Researcher | Ankit R. Patel

Ankit R. Patel

University of Minho

Guimaraes, Portugal

Email: majorankit@gmail.com

CFP: SPECIAL ISSUE ON "SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION AND QUALITY OF LIFE", Q2, SCOPUS-INDEXED

Shpaing In-Vehicle Behaviours through Activity-Centered Design at ACM AutomotiveUI 2025

Collaboration with researchers of the following nations till date

Bharat

Australia

Portugal

Denmark

USA

UAE

Italy

Sweden

Thailand

Slovenia

South Korea

Germany

Austria

Switzerland

Belgium

Poland

Japan

User-centric behavior researcher in the domain of following areas:

- Users and Society

- Customer Experience

- User-Centered Design

- Sustainable Transportation

- Human Factors and Interaction

- Socially Inclusive Transportation

Research Interests

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Keynote Speaker at the International Conference on Advances in Computer Science, Engineering & Technology at Amity University Jharkhand, Ranchi, India. December 2025.

Speaker - Ankit R. Patel

Evolve Future Mobility Show - Sharjah, UAE

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Keynote Speaker at the International Conference on Advances in Computer Science, Engineering & Technology at Amity University Jharkhand, Ranchi, India. December 2025.

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Track chair for the session on Electric, Hybrid Electric, and Plug-in Electric Vehicle System Architectures and Control at the 2023 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC) from June 21-23, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. More details are available at: https://itec-conf.com/conference/committees/
Presentations of 9th International Workshop on Sustainable Road Freight (SRF), University of Cambridge and Online are now available at: https://www.csrf.ac.uk/9th-international-workshop-on-sustainable-road-freight/
Associate Chair for the ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences (IMX) from June 13-15, 2023 in Nantes, France. More details are available at: https://imx.acm.org/2023/committees/associate-chairs/
Co-Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the 15th International ACM Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI) from Sept. 18-21, 2023 in Ingolstadt, Germany. More details are available at: https://www.auto-ui.org/23/organizers-2/
Member, IEEE Smart Cities Research and Development Committee
Proceedings Chair for the 19th IEEE International Conference on e-Science (e-Science) from Oct. 9-13, 2023 in Limassol, Cyprus. More details are available at: https://www.escience-conference.org/2023/organizers
Topic Chair for the track "Open Research Problems in Industry" at the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Expo (IEEE ECCE) from Oct. 29-Nov. 2, 2023 in Nashville, TN, USA. More details are available at: https://www.ieee-ecce.org/2023/
Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Sustainable Urban Mobility. More details are available at: https://ipmmu.com.br/josum/about/editorialTeam
Program Committee Member for the 3rd Workshop on E-Science Research leading to Negative Results (ERROR) in conjunction with IEEE e-Science 2023 conference. More details are available at: https://error-workshop.org/
Co-Chair for the Track-5 "Industrial Electronics, Control, Autonomous Systems, Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering and Consumer Applications" at the 13th IEEE AFRICON Conference from Sept. 20-22, 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya. More details are available at: https://2023.ieee-africon.org/organising-committee/technical-program-committee/
Track Chair for the "Consumer Cabin Comfort, Charging Behaviour, Shared Mobility, Decision Planning, and Pricing" at the 2023 iTEC INDIA Conference from Dec. 13-15, 2023 in Chennai, India. More details are available at: https://saeindia.org/events/itecindia-2023/
Associate Editor for the EAI Endorsed Transactions on Smart Cities. More details are available at: https://publications.eai.eu/index.php/sc/about/editorialTeam
Lead Editor for the Special Issue on "User Centered Advanced Driver Assistance Systems" for the Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces (IF: 2.9, Q2). More details are available at: https://www.springer.com/journal/12193/updates/17240266
Moderator for the Pre-Conference Session for the track:6 on "Smart Sensors, the Catalysts of Transformation in the Smart Grid Advancements" at the IEEE AFRICON Conference. More details are available at: https://2023.ieee-africon.org/
Moderator for the Pre-Conference Session for the track:5 on "The Problematic Problems of Human Trust in Robots" at the IEEE AFRICON Conference. More details are available at: https://2023.ieee-africon.org/
Publicity Chair, International Symposium on Green Technologies and Applications (ISGTA), Casablanca, Morocco, Dec. 2023. More details are available at: https://isgta-conf.org/
Advisory Member, 1st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Innovations in Healthcare Industries (ICAIIHI), Raipur, Bharat, Dec. 2023. More details are available at: https://www.icaiihi.com/committees/advisory-member
Technical Program Committee Member at the IEEE GreenTech, Sustainability, and Net Zero Policies & Practices Symposium (IEEE GTSNZ), Dubai, UAE, Dec. 2023. More details are available at: https://gtsnz.org/technical-committee/
Session Speech at "IEEE ITSS Workshop on Two-Wheeler Safety and Mobility Technologies" at the Ahmedabad University, India, November 2023. More details are available at: https://www.2wsafety.com/
Session Chair at the 5th International Conference on Soft Computing and its Engineering Applications (icSoftComp2023), India, December 2023. More details are at: https://www.charusat.ac.in/icSoftComp2023/index.php
Associate Editor, Journal of Social Economics Research (Scopus). More details are available at: https://www.conscientiabeam.com/journal/35/aimandscope.html

JANUARY

Editorial Board Member, Transportation Development Research, Japan. More details are available at: https://ojs.bilpub.com/index.php/tdr/index

FEBRUARY

Guest Speaker, Workshop on "Design for Sustainability" at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. More details are available at: http://www.sustainability-and-social-innovation.com/

MARCH

Technical Committee Member, International Conference on Urban Innovation, March 2024, Bhopal, India. More details are available at: https://www.spabhopal.ac.in/uic24.aspx
Keynote Speaker at the International Conference on Urban Innovation, March 2024, Bhopal, India. More details are available at: https://www.spabhopal.ac.in/uic24.aspx

APRIL

Guest Speaker at the International Webinar on "Accessibility and Inland Mobility Advancement Strategies" (AIMAS), April 2024, University of Enna Kore, Enna, Italy. More details are available at: AIMAS-2024.
Keynote Speaker at the Faculty Development Program on "AI and Its Impact on Advanced Healthcare and Renewable Energy Driven Unmanned Autonomous Systems" (AI-HCARE-UAS), April 2024, VIT - Chennai, India. More details are available at: AI-CHARE-UAS 2024.
Keynote Speaker at the International Summit on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (ISIME), April 2024, Munich, Germany. More details are available at: https://www.spectrumconferences.com/2024/isime#
Technical Program Committee Member, 20th Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT), April 2024, Abu Dhabi, UAE. More details are available at: https://dcoss.org/

MAY

Ambassador for Global Plaza Sessions at the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), May 2024, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. More details are available at: https://chi2024.acm.org/
Member of the Scientific Committee, IEEE 15th International Conference on Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LOGISTIQUA), May 2024, Sousse, Tunisia. More details are available at: http://www.logistiqua.com/
Member of the Scientific Committee, 7th International Conference on Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism (ICCAUA), May 2024, Alanya, Turkiye. More details are available at: https://www.iccaua.com/page/home
Technical Program Committee member at the 2024 IEEE World Forum on Public Safety Technology (WF-PST), May 2024, Washington D.C., USA. More details are available at: https://ieee-wfpst.org/

JUNE

Keynote Speaker, Casablanca Smart City event from June 5-6, 2024 in Casablanca, Morocco. More details are available at: https://www.casablancasmartcity.com/
Track chair for the session on Electric, Hybrid Electric, and Plug-in Electric Vehicle System Architectures and Control at the 2024 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference & Expo (ITEC) from June 19-21, 2024 in Rosemont, IL, United States. More details are available at: https://itec-conf.com/conference/committees/
Associate Chair, ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences (IMX), June 2024, Stockholm, Sweden. More details are available at: https://imx.acm.org/2024/

JULY

Keynote Speaker, IEEE Silchar Subsection Summer School on July 8, 2024. More details are at: IEEE Silchar
Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Chair, ACM COMPASS July 2024, New Delhi, India. More details are available at: https://compass.acm.org/
Associate Editor, 17th IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems (CTS), July 2024, Ayia Napa, Cyprus. More details are available at: https://ifaccts2024.wixsite.com/ifac-cts2024

AUGUST

Session Chair, 4th IEEE International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET), July/Aug. 2024, Hyderabad, India. More details at: https://sefet.in/

SEPTEMBER

Panel Speaker at Navigate Mobility Summit, Prague, Czech Republic, Sept. 26-27, 2024. More info. at https://navigatemobility.com/
Associate Chair, 16th International ACM Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI), Sept. 22-25, Stanford, CA, USA. More details are available at: https://www.auto-ui.org/24/
Associate Chair, Mensch and Computer (MuC) Conference, Sept. 1-4, 2024, Karlsruhe, Germany. More details are available at: https://muc2024.mensch-und-computer.de/en/
Technical Program Committee Member of "Sustainable Cognitive Cities" at the 1st International Conference on Smart Mobility and Logistics Ecosystems (SMiLE), Sept. 17–19, 2024, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. More details are available at: https://events.kfupm.edu.sa/event/155/

OCTOBER

Technical Program Committee member, IEEE the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering (ICITE), Xi'an, China. More details: https://www.icite.org/index.html
TPC co-chair, 3rd IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Mobility (CogMob), Oct. 2024, Budapest, Hungary. More details: hhttps://www.icite.org/index.html
r Mobility Africa Summit, Oct. 2-4, 2024, Johannesburg, South Africa. More details are at https://wearevuka.com/mobility/sma-summit/
Accessibility Chair, 27th International Academic Mindtrek Conference, October, 2024, Tampere, Finland. More details are available at: https://www.mindtrek.org/academic-mindtrek-2024/
TPC Member, The First International Symposium on Intelligent Technology for Future Transportation (ITFT2024), October 2024, Helsinki, Finland. More details are available at: https://itft.org/committees.html

NOVEMBER

Keynote Speaker, 3rd Odisha International Conference on Electrical Power Engineering, Communication, and Information Technology (ODICON), Nov. 2024, Bhubaneswar, India. More details at: https://odicon.in/index.php
Expert Speaker, Lecture Series November 9, Silicon University, Bhubaneswar, India. More details at: https://www.silicon.ac.in
Expert Speaker, AICTE Training and Learning FDP at Central Tool Room & Training Centre (CTTC), Bhubaneswar, India. More details at: https://www.cttc.gov.in/advtm/2024/atalfdp.pdf
Senior Advisory Board Member, International Conference of Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE), Auckland, NZ. More details: https://www.sdsbe2024.com/
Technical Committee Member, 13th EAI International Conference: ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation (ArtsIT), November 2024, Abu Dhabi, UAE. More details are available at: https://artsit.eai-conferences.org/2024/

DECEMBER

Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Energy, Materials, and Information Technology (ICEMIT), Dec. 2024, Ranchi, India. More details at: https://amity.edu/ranchi/ICMMIT2024/default.asp

JANUARY

Associate Chair, ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work (GROUP), Jan. 12-15, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA, More details : https://group.acm.org/conferences/group25/

FEBRUARY

International Advisory Committee Member, ASCE International Conference on Challenges and Innovations for Sustainable Smart Cities (CISSC), Feb. 7-9, 2025, Chandigarh, India. More details: https://asceconferenceindia.org/

MARCH

Keynote Speaker, International Conference on AI-Driven Human-Centric Solutions and Sustainable Transformations (AI-HCSST), March 9-11, 2025, Gwalior, India. More details: https://sites.google.com/view/ai-hcsst/home?authuser=0
Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Innovative Practices for Sustainable Development: Business Management & Analytics (ICSD), March 21-22, Noida, India. More details https://nietbschool.com/icsd-2025#About%20ICSD
Keynote Speaker, 1st International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Intelligent Systems (ICSCIS), March 21-22, Jaipur, India. More details: https://conference.poornima.edu.in/icscis/index.html
Keynote Speaker, 2nd Vision Zero Summit, an International Conference on Resilient Urbanism and Safe Mobility, March 26-28, 2025, Bhopal, India. More details: https://conf.manit.ac.in/visionzerosummit/

APRIL

Expert Lecture, Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), New Delhi, April 2015. More details: https://crridom.gov.in/
Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Education Systems & Sustainability (ICETESS), Apr. 18-19, 2025, Jaipur, India. More details: https://jecrcconference.in/icetess2025/index.html

MAY

Expert Talk, National Transportation Planning and Research Center (NATPAC), Kerala, India. More details: https://natpac.kerala.gov.in/
Scientific Committee Member, Smart Cities Symposium Prague (SCSP), May 29-30, 2025, Prague, Czech Republic. More details: https://akce.fd.cvut.cz/en/scsp2025

JUNE

Organizing Committee Member, International Conference on Intelligent Transportation and Low Altitude Transportation (ITLAT), June 20-22, Nantong, China. More details: https://www.itlat.org/
Programme Committee Member, 21st International Conference on Smart Technologies (IEEE EUROCON), June 4-6, 2025, Gdynia, Poland. More details: https://2025.ieee-eurocon.org/
Scientific Committee Member, The 12th Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis Conference (TRISTAN), June 22-27, Okinawa, Japan. More details: https://tristan2025.org/

JULY

Accessibility, Diversity, and Inclusion Chair, ACM COMPASS, July 2025, Toronto, Canada. More details: https://compass.acm.org/

AUGUST

Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Sustainability, Innovation & Technology (ICSIT), Aug. 2025, Nagpur, India. More details: https://www.icsitnagpur.in/home

SEPTEMBER

Accessibility Co-Chair, 17th International ACM Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular
Applications (AutomotiveUI), September 2025, Brisbane, Australia. More details: https://www.auto-ui.org/25/
Scientific Committee Member, Design Research Society (DRS) Special Interest Group (EdSIG) LearnXDesign Conference (LXD), Sept. 22-24, Aveiro, Portugal. More details: https://www.lxd2025.com/
International Advisory Member, International Conference on Next-Generation Cloud Innovations (NEXGCI), Greater Noida, India. More details: https://www.bennett.edu.in/nexgci2025/

OCTOBER

Keynote Speaker, EVOLVE Future Mobility Show and Conference, Oct. 15-18, 2025, Sharjah, UAE. More details: https://www.evolveshow.ae/en
Technical Program Committee Member, 2nd International Conference on Rail Transit and Transportation (ICRTT), Oct. 24-26, Nanjing, China. More details: https://www.icrtt.org/
Technical Program Committee Member, 10th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering (ICITE), Oct. 24-26, Beijing, China. More details: https://www.icite.org/index.html

NOVEMBER

Chief Evaluator at European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). More details: https://www.cost.eu/
Keynote Speaker, 2025 IEEE Connecting the Unconnected Europe, Middle East, and Africa Regional Summit (CTU EMEA), Nov. 27-28, Abuja, Nigeria. More details: https://ctu.ieee.org/summit/2025-ctu-summit/2025-ctu-summit-emea/
Technical Program Committee, International Conference on Machinery, Vehicle and Intelligent Control (ICMVIC), Nov. 14-16, Shenyang, China. More details: https://www.icmvic.com/
Technical Program Committee, 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Driving and Smart Transportation (IDST), Nov. 24-26, Milan, Italy. More details: https://www.icidst.net/

DECEMBER

Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Advances in Computer Science, Engineering & Technology (ICACSET) Ranchi, India. More details: https://www.amity.edu/Ranchi/ICACSET2025/default.asp
Organizing Committee Member, 5th International Conference on Smart Transportation and City Engineering (STCE), Nanjing, China. More details: https://www.stce.info/
Technical Program Committee Member, 7th International Conference on Soft Computing and its Engineering Applications (icSoftComp2025), Hanoi, Vietnam. More details: https://icsoftcomp.org/

JANUARY

Keynote Session Speaker at the International Network on Green Digital Innovation and Business (INDIB), Marrakech, Morocco, Jan. 30-31, 2026. More details at: https://indib.ma/sessions.html

FEBRUARY

Scientific Committee Member, 9th International Conference on Information Technology and Systems (ICITS), Roatan Island, Honduras, Feb. 16-18, 2026. More details at https://icits.me/

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

Paper Chair, IEEE-VTS INNOVARail Conference, May 26-28, 2026., Philadelphia, USA. More details: https://2026.ieee-innovarail.org/
Scientific Committee Member, Smart City Symposium Prague, May 28-29, 2026. More details: https://akce.fd.cvut.cz/en/scsp2026
Technical Program Committee Member, 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction, and Natural Language Processing (ICAHN), May 22-24, 2026, Xiamen, China. More details: https://www.ic-ahn.net/

JUNE

Workshop Chair, The Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work (CHIWORK), June 22-25, 2026, Linz, Austria. More details: https://chiwork.org/
Scientific Review Committee, 10th International Conefrence on Road Safety & Simulation (RSS), June 23-26, 2026, Naples, Italy. More details: https://www.rss2026.org/
Programme Committee Member, Participatory Design Conference (PDC), June 16-19, 2026, Milan, Italy. More details: https://www.pdc2026.polimi.it/

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DECEMBER

OCTOBER 2025

A meeting with Praveen Maghelal, Associate Professor at Rabdan Academy, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

C O L L A B O R A T I O N S

" Education is all about how we can change ourselves, it's not about getting degrees. "

Ankit R. Patel

नमस्ते, Let's Talk!

Research Interests