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SYSTEMShttp://www.ieee.org/its

IEEE ITS SOCIETY NEWSLETTEREditor: Prof. Bart van Arem, b.vanarem@utwente.nl

Vol. 7, No. 4, December 2005

In This Issue

Society News 3From the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Message from the IEEE ITS Society President . . . . . . 3Results of the on-line survey of the Newsletter . . . . . . 4Message VP Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Message VP Member Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Message VP Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7The Structure and Operation of IEEE Intelligent Trans-

portation Systems Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Bookreview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14IEEE Trans. on ITS Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16IEEE Transactions on ITS - Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Conference Reports 21

Technical Contributions 24

Non-Society ITS News 27A Glimpse on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Upcoming Conferences, Workshops and Symposia . . . . . 38

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ITSC Executive Committee————–

President:Charles J. Herget, c.herget@ieee.org

President-Elect 2005:Fei-Yue Wang,

. . . feiyue@sie.arizona.edu

Vice President Conferences:Paul Kostek, . . . . .p.kostek@ieee.org

Vice President Publications:Emily Sopensky, e.sopensky@ieee.org

Vice President Finance:William Scherer, w.scherer@ieee.org

Vice President Technical Activities:Daniel Zeng,

. . . zeng@eller.arizona.edu

Vice President for Adminstrative Ac-tivities:

Daniel J. Dailey, . d.dailey@ieee.org

————–Transactions Editor:

Alberto Broggi, . . a.broggi@ieee.org

Newsletter Editor:Bart van Arem,

. . . . . .b.vanarem@utwente.nl

Information for contributors————–

Announcements, feature articles, booksand meetings reviews, opinions, lettersto the editor, professional activities, ab-stracts of reports, and other materialof interest to the ITS community is so-licited.

Please submit electronic materialfor consideration in any of the fol-lowing formats: LATEX, plain ASCII,PDF, or Word, to the Editor atb.vanarem@utwente.nl at least 1 monthprior to the newsletter’s distribution:

Issue Due dateMarch February 1st

June May 1st

September August 1st

December November 1st

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THEIEEE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

SOCIETY——————————————

President: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles J. Herget, Alameda, CA 94502, USA

President-Elect 2005: . . . . . . . . Fei-Yue Wang, CAS, China and U. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA

Vice President Conferences: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Kostek, Seattle, WA 98103, USA

Vice President Publications: . . . . . . . . Emily Sopensky, The Iris Company, Arlington, VA 22207, USA

Vice President Finance: . . . . . William Scherer, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904. USA

Vice President Technical Activities: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Zeng, University of Arizona, Tucson,

AZ 85721, USAVice President Administrative Activities: . . . . . .Daniel J. Daily, University of Washington, Seattle,

WA 98195, USATransactions Editor: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alberto Broggi, Universita di Parma, Parma, I-43100, Italy

Newsletter Editor: . . . Bart van Arem, University of Twente, Enschede, NL-7500AE, The Netherlands

COMMITTEES

Awards Committee: Chip White (Chair): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cwhite@isye.gatech.edu

Conferences and Meetings Committee: Paul Kostek (Chair): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.kostek@ieee.org

Constitution and Bylaws Committee: Fei-Yue Wang (Chair): . . . . . . . . . . . feiyue@sie.arizona.edu

Fellow Evaluation Committee: Robert Fenton (Chair): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fenton.2@osu.edu

Finance Committee: Bill Scherer (Chair): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . w.scherer@ieee.org

History Committee: E. Ryerson Case (Chair): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . r.case@ieee.org

Long Range Planning Committee: Pitu B. Mirchandani (Chair): . . . . . . . . . . . pitu@sie.arizona.edu

Member Activities Committee: Christoph Stiller (Chair): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .stiller@mrt.uka.de

Nominations and Appointments Committee: Fei-Yue Wang (Chair): . . . . . feiyue@sie.arizona.edu

Publications Committee: Emily Sopensky (Chair): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e.sopensky@ieee.org

Standards Committee: Jason Geng (Chair): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jason.geng@gmail.com

Student Activities Committee: Sudarshan S. Chawathe (Chair): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .chaw@cs.umd.edu

Technical Activities Committee: Daniel Zeng (Chair): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . zeng@eller.arizona.edu

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Society News

From the Editorby Bart van Arem

Dear Readers,

I am pleased to present to you the final issue of the ITSS Newsletter in 2005. Thank you all for respondingto the on-line survey of the Newsletter. In this newsletter you will find a report on the overall findings.These findings express your appreciation of the newsletter and provide us with indications how to furtherimprove the Newsletter.

In this newsletter you will also find our regular content, amongst which the new composition of our Ex-ecutive Committee, the abstract of the Transactions on ITS, a review of a book on Intelligent Vehicles. Inparticular I would like to recommend the contribution by Fei-Yue Wang, Charles Herget and Daniel Zengon the The Structure and Operation of IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society.

If you have news, announcement for conferences or workshops that you want to share with our readers,please do not hesitate to send them to us. If you have technical contributions, especially about real worldimplementations of ITS, we are looking forward to them.

I hope your will enjoy this issue of the Newsletter.Bart van Arem

Message from the IEEE ITS Society Presidentby Charles J. Herget

This message will be my last as president of the Society. It has been an honor for me to have served twoyears as president of the ITS Council and one year as president of the ITS Society. I believe the transitionfrom Council to Society has gone well, and the Society is off to a good start.

We have nearly achieved our first year membership goal of one thousand members. At the end of Oc-tober, our membership was 913. Although we are a small Society, we are very active and in a very goodfinancial position at the present time. For comparison, there are thirty-nine societies in IEEE, ranging in sizefrom the smallest (Product Safety Engineering Society) at 531 members to the largest (Computer Society)at 92,815 members.

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We publish a well respected Transactions and this Newsletter which is read by many more readers thanour membership. We have three regularly scheduled conferences a year, and that number will probably goto at least four soon. At its meeting in Vienna in September, the Board of Governors approved a motionto proceed with a proposal for the Society to take the lead role in the creation of a new IEEE IntelligentTransportation Systems Magazine.

The Society held its first election of members of the Board of Governors this year. Those elected to athree year term beginning January 1, 2005, were Benjamin Coifman, Katsushi Ikeuchi, Petros Ioannou,Brian Johnson, and Steve Watkins. The BoG elected the following officers at its meeting in Vienna fortwo year terms beginning January 1, 2006: Umit Ozguner, VP Conference Activities; Christoph Stiller, VPMember Activities; and Jason Geng, VP Publication Activities. Alberto Broggi was re-elected to anothertwo-year terms as Editor-in-Chief of the Transactions. These officers will start their new terms along withFei-Yue Wang who will be president of the Society.

Vacancies on the Board of Governors created by election of new officers were filled by H. M. Kim forthe term ending in 2006, and Ka C Cheok and Takaaki Hasegawa for the term ending in 2007.

In 2006, I will serve as Chair of the Nominations and Appointments Committee. I welcome your rec-ommendations for candidates for the Board of Governors.

As I leave my position as president, I wish to acknowledge the contributions of two other officers whoseterm ends with mine on December 31 of this year. Paul Kostek will complete his term as VP ConferenceActivities, and Emily Sopensky will complete her term as VP Publication Activities. The Society has bene-fited greatly from the contributions of these two volunteers as officers.

My best wishes to all of you. I am sure that our Society will grow and serve our profession well in theyears ahead.

Charles HergetPresident, IEEE ITS Society

Results of the on-line survey of the Newsletterby Bart van Arem

In September-October 2005 an on-line survey was held to get the opinions and suggestions of the readersof the Newsletter of the ITS Society. In total 273 people responded, of which 55% from research/academia,22% from industry and 15% from government. Responses were received from around the globe, in particularEurope (49%), North-America (29%) and Asia/Australia (22%). Questions regarding the current contentwere answered on a point scale, from 1 (very bad, very dissatisfied) to 5 (very good, very satisfied). Table 1summarizes the main results of the survey:

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Mean StdevCurrent distribution of the ITSS Newsletter 4,3 0,7(PDF and e-mail alert)ITS Society news 4,1 0,6Book reviews 4.0 0,7IEEE Trans. ITS Abstract 4,3 0,6Reviews of research programs 4,3 0,6Technical papers 4,3 0,6Regional chapter news 3,7 0,7Glimpse on the web 3,9 0,7Conference calendar 4,2 0,8Webbased information and email alert 3,9 0,7Magazine 3,6 1Layout 3,9 0,7

Table 1: Main results

As the maximum score was 5, Table 1 shows that there is generally a high appreciation for the Newsletterand its contents. Especially the Abstract of the IEEE Transactions on ITS, technical papers, reviews ofresearch programs and the conference calendar are highly appreciated. The respondents made good useof the opportunities to provide suggestions. The readers appear to be interested in a quick overview ofannouncements of conferences, courses, workshops including a link to get full information. This will alsoreduce the size of the newsletter, which is several readers found to be quite large. There were several remarkson broadening the content of the Newsletter as well as providing access to ITS related activities on otherIEEE Societies. In particular, there is an interest for information on practical ITS applications. It wasalso clear that our readers prefer the newsletter over a magazine for quick access to events and useful in-formation. Only 21% indicated to be prepared to pay USD 20 or more for an upgraded form of the Newsletter.

The results of the survey confirm that the current distribution and content of the Newsletter are well-appreciated. In the upcoming issues we will be using the results of the survey to further improve theNewsletter.

Message from the VP for Conferencesby Paul Kostek

As we finish 2005 and ITS’ first year as a Society, our Conferences have had a very successful year. Startingwith the Security and Informatics Conference in Atlanta, IV05 in Las Vegas, ITSC05 in Vienna and Vehic-ular Electronics in Xian.

In 2006 the Security and Informatics Conference will be held in Southern California, IV will be in Tokyo,ITSC in Toronto. We’ll also be adding the SOLI (Logistics) to our list of sponsored conferences. The nextSOLI will be June 21-23, 2006 in Shanghai. Grace Lin of IBM will be the General Chair.

At the recent BoG meeting IV08 was awarded to a team from the Netherlands ( to be chaired by Bartvan Arem ) and ITSC08 to a team from Korea (to be chaired by Hungman Kim).

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Check out the Conference Calendar for the latest on all of our Conferences.

This is my last report to you as the VP Conferences, it has been a pleasure to work with all of the Confer-ence committees and the BoG. Umit Ozguner will be taking on this position on January 1. Umit is a pastpresident of the ITS Council, Chaired IV03 and has been involved with many other of our Conferences.

Thanks for your support and assistance and I look forward to working with you all again in the future.

ITSS Conference Calendar2005ISI Atlanta May 13-16 Chairs: Ralph Merkle and Hsinchun Chen

Program Co-Chairs: Paul Kantor, Fred Roberts, Feiyue Wang,Gheorghe Muresan, Daniel Zeng

IV Las Vegas June 3-6 Chair: FeiYue Wang - feiyue@sie.arizona.eduProgram Chair: NanNing Zheng

ITSC Vienna September 13-16 Chair: Reinhard Pfleig - office@itsc2005.atProgram Chair: Stefano Stramigioli

VES Xian October 14-18 Chair: NanNing Zheng - nnzheng@mail.xjtu.edu.cnProgram Chair: FeiYue Wang

2006ISI Southern May 22-24 Chair: Hsinchun Chen, Bhavani Thuraisingham and Fei-Yue Wang -

California feiyue@sie.arizona.eduProgram Chair: Sharad Mehrotra and Daniel Zeng

IV Tokyo June 13-15 Chair: Katsushi Ikeuchi - ki@iis.u-tokyo.ac.jpProgram Chair: Hideki Hashimoto, Mohan Trivedi, Christian Laugier

SOLI Shanghai June 21-23 Chair: Grace Lin - gracelin@us.ibm.comProgram Chair: Huizhang Shen and Francois Sainfort

ITSC Toronto September 17-20 Chair: Baher Abdulhai - baher.abdulhai@utoronto.caProgram Chair: Issam Kayssi

VES TBD TBD Chair: TBD and Program Chair: TBD2007ISI TBD TBD Chair: TBD and Program Chair: TBDIV Istanbul TBD Chair: L. Guvenc - guvencl@itu.edu.tr

Program Chair: TBDITSC Seattle Sept 30-Oct 3 Chair: Dan Daily - dan@its.washington.edu

Program Chair: Brian JohnsonVES TBD TBD Chair: TBD and Program Chair: TBD2008ISI TBD TBD Chair: TBD and Program Chair: TBDIV the Netherlands TBD Chair: Bart van Arem - b.vanarem@utwente.nl

Program Chair: Bart de Schutter - b.deschutter@dcsc.tudelft.nlITSC Korea TBD Chair: Hungman Kim

Program Chair: TBDVES TBD TBD Chair: TBD and Program Chair: TBD2009ISI TBD TBD Chair: TBD and Program Chair: TBDIV TBD TBD Chair: TBD and Program Chair: TBDITSC St Louis Oct 4-7 Chair: Steve Watkins - watkins@umr.edu

Program Chair: TBDVES TBD TBD Chair: TBD and Program Chair: TBD

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Message from the VP Member Activitiesby Christoph Stiller

IEEE Membership:Opening the world of technology ITSS Membership:Get Smart!

Don’t Lose Your Benefits! Renew Your Membership for 2006: http://www.ieee.org/renew.

Networking with interdisciplinary experts is a keystone for success in the fast advancing field of IntelligentTransportation Systems Technology. This is one of the core objectives that has led to the formation of theIntelligent Transportation Systems Society in 2005. Being IEEE’s youngest society, it already gathers some1000 members and our society of ITS experts is growing every month.

Besides its newsletter, its other publications, its conferences, and its technical activities, the IEEE IntelligentTransportation Systems Society also spends considerable efforts in providing new services to its members.Some of these concern the recognition of distinguished experts in our field as well as our policies to enablestudent participation at our conferences.

It will be a major objective in the next few years to effectively open up the Intelligent TransportationSystems Society to our international members. The formation of Chapters who conduct local activities willbe an important step.

It goes without saying that Member Activities needs active members and volunteers. Do not hesitate tocontact me with your ideas, criticism and proposals and last not least: Do not forget to add the IEEE ITSSociety when renewing your IEEE membership for 2006.

Message from the VP for Publicationsby Emily Sopensky

Reflections

As a long-time officer of the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society and its predecessors, I’vetaken on various hats - VP Finance, Secretary, and Publications. With this last column as an officer, I wantto take this opportunity to reflect on our efforts to improve and expand your IEEE ITS publications.

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BackgroundMore than a decade ago, as Texas Instruments, headquartered in a Dallas suburb, was retrofitting some of itsplant to house part of a non-semiconductor business unit, I was brought in to set up the U.S. documentationfor TIRIS (Texas Instruments Radiofrequency Identification Systems).

The first product to be documented was an installation guide for TI’s high frequency toll systems (sincesold to another company). This is how I was introduced to intelligent transportation systems. Reflectionsbecame a golden word for me that year. I learned enough about RF backscatter to write manuals, trade ar-ticles, press releases, and speeches for TI engineers. (For example, see: Reflecting tomorrow’s highwaystoday: RF backscatter reflection in AVI systems.)

Having found IEEE to be a constantly reliable source of good technical information, I began looking fora knowledge base and experts in the field of ITS. In my quest, I was asked to join a new committee to focuson ITS. Sharing that genesis with others like Rye Case and Bob French, Charlie Herget, Umit Ozguner,Ichiro Masaki, Chip White, Dan Dailey, Bill Scherer, John Troxell, was inspiring as I learned from those whohave been involved with ITS in industry and academia. Bob, who then lived in Fort Worth, Texas, tutoredme and passed on old publications on ITS. Now retired professionally, Bob and Rye, steered us well in thenascent years as a committee and then as a council.

For our first conference, held in Boston in November 1997, I served as Publications Chair. In August,the hottest month of the year in Austin, Texas, my staff and I watched the special delivery trucks line upeach day as papers arrived from Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Germany, Austria, France, the U.S. and othercountries around the globe. A business consultant by trade, it was easy to see the numerous opportunitiesto blend IEEE expertise with improvements to the paper management process.

Into the Digital AgeAs the heart of any technical conference, technical papers are the bulk of the conference agenda and thepublished proceedings. The papers are intellectual property that benefit the authors, IEEE, and ITSS. Han-dling the papers in the prescribed manner is important in ensuring those benefits.

Serving as the Pubs Chair for ITSC 2004 while serving as the 2004 IEEE-USA Fellow to the State De-partment and living in a tiny apartment 1500 miles from my home in Austin would not have been possiblewithout major improvements to the business of handling conference papers. Thankfully, the ITSC 2004organizing committee had agreed to use a system developed by Papercept, Inc., a firm that specializes inmanaging conference and journal manuscripts and registration processes. ITSC2004 and ITSC 2005 confer-ences both used Papercept.

Since my first immersion in IEEE conference publication management in 1997, I’ve seen IEEE and itssocieties slowly automate most of the bulky, time-consuming processes that have traditionally provoked con-ference authors, managers and organizers. Now even copyright forms are accepted electronically. Forgetabout having to sign for a special delivery. Forget about having to file both hardcopy and media format.Forget about finding a free file drawer. Once the lead author loads the paper into the system, all co-authorscan see when their paper is received.

The ITSS Board of Governors this year ordained that Papercept be the ITSS preferred choice for man-aging its conference papers during the next three years beginning with ITSC 2006, where I am once againthe Publications Chair. Conference Chairs can use another system, but the business case must be made.Those of us who have used Papercept and who interact with its owner/managers have found the ease of useand their 24/7 support extraordinary: Always on top of IEEE publication rules, the company is quick tointegrate quickly and efficiently any improvements to its system.

Thanks to Paul Kostek, VP Conferences and Meetings, and Stefano Stramigioli for his early and enthusias-tic support of Papercept, and to Pradeep Misra for his patient and alert support of IEEE ITSS conferencepublications.

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A Graphical ExchangeThen, too, automating management processes is important to the Transactions on ITS. Many authors, edi-tors and reviewers of papers for IEEE transactions and journals now use another paper management systemcalled Manuscript Central (MC). Towards the end of the tenure of our first EIC, Prof. Chip White, authorssubmitted papers using the first version of MC. With any large IT system, there is always room for improve-ment. He developed a graphical report that made it easier to see at a glance where each paper was in theprocess of being edited, reviewed and published.

This is a valuable report, portions of which are shared with the associate editors, reviewers and authors.Being able to determine which papers are languishing in an inbox, which are ready for publication, Prof.Broggi is able to quickly assess and manage the publication process, and minimize time to print.

IEEE has been eager to incorporate the tool into MC so that other EICs can benefit from Dr. Broggi’sinitiative. This last summer, thanks to Dr. Broggi’s generosity, we have been working with IEEE and theMC vendor to include his tool in the standard MC interface. At the annual Panel of Editors meeting in2006, I suspect that Dr. Broggi will be given a place on the agenda.

Getting the Word(s) OutThe bulk of IEEE revenues derive from publications. ITSS’s prosperity is similarly linked to that of itspublications, where the number of published pages directly relates to our bottom line. This year alone, thepage count for the Transactions was raised twice to 480 pages. Thanks to EIC Broggi and his associateeditors, enough papers are ready to meet the increased page budget, and to meet the 512-page budget for2006.

New Revenue ModelAs with any publisher with a strong print-heritage, the winning revenue model in this digital age is as muchconjecture as algorithmic. What is inevitable is that the print-based model must be altered to reflect reality- that is, online access to digital content. This year, IEEE instituted a new algorithm based on the numberof downloads, a radical but necessary change. Currently, the algorithm depends on the number of downloadsfrom institutions, members and a percentage of content in IEEE’s Xplore access to digital content. Allsocieties, ITSS included, must adjust. Encouraging downloads is as important now as getting the word out.

Originally budgeted at the inception of the Transactions six years ago, we began work on a developingmarketing tools last year to highlight the ITS Transactions and the new society. Debuted this year, thetookkit includes a ”Get Smart!” brochure/poster, ads for placement in newsletters and magazines, and an”instant” booth for exhibit halls. (To help promote ITSS, its transactions, and membership development,email Membership Development Chair, Christoph Stiller, c.stiller@ieee.org.)

More is betterFor academics, volunteers and researchers, we continue to focus on the importance of citations and the im-pact factor of the Transactions, which have increased dramatically under EIC Broggi’s oversight.

Nothing is more frustrating than to search on common terms in one industry and come up with ”0” termsfound, or worse papers on a topic that has a totally different meaning in another industry. Descriptivekeywords, or taxonomy, that enables researchers to find our ITS papers is the goal of an effort begun lastyear. We awarded a small contract to an academic researcher to modernize an old ITS index. The index wassent to IEEE HQ. This year, the index is being updated. ITSS conference organizers are being encouragedto standardize their keywords to provide consistency from year to year and ease the work of the author andeditor in selecting the keywords for the paper and determine sessions. New items may be added to reflectcurrent interests. Offering the same topics each year also develops a loyal conference following.

Just as important is increasing the number of titles offered by the Society. Two new magazines are be-ing proposed by ITSS: IEEE Intelligence and Security Informatics was proposed by Technical Activities VP

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Daniel Zeng; and IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine proposed by 2006 VP PublicationsJason Geng. The Board approved seed funding to develop a pre-release ”prototype” for issue of each.

Enriching contentAs it is, the IEEE ITSS all-electronic newsletter is bargain to readers. Sent as a link via email quarterly,the current newsletter under Prof. Bart van Arem’s editorship reaches 10,000 readers. His stated goals areto enrich and broaden content while maintaining and expanding the database. He has added a book reviewsection and technical articles (without scientific review) written by those in industry. His results of his surveycan be found elsewhere in this newsletter.

The enthusiasm and meticulousness brought by Dr. van Arem to editing the newsletter is matched only byhis predecessors to the job: Professors. Broggi (1999-2003) and Stramigioli (2004). I greatly appreciate theirhard work and integrity. Having edited a few sizeable newsletters myself, I can only say how thankful I amto have such dedicated, caring EICs.

FinallyThanks to all for a very interesting and intriguing 10 years. Coming almost full circle, I am once againinvolved with RFID. The policy implications of the new mandates from the U.S. Department of Defenseand Wal-Mart to use RFID tagging are intriguing. The opportunities for careers in RFID are opening upas a result. With ITSS leading, I am working with IEEE to provide discounted education on RFID to ITSSmembers as well as continuing education units.

In January, 2006, Jason Geng, founder and CEO of GENEX Technologies, assumes the post of VP Publica-tions for ITSS. He has served as associate editor for several journals and is an adjunct professor at GeorgeWashington University, where he received his doctorate. I have absolutely no doubt that he will serve ITSSwell. You can reach him at Jason.geng@gmail.com.

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The Structure and Operation of IEEE Intelligent Transportation Sys-tems Societyby Fei-Yue Wang, Charles Herget and Daniel Zeng

Developing and Improving Transportation Systems:The Structure and Operation of IEEE Intelligent

Transportation Systems Society

Fei-Yue Wang, feiyue@email.arizona.eduCharles Herget, c.herget@ieee.orgDaniel Zeng, zeng@eller.arizona.edu

Abstract - This editorial introduces the structure

and operation of the IEEE Intelligent Transporta-

tion Systems Society (ITSS). A brief history of the

ITSS is presented, along with its mission, organi-

zational structure, and a recently approved plan to

streamline its operation for various technical

activities.

I. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE IEEE INTELLI-GENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS SOCIETY

Transportation systems are playing a critical rolein virtually all facets of modern life. Significant chal-lenges remain to further improve the efficiency andsafety of the current transportation systems of allkinds and develop value-added applications closelytied into such systems. In the meanwhile, opportuni-ties abound, largely due to fast-paced developmentsin a broad spectrum of related engineering, commu-nications and information technology fields.

Since 1994, various IEEE organizations, includingfirst the Ad Hoc Committee on Intelligent Trans-portation Systems (ITS) and then the ITS Council,were formed to explore, in a synergistic manner, theuse of electrical and electronics engineering, systemsand control engineering, and information technologiesin ITS applications. In particular, various publica-tion and technical activities under the sponsorshipof the ITS Council, including the IEEE Transactionson ITS, the annual Conference series on ITS, and theannual Symposium on Intelligent Vehicles, have beenvery well-received and are making a positive impacton the related research and practitioner communi-

ties. As such communities have become mature andare experiencing steady growth, the IEEE TechnicalActivities Board approved the transition from theITS Council to the IEEE ITS Society (ITSS) at thebeginning of 2005. Since its inception, close to athousand professionals have already joined the ITSS.

II. MISSION AND ORGANIZATION OF THESOCIETY

According to the ITSS Constitution, the primarymission of the Society is to bring together the commu-nity of scientists and engineers who are interested in”theoretical, experimental and operational aspects ofelectrical and electronics engineering and informationtechnologies as applied to intelligent transportationsystems,” and to advance the professional standing ofthe society members and affiliates. ITS are defined as”those systems utilizing synergistic technologies andsystems engineering concepts to develop and improvetransportation systems of all kinds.” The Society is”scientific, literary and educational in character toprovide a forum for the discussion and exchange ofinformation to advance the theory, design, develop-ment, and application of ITS.”

The administration and organization of theITSS are governed by the Society Constitutionand Bylaws, both available from the ITSS website,http://www.ewh.ieee.org/tc/its/. Next we highlightthe related major items. ”

• The Society shall be governed by a Board ofGovernors (BOG). There shall be at most 24voting members of the BOG, consisting of anExecutive Committee and 15 Members elected

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from the Society membership. The ExecutiveCommittee, chaired by the President, is con-cerned with the day-to-day operation of theSociety. The voting member of this com-mittee includes President, President-Elect (inodd-numbered years), Past President (in even-numbered years), VP for Financial Activities,VP for Conference Activities, VP for Publi-cation Activities, VP for Technical Activities,VP for Member Activities, VP for Administra-tive Activities, and Editor-in-Chief of the IEEETransactions on ITS.

• The terms of office of the 15 elected Membersof the BOG shall be three years, with 5 Mem-bers to be elected each year. At the begin-ning of each year, a Nominations Committeeshall be appointed. The chair of this Commit-tee shall cause a call for nominations of electedmembers of the BOG to be publicized to theentire Society membership. All members, ex-cept members of the Nominations Committee,of the Society in good standing are eligible tobe nominated and to be elected to the BOG.Recommendations shall also be solicited fromthe Chairs of all chapters, Standing and Tech-nical Committees of the Society. Nominationsshall be finalized and a ballot shall be mailed toeach Member of the Society through the IEEE.IEEE shall transmit the results of the electionto the Society President and Secretary. Soci-ety Officers shall be elected by the current sit-ting members of the BOG in their annual meet-ing. The Chair of the Nominations Committeeshall call for nominations. Recommendationsshall be solicited from BOG members, Editors-in-Chief, and chairs of all Chapters, Standingand Technical Committees. Additional nomi-nation from the floor at the BOG meeting mayalso be considered.

• The Society must hold an Annual Meeting. Ad-ditional meetings of the Society, represented bythe BOG, may be held at such times as arefound necessary or convenient. Business of theSociety may be transacted by correspondenceor other telecommunication means where, inthe opinion of the President, matters requir-ing action can be adequately handled in thatmatter. The Executive Committee shall bethe principal body for dealing with such infor-mal matters. ” The Society may hold techni-cal meeting, conferences, lecture series, sym-posia, or convention either alone or in coopera-tion with other IEEE committees or other tech-

nical organizations, with IEEE approval. TheSociety shall sponsor or co-sponsor at least onetechnical conference of international scope eachyear. The BOG determines the time, locationand Chair of each sponsored Conference andtechnical meetings, based on submittal by theConferences and Meetings Committee.

• All Society publication activities are subject toIEEE policies, and to any further guidance orcontrols prescribed by the BOG or its duly ap-pointed committees. The Editors-in-Chief ofthe Society’s publications shall be nominatedby the Nominations and Appointments Com-mittee, or by an Ad Hoc Committee. TheEditors-in-Chief may recommend appropriateassociate or guest editors. Appointments shallbe made by the Society President with approvalof the BOG.

III. TECHNICAL, CONFERENCE, AND PUB-LICATION ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS

As a new IEEE Society formed less than a yearago, the ITSS is an infant organization. However,the core research community behind the ITSS andits predecessor organizations is well-established andmature. As its flagship journal, the IEEE Transac-tions on ITS, now in its fifth year of production, iswidely accepted as a top-tier publication in the ITSfield. The ITS Society Newsletter has been in pro-duction for even longer and has become a timely dis-semination channel of various kinds of ITS technicalinformation and community activities with its largecirculation. The Society now sponsors or co-sponsorsa number of ITS-related premier academic confer-ence series including: International IEEE Conferenceon ITS, IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, IEEEInternational Conference on Intelligence and SecurityInformatics, and IEEE International Conference onVehicular Electronics and Safety.

To tackle the issues associated with the increas-ingly expanding topic coverage of ITS-related re-search, the growing number of technical conferencesunder the ITSS sponsorship, and the resulting in-creased topic variety in submissions to these con-ferences and the Transactions on ITS, the Society isplanning to implement a new technical activity board(TAB) structure under the leadership of the VP forTechnical Activities in close collaboration with theVP for Conference Activities and the VP for Publi-cation Activities. (This new structure was initiatedby the past VP for Technical Activities, Prof. Ste-fano Stramigioli.) Under this structure, a number of

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technical committees will be formed based on subjecttopics. Each technical committee will have a chairand formal members with appointment of at least 2years. Technical committee chairs are expected topromote certain areas of ITS research by organizingspecial sessions at the Society-sponsored conferencesor editing special sections for the Transactions andthe Newsletter. Each technical committee chair isalso expected to identify a small number of moti-vated experts to be involved in a centrally-managedinternational conference program committee, whichprovides pools of reviewers for ITS-sponsored confer-ences for quality and timely reviews.

IV. ROADS AHEAD AND CONCLUDING RE-MARKS

Building on the momentum of past ITS tech-nical and community activities, in the years to come,the ITSS is aimed at expanding its membership, so-lidifying its position as the premium ITS research

society, and raising its visibility in the general re-search and engineering communities, in governmentand policy-making bodies, and in industry.

ITS is a dynamic field of study with many new op-portunities and emerging research topics. To namea couple of examples, applying cutting-edge infor-mation technologies including those involving datamining and complex systems analysis in various ITSsubdisciplines has shown great promise; infrastruc-ture protection and security-related issues in the ITScontext are also attracting increasing attention.

It is an exciting time to be an ITS researcher andpractitioner. The ITSS is uniquely positioned togrow and will continue to actively sponsor activitiesbeneficial to ITS researchers and practitioners. If youare already a member of the ITSS, welcome aboard.If you are not, we sincerely invite you to join us foran exciting journey.

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Bookreviewby Algirdas Pakstas London Metropolitan University

Book Review: Intelligent Vehicle Technology and Trends

Reviewed by Algirdas Paktas, London Metropolitan University

With the advent of intelligent vehicle (IV) systems, the age of the electronic co-pilot in road vehicles isupon us. These cutting-edge systems can monitor nearby traffic, sense a vehicle’s movement, and even alertthe driver to hit the brakes to avoid a collision.

The book is authored by Richard Bishop who is the founder of Bishop Consulting and is also publisherand chief writer for the cyber-magazine IVsource.net, the only periodical dedicated to covering the IV indus-try. He is a member of the TRB Committee on Vehicle-Highway Automation; the ITS America Automotive,Telematics, and Consumer Electronics Forum; the IEE Automotive and Road Transport Systems ProfessionalNetwork; and the IEEE. The book examines:

• Real-world IV products, along with practical issues, including costs, market aspects, driver interface,and user acceptance;

• Current systems such as adaptive cruise control, lane departure warning and forward collision mitiga-tion;

• The next wave of driver assist systems, including pedestrian detection, lane-keeping assistance, andseamless information flow between road vehicles and the road infrastructure;

• Traffic assistance systems, in which intelligent vehicles automatically coordinate their movements toimprove traffic flow;

• Motivations and activities of automakers regarding IV systems in today’s market;• A view of the future of this rapidly evolving technological area.

The book consists of 15 chapters. Chapter 1 introduces a definition of the Intelli-gent Vechicle (IV) as well as the area of machine intelligence on the road (6 pages,7 references).

Chapter 2 (17 pages, 18 references) reviews government safety goals in Asia-Pacificregion, Europe and North America. Presented are long-term visions that havebeen developed by researchers and government agencies (covers Europe’s eSafetyvision, Sweden’s vision zero, ITS America Zero Fatalities Vision, ITS evolutionin Japan, TNO - The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, France’sARCOS programme, the Cybercar approach by INRIA, and Vision 2030 by theU.K. Highways Agency).

Reviews of the key IV application areas of convenience, safety, productivity, andtraffic assistance are presented in Chapter 3 (13 pages, 3 references). Conveniencesystems (term from the late 1990s) implied move to ”safety systems” but was lim-iting itself due to unclear legal implications - thus, discussed are parking-assist systems, adaptive cruisecontrol (ACC) and low speed (or ”stop-and-go ACC) systems, lane keeping assistance systems as well as(still in future!) automated vehicle control systems. Ideas on the safety systems have been developed sinceand include assisting driver perception, crash prevention, degraded driving, pre-crash systems, and externalvehicle speed control (EVSC). Productivity systems can be related to truck and transit bus managementapplications. Traffic assist systems such as vehicle flow management (VFM), traffic-responsive adaptation,traffic jam dissipation, start-up assist, cooperative ACC and platooning are introduced.

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Chapter 4 is focusing on major government programmes related to IV R & D as well as strategies (30pages, 41 references). Asia-Pacific section is covering Australia, China, Japan and South Korea. Section onEuropean Programs includes overview of pan-European activities conducted through the European Commis-sion (EC) (FP5 and FP6 ADAS projects), the joint German-French DeuFrako Program and separate Frenchand German Programs as well as activities in the Netherlands, Sweden and UK. United States section isbriefly introducing federal-funded U.S. DoT programs, state-funded programs in California and Minnesota aswell as research funded by DARPA and Army Research Lab (ARL). After that contrasts across IV programsworldwide are discussed.

IV priorities and strategies for the vehicle industry are considered in Chapter 5 (27 pages, 55 references).Automobile manufacturers such as BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Fiat, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Mitsubishi,Nissan, PSA Peugeot Citron, Renault, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo Global Truck are covered.It is evident that virtually all of the major automotive companies are involved into cost-shared R&D withthe public sector. Many of the large tier one automotive industry suppliers are covered, as well as some ofthe smaller players bringing unique technology to the IV arena (Aisin Group, Bosch, Continental, Delphi,Denso, Hella, IBEO Automobile Sensor, MobilEye, Siemens VDO Automotive, TRW Automotive, Valeo,and Visteon). Chapter ends with automotive industry summary.

The next three chapters are focusing on technical issues related to particular functions and services en-abled by VI technology. Chapter 6 (24 pages, 39 references) is devoted to lateral/side sensing and controlsystems including lane departure warning system (LDWS), road departure warning systems (RDWS), lanekeeping assist (LKA) systems, parallel parking assist, side sensing including blind spot monitoring and lanechange assistance (LCA), comprehensive lateral control assistance (LCA), rollover collision avoidance (RCA)for heavy trucks.

Longitudinal sensing and control systems are discussed in Chapter 7 (37 pages, 46 references). This in-cludes rear sensing for parking, night vision, adaptive front lighting (AFS), adaptive cruise control (ACC),safe gap advisory, forward collision warning, rear impact countermeasures, precrash brake assist, forwardcrash mitigation (FCM) and avoidance (active braking), pedestrian detection and avoidance, and next gen-eration sensors.

Chapter 8 is devoted to integrated lateral and longitudinal control and sensing systems (17 pages, 17 refer-ences) with a focus on sensor fusion, applications and user and societal assessments of integrated systems.

Cooperative vehicle-highway systems (CVHS) are considered in Chapter 9 (47 pages, 63 references). Topicscovered are wireless communications as a foundation for cooperative systems, digital maps and satellite po-sitioning in support of CVHS, cooperative applications (longitudinal advisories), intelligent speed adaptation(ISA), cooperative intersection collision avoidance (ICA), cooperative approaches for vulnerable road users,CVHS as an enabler for traffic flow improvement, business case and deployment projects.

The concept of automated vehicle highway system is not new - it was originally presented by General Motorsin 1939 World’s Fair. Chapter 10 (26 pages, 21 references) is reviewing recent activities in development offully automated vehicles for passenger cars, trucks and public transport as well as CyberCars project fundedby EU FP5 and automated vehicle for military operations. Deployment options are discussed too.

Chapter 11 (18 pages, 19 references) is devoted to the rather bizarre term floating car data (FCD) sys-tems refers to the concept of collecting information from vehicles as they go about their normal business(i.e., floating) through the road network. There are considered FCD applications, policy issues relating toFCD techniques, technical issues, FCD activity in Japan, Europe and USA as well as overall FCD processingpicture and future works.

Another aspect of IVs is that they are human-centered systems (Chapter 12 - 19 pages, 21 references).Chapter is reviewing driver perception and acceptance, ”driverology”, driver-vehicle interfacing and driver-vehicle symbiosis as well as driver monitoring and support.

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Chapter 13 is discussing interacting of the IV systems with society and the market (23 pages, 21 references).Covered topics include societal considerations, market and legal issues, government policy and regulation,nontechnical market barriers, Code of Practice (COP) for ADAS design and testing, international standards.

Enabling technologies and future trends are summarised in Chapter 14 (5 pages, 4 references) and con-clusions are presented in Chapter 15 (2 pages). Appendix contains a list of useful Web sites divided intothe following categories: commercial (24 URLs), government agencies and programs (17 URLs), projects (16URLs), academia (4 URLs), associations (9 URLs), and news and information (2 URLs). List of acronymscontains 138 entries (4 pages).

To conclude, this book offers professionals a comprehensive overview of IV systems aimed at providingenhanced safety, greater productivity, and less stress for drivers. Rather than bogging down readers withdifficult technical discourse, this easy-to-understand book presents a conceptual and realistic view of how IVsystems work and the issues involved with their introduction into road vehicles.

Intelligent Vehicle Technology and Trends, By Richard Bishop,

Artech House, 2005, 344 Pages, Hard Cover,

ISBN 1-58053-911-4

Recommended publisher’s price for this book is 89 USD.

Report on IEEE Trans. on Intelligent Transportation Systemsby Alberto Broggi

Transactions EiC report, updated Oct 26, 2005

The last Editorial Board meeting took place in Vienna, Austria, during ITSC 2005. It was a successfulmeeting and many arguments have been discussed. We are planning on holding the next Editorial Boardmeeting in Toronto during the next IEEE ITS Conference next year.

We have the following special issues/special sections under way:

- special issue connected to IV05 (guest editor: Fei-Yue Wang)- special issue connected to ICVES05 (guest editors: Nenning Zheng, Hironao Kawashima)- special issue connected to the ITS World Congress (guest editor: Chip White)- special issue connected to ITSC05 (guest editors: Bart De Schutter, Andreas Hegyi)- special issue on Cooperative Intelligent Vehicles (guest editors: Ljubo Vlacic, Toshio Fukuda)

It is probable that we will migrate to ManuscriptCentral version 3.3 before the next year. So I will ask allauthors and Associate Editors to check the system and report to my assistant transits@ce.unipr.it anyproblem or any inconsistency of the new system.

The attached figure shows: in blue the number of papers submitted in each month from April 2003 (whenwe switched to electronic submission), and in red the number of papers still without a decision; this meansthat either the first submission did not come to an end, or that a new revision is currently under evaluation.The figure shows that the trend is positive and, a part from isolated cases, all submitted papers receive anotification in a reasonably short time.

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IEEE Trans. on Intelligent Transportation Systems - Indexby Simona Berte

To go directly to the online Transactions Table of Contents, click on ”Index” above. IEEE ITSS membershave full access to the papers. Non-members can browse the abstracts, which are provided below.

Vol.6, No.4, December 2005

• Driving Safety Enhancement through Integration of Tire/Road Friction Modeling andVehicle Motion Control, by Fei-Yue Wang, Li Li, and Qunzhi Zhou

Abstract: A proper tire friction model is essential to model overall vehicle dynamics for simula-tion, analysis, or control purposes since a ground vehicles motion is primarily determined by thefriction forces transferred from roads via tires. Motivated by the developments of high perfor-mance anti-lock brake systems (ABS), traction control, and steering systems, significant researchefforts had been put into tire/road friction modeling during the past forty years. In this paper,a review of recent developments and trends in this area is presented with attempts to provide abroad perspective of the initiatives and multidisciplinary techniques for related research. Differ-ent longitudinal, lateral and integrated tire/road friction models are examined. The associatedfriction situation monitoring and control synthesis are discussed with a special emphasis on ABSdesign.

• Stability of Intersecting Aircraft Flows Using Heading Change Maneuvers for ConflictAvoidance, by Eric Feron, Zhi-Hong Mao, David Dugail and Karl Bilimoria

Abstract: This paper analyzes two intersecting flows of aircraft that must avoid each other,utilizing maneuvers modeled by instantaneous heading changes. Sufficient conditions are derived

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for stable conflict avoidance, whereby one aircraft’s conflict avoidance action does not generatecascaded, diverging conflict avoidance behavior (known as the domino effect) in neighboring air-craft. The mathematics involved with the heading change model are considerably more complexthan those using the simpler offset maneuver models utilized in previous work. However, thisadditional effort is largely compensated by the improved realism of the maneuver model, as wellas new insights in the inherent robustness of conflict avoidance maneuver schemes based on head-ing changes against specified separation standards. The analytical results are compared withsimulations.

• Data Association and Tracking for Automotive Radar Networks, by Florian Flster and Her-mann Rohling

Abstract: Radar sensors in the 24 and 77 GHz frequency domain will be used to increase comfortand safety in many future automotive applications. In this paper, a radar network with four shortrange radars is considered. Each sensor measures individually only the range information of alltargets inside the observation area. The Cartesian coordinates of each target are calculated bya trilateration technique based on range measurements selected in a data association procedure.Estimating a target position based on range measurements is called trilateration. In contrast tothis, estimation of a target position based on pure angular measurements is called triangulation.In automotive applications, situations with multiple targets almost always occur. Therefore ahigh-performance data association is very important to separate and to distinguish between thesetargets. To avoid errors in the data association step and resulting ghost targets, this paper de-scribes a technique which combines the procedures of data association and position estimation intoa single step. This signal processing technique shows very good results in multi-target situationsand reduces the number of ghost targets drastically.

• Detection of Text on Road Signs from Video, by Wen Wu, Xilin Chen and Jie Yang

Abstract: We present a fast and robust framework for incrementally detecting text on road signsfrom video in this paper. This new framework makes two main contributions. First, the frameworkapplies a Divide-and-Conquer strategy to decompose the original task into two subtasks, that is,the localization of road signs and the detection of text on the signs. The algorithms for twosubtasks are naturally incorporated into a unified framework through a feature-based trackingalgorithm. Second, the framework provides a novel way to detect text from video by integrating2D image features in each video frame (e.g., color, edges, texture) with the 3D geometric structureinformation of objects extracted from video sequence (such as the vertical plane property of roadsigns). The feasibility of the proposed framework has been evaluated using 22 video sequencescaptured from a moving vehicle. This new framework gives an overall text detection rate of 88.9%and false hit rate of 9.2%. It can be easily applied to other tasks of text detection from video andpotentially embedded in a driver assistance system.

• Airborne Video Registration and Traffic Flow Parameter Estimation, by Robert A. Schowen-gerdt and Anand C. Shastry

Abstract: We have investigated airborne helicopter video for estimating traffic parameters. Roll,pitch and yaw of the helicopter make the video unstable, difficult to view and the derived param-eters less accurate.To correct this, a frame-by-frame video registration technique using a feature tracker to automat-ically determine control point correspondences is proposed. This converts the spatio-temporalvideo into temporal information, thereby correcting for airborne platform motion and attitude er-rors. The registration is robust, with the residual jitter being less than a few pixels over hundredsof frames.A simple vehicle detection scheme identifies vehicle locations in the video, which are then trackedby the feature tracker, enabling us to estimate average velocity, instantaneous velocity and otherparameters automatically to within 10% of manual measurements. The entire process of regis-tration, detection, tracking and estimation takes only a few seconds for each frame. A prototype

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multimedia GIS is created as a visualization tool for viewing the registered video, other airborneor satellite imagery and data pertaining to geo-referenced locations within a base map.

• Power Steering Control Architecture for Automatic Driving, by Jos E. Naranjo, Carlos Gon-zlez, Ricardo Garca, Teresa de Pedro, and Rodolfo E. Haber

Abstract: The unmanned control of the steering wheel is at present one of the most importantchallenges facing researchers into autonomous vehicles within the field of Intelligent TransportationSystems. In this paper, we present a two-layer control architecture for automatically moving thesteering wheel of a mass-produced vehicle. The first layer is designed to calculate the targetposition of the steering wheel at any time and is based on fuzzy logic. The second is a classiccontrol layer that moves the steering bar by means of an actuator to achieve the position targetedby the first layer. RTK-DGPS equipment is the main sensor input for positioning. It is accurateto about one centimeter and can finely locate the vehicle trajectory. The developed systemsare installed on a Citron Berlingo van, which is used as a testbed vehicle. Once this controlarchitecture has been implemented, installed and tuned, the resulting steering maneuvering isvery similar to human driving, and the trajectory errors from the reference route are reduced to aminimum. The experimental results show that the combination of GPS and Artificial Intelligence-based techniques behaves outstandingly. We can also draw other important conclusions regardingthe design of a control system derived from human driving experience, providing an alternativemathematical formalism for computation, human reasoning, and the integration of qualitativeand quantitative information.

• A Vision-Based Approach to Collision Prediction at Traffic Intersections, by Nikos P. Pa-panikolopoulos, Stefan Atev, Hemanth Arumugam, Osama Masoud, Ravi Janardan,

Abstract: Monitoring traffic intersections in real-time and predicting possible collisions is animportant first step towards building an early collision warning system. We present a vision-basedsystem addressing this problem and describe the practical adaptations necessary to achieve real-time performance. Innovative low-overhead collision prediction algorithms (such as the one usingthe time-as-axis paradigm) are presented. The proposed system was able to perform successfullyin real-time on videos of quarter-VGA resolution under various weather conditions. The errorsin target position and dimension estimates in a test video sequence are quantified and severalexperimental results are presented.

• Reliable Advanced Join system for data multicasting in ITS Networks, by Takashi Watanabe,Tatsushi Yamamoto and Tatsuji Munaka

Abstract: A number of mobile hosts (MHs) might be densely grouped in an area caused bytraffic congestion. In such a situation, the greater part of the MHs will require useful data, suchas traffic information, parking information and other driving related information. Simultaneousdata transmission broadcasts using a common link are regarded as a suitable medium to distributethis location-dependent information. However, there is no guarantee that MHs can finish receivingthe information completely within a limited time. In this paper, we propose a reliable multicastsystem which consists of a multicast group management method called ”Advanced Join system”,a data retransmission method and a data recovery processing method. A ”base stations (BS)multicast group” is defined as the set of BSs in a certain area, to which MHs belonging to thesame multicast group connect. The Advanced Join system allows a BS which is a member of aBS multicast group to make consolidated join requests to a multicast group on behalf of its MHs.The data retransmission method determines and processes retransmission data by coordinatingretransmission requests from two or more MHs which are the members of the same multicastgroup. The data recovery processing method performs interactive data recovery between BSsbelonging to the same BS multicast group. By controlling the members of the BS multicast groupaccording to the movement of MHs and deciding the retransmission packets, it is expected thatmessage traffic for the multicast group management will be reduced, and packet loss during aMHs’ movement between BSs will be eliminated. Evaluation results show that about 86.8% ofMHs complete data reception with the proposed system, while only two MHs complete reception

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with the simple broadcast system. In addition, the proposed system with the data retransmissionmethod needs only two-thirds of BSs compared with that without retransmissions.

• Detection of Pedestrian Crossing Using Bipolarity Feature - An Image Based Technique,by Mohammad Shorif Uddin and Tadayoshi Shioyama

Abstract: This paper presents a novel approach for detecting pedestrian crossings to enhancethe safety and mobility of blind people while crossing a road. It is extremely important for ablind person to know whether a frontal area is a crossing or not. In a crossing, the usual blackroad surface is painted with constant width periodic white bands. An image-based technique hasbeen developed to detect the bipolar patterns of pedestrian crossings. The presence of pedestriancrossings are inferred by careful analysis of crossing width, crossing direction, number of crossingbands as well as band width trend. Experimental evaluation of the proposed approach wasconducted using 100 real images with and without crossings. It was found that the proposedtechnique perform with 95% accuracy and with no false positive.

Call For Fellow Nominations

The grade of Fellow recognizes unusual distinction in the profession and shall be conferred only by invitationof the Board of Directors upon a person of outstanding and extraordinary qualifications and experience inIEEE-designated fields, and who has made important individual contributions to one or more of these fields.The total number selected in any one year does not exceed one-tenth percent of the total voting institutemembership.

IEEE is now accepting nominations for the Fellow Class of 2007. Recognizing the achievements of ourmembers is an important part of the mission of this society and, if you know of one or more individualswho are deserving of Fellow rank, you are urged to nominate them. In addition to his/her professionalaccomplishments, the nominee must be a Senior member at the time of his or her nomination, an IEEEmember for at least five years, and current in payment of dues.

Almost anyone can be a nominator; excluding only those who are involved in the evaluation/selection pro-cess; however, all references, a minimum of five and a maximum of eight, must be IEEE Fellows.

There are three options to start the nomination process:

1. electronically;

2. downloading the instructions and the form; or

3. requesting a nomination kit.

The first two of these are described in detail on the IEEE website; i.e., go to http://www.ieee.org/portal/siteand click on Membership, then Grade Elevation, and then Fellow Program. The third may be requested byemail from Fellow-Kit@ieee.org.

Please note that the deadline for this year’s nomination is March 1, 2006. No exceptions will be made.

Robert E. FentonChair, ITS Fellow Committeefenton.2@osu.edu

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Conference Reports

Report on IEEE International Conference onIntelligence and Security Informatics (ISI-2005)

Hsinchun Chen,Daniel Zeng,Fei-Yue Wang

Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI) can bebroadly defined as the study of the development anduse of advanced information technologies and systemsfor national and international security-related appli-cations, through an integrated technological, orga-nizational, and policy-based approach. In the pastfew years, ISI research has experienced tremendousgrowth and attracted substantial interest from aca-demic researchers in related fields as well as practi-tioners from both government agencies and industry.We held the IEEE International Conference on In-telligence and Security Informatics (ISI-2005) in May2005 in Atlanta, Georgia. This conference was anITSS-sponsored event with technical co-sponsorshipfrom the IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Home-land Security. It provided a stimulating intellectualforum for discussion among previously disparate com-munities: academic researchers in information tech-nologies, computer science, transportation systemsand safety, public policy, and social studies; local,state, and federal law enforcement and intelligenceexperts; and information technology industry consul-tants and practitioners. There were 92 regular paperand 12 poster submissions. About 40% of these sub-missions were from outside of U.S. Acceptance ratefor regular (long) papers was about 40%. The two-day program included one plenary panel discussion

session focusing on the perspectives and future re-search directions of the government funding agencies;and several invited panel sessions including one ontechnical ISI research and community building withCharles Herget and Fei-Yue Wang, the current andnext ITSS Presidents, as panelists. ISI-2005 also in-cluded a track on Terrorism Informatics, which is anew stream of terrorism research leveraging the latestadvances in social science methodologies, and infor-mation technologies and tools.In addition to the main sponsorship from the U.S.National Science Foundation, the Intelligence Tech-nology Innovation Center, and the U.S. Departmentof Homeland Security, the conference was also co-sponsored by several units within the hosting univer-sities including: the School of Communication, In-formation and Library Studies at Rutgers; the Cen-ter for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Com-puter Science at Rutgers; the Eller College of Man-agement and the Management Information SystemsDepartment at University of Arizona (UA); the NSFCOPLINK Center of Excellence at UA; the Mark andSusan Hoffman E-Commerce Laboratory at UA; theArtificial Intelligence Laboratory at UA; the Programfor Advanced Research in Complex Systems at UA;the College of Computing at GATECH; and the Geor-gia Tech Information Security Center.

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IEEE ISI 2005 Conference Award Announcement

The following conference awards were conveyed at the IEEE 2005 International Conference on Intelligenceand Security Informatics, sponsored by the ITS Society with technical co-sponsorship from the IEEE Sys-tems, Man, and Cybernetics Society.

IEEE 2005 RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENT AWARD in INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITYINFORMATICS

by The IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Technical Committee on Intelligence and Secu-rity Informatics in Transportation Systems and The IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society TechnicalCommittee on Homeland Security

Recipient: Dr. Donald E. Brown, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

IEEE ISI 2005 BEST PAPER AWARD

Paper Title: Event-Driven Document Selection for Terrorism Information ExtractionAuthors: Zhen Sun, Ee-Peng Lim, Kuiyu Chang, Teng-Kwee Ong, & Rohan Kumar GunaratnaNANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

IEEE ISI 2005 BEST PAPER HONORABLE MENTION

Paper Title: Link Analysis Tools for Intelligence and CounterterrorismAuthors: Antonio Badia & Mehmed KantardzicUNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE

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ICVES’05 in Xi’an, China

by Yan Qing, University of Arizona

The 2005 IEEE International Conference on Ve-hicular Electronics and Safety (ICVES05) was heldfrom October 16 to 18, followed by the ”New SilkRoad-Modern Camel” Demo along the ancient SilkRoad from October 19 to November 2, in Xi’an,China.

Figure 1: The Open Ceremony of ICVES’05

ICVES’05 was sponsored by the IEEE ITSSand technical co-sponsored by the National ScienceFoundation of China, Xian Jiaotong University andChinese Academy of Sciences. Professor NanningZheng, an IEEE Fellow and ITSS BOG member,and the President of the Xian Jiaotong University,was the General Chair, Professor Fei-Yue Wang,the President-Elect of IEEE ITSS, was the ProgramChair. Three keynote speeches were presented atthe conference: ”Research and Development of Elec-trical Vehicular Technology in China” by ProfessorGang Wan from Tongji University, Shanghai, China,”Intelligent Vehicles: The Evolutionary Approach”by Professor Petros Ioannou from the University ofSouthern California, Los Angles, CA, USA, and ”Vi-sion Systems for Safer Driving: A Human CentricApproach” by Mohan M. Trivedi from the University

of California at San Diego, CA, USA. About 80 peo-ple attend the conference and six teams from China,Japan, Korea and Europe participated in the ”NewSilk Road-Modern Camel” Demo.

ICVES’06 will be held in Shanghai, China, in Novem-ber 2006.

Figure 2: Professor Ioannou present his keynotespeech

Figure 3: Keynote Speakers at ICVES’05

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Technical Contributions

IEEE Std 1471-2000 as a Format for ITS ParticipativeArchitecture

The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the samelevel of thinking we were at when we created them.

Albert Einstein

Ryan Olson,ROlson@ReifySystems.com

IEEE Std 1471-2000 is the RecommendedPractice for Architectural Description of Software-Intensive Systems. This standard represents a mile-stone in systems engineering, and is a valuable toolfor changing the way we approach complex projects.Within this standard there is an opportunity for sys-tems engineers to extend smart engineering practicesup the food chain, potentially influencing complexpolitical, economic and organizational elements thatcan often over-constrain socio-technical programssuch as Intelligent Transportation Systems.

ITS systems are complicated, with many dif-ferent stakeholder groups and funding sources, eachinstitution with unique agendas and long-term prior-ities. In this environment cooperation does not occurnaturally, and if left undirected, efforts will oftenself-organize into dysfunctional programs of conflictand competition.

This is where ITS Architecture is important. Butthe concept of architecture is often overstated, under-considered, and subject to varying degrees of detail;to some extent, everyone has their own interpretationof architecture. Figure 1 below suggests that Archi-tecture can be delimited into four approaches. Ofthese four, Participative Architectures are the mostcomplex, and the least understood. This is where thecomplexities of the human condition has its strongestimpact.

The transportation industry is made up of many

different stakeholders from many different indus-tries. Collaborative development projects, such asa Regional Traffic Management System, usually re-quire the involvement of several different institutions;many who do not follow normative ITS Architecturemethodologies.

It is within this environment that round-tableplanning and verbal discussion can potentially be-come dysfunctional. Politicians do not understandITS User Services and Market Packages, and some-times ITS developers do not understand politics.

IEEE Std 1471-2000 provides a means and anormative methodology for structuring architecturalelements across many disparate stakeholder groups:an architecture of architectures, per se. It would beimpossible to begin to describe the details of IEEEStd 1471-2000 in this brief contribution, but atten-tion should be given to the fact that this standardoffers a template methodology for developing a com-mon understanding of the system being built, and anavenue for stakeholders’ issues and concerns.

There is a common source of frustration for engi-neers: a layer where intelligent planning and detailedengineering meets political, bureaucratic, old-schooldecision making. Sometimes one strong personalitycan steer a collaborative program down a path fromwhich there is no return. If IEEE Std 1471-2000 isused to define and describe the system before devel-opment of the system begins, there may be bettercooperation, communication, and harmonization be-tween stakeholders as the program is implemented.

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Figure 1: Architecture in 4 layers.

In other words, instead of being constrained bythis political, economic and bureaucratic layer, westart there; proactive; all cards on the table, at thestart of the socio-technical program.

Getting people to agree on the details of the sys-tem being build is sometimes the hardest part of thedevelopment process. When designing a system, it isimportant to do the hard parts first. ArchitecturalDescriptions of the system will expose many of theissues and complexities that would have inevitablycome to light. And though the normative elementsof IEEE Std 1471-2000 are listed below, it should notbe assumed that this process will be easy or happenquickly. As in most aspects of systems engineering,the process should be iterative, in that it could take awhile to build architectural descriptions for all stake-holders. But if this is done up front, iteratively, atthe beginning of the program, a successful system ismuch more likely.

Following are the Normative Elements ofANSI/IEEE 1471-2000:

1. Various documentary elements, such as dateof issue, issuing organization, change history,summary, etc.

2. An identification of all stakeholders consideredin formulating the architecture of the system

3. An identification of all of the stakeholder con-cerns considered in formulating the architectureof the system

4. Models of the system’s architecture, organizedinto views, with a one-to-one relationship be-tween the views provided and the viewpointsspecified

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5. Each view is underwritten by a viewpoint. Justas a map has a legend or set of conventions; aview must have a related set of conventions

6. Identification and description of all viewpointsused in the architectural description. Eachviewpoint must be specified by a name; one ormore stakeholders to be addressed; one or moreconcerns to be addressed; the language, mod-eling techniques, or analytical methods used inconstructing a conforming view; and the sourcefor the viewpoint. The use of explicitly or evenformally defined viewpoint languages is encour-aged, but the current state-of-the-art does notallow it to be required.

7. The rationale used to select the described ar-chitecture and evidence that significant alter-natives were considered.

8. Each identified concern (3) is addressed by atleast one view.

9. A list of all known inconsistencies among views,identified using explicit consistency and com-pleteness criteria to check both within and be-tween view.

If there is one thing that humanity has learnedfrom the world of computers and software develop-ment, is that we all see things a little differently, andthat our minds swim in a sea of assumptions andsubjectivity. With this in mind, it is important tounderstand that all points of view of a system arecomplementary. By building separate ArchitecturalDescriptions, IEEE Std 1471-2000 encourages com-plementary views of the system. View and Viewpointbecome significant when describing a complex sys-tem. As an example of view and viewpoint, imagine ifnewspaper or journal articles included the viewpointfrom which they were written, such as the author’sbackground, political preferences, religious beliefs,general biases, etc. Although not very practical, itwould make for a more granular understanding ofthe information written. Without the viewpoint, weare experiencing expression without reference; this isonly half of the picture. This is the spirit of IEEE Std1471-2000; the more detail, the more perspectives ona system, the better.

In an industry that is known for high executive-level turnover, IEEE Std 1471-2000 contributes toeffective long-term planning. Often, under new lead-ership, existing programs and long-term strategies

will be challenged and potentially altered as new lead-ership expresses his or her territory and authority.Some programs take many years to plan and deploy.If there is a lot of turnover in leadership, it will bedifficult to find program consistency through thesemanagement transitions - unless you have distinctlong-term plans expressed in well-documented Par-ticipative Architectures upon which everyone agrees.With a Participative Architecture in place, new exec-utives see immediately that they are joining a long-term program, one that they will be able to influence,but not completely derail. Participative Architec-tures can help with long-term program consistencyduring leadership transitions.

Another phenomenon that happens when devel-oping complex ITS systems is the fear of long-termaccountability. Putting your name on detailed, long-term plans can be politically risky. And becausethis support represents risk to executives, it is oftenavoided in favor of real-time, short-term planning.To have executive-level support means to send aprogram on its way, with the risk and responsibil-ity implied. If a common Participative Architecturemethodology were in place, then this implied risk canbe documented as a concern from the viewpoint ofthe executive, and can be put on the radar. Withoutit, a program can be mired in its inability to finddistinct action.

In conclusion, IEEE Std 1471-2000 includes avaluable methodology for collaborative ITS projects,including a format for complementary views of thesystem, and intelligent long-term planning. A lotof brainpower went into the development of thisstandard, and its value will be more apparent as itmatures. It is a way to think differently about ITSdeployments. And most importantly, with Einsteinin mind, we can apply this methodology to many ofthe significant problems we face today.

References:IEEE Std 1471-2000, Recommended Practice for

Architectural Description of Software-Intensive Sys-tems, (September 2000).

Mark W. Maier, ANSI/IEEE 1471 and SystemsEngineering, Systems Engineering, The Journal ofThe International Counsel of Systems Engineering(Vol. 7, No. 3, 2004, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)

Mark W. Maier, Eberhardt Rechtin, The Artof Systems Architecting, Second Edition, CRC PressLLC, 2000

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Non-Society ITS News

A Glimpse on the Webby Alessandra Fascioli

This department is dedicated to catching a glimpse on the WWW trying to discover interesting ITS relatedWeb resources. Reviewed sites range from research programs and projects, to software packages, databases,associations, non-profit companies, and more.Every suggestion or contribution is welcome and should be addressed to fascal@ce.unipr.it.

This issue of the department is entirely dedicated to the DARPA Grand Challenge. The GrandChallenge is an off-road robot competition devised by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research ProjectsAgency) to promote research in the area of autonomous vehicles. The challenge consisted of buildinga robot capable of navigating 175 miles through desert terrain in less than 10 hours, with no humanintervention. After an unsuccessful first edition in 2004, the race was repeated on October 8, 2005. Fiveteams completed the Grand Challenge; four of them under the 10 hour limit. The Stanford RacingTeam took the prize with a winning time of 6 hours, 53 minutes. A 2 million dollars prize was awardedto Stanford Racing Team.

Links to the official Grand Challenge site and the best five teams follow.

• Link to the DARPA Grand Challenge site:http://www.grandchallenge.org/

• Link to Stanford Racing Team site:http://www.stanfordracing.org

• Link to Red Team site (the Red Team has completed the Grand Challenge with 2 vehicles):http://www.redteamracing.org

• Link to Gray Team site:http://www.grayinsco.com/darpa

• Link to Terramax Team site:http://www.terramax.com

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CALL FOR PAPERSIEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI-2006)

Conference Web site: http://www.isiconference.orgMay 22-24, 2006, Southern California, U.S.A.

Important Dates

• Paper submission due . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 20, 2006• Notification of acceptance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 15, 2006• Camera-ready copy due . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 28, 2006• Tutorial/workshop proposals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 15, 2006

Conference ScopeThe science of Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI) focuses on the development and use of advanced in-formation technologies, including methodologies, models and algorithms, infrastructure, systems, and tools,for national/international and homeland security related applications through an integrated technological,organizational, and policy based approach. ISI also encompasses the areas of terrorism research, intelligenceanalysis as well as security-related public policy.

The first two symposiums on ISI (ISI-2003, ISI-2004) were held in Tucson, Arizona; the third (ISI-2005), withsponsorship by the IEEE, in Atlanta, Georgia. These meetings provided a stimulating intellectual forumfor discussions among previously disparate communities: academic researchers (in information technologies,computer science, public policy, and social and behavioral studies), local, state, and federal law enforcementand intelligence experts, and information technology industry consultants and practitioners. Proceedingsof these past ISI meetings were published in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS #2665,#3073, and #3495).

ISI-2006 will continue this conference series under the sponsorship of the IEEE. It will be co-located with the7th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research–”Integrating Information Technologyand Social, Behavioral and Political Sciences Research for Effective Government” http://dgrc.org/dgo2006/.

Paper Submission/Areas of InterestSubmissions may include systems, methodology, testbed, modeling, evaluation, and policy papers. Researchshould be relevant to both Information Technology and national/international security.

Proposals for tutorials and special-topic workshops in any areas of Intelligence and Security Informaticsresearch and practice are welcome. Such events will be an integral part of the ISI-2006 conference program.

Organizing Committee- Hsinchun Chen, Univ. of Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Conference co-Chair)- Bhavani Thuraisingham, Univ. of Texas, Dallas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Conference co-Chair)- Fei-Yue Wang, Univ. of Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Conference co-Chair)- Sharad Mehrotra, Univ. of California, Irvine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Program Committee co-Chair)- Daniel Zeng, Univ. of Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Program Committee co-Chair)- Larence Brandt, NSF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Government Liaison)- Arthur Becker, ITIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Government Liaison)- Joshua Sinai, ANSER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Government Liaison)- Valerie Gregg, Univ. of Southern California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Government Liaison)- Quent Cassen, Univ. of California, Irvine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Local Arrangements co-Chair)- Cathy Larson, Univ. of Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Local Arrangements co-Chair)- Priscilla Rasmussen, ARCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Local Arrangements co-Chair)- Edna Reid, Univ. of Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(Terrorism Informatics Track Coordinator)

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UGeneral Chairs: Grace Lin* IBM, USA gracelin@us.ibm.com

Robin G. Qiu* Pennsylvania State University TUrobinqiu@psu.eduUT

Peng Tian* Shanghai JiaoTong University ptian@sjtu.edu.cn U

Steering Committee: David Simchi-Levi* MIT

Suvrajet Sen* University of Arizona

James Spohrer* IBM, USA

James Tien* RPI, USA

Fanghua Wang, Jianhua Ji, Hongmin Chen, Chongfeng Wu Shanghai JiaoTong University

Fei-Yue Wang * President-Elect, IEEE ITS Society

Chair: Ming Yu * Tsinghua University

Wei Zhang* NSFC

Program Chairs: Huizhang Shen* Shanghai JiaoTong University hzshen@sjtu.edu.cn

François Sainfort* Georgia Institute of Technology sainfort@coe.gatech.edu

Special Session Chair: Gina Tang Rowan University TUtang@rowan.eduUT

UPublicity Chairs: Julie Higle University of Arizona julie@sie.arizona.edu

Hao Min* Fudan University hmin@fudan.edu.cn

UPublication Chairs: Raghvinder Sangwan Pennsylvania State University rxs69@psu.edu

Yang Qing University of Arizona yanqing@email.arizona.edu

Ming Dong Shanghai JiaoTong University mdong@sjtu.edu.cn

ULocal Arrangement Chairs: Pengzhu Zhang, Caijin Huang, Daiping Hu, Dong Wang Shanghai JiaoTong University

USecretariat: Changrui Yu Shanghai JiaoTong University cryu@sjtu.edu.cn

Junyu Wang Fudan University junyuwang@fudan.edu.cn

UTreasurer: Xiaonan Zhang Shanghai JiaoTong University xnzhang@sjtu.edu.cn TUT * Also a member of the International Advisory Board

2006 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, June 21-23, 2006 – Shanghai, China.

TUhttp://www.ssglobal.org/2006UT UTheme

Given the increasing economic dynamics and the complexity of service operations and logistics, it is a critical challenge to leverage information technology in achieving world-class quality and productivity in the delivery of physical goods and services. This conference aims to bring researchers and professionals together to discuss issues and share their research and development results and experiences in the areas of services design, innovations, marketing, and operations, logistics, and the role of informatics towards improving their efficiency.

The theme for the conference is Services Quality, Speed, and Vision, promoting effective Services and Logistics in support of 2010 World Expo. Papers relating to Services Design, Innovations, Marketing, Operations, and Engineering, and Logistics are especially solicited.

UTopics include, but are not limited to:

Services Design, Engineering, Operations, and Innovations - Services planning ● Services process engineering ● Expedited services and extreme logistics ● Healthcare systems ● Financial services ● Retail and services management ● Quality and satisfaction ● Metrics and benchmarks ● Security & safety services and management ● Contingency planning

Logistics & Supply Chain Management - On-demand delivery ● Logistics planning ● Freight forwarding and customs clearance ● Venue logistics management ● Warehouse and distribution ● Transportation management system ● Reverse logistics ● Supplier relationship management ● Logistics visibility and control ● Procurement ● Simulation

Services Marketing and Sustaining - Demand forecasting ● Customer relationship management ● Event communication ● Services training ● Services sustaining ● Services quality ● Public relations

Services (Events) Management & Manufacturing - Event management system • Event sponsorship • Event-based production and supply chain • Event-based products and manufacturing • Intelligent manufacturing • Customization

Communications & Information Systems -Communications & information systems ● Process augmentation and automation ● Real time identification & tracking technology ● Pervasive and ubiquitous computing in logistics ● Software agent based systems in logistics ● Decision support system ● RFID ● Data warehousing and data mining ● Systems integration

UPaper Submission:

Complete manuscripts in PDF must be electronically submitted to the conference website: TUhttp://www.ssglobal.org/2006UT. Submitted manuscripts should be six (6) pages in IEEE two-column format, including figures, tables, and references. A LaTeX style file and a Microsoft Word template are available from the IEEE web site (TUhttp://www.ieee.org/pubs/transactions/stylesheets.xmlUT). However, submission MUST be in PDF.

UImportant Dates: Feb. 1, 2006: Deadline for submission of full papers. Mar.1, 2006: Acceptance/Rejection notification. Apr. 1, 2006: Final camera-ready papers due in electronic form.

UInternational Advisory Board

Rajan Batta (Buffalo, USA), Ted Chang (Purdue, USA), Fangruo Chen (Columbia, USA), Guoqing Chen (Tsinghua. China), Hsinchun Chen (Arizona, USA), Jian Chen (Tsinghua, China), Xiaotien Chen (NSFC, China), Mark Fox (Toronto, Canada), Terry Friesz (PSU, USA), Jifa Gu (CAS, China), Peiliang Gu (TJU, China), Chongqing Guo (NSFC, China), Albert Ha (HKUST, HK), Wayne Huang (Ohio, USA), Fu Jiang (SJTU, China), Sanjay Joshi (PSU, USA), Soundar Kumara (PSU, USA), Chung-Yee Lee (HKUST, HK), Chung-Lun Li (HKPolyU, HK), Lode Li (Yale, USA), Yuanzhang Liu (CAS, China), Peter Luh (Connecticut, USA), Siwei Lv (Newfoundland, Canada), Avishai Mandelbaum (Technion, Israel), Hirofumi Matsuo (Kobe, Japan), Pitu Mirchandani (UA, USA), David Russell (PSU, USA), Jeremy Shapiro (MIT, USA), Bingyong Tang (Donghua, China), N. Viswanadham (NUS, Singapore), Huanchen Wang (SJTU, China), Yingluo Wang (XJTU, China), Qiwen Wang (PekingU, China), Zhongtuo Wang (DUT, China), Seungjin Whang (Stanford, USA), Richard Wysk (PSU, USA), Fuyuan Xu (USST, China), Huacheng Xue (Fudan, China), Shanlin Yang (HUT, China), Candace Yano (Berkeley, USA), David Yao (Columbia, USA), Jeffrey Tew (GM, USA), Yuehwern Yih (Purdue, USA), Jing Bing Zhang (SIMTech, Singapore), Wenjie Zhang (BJTU, China), Yi Zhang (Tsinghua, China), Yu-sheng Zheng (Penn, USA), Chen Zhou (GeorgiaTech, USA), Mengchu Zhou (NJIT, USA), Paul Zipkin (Duke, USA), *Additional members listed as chairs.

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The IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society invites you to the

9th Annual International IEEE ITS Conference hosted by The University of Toronto Civil Engineering Department

and the IEEE Toronto Section

IEEE ITSC 2006 September 17-20, 2006

Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Toronto, Canada www.itsc2006.org

WELCOME TO ITSC 2006! Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), regardless of the many definitions, have objectives that are universally the same. ITS encompass a broad range of wireless and wireline communications-based information, control and electronics technologies to help monitor and enhance system wide performance, reduce congestion, provide alternate routes to travelers, enhance productivity, and ultimately save lives, time and money. Well before the advent of the trade name, ITS was born in several cities around the word since 1960’s, and Toronto is proudly one of them. ITS started to crystallize and mature since the early 1990’s. Although ITS started as a technical approach only, they have evolved to cover a wide spectrum of sustainability, environmental and economic issues. ITSC 2006 will focus on "System Intelligence in ITS", while continuing the tradition of preceding ITSC conferences, leading advances in basic research on technology related to intelligent transport systems, ITS applications and interfaces between ITS technology and the society. ITSC 2006 offers participants from the public sector (e.g. national governments, local authorities, international organizations, planners, public transport authorities, academic institutions), the private sector (e.g. freight and transport operators, public transport operators, car manufacturers, service providers, telecom operators, system integrators, fleet owners, road operators, motoring organizations) and all ITS stakeholders a number of presentations and discussions with international experts on the latest developments in the field and up-to-date technologies. The conference will bring together top scientists, industrial engineers, administration and the R&D community from all over the world. Toronto is the largest city in Canada and the fifth largest city in North America. Toronto is vibrant economic and cultural hub that is commonly referred to as the world’s most cosmopolitan city. From Little Italy to Greektown, Chinatown to Little India, the waterfront and the Fashion district, Toronto offers everything you could possibly think of, and more. The 'Megacity' is a flourishing example of multiculturalism. Torontonians take pride in their diverse city, and celebrate their cultural differences under one big red maple leaf. Come join us, teach us, learn from us, and have fun with us. Join us for the gala dinner in the world-famous CN Tower, whose award winning fine dining restaurant is located 351 m high and offers guests a rotating 360 degree view of the city. Feel free to have an extended stay in Toronto and visit other attractions like Niagara Falls and the Toronto International Film Festival. Enjoy!

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IEEE ITSC 2006www.itsc2006.org

CALL FOR PAPERS

Paper Submission – Complete manuscripts in PDF format must be electronically submitted for peer-review through

the papercept system in IEEE standard-format. Submitted manuscripts must not be longer than 6 pages. Detailed submission instructions can be found on the paper submission website: http://its.papercept.net/.

Submission Deadline – March 1, 2006

Submission Topics – Submission topics include but are not limited to:

Travel and Traffic Management

Pre-trip Travel Information

En-route Driver Information

Route Guidance

Ride Matching And Reservation

Traveler Services Information

Traffic Control

Incident Management

Travel Demand Management

Emissions Testing And Mitigation

Highway-rail Intersection

Public Transportation Management

Public Transportation Management

En-route Transit Information

Personalized Public Transit

Public Travel Security

Electronic Payment

Electronic Payment Services

Commercial Vehicle Operations

Commercial Vehicle Electronic Clearance

Automated Roadside Safety Inspection

On-board Safety Monitoring

Commercial Vehicle Administrative Processes

Hazardous Material Incident Response

Commercial Fleet Management

Emergency Management

Emergency Notification And Personal Security

Emergency Vehicle Management

Advanced Vehicle Safety Systems

Longitudinal Collision Avoidance

Lateral Collision Avoidance

Intersection Collision Avoidance

Vision Enhancement For Crash Avoidance

Safety Readiness

Pre-crash Restraint Deployment

Automated Vehicle Operation

Organizing CommitteeConference Chair: Baher Abdulhai baher.abdulhai@utoronto.ca Conference Vice-Chair: Kostas Plataniotis kostas@dsp.toronto.edu Conference Vice-Chair: Matthew Roorda roordam@ecf.utoronto.ca Programme Chair: Isam Kaysi isam@aub.edu.lb Treasurer: Kash Husain a.husain@ieee.org Publications Chair: Emily Sopensky e.sopensky@ieee.org Publicity/Public Relations Chair: Alex Bot albot@ieee.org Registration Chair: Asmus Georgi ageorgi@ecf.utoronto.ca Local Arrangements Chair: Matthew Roorda roordam@ecf.utoronto.ca Webmaster: Lena Jin lenajin@ieee.org Advisor: Bruno Distefano b.distefano@ieee.org

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BrusselsBrussels 8 March 20068 March 2006

ProFusion2 workshop takes place under the activities of the Fusion Forum which includes key organizations and experts from Europe. Through the Fusion Forum, ProFusion2 will ensure the exchange of expertise from diverse groups, such as OEMs, suppliers and research communities and complement the expertise of PRe-VENT partners bringing them together with sensor data fusion experts. The topics of the 1st Fusion Forum Workshop are: • Research advances on sensor data fusion in automotive safety applications • Deployment of sensor data fusion in future applications • Presentation of the ProFusion2 project and its preliminary results • Establishment and promotion of the Fusion Forum activities The topics will be addressed through: • Keynote speeches from academia and industry on sensor data fusion advances

and deployment • Presentations from the European Commission, the PReVENT project and ProFu-

sion2 Consortium • Parallel sessions, which include both invited presentations and panel discussions • Poster session, demonstrating results from sensor data fusion activities.

PRPReeVENT VENT Fusion Forum Fusion Forum 11stst Workshop Workshop PReVENT is an Integrated Project (IP) co-funded by the European Commission DG

INFSO to contribute to road safety. ProFusion2 is a sub-project of PReVENT and works on sensor data fusion (SDF), developing a common SDF framework for automotive active safety appli-cations and carrying out research on environment modeling and data fusion algorithms for object tracking.

The PReVENT/ProFusion2 Consortium is pleased to invite you to attend the 1st Fusion Forum Workshop that will take place at VOLVO Brussels Office, on the 8th of March 2006.

ObjectivesObjectives

Workshop LocationWorkshop Location

Please register to the workshop by filling in the attached registration form and send it by e-mail to: PreventFusionForum@iccs.gr or by fax to: +30 210 772 2291. We recommend that you register as soon as possible since space is limited and pri-ority will be given to the earliest time of receipt of the registration. Closing date: 15/2/2006

RegistrationRegistration

Registration FeeRegistration Fee There is no registration fee for the attendance of the workshop

ContactContact Contact ProFusion2 leader: Dr. Su-Birm Park DELPHI ELECTRONICS & SAFETY Tel : +49 202 291 4484 e-mail : su.birm.park@delphi.com

Contact the ProFusion2 dissemination manager: Dr. Aris Polychronopoulos ICCS, GREECE Tel : +30 2107723865 E-mail : arisp@iccs.gr

VOLVO Office Brussels Hunderenveldlaan 10 Brussels B-1082, Belgium

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3rd International Workshop on

Intelligent Transportation

14-15 March 2006 Hamburg, Germany

CALL FOR PAPERS

organized by

Hamburg University of Technology - Department of Telecommunications -

Prof. Dr. Hermann Rohling

Introduction Due to the very positve resonance on WIT 2005, we would like to continue this forum for discussions on transportation, communication and sensor technologies in 2006: The 3rd International Workshop on Intelligent Transportation (WIT 2006) will be held at the 14th and 15th of March, 2006, in Hamburg, Germany, at the Hotel Hafen Hamburg with a beautiful view on the harbour area. The worldwide family of experts is quite small and it is always a pleasure to invite all these engineers for fruitful discussions about technical and other contents. It is a forum for all international experts to come together, present latest research results, discuss about technical experiences and new ideas. High level presentations by leading experts will allow each participant to get an in-depth view on the status of systems and components in all fields and aspects of current applications as well as on future research and developments.

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Session Program Chairs: Dr. Dimitrios D. Vergados (University of the Aegean, Greece) vergados@aegean.gr

Dr. C.N. Anagnostopoulos (University of the Aegean, Greece) canag@ct.aegean.gr

3rd IFIP Conference on Artificial Intelligence Innovations & Applications (AIAI 2006)

June 7-9, 2006, Athens, Greece

Special Session on “Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Integrated Surveillance and Monitoring Systems

(AIISMS’06)” http://www.icsd.aegean.gr/aiai2006/call/aiisms.htm

Important Dates:

Manuscript submission deadline: November 10, 2005 Notification due date: December 10, 2005 Camera-ready manuscript: January 04, 2006 Paper information:

Interested authors should submit an electronic version of the manuscript, in PDF format, as an email attachment to both Session Program Chairs.

Accepted papers will be presented at the conference and published in the Proceedings of the Conference in the Main IFIP Series by Springer Academic Publishers - Springer LNCS. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register with the conference and present the paper.

Submitted papers must present unpublished work, not submitted to other journals or conferences for consideration of publication. Maximum length is eight (8) pages, formatted according to Springer LNCS instructions. Authors are strongly encouraged to use the correct document style from the Springer web site for their initial submission, so that preparation of the final ready for accepted papers is simplified. This sample paper in PDF format can be used as an example of the style. The font family used is Times (also for mathematics) and the line spacings are 12pt with 10pt font size for main text and 11pt with 9pt font size for passages in small print. Additional instructions may be found at http://www.icsd.aegean.gr/aiai2006/submit/author.htm

You are cordially invited in the Special Session on “Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Integrated Surveillance and Monitoring Systems (AIISMS’06)” organized within the “3rd IFIP Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications & Innovations (AIAI 2006)”. This session invites original scientific research activities that have not been presented elsewhere in the field of Artificial Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Expert Systems and Genetic Programming including, but not limited to the following topics:

• Computer Vision applications • Object recognition, target recognition and face recognition • Intelligent Transportation Systems • Telecommunication Systems • Web analysis, semantic web • Video image processing • Industrial applications • Vehicular Technologies • Wireless intelligent sensor networks • Mobile data networks management • Multimedia analysis, processing, and retrieval • Multimedia networking and systems support • Multimedia tools and applications

Session Technical Program Committee: [to be appointed]

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INES 2006

10th International Conference on Intelligent Engineering Systems 2006

London Metropolitan University London, UK

June 26-28, 2006 INES 2006 Honorary Chairs

Lotfi A. Zadeh, USA Fumio Harashima, Japan

INES 2006 Honorary Committee A. K. Bejczy, JPL/CALTECH, USA T. Fukuda, Univ. of Nagoya, Japan

INES 2006 Steering Committee J. F. Bitó, Center of R&A, Hungary P. Kopacek, VUT, Austria J. Lenarcic, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia M. Malekovic, University of Zagreb, Croatia I. J. Rudas, Budapest Tech, Hungary S. Torvinen, Tampere Univ. of Techn., Finland

INES 2006 General Co-Chairs Algirdas Pakštas, London Metropolitan University, UK Imre J. Rudas, Budapest Tech, Hungary

INES 2006 Program Co-Chairs J. K. Tar, Budapest Tech, Hungary V. Vassilev, London Metropolitan University, UK

Technical Program Committee I. Batyrshin, Kazan State Technological Univ., Russia B. Bede, Budapest Tech, Hungary A. L. Bencsik, Budapest Tech, Hungary B. Benyó, Széchenyi István University, Hungary L. Camarinha-Matos, The New University of Lisbon, Portugal G. Dimirowski, Sts. Cyril and Methodius University, Macedonia C. Draganova,, London Metropolitan University, UK K. Fisher, London Metropolitan University, UK J. Fodor, Budapest Tech, Hungary T. Gedeon, Murdoch University, Australia G. Hancke, Univ. of Pretoria, South Africa H. Haneda, Kobe University, Japan K. Hirota, Tokyo Inst. of Tech., Japan L. Horváth, Budapest Tech, Hungary K. Jezernik, University of Maribor, Slovenia J. King, London Metropolitan University, UK T. King, University of Leeds, UK O. Khatib, Stanford University, USA G. Kovács, CAI of HAS, Hungary L. T. Kóczy, BUTE, SZE, Hungary K. Kozlowski, Univ. of Poznan, Poland L. Madarász, Tech. Univ. of Košice, Slovakia T. Machado, Institute of Engineering of Porto, Portugal K. Ohnishi, Keio University, Japan E. Pap, Univ. of Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro E. Petriu, University of Ottawa, Canada J. Paralic, Tech. Univ. of Košice, Slovakia B. Pátkai, Tampere Univ. of Techn., Finland S. Preitl, Univ. of Timisoara, Romania Z. Puklus, Széchenyi István University, Hungary H. M. A. Shamsudin, Univ. Tech. Malaysia, Malaysia J. Somló, BUTE, Hungary J. K. Tar, Budapest Tech, Hungary T. J. Tarn, Washington University, USA M. Tomizuka, University of California, USA A. R. Várkonyi-Kóczy, BUTE, Hungary H. J. Zimmermann, RWTH Aachen, Germany

Secretary General Anikó Szakál Budapest Tech, Bécsi út 96/B, H-1034 Budapest, Hungary Tel: +36-1-219-6618; Fax: +36-1-219-6625, E-mail: szakal@bmf.hu

Sponsored by: IEEE Computational Intelligence Chapter, HU IEEE Joint Chapter of IES and RAS, Hungary Budapest Tech, Hungary Hungarian Fuzzy Association IEEE Hungary Section

Technical Co-sponsors: IEEE Communications Society IEEE Industrial Electronics Society IEEE Robotics & Automation Society IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Soc. John von Neumann Computer Society, HU Topics include but not limited to: Artificial Intelligence in Engineering: Reasoning, Learning, Decision Making, Knowledge Based Systems, Expert Systems CAD/CAM/CAE Systems: Product Modeling, Shape Modeling, Manufacturing Process Planning, Communications Software and Systems in Engineering: Design Methodologies and Tools, Object-oriented, UML, Software Engineering Computational Intelligence in Engineering: Machine Learning, Genetic Algorithms, Neural Nets, Fuzzy Systems, Fuzzy and Neuro-fuzzy Control Intelligent Manufacturing Systems: Production Planning and Scheduling, Rapid Prototyping, Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Collaborative Engineering, Concurrent Engineering Intelligent Mechatronics and Robotics Systems: Control, Perception and Recognition, Sensing and Sensor Data Fusion, Intelligent Sensors, Intelligent Motion Control, Service Robots Intelligent Transportation Systems: Navigation Systems, On-board Systems, Real-time Traffic Control Man-Machine Systems: Human Computer Interaction, Multimedia Communications, Advanced Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality Ontologies and Semantic Engineering: Ontology, Thesaurus, Disambiguation, Semantic Inference, Natural Language Interaction Systems Engineering: Systems Analysis, Systems Methodology, Self-Organizing Systems, Systems Integration, Large Scale Systems, Systems Simulation, Diagnosis and Performance Monitoring

Submission of Papers The working language of the conference is English. Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers including authors’ names, affiliations, mailing address, e-mail, telephone and fax numbers.

Paper Acceptance Each accepted paper has to be presented by one of the authors at the conference and must be accompanied with a registration fee.

Author’s Schedule Deadline for proposals of special sessions: February 20, 2006 Deadline for submission of full papers: February 20, 2006 Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2006 Deadline for submission of final manuscripts: April 30, 2006

http://www.ines-conf.org

Organizing Committee Chair H. Kazemian, London Metropolitan University, UK

Local Organizing Committee B. Cogan, C. Draganova, K. Fisher, J. Huang, M. R. Karim, J. King, T. Matveeva, R. Mikušauskas, J. Mpapalika, P. Oriogun, M. A. Rahman, A. Willis

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CCaall ll ffoorr PPaappeerrss The 14th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2006), co-sponsored by the IEEE Communication Society (COMSOC), will be held aboard the cruising ship “Marko Polo”, September 30 – October 1, visiting Split and Dubrovnik.You are invited to cruise along the Croatian Adriatic coast, the very first choice for the top 10 Adventure 2006, by National Geographics. SoftCOM 2006 will provide an open forum for communication technology researchers and engineers to discuss new and emerging systems, standards and services, and their applications in telecommunication and information systems. The Conference, will feature symposia, general and special sessions, tutorials, workshops and business forum. Authors are invited to submit their high-quality papers representing original results in all areas of communication software, telecommunications and computer networks. Paper length should be 3-5 pages in two-column IEEE format. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

Authors of the selected best papers will be invited to submit a revised and extended version of their manuscripts for possible publication in a special issue of the Journal of Communications Software and Systems (JCOMSS).

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Co-Chairs: Nikola Rozic, Dinko Begusic University of Split, Croatia Sergio Benedetto Politecnico di Torino, Italy Horst Besier Deutsche Telekom, Germany Tony Bogovic Teleordia Technologies, USA Antun Caric KATE-KOM, Croatia Mario De Blasi University of Lecce, Italy Petre Dini Cisco Systems, USA Hrvoje Dujmic University of Split, Croatia Alex Gelman Panasonic Research, USA Roch Glitho Ericsson Research, Canada Francis Grenez University of Bruxelles, Belgium Gorazd Kandus Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia Yumin Lee Chinese Inst of Elec. Eng,Taiwan Pascal Lorenz Univ. de Haute Alsace, France Ignac Lovrek University of Zagreb, Croatia Gottfried Luderer Arizona State University, USA Andrej Ljolje AT&T, USA Hiroshi Masuyama Tottori University, Japan Dean Marusic Ericsson - Nikola Tesla, Croatia Ivan Mijacika T-HT, Croatia Miljenko Mikuc University of Zagreb, Croatia Naohisa Ohta Sony Corporation, Japan Stan Moyer Telcordia, USA Algirdas Pakstas London Metropolitan Univ., UK Nikola Pavesic University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Dragan Poljak University of Split, Croatia Vesna Roje University of Split, Croatia Branko Soucek Iris, Italy Krzysztof Wesolowski University of Poznan, Poland Heather Yu Telcordia Technologies, USA

Algirdas Pakstas London Metropolitan Univ., UK a.pakstas@ieee.org

IEEE ComSoc & ITSS Liaison

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More information about the Conference including details on the submission process and authors kit is available on the website:

http://www.fesb.hr/SoftCOM Conference Secretary: Mladen Russo, University of Split, Croatia (softcom@fesb.hr)

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Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Communications Software * Interfaces and Communication Protocols * Telecommunications Services and QoS * Network Operations and Management * Internet and IP Based Environments * Autonomic Networks * Mobile and Wireless Communications * Optical and Photonic Communications * Multimedia and Virtual Reality Systems * Information Infrastructure and Security * Communication Theory * Multiple Access Techniques * Signal Processing and Coding * Holography and Applications * Electromagnetic Compatibility * Computer Methods in Biomedicine * Consumer Communications Technologies * Human-Computer Interaction * QoS and Resource Management * Enterprise Networking * Access and Home Networks * Next Generation Networks and Services * Sensor Networks * Research/Education Methodology

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Upcoming Conferences, Workshops, or Symposiaby Massimo Bertozzi

This section lists upcoming ITS-related conferences, workshops, or exhibits. Contributions are welcome;please send announcements to itsconfs@ce.unipr.it.

Intelligent Vehicles and Autonomous Navigationhttp://www.isvc05.net/IVAN.pdfLake Tahoe, NV, USADecember 5–7

IEEE 63st Semiannual Vehicular TechnologyConf. (spring)http://vtc2006spring.comMelbourne, AustraliaMay 7–10, 2006♦ submission by December 12

IEEE Intl. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2006)http://www.icra2006.orgOrlando, FL, USAMay 15–19, 2006

IASTED Intl. Conf. on Control and ApplicationsMontreal, CanadaMay 24–26, 2006♦ submission by January 15, 2006

IEEE 2nd Intl. Conf. on Cybernetics and IntelligentSystems and on Robotics, Automation and Mecha-tronics (CIS ‘06 & RAM ‘06)http://www.ntu.edu.sg/cis-ramBangkok, ThailandJune 7–9, 2006,♦ submission by January 15, 2006

Advances in A. I. for Integrated Surveillance andMonitoring SystemsJune 7–9, 2006Athens, Greece

Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Public Transport SystemsSeoul, KoreaJune 18-23, 2006

The 9th Intl. Conf. on Information Fusionhttp://www.fusion2006.orgFirenze, ItalyJuly 10–13, 2006♦ submission by Jan 15, 2006

Applications of Advanced Technology in Trasporta-tion Conf.Chicago, USAAugust 13–16, 2006

National Rural ITS Conferencehttp://www.2006nrits.orgBozeman, Montana, USAAugust 13–16, 2006

IEEE 3rd Conf. on Intelligent Systemshttp://ieeeis06.wmin.ac.ukUniversity of Westminster, UKSeptember 4–5, 2006♦ submission by December 15

IEEE 64th Semiannual Vehicular TechnologyConf. (fall)http://www.ieeevtc.org/vtc2006fallMontral, CanadaSeptember 25-28, 2006,♦ submission by February 13, 2006

ITS World Congress 2006London, UKOctober 8–12, 2006

9th Intl. Conf. on Control, Automation, Robotics andVisionhttp://www.icarcv.org/2006SingaporeDecember 5–8, 2006♦ submission by April 1, 2006

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