IEEE UV2026 Call for Papers #3

• [TS1-A] Vision for Universal Village 
  • Vision for Universal Village: Cities’ Smartness, Efficiency, Safety, Environmental Qualities, and Inclusiveness
• [TS1-B] Development Status of Universal Village
  • Development status of current smart cities in different countries
  • Discussion of limitations and challenges
• [TS1-C] UV Indices, UV Incentive Mechanisms, and Evaluation of UV Subsystems – Methods, Technologies, and Systems
  • UV Indices: Quantitative Indications of Cities’ Smartness, Efficiency, Safety, Environmental Qualities, and Inclusiveness
  • Incentive Mechanisms for the Development of UV-Oriented Systems
  • Evaluation of current methods and technologies for UV subsystems
    • Smart Homes and Communities
    • Smart Medicine and Healthcare
    • Intelligent Transportation, Urban Planning, and Crowd Management
    • Smart Energy Management
    • Smart City Infrastructure
    • Smart Response Systems for City Emergencies
    • Smart Environmental Protection
    • Smart Humanity
  • Analysis of impact factors for different UV subsystems
    • Information flow
    • Material cycle
    • Lifestyle: issues such as food waste
    • Community
  • Subsystem coordination and interaction analysis: Analysis of the mutual interactions among UV subsystems and evaluation of the system coordination

Seeking integrated, resilient, human-centered, sustainable and environment-friendly solutions under the concept of Universal Village

• [TS2-A] Systematic and Integrated Frameworks for UV Subsystems and Contributing Factors
• [TS2-B] Intelligent Modeling, Simulation, and System Analysis
• [TS2-C] Scalability, Sustainability, and Human-Centered Design in UV System Integration     

• [TS3-A] Intelligent Transportation, Urban Planning, and Smart City Infrastructure 
  • Interconnected transportation systems; intelligent road transportation management; safety enhancement based on the interaction among passengers, vehicles, event planners, and other stakeholders
  • Coordinated traffic control; smart parking; urban planning
  • Smart logistics and distribution services; last-mile delivery
  • Smart facilities; smart construction; smart lighting/heating/cooling/ventilation systems; smart sewerage and sanitation systems; smart water and waste management
  • Coordinated city infrastructure development and operational management; smart infrastructure lifecycle management; predictive analytics for identifying infrastructure vulnerability
• [TS3-B] Intelligence Vehicles, Mobility Support for Vulnerable Groups
  • Autonomous vehicles; drones; intelligent electrified vehicles; smart wheelchairs; robotic exoskeletons for vulnerable groups
  • Intelligent driving assistance systems; navigation and localization systems; vehicle hardware/software systems; vehicle on-board diagnostics; vehicular signal processing; smart cockpits
  • Human-oriented sensing and recognition for vulnerable road users and animals; intercommunication among passengers, vehicles, and traffic  lights
  • Connected vehicles; vehicle dynamics and control
  • Human factors; cognition and control; driver monitoring
  • Policies and regulations for intelligent vehicles
• [TS3-C] Smart Response Systems for City Emergencies
  • System vulnerabilities identification; crisis prevention and city robustness reinforcement; crowd management
  • Emergency (natural disasters, crimes, accidents, etc.) prediction, detection and management; cyber-security; smart alerting and hierarchical information collection and distribution; active disaster response and recovery
• [TS3-D] Information Flow, Communication, Networks, and Security
  • Smart data acquisition; mobile sensing; crowdsourcing; the Internet of Things; seamless wireless networks; information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure
  • Information integration; information storage, sharing, circulation, and visualization; cloud service; blockchain; data repository
• [TS3-E] UV Underground: Underground Infrastructure & Future Urbanization Needs
  • Cutting-edge digital tools and artificial intelligence in underground space and broader civil engineering
  • Carbon emission reduction, renewable energy in subsurface engineering for the sustainability to Universal Village
  • Big data mining, synthetic data and data analytics for underground structures and Universal Village.
  • Advances in architecture, urban planning and other socioeconomical sciences and technologies specifically tailored for underground universal village society, etc.
• [Special Session][TS3-S] Algorithmic Modeling and Generative Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Built Environments
  • Generative design and AI-driven spatial modelling of human habitats
  • Algorithmic Zoning and 3D pre-visualization of environmental policies
  • Computational tools for sustainable urban morphology (e.g., parametric modelling)
  • Technology-based reciprocal models promote regional integration and urban cluster integration (e.g., the Bay Area).

• [TS4-A] Renewable Energy and Smart Energy Management
  • Renewable energy capture and conversion, emerging technologies
    • Solar energy: photovoltaics, solar thermos
    • Wind energy: wind turbine materials and novel designs
    • Hydrogen energy: solar splitting water, fuel cells
    • Other energies: biomass, renewable natural gas, hydroelectric energy, blue energy
  • Energy storage devices and technologies (batteries, supercapacitors, and fuel cells)
  • Smart grids; transmission infrastructure; integrated energy management for high efficiency and zero-emission; theoretical simulations of renewable energy and its applications; smart meters; demand response management (DRM)
  • Resilient operations against disturbances, unexpected errors, accidents, physical and cyber-attacks, and natural disasters
• [TS4-B] Smart Materials and Devices
  • Smart materials for advanced electronic devices (sensors, actuators, transducers)
  • Smart materials for energy conversion (piezoelectric, magneto-elastic, thermoelectric, electrostriction)
  • Advanced intelligent devices and systems
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) for materials development
• [TS4-S] Semiconductor Chip Manufacturing in the AI Era: Enabling 3D Optoelectronics & Next-Generation Integration
  • Key Research Areas: Focuses on 3D optoelectronics and heterogeneous integration as key enablers of next-generation systems, highlighting advances in multi-layer photonic integrated circuits, vertical optical interconnects, chiplet-based architectures, and co-packaged optics.
  • Manufacturing and System-Level Perspectives: Emphasis on a manufacturing-aware, system-level perspective that addresses yield, reliability, thermal management, and scalability challenges, as well as the gap between laboratory innovation and high-volume deployment.
  • Collaborative Innovation: Outline a pathway for evolving semiconductor manufacturing to support energy-efficient, high-bandwidth, and scalable AI systems through tightly integrated electronic–photonic co-design by bringing together insights from academia, industry, and national laboratories

• Smart Manufacturing
  • Cloud manufacturing
  • Cloud-edge collaboration in manufacturing
  • Additive manufacturing and robotics
  • Planning and scheduling of manufacturing tasks
  • Quality detection and control
  • Large Language Models (LLMs) for manufacturing
  • Computer vision and other AI technologies in manufacturing

• Realizing the Potential of Smart Agriculture – The Challenges and Chances of Rural Revitalization
  • Vertical farming; smart crop/soil/pest management; precision irrigation; smart livestock farming; climate-smart agriculture
  • Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), robotics, and automated machinery for agriculture
  • Smart sensing and monitoring, Internet of Thing, big data analysis, predictive analytics (crop/disease/weather) and decision-making in agriculture

• [TS7-A] Smart Environmental Protection; Smart Ecological Systems
  • Environmental protection: exhaust/wastewater/solid waste management; pollution control (air/water/soil; light/noise/radiation); effective microorganism technology; green roofs
  • Challenges and solutions for climate change; restoration and protection of ecosystems; ecological economics and strategies; ecological informatics and acoustics
• [TS7-B] Mobility-enabled Material Cycles; the Circular Economy; Trash and Scrap Collection, Processing, Reuse, and Recycling
  • Smart trash cans and their optimal placement; smart garbage trucks
  • Smart recycling; smart residential trash and industrial scrap collection and transportation; circular economy; material reuse; second-hand markets;
  • Cultural and economic factors; development of innovative lifestyles, public awareness and community engagement
  • Crowdsourcing, data collection, and visualization for material cycles
  • Material cycles optimization: smart waste management; smart trash and scrap processing, reuse and recycling; smart platform development for coordinated information sharing among smart recycling, user feedback on products and smart manufacturing

• [TS8-A] Smart Homes and Community, Virtual Living
  • Smart appliances and devices; smart windows; intelligent deformation furniture; smart inventory management; smart home OS
  • Safety and security; self-adaptive home-emergency response systems
  • Smart life; fashion AI; home gardening and agriculture
  • Intelligent support for vulnerable groups; homeless care; domestic violence protection
  • Community support and virtual living during pandemic and other city emergencies
• [TS8-B] Mobility, Connectivity, and Innovative Lifestyles
  • Integrated and technology-driven solutions to improve the quality of life: quantified self-devices and self-tracking technologies; smart textiles; VR/AR-based sports, entertainment and other activities; human-centered transportation, smart mobility and seamless transit systems; smart agents and human-computer interaction
  • New lifestyles to reduce energy consumption and emissions: shared mobility and other new lifestyles made possible by the sharing economy; virtual tours; work from home; electronic surveillance
  • Changing trends in cultures/technologies/lifestyles
• [Special Session] [TS8-S] Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Innovation Among Sports, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine
  • Artificial Intelligence–Enabled Sports Research
  • Prevention and Rehabilitation of Sports Injuries
  • Modern Assessment and Quantitative Analysis of Traditional Sports and Daoyin
  • Correlative Studies between Meridian Sinew and Modern Fascial Science
  • Health Monitoring and Intervention for the Elderly

• [TS9-A] AI Assisted Healthcare Monitoring
  • AI for healthcare data acquisition, processing, and analysis
  • Machine learning algorithms for ultrasound/MRI/CT imaging analysis
  • AI for healthcare data security and privacy considerations
• [TS9-B] Smart Medicine and Smart Healthcare
  • Healthcare system integration and interoperability; AI for healthcare logistics; Internet of Medical Things (IoMT); AI-powered hospital triage platform; robotics and automation in healthcare
  • AI for medical diagnostics and screening; predictive modeling; telemedicine and virtual consultations; personalized medicine; 3D printing in medicine; wearable devices; pervasive and non-invasive health-monitoring
  • Intelligent nurseries and senior care; assistive technologies for vulnerable groups; virtual care and mobile health
  • Personalized healthcare and wellness management; smart diet and exercise; mental health; integrated medicine
• [TS9-C] Public Health, Epidemic Prevention and Control
  • Alternative medicine; somatic science; community/rural/urban health; palliative care and hospice care; epidemic control and personal hygiene; equity and ethical issues
  • Epidemic prediction and contact tracking
  • Coordinated operational management across all levels during emergencies; smart resource allocation; quarantine and isolation; smart medical waste processing
  • Crowdsourcing, data collection, and visualization
• [TS9-D] The Fusion of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Modern Science
• [TS9-E] AI-Driven Sports Training, Exercise, and Fitness
• [Special Session] [TS9-S] AI-Powered IoMT Telehealth Innovation

Explore the transformative role of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) in developing scalable, human-centered ecosystems and in creating a comprehensive Digital Health Ecosystem:

• • Intelligent Monitoring: Recent advances in remote sensing, wearable biosensors, and pervasive, non-invasive health-tracking technologies.
  • Edge Computing in Healthcare: Decentralized processing architectures, low-latency AI inference at the point of care, and energy-efficient onboard analytics for IoMT devices.
  • AI-Enabled Care Delivery Systems: Design and implementation of AI-driven triage platforms, telemedicine frameworks, and decentralized care delivery models.
  • Healthcare Data Infrastructure: Secure, scalable, and efficient architectures for healthcare data storage, predictive analytics, and interoperability across platforms.
  • Ethical Deployment:
    • From Research to Practice: Strategies to translate digital health and personalized medicine research into practice, and to scale innovations from controlled environments to real-world, large-scale deployment.
    • AI for Equitable Healthcare: Human-Centered AI that promotes accessibility, equity, and security while bridging gaps in care and infrastructure in underserved communities.
    • AI Governance & Policy: Developing ethical AI frameworks, audit and accountability practices, and IoMT regulatory policies.

• [TS10-A] Urbanization, Social Governance, and Smart Communities
  • Urbanization: impact and challenges; geographical, cultural, and political factors
  • Smart communities and neighborhoods; social media and support groups; community resource management; supporting infrastructure; data platforms and community clouds
• [TS10-B] Smart Government and Social Services
  • Smart government: smart administration, regulation, policy and law; participatory governance; smart resource allocation
  • Smart social services and social networks; smart education/training; civic engagement
• [TS10-C] Integrated Solutions for Smart Humanity
  • New legal, social, and ethical challenges posed by applications of AI; integrated solutions: quantified analysis for the safety and ethics of intelligent systems; the social responsibility of enterprises; establishing legal, regulatory and ethical frameworks for development of AI
  • Integrated solutions to promote diversity, inclusiveness, fairness, and the preservation of cultural heritage
  • Ecological/environmental/humanistic/organizational psychology; persuasive technology
  • Adaptive development strategies for various geographic regions at different developmental phases and people of different ages with diverse technology and cultural backgrounds
• [TS10-D] Smart Design and Design Ethics
  • Evaluation of smart designs and their unintended consequences; emergent technologies for smart designs, simulation platform, and system optimization
  • Interaction between different smart systems; impact of smart design on lifestyles, communities, and the environment; major challenges and impact factors of smart system design
  • Coordinated design under the principles of usability, enjoyability, sustainability, inclusiveness, and cultural preservation; design ethics in the AI era
  • Intelligent electromechanical design; Intelligent industrial design;  Intelligent environmental design; Intelligent architectural and infrastructure design; Intelligent agent design; digital design; digital media art; visual media design; new media design; animation design; information and communication platform design; virtual environment design; design of logistics, crisis response, cities services and applications; multidisciplinary design
• [TS10-E] Cultural Heritage Preservation and Creative Industries
• [TS10-F] Equitable AI for the Underrepresented and Vulnerable Groups
  • AI for Third World: for Integration, Resilience, Inclusiveness, and Sustainability to overcome Regional, Racial, and Gender Disparities
  • Equitable AI: Address disparities in healthcare, education, and economic opportunities, and empower developing nations to reduce poverty
  • Inclusive AI: Promote inclusion, particularly for marginalized and vulnerable populations, and ensure technological benefits for those in greatest need
  • Human-centricity, Responsible AI, Trustworthy AI: Improve trustiness in AI systems, promote fairness, eliminate biases, for lasting societal benefits

• [TS11-A] Responsible and Ethical Data Management and Processing
  • Data cleaning; data fusion and integration; data quality and integrity; data visualization; data mining; big data analytics
  • Human-centered/cognitive/mobile/cloud computing
  • Urban informatics; data-driven monitoring, analysis, prediction, planning and decision making; real-time big data services; smart city control centers; application benchmarking and city indices; knowledge management (KM)
• [TS11-B] Learning Algorithm and Model Development, Analysis and Interpretability
  • Signal processing and understanding (image/video/audio/speech/natural language); semantics interpretation; multimodal sensor fusion and city monitoring; diagnostic algorithms
  • AI, machine learning and interpretability; fairness, accountability, privacy, transparency, and, ethics; deep-fake detection
  • Intelligent modeling, simulation, prediction and optimization; system dynamics; system control
• [TS11-C] Benchmark Development, Evaluation, and Long-Term Reproducibility

• [TS12-A] Innovations in Low- and Zero-Carbon Technologies
• [TS12-B] AI and Finance 

Focus on cutting-edge research at the intersection of AI technologies and financial systems. Explore how AI is transforming financial markets, institutions, and decision-making processes.

• • Machine Learning in Finance:   Asset pricing, portfolio optimization, and trading strategies; Deep learning for time-series forecasting; Reinforcement learning in trading and market making
  • Natural Language Processing for Financial Data: Sentiment analysis of financial news and social media; Information extraction from earnings reports and filings; LLMs for financial analysis and decision support
  • Risk Management and Fraud Detection: Credit risk modeling and scoring;  Anomaly detection in transactions; AI-driven fraud prevention systems
  • Financial Market Microstructure: High-frequency trading and algorithmic strategies; Market prediction and volatility modeling
  • Explainable AI in Finance: Interpretability of financial models; Regulatory compliance and transparency
  • AI for FinTech and Financial Services: Robo-advisors and automated financial planning; Blockchain and AI integration; Personalized financial services
  • Ethics, Regulation, and Governance:  Bias and fairness in financial AI systems; Regulatory challenges and policy implications; Responsible AI in financial decision-making

• [CF] UV City Forum
  • Reflections on urbanization and its unintended consequences
  • Current development status and challenges of smart cities; vision of future UV development
  • Collaboration among governments, academia, industries, and civil society
• [SF] UV Student Forum
  • UV student research, innovations, and discussions
  • UV philosophy and story sharing, technology news, social hot topics, and vision
    • Preserving cultural heritage in the process of urbanization
    • Bridging the generation gap and promoting understanding across diverse groups with the aid of UV technologies
    • Exploring future lifestyles for sustainable happiness
  • UV Introduction Video, Talent Shows and Online Games
  • UV Entrepreneurship Initiative and Pitch Competition
  • Future Development of UV Club and UV Student Forum
• [AF] UV Art Forum
  • Digital arts; Non-fungible tokens (NFTs); AI / VR / AR-enabled artifacts
  • Comfort art in the post-pandemic era

Solving problems in the real world and encouraging innovations from the young generation; finding a new way of life in the post-pandemic world

• [DSC] UV Data Science Competition
  • Machine Learning Challenges
  • Computer Vision Challenges
• [MC] UV Modeling Competition
• [PC] UV Pitch Competition
  • Reflections on urbanization and its unintended consequences
  • Current development status and challenges of smart cities; vision of UV development
  • Collaboration among governments, academia, industries, and civil society
• [K12C] UV K-12 Challenge 
  • Innovation Competition
  • Research Presentation
  • Talent Shows
  • Online Game

• [PE1] UV Posters
• [PE2] UV Exhibition: Art & Technologies that present the UV concept Organizations/Companies/Startups are welcome.   

• [WS-UV] UV Introduction

• [RMD] UV Roadmap Discussion
• [RTD] UV Round Table Discussion 

We sincerely invite you to propose a discussion topic or to host a roundtable discussion!

• [PD] Human-Centered AI Transformation for Future Empowerment
  • Explainable & Human-Intelligible Understanding
  • Intent-Aware Reasoning & Accountable Decision-Making
  • Human-Authorized AI Action
  • Human-Supervised Reflective Learning
  • We sincerely invite you to apply to become a panelist! Collaboration among governments, academia, industries, and civil society