Third Latin-American Workshop on Safe and Secure Vehicles (SSV 2026)
November 26, 2026 - Salvador - BA, Brazil
The Latin-American Workshop on Safe and Secure Vehicles (SSV) is a forum to bring together researchers and practitioners of computing systems designed to support automotive applications. The main objective of the Workshop is to provide greater visibility to research and engineering work in the area and bring together people with academic and experimental background on the design of such systems. Such a discussion forum favors exchange between researchers, students and enthusiasts and encourages cooperation between these agents through the implementation of joint activities and sharing experiences.
Scope
Over the past two decades, vehicles have evolved into complex distributed systems on wheels. Even the most basic models now incorporate numerous Electronic Control Units (ECUs) that are interconnected through various networks. During this time, artificial intelligence has increasingly become integrated into automobiles in a variety of applications, including optimizing fuel efficiency, implementing Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), and the emergence of the first wave of fully autonomous vehicle prototypes. Emerging communication technologies like 5G and IEEE 802.11p are facilitating connectivity between vehicles and enabling communication with a wide array of other systems globally. In this dynamic landscape, the imperative to maintain seamless, fail-safe, secure, and efficient vehicle operations presents a formidable challenge that paves the way for continuous research and development.
Topics of Interest
- Architecture design, implementation and management of safe and secure intelligent vehicles
- Connected vehicles and vehicular communication (V2X)
- Intelligent Transport Systems and Infrastructure
- Intelligent Vehicle Technologies
- Smart Mobility and Sustainable Transport Services
- Runtime Support Systems and Verification
- Dependable Vehicular Systems
- Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)
- Vehicular Simulation
- Practical or industry experiences and testbeds related with safety and security of intelligent vehicles
- Regulation issues in intelligent vehicles
- Safe integration of Artificial Intelligence in intelligent vehicles
- Security threats to cyber-physical systems
Paper Submission
Prospective authors are invited to submit original research papers for presentation at the symposium. Papers can be written in English, Portuguese, or Spanish, must be formatted according to the IEEE two-columns conference template, and the resulting PDF must not exceed 6 pages. Papers must be subtmitted via the SBC submission system.
All accepted papers will be initially published online at the symposium web site. Full papers written in English and presented at the event will be subsequently published by Conference Publishing Services (CPS) and indexed at IEEEXplore. Full papers written in Portuguese or Spanish will be published by SBC in the SBC Open Library. All published papers will be assigned a DOI and compiled in one of the two parts of the Proceedings.
Important Dates
Paper submission: October 4, 2026, 23:59 (BRT)
Notification of acceptance: October 31, 2026
Submission of paper's final version: November 8, 2026
Submission of presentations: November 23, 2026
Workshop: November 26, 2026
Venue
The Latin-American Workshop on Safe and Secure Vehicles (SSV 2026) will be held as a special session of the XVI Symposium on Computing Systems Engineering (SBESC 2026) and collocated with the 15th Latin-American Symposium on Dependable and Secure Computing (LADC 2026) in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Registration
To attend SSV 2026, participants must be registered for either SBESC or LADC. Authors of accepted papers must register in an author category at SBESC.
Organization
- Antônio Augusto Fröhlich (UFSC)
- José Luis Conradi Hoffmann (UFSC)
Program Committee (to be confirmed)
- Abel Guilhermino da Silva Filho (UFPE)
- Alirio Sá (UFBA)
- Anderson Wedderhoff Spengler (UFSC)
- Antônio Augusto Fröhlich (UFSC)
- Carlos Moratelli (UFSC)
- Evandro Teixeira (UNB)
- Fernando Osório (USP)
- Giovani Gracioli (UFSC)
- João R. Campos (UC)
- Madson Cortes de Almeida (UNICAMP)
- Marcelo Daniel Berejuck (UFSC)
- Marco Vieira (UNC)
- Marcus Völp (UL)
- Max Mauro Dias Santos (UTFPR)
- Odorico Machado Mendizabal (UFSC)
- Raimundo Macêdo (UFBA)
- Sérgio Gorender (UFBA)