ACM/IEEE SEC 2026

EdgeCAV 2026: The 2nd International Workshop on Edge Computing for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

The workshop will be co-located with ACM/IEEE SEC 2026 in Santa Clara, CA, USA. It is planned as a full-day workshop.

Call for Papers

Connected and autonomous vehicles are rapidly emerging as one of the most demanding application domains for edge computing. Modern vehicular systems increasingly rely on distributed computation across onboard platforms, roadside infrastructure, wireless access networks, edge servers, and cloud backends to support latency-sensitive and safety-critical functions such as collaborative perception, teleoperation, cooperative decision-making, runtime adaptation, and over-the-air software and model updates. Many of the central challenges in connected and autonomous driving are now fundamentally edge systems challenges.

EdgeCAV 2026 provides a focused forum for researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of edge computing and connected and autonomous vehicles. The workshop brings together researchers from edge computing, vehicular networking, cyber-physical systems, robotics, distributed AI, and intelligent transportation to discuss emerging topics, early research results, novel systems ideas, practical deployment lessons, and future research directions. Consistent with the goals of SEC workshops, EdgeCAV 2026 emphasizes discussion-oriented interaction around a rapidly developing topic with strong relevance to the SEC community.

Topics of Interest

Edge-assisted autonomous driving and onboard AI
Collaborative sensing and perception across vehicles and infrastructure
Teleoperation and remote driving systems
Mobility-aware resource management and workload scheduling
Workload offloading and runtime adaptation for vehicular platforms
Federated and distributed learning for transportation systems
Edge-enabled digital twins for connected mobility
Over-the-air software and model update systems
Connected vehicle communication and 5G/6G-enabled vehicular networks
Safety, security, privacy, reliability, and trust in vehicular edge ecosystems
Real-time distributed AI and cooperative decision-making
Benchmarks, testbeds, and deployment-oriented validation for CAV systems

Submission Guidelines

Only electronic submissions in PDF will be accepted.
Submitted papers must be written in English and rendered without error using standard PDF viewing tools.
Papers must be no longer than 6 single-spaced 8.5" x 11" pages, including figures and tables but excluding references, using 10-point type on 12-point leading, two-column format, Times Roman or similar font, within a text block 7.14" wide x 9.22" deep.
Pages must be numbered, and figures and tables must be legible in black and white.
Papers not meeting these criteria will be rejected without review.
Final acceptance decisions will be based on originality, technical quality, relevance, clarity, and potential to generate productive discussion.
At least one author for each accepted paper must register for the workshop.
Submissions should present original, unpublished work and must not be under review elsewhere.
All submissions will undergo peer review.
Accepted papers will be included in the workshop proceedings.
IEEE templates: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html
Submission website: TBD

Important Dates

Submission deadline: June 25, 2026

Review deadline: July 20, 2026

Acceptance notification: August 15, 2026

Camera-ready deadline: August 22, 2026

Workshop date: October 16, 2026

Workshop Organizers

Ruimin Ke, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA