Workshops / Special Session · AI4SC 2027

AI for Smart Cities: Intelligent Systems for Future Cities

April 22–24, 2027Vinh Long, Vietnam

About this session

This special session focuses on recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and intelligent systems for future smart cities. As urban environments become increasingly connected, data-driven, and autonomous, AI is playing a key role in improving transportation, infrastructure management, public safety, sustainability, healthcare, and citizen services.

The session aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working on AI-enabled solutions that support efficient, resilient, and human-centered urban environments. It encourages discussions on intelligent systems that integrate AI, IoT, edge computing, multimodal sensing, autonomous systems, and predictive analytics to address real-world smart city challenges.

By fostering interdisciplinary collaboration between academia and industry, this session seeks to advance innovative AI technologies that contribute to safer, smarter, and more sustainable cities of the future.

Topics of interest

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • AI for intelligent transportation & traffic management
  • Smart infrastructure monitoring & predictive maintenance
  • Autonomous systems and robotics for urban environments
  • Edge AI and distributed intelligence in smart cities
  • AI-powered IoT and sensor networks
  • Multimodal sensing and urban data fusion
  • AI for environmental monitoring and sustainability
  • Smart healthcare and assisted living technologies
  • AI for public safety and emergency response
  • Digital twins and virtual city environments
  • Federated learning & communication-efficient AI
  • AI for energy management and smart grids
  • Human-centered AI for urban services
  • Explainable, trustworthy, and ethical AI
  • AI for smart governance and citizen engagement
  • UAVs and autonomous vehicles for urban applications
  • Cyber-physical systems & intelligent urban computing
  • Predictive analytics for smart city operations

Session Chairs

  • Huynh Kha Tu (Chair)Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • Le Duy Tan (Co-Chair)International University – VNU-HCM, Vietnam
  • Nguyen Duc Dung (Co-Chair)Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology – VNU-HCM, Vietnam
  • Huynh Tuong Nguyen (Co-Chair)Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • Nguyen Tan Viet Tuyen (Co-Chair)University of Southampton, United Kingdom