Scope
The increasing use of UAVs in cities raises problems that cross the boundaries of aviation, computing, engineering, public policy and urban life. The workshop seeks contributions that address these problems with technical depth and a clear account of how the work has been evaluated.
We are particularly interested in research that can inform the priorities of SESAR / Digital European Sky activities, UKRI projects and Horizon Europe projects. Relevant contributions may address a research result, a system prototype, a trial, an operational analysis, a standardisation question or a problem that remains unresolved.
Contributions need not claim that a system is ready for deployment. A careful account of why a method fails, what evidence is missing, or where an operational concept is not yet credible can be equally valuable.
Topics of interest
- Dependable autonomous systems and safety assurance
- Uncertainty quantification and the propagation of uncertainty through U-space systems
- U-space services, UTM, C2, telemetry and interoperability
- GNSS resilience, navigation, communications and cybersecurity
- Fleet operations, traffic management and beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations
- Verification, validation, testing, digital twins and operational evidence
- Human factors, remote piloting, human oversight and work organisation
- Noise, emissions, energy, biodiversity, air quality and climate resilience
- Public health, occupational safety, accessibility and inclusive service design
- Privacy-preserving sensing, data minimisation and civil-liberties protections
- Ethical governance, accountability, transparency, redress and dual-use risk
- Policy, regulation, standards, procurement and routes to adoption
What we hope to see
Authors should make the operational setting clear. Where relevant, describe the people and communities affected, the data used, the system boundary, the validation conditions, failure modes, human responsibilities and the proposed route to further testing or adoption.
Work involving cameras, microphones, persistent location data, behavioural inference or other personal data should explain why the data are necessary, what less intrusive alternatives were considered, and how collection, access, retention and reuse are controlled. Privacy-preserving and non-identifying approaches are encouraged.
Paper Categories
The U-SPACE Workshop invites submissions in the following categories:
- Regular papers (up to 10 pages, excluding references), presenting original research on theories, techniques, systems, and tools for designing, validating, operating, and evaluating dependable, secure, and resilient systems for urban air mobility, U-space, and related domains.
- Practical experience reports (up to 10 pages, excluding references), describing the application of methods, tools, and techniques in real-world or challenging operational settings. Submissions may report on lessons learned, deployment experiences, and implementation challenges.
- Industry papers (up to 10 pages, excluding references), addressing industrial use cases, practical applicability, scalability, emerging technological challenges, and the deployment of U-space and urban air mobility systems. These papers should emphasize practical insights and industrial relevance.
- Short papers (up to 6 pages, including references), presenting preliminary research, position papers, emerging ideas, or descriptions of tools, prototypes, and operational system designs.
Paper Length and Proceedings
Authors may choose to have their accepted workshop papers considered for publication in the Springer companion proceedings of EDCC 2027. Authors considering this option should note that Springer generally prefers papers of at least 12 pages in total. Therefore, submissions in the first three categories should aim for at least 10 pages of main content, plus references. Short papers may be up to 6 pages, including references, and may consequently be less suitable for inclusion in the Springer proceedings.
References are excluded from the page limits for regular papers, practical experience reports, and industry papers. Subject to the applicable proceedings requirements, authors of accepted papers may be allowed one additional page, excluding references, to address reviewers' comments.
Submission Guidelines
All submissions must be written in English and follow the Springer single-column proceedings format on A4 paper. Pages must be numbered. Templates and further information are available in the Springer instructions for authors and editors.
All papers must be submitted through EasyChair.