The Israeli Smart Transportation Research Center [ISTRC]: Workshop Proposals in Smart Transportation

ISTRC invites high-quality proposals for workshops addressing key challenges in smart transportation through interdisciplinary approaches, with a particular emphasis on the integration of data science, engineering, and policy.
This call supports two types of workshops:
Track A: Interdisciplinary Workshops in Smart Transportation
Workshops in this track should focus on integrating multiple disciplines – such as data science, transportation engineering, and public policy – to address transportation challenges.
Requirements:
• Clear and substantive interdisciplinary integration
• A well-defined problem or challenge
• Participation from at least two disciplines
• Preference for inclusion of non-academic partners (industry and/or government)
Goal: To foster collaboration and generate insights that bridge disciplines and sectors.
Track B: AI-Focused Workshops in Transportation
Workshops in this track must place artificial intelligence at the core, as a central methodological component applied to transportation systems.
Requirements:
• AI as a core element (not a supporting tool)
• At least one organizer with a strong AI / Data Science background
• Preferably, at least one organizer with a transportation research background
• Clear articulation of how AI methods address transportation problems
Relevant transportation domains may include:
• Traffic control and signal optimization
•Transportation planning and network design
• Travel demand modeling and prediction
•Public and shared mobility systems
Goal: To advance methodological and applied research at the intersection of AI and transportation.
ISTRC will support a number of workshops under this call, subject to proposal quality and budget availability.
• Maximum funding per workshop: up to 50,000 NIS. Total available budget: 100,000 NIS
• ISTRC-Call-for-Workshops-2025-26_15042026