COTA CICTP 2020-21     Author    Call for Papers

Call for Papers


The 20th and 21st joint COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals (CICTP 2020-21) will be held December 16-19, 2021, in Xi'an, China, jointly organized by Chinese Overseas Transportation Association (COTA) and Chang'an University (CU). As the hosts and organizers of CICTP 2020-21, COTA and CU are pleased to invite submissions of original innovative research and practice from both researchers and practitioners. The CICTP 2020-21 will address pressing challenges and embrace opportunities emerging from the development of new technologies, including the pandemic impacts amid the development of COVID-19. The CICTP2021 Full Paper Template is available here . The format of the submission must be in compliance with the ASCE formatting requirements; otherwise, it may be rejected for review.

The conference will host a series of technical sessions, plenary sessions, and special forums, including the World Bank Forum, the Dean's Forum, COTA Career Development Forum for Young Scholars and Students and Transportation Studies Forum for International Students in China.

The best-paper awards and other professional awards will be granted to the authors of excellent papers or institutes/enterprises which have made outstanding contributions to the development of transportation systems in China. Selected good CICTP proceeding papers will be invited for considerations for publications on a special issue(s) on a selected highly-impacted journal(s), which will be decided at a later time.


Conference Theme: Advanced Transportation, Enhanced Connection

Advanced Transportation Information and Control Engineering:

  • Transportation Optimization with V2X Applications
  • Informatics and Advanced Control Technology for Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs)
  • Cooperative Operation and Management of Connected and Automated Vehicles
  • Advanced Traffic Signal Control and Cooperative Intersections
  • Big Data Analytics and Applications in Real-time Traffic Management and Operations
  • Advanced Information Technologies in Multimodal Transportation Systems
  • Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Methods and Applications in Transportation
  • Micro-mobility and Shared Economy in the New Digital Era

Vehicle Operation Engineering and Transportation System Management:

  • Connected and Automated Vehicles (CV/AVs)
  • Traffic Flow Theory and Network Modeling in the Mix of Human-Driven Vehicle (HDV) and CV/AVs
  • Cooperative Operation and Management of CAVs and/or Automated Driving Systems (ADS)
  • Green Transportation Energy and Eco-driving Management
  • Transportation Emission, Environment and Sustainability
  • Multimodal Integration and Interoperability with Transportation Automation
  • Advanced Highway-Vehicle Cooperation and Management
  • Smart Shared Mobility and Logistics
  • Transportation and Regional Sustainable Development

Transportation Planning and Policy:

  • Smart and Electrified Transportation Systems
  • Transportation Infrastructure Investment in "Belt and Road" Areas
  • International Transportation Cooperation in "Belt and Road" Areas
  • International Intermodal Transportation Systems
  • Transportation Policy, Planning and Management in the New Era
  • Emerging Activity-based/Agent-Based Travel Demand Modeling Frameworks
  • Sustainable and Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Public Transportation System Analysis and Management
  • Future Transportation and Regional Development
  • Alternative Eco-Transportation: Walking, Biking, Scooter, Transit and More

Highway and Railway Engineering:

  • Intelligent Infrastructure
  • Innovations in Pavement and Materials Engineering
  • Advanced Highway Construction and Maintenance
  • Railway Traffic, Subway Operations, and High-Speed Rail
  • Bridges, Tunnels and other Transportation Structures
  • Intelligent Transportation Asset Management
  • Underground Transportation Construction and Operation
  • Transport Geography, GIS and GPS
  • CAV Impacts on Infrastructure
  • Future Road Geometric Design

Highway and Railway Engineering:

  • Intelligent Infrastructure
  • Innovations in Pavement and Materials Engineering
  • Advanced Highway Construction and Maintenance
  • Railway Traffic, Subway Operations, and High-Speed Rail
  • Bridges, Tunnels and other Transportation Structures
  • Intelligent Transportation Asset Management
  • Underground Transportation Construction and Operation
  • Transport Geography, GIS and GPS
  • CAV Impacts on Infrastructure
  • Future Road Geometric Design

Critical Transportation Issues in Response to COVID-19:

  • COVID-19 Impacts on Future Transportation
  • Big Data Solutions and Applications under COVID-19
  • Implications of Emerging Technologies in Response to COVID-19
  • Travel Behavior and Travel Demand under COVID-19
  • Household Transportation Behavior Adjustments and Adaptions to COVID-19
  • Implications of COVID-19 to Transportation Infrastructure Design and Operation
  • Remote Working and Telecommuting


Full Paper Submission


The online full paper submission opens at the CICTP2020 conference website (http://www.cota-home.org/CICTP/CICTP2020-21.html). The paper must be written in English and include the paper title, the names of authors and their affiliations, as well as no more than five keywords.
ASCE Conference Proceedings Paper Formatting Instructions


Important Dates


  • Full Paper Submission Deadline
  • Full Paper Acceptance Notification
  • Revised Paper Submission Deadline
  • Paper Registration Fee Deadline
  • Conference
  • October 10, 2020
  • Novmber 10, 2020
  • December 4, 2020
  • December 7, 2020
  • December 16-19, 2021


Proceedings and Publication


The CICTP 2020 proceedings will be published and also submitted for EI Ccompendex by ASCE. Selected papers from previous CICTPs have ever been recommended for special issues of some SCI-indexed journals including


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Conference Website


http://cota-home.org/cictp/cictp2020-21.html

http://cictp2020.chd.edu.cn