonomous driving
• advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS)
• autonomous vehicle path planning and control
• V2X communication
• artificial intelligence and machine learning
• intelligent transport systems
• infrastructure for autonomous and connected vehicles
• autonomous vehicles and society, policies and regulations, future prospects
• human and machine interaction
• unmanned aerial vehicles
• unmanned surface and underwater vehicles

Combustion in Engines, Fuels and Emissions (abbreviation in the Submission System: CEFE) 

• alternative, advanced and synthetic fuels, fuel blends, lubricants
• fuel cells and hydrogen technologies
• combustion processes, combustion control and optimization
• engine systems and technology, advanced internal combustion systems
• environmental impact, regulations and future prospects
• emissions and pollutants, emission control
• decarbonisation
• energy savings
• European Green Deal

Logistics and Transportation (abbreviation in the Submission System: LT) 

• computational logistics, simulations in logistics
• green logistics
• transport logistics: transportation networks, intermodal transport, air transport, rail transport, water transport, road transport
• smart transportation and infrastructure
• intralogistics
• supply chain connectivity
• air transport infrastructure
• waterway infrastructure

Railway Transport (abbreviation in the Submission System: RT) 

• rail transport systems
• rail-based transportation systems
• advanced rail technologies
• dynamics and mechanics of rail vehicles
• traction and rolling stock
• rail transport infrastructure, planning and design
• rail electrification

Maritime Transport (abbreviation in the Submission System: MT) 

• artificial intelligence in maritime operations
• green shipping and offshore energy technologies
• unmanned vehicles
• sustainability in shipping
• navigation
• maritime communication
• ships and their systems
• offshore units
• port logistics
• port infrastructure
• smart port technologies
• marine fuels
• advanced ship propulsion technologies

Road Safety and Infrastructure (abbreviation in the Submission System: RSI) 

• vision zero
• behaviour and human factors in road safety 
• infrastructure and planning
• transport policy and implementation
• safety of road users
• technical advances in road safety
• traffic management and control
• accident prediction and reconstruction
• traffic flows

Vehicle Engineering and Dynamics (abbreviation in the Submission System: VED) 

• vehicle dynamics, modelling and simulation
• reliability and robust design in automotive engineering
• ride comfort and handling, steering and suspension technology
• light and heavy vehicles technologies
• advanced electric and hybrid powertrains, simulation-based optimization and control
• driveline and transmission systems
• motorsport engineering
• vehicle structure, lightweight body design and new materials, crashworthiness, manufacturing
• vehicle safety systems and technologies
• electrification, vehicle electronics and software

Special Section for Junior Researchers (abbreviation in the Submission System: SSJR)​​​​

• transport engineering
• traffic safety
• logistics
• transport management