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{{Event
|Acronym=VNC 2021
|Title=The 2021 IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference
|Type=Conference
|Field=Vehicular Networking
|Start date=2021/11/10
|End date=2021/11/12
|Homepage=https://ieee-vnc.org/2021/
|City=Ulm
|Country=Germany
|Paper deadline=2021/07/24
|Poster deadline=2021/09/01
|Demo deadline=2021/09/01
|Notification=2021/09/16
|Camera ready=2021/09/30
|has general chair=Frank Kargl, Onur Altintas
|has program chair=Christoph Sommer, Takamasa Higuchi
|has OC member=Jim Lansford
|has demo chair=Lara Codecà, Ahmed Sakr
}}
Now in its 13th year, VNC has been the primary venue for people interested in vehicular communication to meet.

When VNC 2020 had to move online, we had high hopes to run VNC 2021 at least in a hybrid format so that at least parts of the community could meet in Ulm, Germany, and enjoy the conference on-site. Unfortunately, the course of global pandemic development requires us to move to a pure online format once more. Reasons for this step are that Germany is in the middle of a fourth wave with unclear predictions for autumn but mostly that we collected feedback from our community and learned that a majority of prospective participants and authors would be blocked from on-site attendance either due to international trans-continental travel restrictions or due to organizational travel policies.

We therefore decided that IEEE VNC 2021 will be exclusively online and we are committed to optimize the conference for the best online experience possible. Building on our experience from last year (which received a lot of positive comments), we will try to enhance this even more and hope to see many of you in our virtual conference place in gather.town. More information on the session format and timing will follow soon.

==Important Dates==

* '''Full/short paper submission deadline:'''  July 24, 2021, 23:59 AOE (Anywhere on Earth, UTC-12) <del>July 10, 2021, 23:59 AOE (Anywhere on Earth, UTC-12)</del>
* '''Demo/Poster paper Submission Deadline:''' September 1, 2021, 23:59 AOE (Anywhere on Earth, UTC-12)
* Acceptance notification: September 16, 2021
* Camera ready paper due: September 30, 2021
* Conference: November 10-12, 2021

==Topics of Interest==

* '''Connectivity'''
** 5G and beyond-5G technologies for connected vehicles
** Emerging V2X communication technologies, including dynamic spectrum sharing, mmWave, massive MIMO, beamforming, and vehicular visible light communications
** Networking, transport and QoS management for vehicular networks
** In-vehicle communication and networking systems
** Radio for vehicular networks (e.g., channel measurements, propagation models, antenna design)

* '''Architecture and System Design'''
** Heterogeneous vehicular networking (e.g., multi-radio, multi-channel, multi-application, multi-technology, multi-operator) and coexistence of access technologies
** Architectures and system designs for connected automated driving
** Cloud and edge computing for vehicular applications
** Security, privacy, liability, and dependability of vehicular networks
** Integration of V2C communications with on-board systems and networks

* '''Tools & Methods'''
** Hardware and software platforms for simulation, emulation, prototyping, measurement, and/or real-world deployment of vehicular networks and applications
** Field measurements and/or real-world deployments of vehicular networks and applications
** Optimization techniques (e.g., linear programming, machine learning) with unique benefits for vehicular applications
** Modeling, design, and analysis of vehicular networks and applications

* '''Applications'''
** Cooperative perception and cooperative driving
** Innovative vehicular network applications and their communication requirements
** Vulnerable road user protection
** Vehicular networks and IoT integration
** Impact assessments of vehicular networks on transportation (e.g., safety, efficiency, comfort, privacy, and environmental sustainability)

==Organizing Committees==

* '''General Co-Chairs'''
** Frank Kargl, Ulm University, Germany
** Onur Altintas, Toyota Motor North America R&D

* '''TPC Co-Chairs'''
** Christoph Sommer, TU-Dresden, Germany
** Takamasa Higuchi, Toyota Motor North America R&D, USA

* '''Poster/Demo Co-Chairs'''
** Lara Codecà, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
** Ahmed Sakr, University of Windsor, Canada

* '''Panel Chair'''
** Jim Lansford, Qualcomm, USA

* '''Publication Chair'''
** Florian Klingler, Paderborn University, Germany

* '''Publicity Co-Chairs'''
** Susumu Ishihara, Shizuoka University, Japan
** Michele Segata, Free University of Bolzano, Italy

* '''Web Chair'''
** Ala'a Al-Momani, Ulm University, Germany
** Dominik Mauksch, Ulm University, Germany

* '''Finance Chair'''
** Bruce Worthman, IEEE

* '''Steering Committee'''
** Onur Altintas, Toyota Motor North America R&D
** Wai Chen, China Mobile Research Institute, China
** Falko Dressler, TU Berlin, Germany
** Geert Heijenk, University of Twente, The Netherlands
** Thomas Luckenbach, FOKUS, Germany
** Hyun Seo Oh, ETRI, South Korea
** Umit Ozguner, Ohio State University, USA
** Tadao Saito, Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo, Japan