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The Monthly Newsletter of IEEE Vehicular Technology Society—August 2019
VTS Board of Governors elections are open, vote by 6 September 2019 (4:00 pm EST)
VTS Members: Cast your vote NOW |
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| Message from the EiC |
Welcome to the August 2019 issue of VTS Mobile World – your IEEE Vehicular Technology Society newsletter.
In this issue, our Society President announces the first VTS Diversity Workshop. Also, the Vice President—Publications provides some good news with the newly released journal impact factors and the strong position of VTS publications. The new IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology will be also introduced.
As always, I look forward to hearing from you on how we can better serve all VTS members. Just send me a note at a.jamalipour@ieee.org. Enjoy reading! Read More... |
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| Society |
| Announcing: Our First Workshop on Diversity, at VTC2019-Fall |
| Alexander M. Wyglinski, President |
Diversity is one of the core strengths of VTS. Having members from different backgrounds, as well as from minority and underrepresented groups, enables us to bring together new insights and opportunities that would otherwise not be found.
Diversity benefits our discussions of emerging
concepts in our Society’s fields of interest: mobile radio, 5G, connected
vehicles, electric railways, motor vehicles, and autonomous vehicles. Read More... |
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| Great News from the InCites Journal Citations Reports |
| Weihua Zhuang, VP—Publications |
In June 2019, the online scientific citation indexing service Web of Science, maintained by Clarivate Analytics, published the new InCites Journal Citations Reports (JCR).
The JCR showed that both TVT and VTM have reached new heights in their impact factors in 2018, with TVT at 5.339 (from 4.432 in 2017) and VTM at 6.145 (from 6.038 in 2017). Read More... |
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| Bringing VTS to the Forefront of Future Publishing |
| Sumei Sun, Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology (OJVT) |
The new IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology (OJVT) is a gold-standard fully open access journal, aiming to publish high-quality papers in theoretical, experimental, and operational aspects of electrical and electronics engineering.
All areas of vehicular technology will be covered, including connected and autonomous vehicles, electric railways, vehicular power systems, and 5G/6G communications. Read More... |
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| Manage Your Research Data with IEEE DataPort |
IEEE VTS members are invited to join IEEE DataPort for FREE, and get access to all IEEE DataPort datasets. Read More... |
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| From the VTS Resource Center |
| Energy Management for Electric Vehicles |
VTS members can enjoy the following webinar available at the VTS Resource Center for free.
All you have to do is sign in with your IEEE Web Account, and away you go! Read More... |
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| From the IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine |
| Autonomous Vehicles in Adverse Weather Conditions |
| Shizhe Zang, Ming Ding, David Smith, Paul Tyler, Thierry Rakotoarivelo, and Mohamed Ali Kaafar |
The following is a summary of an article selected by Associate EiC F. Richard Yu, published in the second quarter 2019 of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, on the impact of adverse weather conditions on autonomous vehicles. Read More... |
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| Connected and Autonomous Vehicles |
| EU Legislation on Vehicle Safety |
| Elisabeth Uhlemann |
Members of the European Parliament work towards new legislation in an effort to reduce fatalities and injuries by requiring the installation of advanced safety features, and to require adoption by vans and SUVs as well as standard passenger cars: intelligent speed assistance, advanced emergency-braking systems, emergency stop signals. Read More... |
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| Mobile Radio |
| 5G Smartphone Trials |
| Matthias Pätzold |
Together with Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies, Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) has announced that the company successfully completed the first 5G connection in Italy, using the country’s first 5G prototype smartphone on TIM’s live network. Read More... |
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| Transportation Systems |
| SANDAG Receives US$80M for Trolley Extension |
| Harvey Glickenstein |
The U.S. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) approved a US$80 million supplement to build the Mid-Coast Trolley project, allowing the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) to save on long-term financing. Read More... |
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| Conference Call |
| IEEE VTC2020-Spring in Antwerp, Belgium |
Calling for papers; and tutorial and workshop proposals! Take advantage of the chance to visit this beautiful city! Read More... |
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Editor-in-Chief
Abbas Jamalipour
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CONFERENCE NEWS and LATEST UPDATES |
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IEEE CAVS 2019
22–23 September 2019
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA |
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Register NOW
Early registration ends 25 August 2019
IEEE CAVS is a forum for reporting advances in all aspects of CAVs: theory, tools, protocols, networks, applications, systems, test-beds and field deployments.
IEEE CAVS 2019 will be co-located with IEEE VTC2019-Fall; standalone and combined registrations packages will be offered.
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IEEE Wireless Africa 2019
18 – 20 August 2019
Pretoria, South Africa |
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Register NOW
Online registration ends 17 August 2019
Hosted by the South African chapter of VTS, this second annual event will take place in Pretoria, South Africa, focusing on wireless technologies.
VTS is thrilled to expand its community to new regions, and we hope you will join us in our new collaborative efforts!
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The IEEE VTS Board of Governors has approved these locations for upcoming VTCs
Mark your calendars and pack your bags! |
Antwerp, Belgium
VTC2020-Spring
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Hong Kong
VTC2021-Spring
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Helsinki, Finland
VTC2022-Spring
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