Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference

Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference – Located in beautiful Anchorage, Alaska, the Hilton Anchorage is located in downtown Anchorage

and is an ideal place for conferences with plenty of stylish, functional, and flexible meeting facilities.

Being an important tour destination, Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska and has a curious mix of industry and culture.

Anchorage offers numerous technical and siteseeing opportunities to conference participants and their guests.

Its natural beauty, well-conserved environment, and unique species of animals and plants make it a superbly attractive place for world-wide travelers.

Anchorage

Attractions:

  • Creating the backdrop are the salmon-rich waters of Cook Inlet and the 5000-foot-plus peaks of Chugach State Park, the third largest state park in the country.
  • Within a short drive from downtown are dozens of wilderness adventures and within an even shorter plane ride, almost any type of adventure is possible, the reason Anchorage’s Lake Hood is the world’s busiest floatplane base.
  • Today you can relive Alaska’s gold rush era and try your luck in panning for gold at Crow Creek and Indian Valley mines.
  • Experiencing Alaska Native culture first-hand is a daunting task in a state that covers one-fifth the size of the entire U.S. and is spread over five distinct geographic regions, all well represented at the Alaska Native Heritage Center.
  • The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center  is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Alaska’s wildlife through public education.

    AWCC takes in injured and orphaned animals year-round and provides spacious enclosures and quality animal care.

    Animals that cannot be released into the wild are given a permanent home at the center.
  • Denali National Park is six million acres of wild land, bisected by one ribbon of road.

    Travelers along it see the relatively low-elevation taiga forest give way to high alpine tundra and snowy mountains,

    culminating in North America’s tallest peak, 20,320′ Mount McKinley.

    Wild animals large and small roam unfenced lands, living as they have for ages. Solitude, tranquility and wilderness await.
  • The Alaska Zoo has provided a home for orphaned, injured and captive-born animals for more than four decades.  

    We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to promoting the conservation of Arctic, sub-Arctic  and like climate species through education, research and community enrichment
  • Shopping: Close to the Conference it is the 5th Avenue Shopping Mall.
  • Fine Dinning: Here are some options to have a great dinner in Anchorage.
  • A little bit outside Anchorage, the Aleyska resort is a pretty nice place to go visit.

Special offers for ITSC2012 Attendees:

  • Here ITSC2012 attendees can find a special offer from a local cruises and tours company to see gogeous glaciars and amazing wildlife.

Tourism Links:

  1. http://www.travelalaska.com/
  2. http://www.travelguidebook.com/index.cfm?inc=state&state_id=49
  3. http://www.whygoalaska.com/

Address

Hilton Anchorage,

500 West Third Avenue,

Anchorage, Alaska 99501, USA

Tel. +1 907 272 7411
Fax +1 907 265 7044

GPS Coordinates
+61° 13′ 10.61″, -149° 53′ 33.14″
Directions
From Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport , the easiest way to reach the Hilton Anchorage is via taxi.

There are two taxi companies in Anchorage that have direct service from just outside baggage claim at the airport: Yellow Cab and Checker Cab.  

The cost should not be more than 20 USD each way and will take approximately 10 minutes.  

Additional people will not change the rate of the taxi.  

If you would like to rent a car, the rental car agency can provide you with directions to the Hilton Anchorage.

Hilton Special Offer for ITSC2012 attendants:

Here you can find a Personalized Hilton reservation URL, where you can book a room at the conference hotel at a very competitive rate.

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Call for Papers

THE 2012 IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (15th IEEE ITSC) is the premier annual conference sponsored by the IEEE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS SOCIETY (ITSS).

Original and innovative contributions in ITS research and advanced implementations and deployments are sought for technical sessions.  

Please submit articles conveying new developments in theory, analytical and numerical simulation and modeling,

experimentation, advanced deployment and case studies, results of laboratory or field operational tests,

and other related creative endeavors as well as special educational developments for ITS curricula.  

The conference theme is The Wild Frontier in Intelligent Transportation. The technical areas include but are not limited to the following:

Traffic theory, modeling, and simulationIntelligent algorithmsSensors and actuatorsVision systems and processingSafety SystemsSecurity SystemsEvacuation SystemsTraffic and Communications NetworksTraffic Control SystemsV2V and V2I CommunicationsITS User services: ATMS, ATIS, AVCS, etc.Intelligent VehiclesDriver AssistanceVehicle Collision AvoidanceIntegrated Safety SystemsCommercial Vehicle OperationsMulti-modal ITSITS ImplementationPedestrian and Bicyclist Safety and Mobility systemsITS for Special NeedsEmergency ServicesEnvironmental and Green Transportation 

In the tradition of successful IEEE ITS Conferences, only the highest quality papers will be accepted through an on-line peer review process.

The final version of the accepted papers will be included in the Conference proceedings only after at least one author officially registers and presents the paper at the Conference.

Important Dates

  • Special Session proposal submission deadline: April 16, 2012 (NEW DEADLINE EXTENSION)
  • Workshop/Tutorial proposal submission deadline: April 16, 2012 (NEW DEADLINE EXTENSION)
  • Full-paper submission deadline: April 16, 2012 (NEW DEADLINE EXTENSION)
  • Notification of acceptance: July 1, 2012
  • Final paper submission deadline: July 15, 2012

Best Student Paper Award

Articles written and presented by a primary author who is a student will be specially selected for the Best Student Paper Award recognition during the Conference.

Paper Award recognition during the Conference.


Selected exceptional quality papers will be invited for submission to a special issue of the IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems;

Authors will be asked to revise their papers according to the standards of the transactions, which will be subjected to the Transactions’ review process.

Workshops
Proposals are sought for Special Workshops and Tutorials realted to the topics and themes of the conference. 

For proposal of Special Workshops and Tutorials realted to the topics and theme of the conference, please contact the Wei-Bin Zhang <wbzhang[at]path[dot]berkeley[dot].edu> or Yinhai Wang <yinhai[at]uw[dot]edu>.

Venue

Hilton Anchorage, 500 West Third Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99501, USA

Located in beautiful Anchorage, Alaska, the Hilton Anchorage is located in downtown Anchorage

and is an ideal place for conferences with plenty of stylish, functional, and flexible meeting facilities.

Being an important tour destination, Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska and has a curious mix of industry and culture.

Anchorage offers numerous technical and siteseeing opportunities to conference participants and their guests.

Its natural beauty, well-conserved environment, and unique species of animals and plants make it a superbly attractive place for world-wide travelers.

Technical and Special Tours

Special technical tours will be arranged to vist with the State of Alaaska Department of Transportation and the Municipality of Anchorage traffic management centers.

Siteseeing tours will also be available, including half-day or full-day cruises to see many of Alaska’s glaciers,

rides on the Alaska railroad along the Cook Inlet (where humpback whales may be seen on one side and moose and dall sheep often frequent the other),

flight-seeing tours into the famous Denali National Park, trips to the Alaska Zoo (located in Anchorage,

it is the only place you can see live polar bears in the city),

and escorted or unescorted museum tours where you can experience native Alaskan culture firsthand.

Who Should Attend

Those in ITS research, development, design, deployment, planning, and decision making who are in academic institutions,

transportation industry, automotive manufacturers and suppliers, government, local transport authorities, national labs, international organizations, public transport authorities,

freight and transport operators, public transport operators, service providers, telecom operators, system integrators, commercial fleet owners, road operators,

and motoring organizations and all others who are in the energy and environment sector with an interest in transportation systems will benefit by attending this unique conference.  

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