IEEE ITSC 2026: Presenting Your Research, and More Ways to Take Part

The 2026 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2026) was held in Naples, Italy, on September 15–18, 2026. At the heart of a conference like ITSC is the presentation of research papers — the primary way to take part, and the one we most encourage our members to aim for.

Beyond the paper track, there are many additional ways to engage with the community. This year the Chapter Chair took part in several of them, shared here as examples:

• A Late-Breaking Results (LBR) poster — a lower-barrier way to present research when a full paper is not yet ready, and a good first attempt.
• A workshop — the Chair co-organized Workshop 6, “Compiler Safety and Verification for Intelligent Transportation Systems: From C/C++ to Rust,” together with Prof. Ayesha Choudhary (IEEE ITSS Board of Governors). (This was an independently organized workshop, not a Chapter activity.)
• A conference talk in the CAD workshop program.
• The IEEE ITSS Hackathon (Smart Mobility Data Challenge), where the Chair’s team placed 3rd.

The Chapter also hosted a Korea Chapter networking dinner during the conference, bringing together 14 Korean researchers, engineers, and students over dinner in Naples.

We encourage Korea Chapter members to make more attempts at international participation. Aim first for a research paper; and if you are not there yet, a Late-Breaking Results poster, a workshop, or a hackathon is a real and welcoming way in. The next opportunity is close to home — the ITS World Congress in Gangneung this October.