Article by Alexander M. Wyglinski, President Diversity is one of the core strengths of VTS. Our great diversity enables us to bring together new insights and opportunities regarding emerging concepts in areas such as Mobile radio 5G Connected vehicles Electric railways Motor vehicles Autonomous vehicles Sometimes we think of diversity within the context of whetherRead More
Article by Weihua Zhuang, VP—Publications I am delighted to report that VTS publications have been doing well in servicing the technical community. Both our two main journals, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT) and IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine (VTM), provide a high quality and high impact venue for the researchers and engineers to publish newRead More
Article by Sumei Sun, Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology (OJVT) It is a great honor for me to join the Editorial Board of the IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology (OJVT) as its inaugural Editor-in-Chief. I would like to thank VTS Vice President—Publications Weihua Zhuang, VTS President Alex Wyglinski, and the VTS BoardRead More
IEEE is proud to introduce IEEE DataPort™, a valuable and easily accessible data storage and sharing platform that can significantly enhance your research efforts. Upload and store standard or open-access datasets for free with the option to link your paper submission. Currently, the main publications of VTS—IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology and IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine—participateRead More
Article by Alexander M. Wyglinski, President One of the many services VTS provides to its members is a collection of high-quality, high-impact, peer-reviewed journal publication venues, designed to disseminate the latest results and findings across the many areas of vehicular technology. These venues include the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (2018 Impact Factor = 5.339)Read More
Article by Peter Chong, IEEE Press VTS Liaison IEEE Press supports a book series for IEEE Vehicular Technology Society on vehicular technology. The IEEE Press Book Series on Vehicular Technology focuses on books published by VTS members that would provide a more comprehensive and in-depth treatment of specific topics. Currently, the Series Editor position is vacant. IfRead More
Article by Alexander M. Wyglinski, President For our members that come from industry, VTS offers a collection of services, events, and activities designed to enhance your professional development and growth. They all provide forums for the dissemination of cutting-edge techniques and knowledge. Several of these are geared towards industry practitioners. At VTS, your professional developmentRead More
Article by Gary Touryan, Vice President Land Transportation The Land Transportation Division of VTS manages the development of (US and Canadian) standards for rail passenger vehicles, trains and systems, automatic train control, and electrical power distribution systems. This work is accomplished through the Rail Transportation Standards Committee (RTSC), which consists of two subcommittees and severalRead More
Article by Chau Yuen, Chair The VTS Singapore Chapter has 35 members. The current chapter officers are: Chair: Chau Yuen Vice-chair: Boon Hee Soong Finance Chair: Chin Sean Sum Secretary: Ernest Kurniawan On 23 April 2019, the IEEE VTS Singapore Chapter and the local Comsoc chapter organized a joint workshop on 6G. The presenters includedRead More
The IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) Board of Governors (BoG) approved in its last BoG meeting (30th April 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) the following slate of candidates for the elections of five (5) members of the VTS BoG for the term 2020-2022: Abbas Jamalipour F. Richard Yu Nicholas Kirsch J.R. Cruz Fabrice Labeau Gary Touryan Daniel HisselRead More
Article by Alexander M. Wyglinski, President Over the past two months, there has been a significant increase in public interest and awareness of 5G—Fifth Generation cellular technology—and its potential impact across multiple sectors of our society, including commerce, education, health care, and agriculture. For many of us who actively pursue research and development work inRead More
Article by Fabrice Labeau, IEEE VTS Distinguished Lecturers Program Coordinator In 2018, the VTS Distinguished Lecturers and Distinguished Speakers jointly made more than 80 visits to our chapters worldwide, a new record! The Class of 2019 Distinguished Lecturers will be appointed starting 1 July 2019 and will be listed on the official VTS DL webpage, whereRead More