IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Special Issue on IEEE Workshop on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, October 27–28, 2022

The IEEE Workshop on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) was organized to bring experts from intelligent transportation systems (ITS) in this specific area together to discuss some of the latest findings and research results, applicable technologies, issues and limitations, standards development activities, societal impacts, and future research and development directions. This workshop was sponsored by the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Society, with the support of the Mechanical Engineering Department of Virginia Tech. Dr. Azim Eskandarian, Nicholas, and Rebecca Des Champs Chair and the Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Virginia Tech at the time of this workshop (and currently the Dean of Engineering and the Alice T. and William H. Goodwin Jr. Endowed Chair at Virginia Commonwealth University) chaired this workshop. Dr. Monastir Abbas, Professor of Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech, was the Workshop’s Co-Chair. They invited 19 renowned experts, each specializing in specific areas of CAV. They were members of academia, industry, government, and related professional organizations, including IEEE, ITE, and SAE. The workshop was held on October 27–28, 2022, at Hyatt Hotel, 7901 Tysons One Place, Tysons Corner, VA 22102 USA.