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Launching an International Collaboration with the Central Virginia Chapter

The IEEE ITSS Korea Chapter is opening an international collaboration with the IEEE ITSS Central Virginia (CVA) Chapter in the United States. The CVA Chapter is based at the University of Virginia (UVA) and James Madison University (JMU), and is chaired by Dr. B. Brian Park (UVA).

As a first activity, the two chapters are discussing running their own 3MT (Three Minute Thesis) competitions and serving as international judges to cross-judge each other’s video presentations — a valuable chance for our students’ work to reach an overseas review panel.

We plan to broaden the collaboration step by step, including around international academic conferences, and will share updates through our chapter channels.

Details of the Korea Chapter’s own 3MT competition are on the event page.

KAIST Team Wins First Prize Best Student Paper Award at IEEE IV 2026

A research team from KAIST received the First Prize Best Student Paper Award at the 2026 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV 2026), held in Detroit, USA, in June 2026.

The award-winning paper, “Development of an Active Aerodynamic System for Improving Circuit Driving Performance of High-Performance Electric Vehicles,” was presented by Sungwon Nah of the KAIST Unmanned Systems Research Group (USRG), led by Prof. David Hyunchul Shim, and was conducted as a joint research effort with Hyundai Motor Company.

Selected for an oral presentation, the work combines wind-tunnel aerodynamic modeling, real-time control, and full-scale circuit testing to show that a multi-surface active aerodynamic system can significantly improve lap time, braking, cornering, and vehicle stability under limit-driving conditions.

The IEEE ITSS Korea Chapter extends its warm congratulations to the awardee, his advisor, and the USRG and Hyundai Motor Company team on this outstanding achievement.

2026 IEEE ITSS Awards — Call for Nominations

IEEE ITS Society is accepting nominations for the 2026 ITSS Awards.

Deadline: March 8, 2026 (Anywhere on Earth)

Awards Open for Nomination

Self-nominations are not permitted. Three reference letters are required (one for Best Dissertation Award).

For details and online submission, visit the IEEE ITSS Awards Nominations page.

ITSC 2025 Best Paper Award Candidates — Video Series (Korean)

A Korean-language video series introducing the 21 ITSC 2025 Best Paper Award candidate papers has been published.

Each video summarizes the key contributions of a candidate paper in Korean podcast format, generated using Google NotebookLM. The series covers the latest research trends in intelligent transportation systems presented at ITSC 2025 (Gold Coast, Australia, November 2025).

YouTube Playlist (21 videos, Korean audio)

Note: The videos are in Korean only.

IEEE ITSS Korea Chapter Officially Established

The IEEE ITSS Korea Chapter was officially established on December 2, 2025.

As a technical chapter under the IEEE ITS Society, we support academic exchange and professional networking for researchers, engineers, and students in the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems across South Korea.

We look forward to contributing to advances in ITS through seminars, workshops, Distinguished Lecturer talks, and other activities.

Join our community via LinkedIn Group, IEEE Collabratec, or KakaoTalk Open Chat.