IEEE ITSC 2026 Conference Committee
General Chair

Stefania Santini
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
General Co-Chair

Alberto Petrillo
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Program Chair

Simona Sacone
University of Genoa, Italy
Program Co-Chairs

Jonas Sjöberg
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Andreas Malikopoulos
Cornell University, USA
Publication Chair

Silvia Siri
University of Genoa, Italy
Publication Co-Chairs

University of Madrid Carlos III, Spain

Ioannis Papamichail
Technical University of Crete, Greece

Xiao Wang
QAII/Anhui University, China
Invited Session Chairs

Nathan Van De Wouw
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Swaroop Darbha
Texas A&M University, USA
Invited Session Co-Chairs

Xiaohua Ge
Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Alessandro Colombo
Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
Workshops and Tutorials Chair

Cecilia Pasquale
University of Genoa, Italy
Workshops and Tutorials Co-Chairs

Maria Laura Delle Monache
Berkely University, USA

Mauro Salazar
Eindhoven Univeristy of Technology, The Netherlands

Rafael Stern
University of Minnesota, USA
Finance Chair

Li Lingxi
Purdue School of Engineering & Technology, USA
Local Finance Co-Chair

Alberto Petrillo
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Industry Engagement and Sponsorship Chair

Meng Lu
Aeolix ITS, The Netherlands
Industry Engagement and Sponsorship Co-Chairs

Jeroen Ploeg
Siemens, The Netherlands

Francesco Flammini
University of Florence, Italy

Michele Fiorini
Leonardo S.p.A., Italy

Pujitha Gunaratne
Toyota Motor North America Research & Development, USA

Arnaud de La Fortelle
Heex Technologies, France

Sergio Repetto
Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), Italy
Publicity and Social Media Chairs

Ahmed Hussein
IAV, GmBh, Germany

Angelo Coppola
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Student Activities Co-Chairs

Catherine M. Elias
Multi-Robot Systems (MRS) Research Group, Egypt

Julie Stephany Berrio Perez
The University of Sydney, Australia
Young Professional and Women in Engineering Chair

Roberta Di Pace
University of Salerno, Italy
Young Professional and Women in Engineering Co-Chairs

Ting Bai
Cornell University, USA

Daniel Medina
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
International Advisory Committee

Petros Ioannou
University of Southern California, USA
President-Elect

Ljubo Vlacic
Griffith University, Australia
ITSS President 2024-2025
ITSC 2025, Australia

Cristina Olaverri-Monreal
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
ITSS President 2022-2023

Ehsan Hashemi
University of Alberta, Canada
ITSC 2024, Canada

Javier Del Ser
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain
TECNALIA, Basque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA), Spain
ITSC 2023, Spain

Fei-Yue Wang
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Macau University of Science and Technology
Macau, China
ITSC 2022, China




