Securely connected vehicles: Digital Twin, UAVs, and Smart Transportation—June 22, 2026

About the workshop: 

The rapid evolution of connected vehicles and smart transportation networks, along with advances in autonomous vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and digital twin technologies, is reshaping the mobility landscape. These innovations promise unprecedented improvements in transportation safety, sustainability, and operational efficiency. At the same time, they introduce complex challenges in ensuring privacy, cybersecurity, and resilience against cyber-physical threats.

This workshop focuses on three emerging pillars of next-generation transportation security: digital twin technology, UAV integration, and the broader smart mobility ecosystem. Participants will explore how digital twins can be leveraged to model, monitor, and predict vehicle behavior and system vulnerabilities, enabling proactive and adaptive security strategies. The workshop also addresses the incorporation of UAVs into intelligent transportation systems, highlighting privacy considerations, secure communication mechanisms, and real-time threat detection and mitigation techniques.

By bringing together expertise from academia, industry, and government, the workshop aims to facilitate multidisciplinary collaboration and foster innovation in secure mobility solutions. Topics will include secure V2V and V2X communication, blockchain-enabled vehicle security, AI-driven threat analysis, and regulatory challenges for intelligent transportation infrastructures. Attendees will gain insights into the future of mobility, where advanced technologies and robust security frameworks converge to create safer, smarter transportation systems.

List of Topics/Keywords

• Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Security

• Privacy-Preserving Vehicular Data Sharing

• Blockchain and AI for Vehicular Security

• Cryptographic Protocols for Automotive Systems

• Applications of digital twins for CAVs and smart transportation

• Wireless communication innovations for CAVs using digital twins

• Advanced simulation technologies for CAVs in digital twins with game engines and mixed-reality applications

• Multi-modal sensing integration for smart mobility digital twins

• Real-time Data Processing and Edge Computing from Multi-Source Data

• AI and Machine Learning Models for Real-time Decision Making in Digital Twins

• Integration of UAVs in Smart Traffic Management and traffic incident management

• Open datasets targeting connected mobility

• GNSS-free localization and pathfinding for areal and ground mobility

Join our workshop session to explore the future of mobility, where technology and security come together to create a smarter and safer way to travel.

The IEEE INTELLIGENT VEHICLES SYMPOSIUM (IV 2026)

The IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium is a premier forum sponsored by the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society (ITSS). Researchers, engineers, practitioners, and students from industry, universities, and government agencies are invited to present their latest work and to discuss research and applications for intelligent vehicles and vehicle-infrastructure cooperation. The conference offers technical sessions, workshops, poster sessions, exhibitions, and more. 

* The workshop papers will be peer-reviewed in accordance with IEEE regulations and published in IEEE Xplore as part of the IEEE IV Workshops Proceedings, which are separate from the main IEEE IV Proceedings. 

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