International Workshop on Smart Moving (SMVG 2024)

The rapid advancement of technology has revolutionized the way people and goods move, ushering in an era of smart mobility. From self-driving cars to drone deliveries, smart transportation solutions are reshaping urban landscapes and enhancing societal well-being. However, this transformation also presents numerous challenges, spanning domains such as data analytics, infrastructure design, policy formulation, and societal impacts.


Think of self-driving cars, drone deliveries, safe pedestrian pathways, and optimized ambulance routes regardless of traffic. These are just a few examples of smart mobility innovations. But there are myriad challenges spanning various domains. For instance, improving services based on citizen feedback requires social sensing and data analysis. Fighting pollution needs vast sensor networks for environmental monitoring. Designing innovative city services involves addressing privacy, security, and business model considerations. Enhancing societal well-being involves healthcare monitoring, energy management, and urban planning. Predicting citizen movements and needs calls for data analysis and new communication methods. And deploying self-driving cars demands advancements in image analysis, AI, and ethical policy formulation.


Smart mobility is a broad concept, and this workshop aims to bring together practitioners from academia and industry with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to deepen our understanding of this field. We invite contributions ranging from novel proposals and best practices to pitfalls and case studies, all examined through interdisciplinary lenses.


This workshop is seeking recent advances, novel proposals, best-practices, pitfalls, and case studies concerning smart movement of people and goods.


Topics of interests

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Assistive technologies
  • Data-driven Mobility Services
  • Data Management
  • Ethical Issues
  • Healthcare Delivery
  • Human-Machine Interfaces
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • IoT and sensors
  • Mobility as a Service
  • Pedestrian Safety and Infrastructure
  • Policy and Governance in Smart Mobility
  • Privacy and Security
  • Resilient Transportation Infrastructure
  • Rural and Remote Mobility Solutions
  • Smart City Logistics
  • Social Impacts of Smart Mobility
  • Sustainable Mobility Solutions
  • Urban Traffic Optimization

Submission Guidelines

Papers describing timely research contributions in areas of interest are solicited. Papers reporting on initial results or work in progress and papers discussing mature research projects or case studies of deployed systems are sought out. Submissions describing big ideas that may have a significant impact and could lead to interesting discussions at the workshop are encouraged.

Authors should follow the IEEE guidelines when preparing their contributions (maximum paper length: 6 pages with 10-pt font:

https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html


Papers not meeting these criteria will be rejected without review, and no deadline extensions will be granted for reformatting. Pages should be numbered, and figures and tables should be legible in black and white, without requiring magnification.

Submission website: https://smvg24.hotcrp.com


At least one of the authors of each paper accepted must register for the workshop.


Important Dates

Submissions deadline: September 30, 2024 (Firm)

Notification of acceptance: October 25, 2024

Camera-ready papers due: November 1, 2024

Workshops date: December 7, 2024


Workshop Organizers

Steering/General Chairs

Marco Furini, Department of Communication and Economics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

Silvia Mirri, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy


Workshop TCP Chairs

Giovanni Delnevo, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy

Manuela Montangero, Department of Physics, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy


Technical Programm Committee (to be confirmed)

Kevin Bouchard (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada)

Armir Bujari (University of Bologna, Italy)

Roberto Cavicchioli (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)

Carlos Calafate (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain)

Jia Cheng Hu (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)

Carmela Comito (ICAR-CNR, Italy)

Giovanni Delnevo (University of Bologna, Italy)

Stefano Ferretti (University of Bologna, Italy)

Anna Forster (University of Bremen, Germany)

Marco Furini (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)

Ombretta Gaggi (University of Padua, Italy)

Barbara Guidi (University of Pisa, Italy)

Stefano Mariani (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)

Silvia Mirri (University of Bologna, Italy)

Manuela Montangero (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)

Claudio Palazzi (University of Padua, Italy)

Giovanni Pau (University of Bologna, Italy)

Marco Prandini (University of Bologna, Italy)

Francisco Rangel (University of Valencia, Spain)

Mike Wald (University of Southampton, UK)

Gary Wills (University of Southampton, UK)

Pietro Manzoni (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain)

Chiara Ceccarini (University of Bologna, Italy)

Gianni Tumedei (University of Bologna, Italy)

Roberto Casadei (University of Bologna, Italy)

Manuel Andruccioli (University of Bologna, Italy)

Flaminia Luccio (University of Venezia, Italy)