Category: Cluster 8

A call for abstracts for the joint workshop of NECTAR Cluster 4 (Urban Mobility Transitions) and Cluster 8 (ICT) which will be held at the University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands, 25–26 March 2026.

With the increasing use of smartphones and e-bikes, digital infrastructure and digital applications, researchers, industry, and policy makers are also increasingly interested in developing smart cycling systems to make cycling safer, more reliable, easier to use, and more desirable by improving the cycling experience. As an umbrella term, “smart cycling systems” can refer to intelligent and cooperative systems (ITS and C-ITS), digital applications, digital services, and products (e.g., wearables, cameras, sensors, etc.) that are developed based on cycling-relevant data and technologies.

The workshop focuses on methodological developments and new knowledge on cycling, smart cycling, and cycling safety. Topics of interest include (but not limited to):

• Potential of new digital active mobility data to increase cycling use and cycling safety
• Smart cycling systems that have potential to improve safety and comfort of cyclists with different socio-demographic characteristics and capabilities
• Measurements of the impacts of smart cycling (cycling ITS, digital applications and technologies, etc.) on user experiences, including perceived safety, ease of use and comfort.
• Evaluation of impacts of smart cycling on riding behaviour and actual traffic safety
• Analysis of cycling accessibility utilising new data sources
• The role of smart cycling in cycling policies
• Evaluation of the impact of smart cycling planning and mobility policies
• Critical discussions on the role of cycling and smart cycling in urban mobility transitions
• AI based solutions to measure (un)safety of intersection, improved prediction of crashes
• Simulation and crash prediction based on real-time data sources
• Simulation and prediction for decision support systems, such as agent-based simulation and dashboards.
• Real-time detection and prevention of conflicts involving cyclists
• Tactical planning and operations for cycling: safe crossings, avoiding conflicts, and real-time warnings including AI applications.
• Strategic planning for cycling and impacts such as finding better routes for new cycle lanes or collecting large scale data for AI models

If you are interested to participate in this workshop, please send along an abstract of your presentation (about 500 words) including author names and affiliations and keywords, to Baran Ulak before November 1, 2025 November 15, 2025 (**EXTENSION**).

See the full details of the workshop and call in the following pdf:

Cluster 8 (Information and Communication Technologies) organized workshop in Trondheim (Norway) on 1-2 September 2025.

The digitalization and its developments are advancing fast. The advancement in technologies related to for example connectivity, cloud computing and AI provides all kind of opportunities to improve the mobility system with measures like Intelligent Transport Systems, Connected and Cooperative Automated Mobility, Mobility as a Service and advanced travel information systems. In addition, the system produces an enormous amount of data which, next to its primary purpose, can be valuable to better understand the mobility system providing decision support information for strategic decisions on how to design the physical infrastructure or where to locate specific facilities as well as operational decision feeding other decisions and measures.

Therefore, topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

• Organization and willingness to share data
• Federated data sharing and data analysis
• Data sharing architecture
• Data ownership
• Data ecosystem governance
• Dataspace design and use cases
• Digital twin development and deployment
• Digital twin visualization and decision support
• Balancing user privacy with need for data integrity, integration and accuracy twinning
• Interdomain modelling
• Privacy and ethical issues

We seek an open discussion about each presentation. Young starting researchers are encouraged to deliver a presentation.

Colleagues interested in presenting a paper are kindly invited to send an extended abstract of a maximum 250 words by email to Mahgol Afshari and Agnar Johansen by 15 May (EXTENDED) 30 May 2025 at the latest. Please indicate the title, author(s), affiliations, corresponding contact, and three keywords. A maximum of three bibliographic references is allowed.

Full call details:

The Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environment (DECivil) of Insituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, through the research centre CERIS is organizing a joint workshop with Cluster 8 (Information and Communication Technologies) and Cluster 6 (Accessibility) of NECTAR (Network of European Communications and Transportation Academic Researchers).

The meeting will take place in Lisbon, Portugal (18-19-June 2025). This meeting will bring together researchers from different disciplines and countries in a friendly environment to debate recent developments in the study of digital connectivity as one of the three pillars of accessibility (along with (physical) proximity and mobility).

Therefore, topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
• Telework’s impact on travel behaviour
• Telework’s impact on residential and firm location
• E-commerce, last mile delivery and retail accessibility
• The role of socioeconomic and built environment variables in ICT adoption; spatial heterogeneity and social imbalances
• Accessibility indicators integrating digital (e.g. telework, e-shopping, telemedicine, banking services, e-government) and physical accessibility
• New mobility services, shared mobility hubs, and their inclusion on accessibility indicators
• Network connectivity and accessibility
• Modelling digital and physical accessibility
• Impacts of digital accessibility in land use/transport planning and its integration into planning policy
• Avoidance of physical mobility due to digital solutions and integration with physical proximity in the 15-minute city.

We seek an open discussion about each presentation. Young starting researchers are encouraged to deliver a presentation. Colleagues interested in presenting a paper are kindly invited to send an extended abstract of a maximum 700 words by email to João de Abreu e Silva (jabreu@tecnico.ulisboa.pt) and Rui Colaço (r.colaco@tecnico.ulisboa.pt) by 31 January 2025 15 February 2025 at the latest. Please indicate the title, author(s), affiliations, corresponding contact, and three keywords. A maximum of three bibliographic references is allowed.

Please see the updated call for abstracts below: