The International Conference on Intelligent Traffic and Transportation (ICITT) is a major event for academics, researchers, and industrialists engaged in intelligent traffic and transportation research. Initiated as a national Intelligent Traffic and Transportation workshop by ICITT (a consortium of key university professors of intelligent traffic and transportation applied research) and held annually since it became an international conference in 2016, ICITT is renowned as a friendly and inclusive platform that brings together a broad community of researchers who share the common goal of developing and managing the engineering and technology revolution in transportation systems, and the operations key to sustaining the success of the intelligent traffic and transportation industries. For more than a decade, ICITT has been the main research conference worldwide for intelligent traffic and transportation, successfully bringing researchers, academics, and industrialists together to share their knowledge, expertise and experience.

The ICITT Consortium is an independent body established in 2010 and led by Professor Mahmoud Shafik. Its main aim is to promote engineering and technology education, training, research and knowledge transfer, and exchange in the area of intelligent traffic and transportation. To achieve this, conference chairman, together with consortium, and committee members, maintains a close association with international bodies concerned with the training and continuing development of professional engineers and technologists, while responding to appropriate consultative and discussion documents and other initiatives. The conference also plans major industrial visits to small, medium and large industrial enterprises (SMEs and LEs) to enhance conference participants’ knowledge and experience of the existing and future industrial revolution (digital transformation, industry 4.0 and beyond, autonomous technology, industrial automation, and 2D and 3D data streaming) and its impact on the intelligent traffic and transportation market.

In 2016, the ICITT conference was given the title International (ICITT) to reflect current trends in intelligent traffic and transportation engineering and technology and to promote the exchange of research, engineering, and the application of technological experience internationally. The ICITT has taken place in previous years in the following countries:

ICITT 2016 China

ICITT 2017 France

ICITT 2018 Sweden

ICITT 2019 Netherlands

ICITT 2020 VR Online

ICITT 2021 VR Online

ICITT 2022 France

ICITT 2023 Spain

ICITT 2024 Italy

The ICITT 2024 conference embraces a plenary speech presented by conference founder and chairman Professor Dr Mahmoud Shafik, University of Derby, UK, and three keynote speeches, given by Professor Dr Alexey Vinel, Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany; Dr Stephen Robert Pearson, CEO of Smart Technology Group, UK; and Professor Dr Stefano Barberis, University of Genoa, Italy.

This conference proceedings is SCOPUS indexed and the third iteration of the conference-wider publication to ensure that international scholars are able to make the best use of the conference. This year, the selected peer reviewed papers focus on: intelligent traffic and transportation; autonomous technology; industrial automation; artificial intelligence; machine, deep and cognitive learning; distributed networking; transportation in future smart cities; hybrid-vehicle technology; mobility; cyber-physical systems; design and cost engineering; enterprise information management; product design; intelligent automation; ICT-enabled collaborative global manufacturing; knowledge management; product-service systems; optimisation; product lifecycle management; sustainable systems; machine vision; industry 4.0; and navigation systems.

The proceedings presents 37 selected papers, representing an acceptance rate of 60%.

We look forward to welcoming you at ICITT2024 - http://www.icitt.org/index.html and hope that every delegate will enjoy the conference.

Mahmoud Shafik

Editor & ICITT Conference Chairman

Acknowledgements

On behalf of the ICITT organising consortium and committee, we would first and foremost like to take this opportunity to thank all the contributing authors for the high-quality papers they have submitted, the reviewers for their time and constructive comments, the keynote speakers for sharing their research with the delegates, and the local organizing committee for their meticulous preparation of the conference. Our thanks also go to the Programme Committee members who helped to review papers and ensure the high quality of the conference.

We would also like to acknowledge ICITT consortium members and industrial partners for their support for this conference. The conference theme of ICITT2024, 2D and 3D Data Streaming, is one of the critical safety factors for traffic and transportation. Within this context, ICITT2024 will bring researchers, academics, and industrialists together to share their vision, knowledge, and experience, and to discuss emerging trends and new challenges in the field.