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

Andreas Malikopoulos

Cornell University, USA

Jonas Sjöberg

Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Publication Chair

Silvia Siri

University of Genoa, Italy

Publication Co-Chairs

Fernando García Fernández

University of Madrid Carlos III, Spain

Ioannis Papamichail

Technical University of Crete, Greece

Xiao Wang

QAII/Anhui University, China

Invited Session Chairs

Swaroop Darbha

Texas A&M University, USA

Nathan Van De Wouw

Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Invited Session Co-Chairs

Alessandro Colombo

Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy

Xiaohua Ge

Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

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

Registration Chair

Bianca Caiazzo

Universitas Mercatorum, Italy

Industry Engagement and Sponsorship Chair

Meng Lu

Aeolix ITS, The Netherlands

Industry Engagement and Sponsorship Co-Chairs

Arnaud de La Fortelle

Heex Technologies, France

Michele Fiorini

Leonardo S.p.A., Italy

Francesco Flammini

University of Florence, Italy

Pujitha Gunaratne

Toyota Motor North America Research & Development, USA

Jeroen Ploeg

Siemens, The Netherlands

Sergio Repetto

Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), Italy

Publicity and Social Media Chairs

Angelo Coppola

University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Student Activities Chairs

Julie Stephany Berrio Perez

The University of Sydney, Australia

Catherine M. Elias

Multi-Robot Systems (MRS) Research Group, Egypt

Simon Schäfer

RWTH Aachen University, Germany

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

Important Dates

Submission deadline for Regular and Invited Session papers:
1 March 2026

Proposal due for Workshops/Tutorial Sessions:
1 March 2026

Notification of Acceptance:
1 May 2026

Final paper submission deadline:
15 May 2026
29 May 2026

Submission deadline for Industry Track Contributions:
30 June 2026

Announcements
  • Last Call for Late Breaking Results

    Don’t miss the opportunity to spread your Late Breaking results! Submit before June 15 2026!
    You can find more information on the Call for Late Breaking Results here.

  • Student registration is open

    Student registration is officially open.
    You can find more information on how to register here.

  • Late Breaking Results deadline extension

    The final submission date for Late Breaking Results has been extended to June 15 2026.
    You can find more information here.

  • Registration Open

    The ITSC 2026 Registration Portal is now open. Click here to register!