FTTE 2025 | Call for Nominations: "Future Star" in Traffic and Transportation Frontiers
Digital Transportation and Safety Research Team October 16, 2025, 15:03 Jiangsu
The Organizing Committee of the 2025 4th International Conference on Frontiers of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (FTTE 2025), in collaboration with the Digital Transportation and Safety International Journal, will identify 100 "Future Stars" in the field of Transportation Frontiers. This includes 35 undergraduate students and 65 postgraduate students (including Master's and PhD candidates). Selected candidates will enrolled in the cultivation program and will be paired with both a "Rising Star" and a "Leading Talent" in transportation as their academic mentors to facilitate their development into future transportation professionals.
Requirements:
1. Current undergraduate or postgraduate student.
2. Research field: Transportation Engineering.
3. Application deadline: October 26, 2025, 20:00 (Beijing Time).
4. How to apply: Please click the following link or scan the QR code to access the application form and submit your nomination:
https://docs.qq.com/form/page/DUGRUcE1VQ1pjZmpZ?is_no_hook_redirect=1#/fill
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Introduction to the Global Transportation Talent "Pyramid" Empowerment Program
This empowerment program comprises three tiers: the "Leading Talent" Mentorship Program, the "Rising Star" Sponsorship Program, and the "Future Star" Cultivation Program. It aims to establish a world-class ecosystem for the development of transportation engineering talent, creating a well-defined, seamlessly integrated, and self-sustaining talent cultivation chain.
The program's core philosophy is "Guidance from the experienced, balancing inheritance with innovation." Through systematic design, it precisely channels the wisdom, resources, and experience of top scholars precisely to young core talents and future reserves. This facilitates the intergenerational transmission of knowledge, methods, and spirit, while stimulating cross-generational synergy for innovation.
Tier 1: "Leading Talent" Mentorship Plan
Objective:To engage globally renowned professors with outstanding achievements, leveraging their strategic leadership and international connections.
Selection Process:Modeled after the Nobel Prize, candidates are confidentially nominated by a dedicated "International Recommendation Committee" and determined through internal review. Personal applications are not accepted. No more than 10 individuals are selected annually.
Tier 2: "Rising Star" Sponsorship Plan
Objective:To identify and support emerging young talents (under 35 years old) with significant potential, assisting them in overcoming growth bottlenecks and advancing towards academic excellence.
Selection Process: Candidates are identified through open calls or recommendations from "Leading Talents" or previous "Rising Stars," followed by a comprehensive evaluation process that encompasses international peer review. No more than 35 individuals are selected annually.
Tier 3: "Future Star" Cultivation Plan
Objective: To discover outstanding undergraduate and postgraduate students with the greatest innovative potential from the very beginning, providing them with a high-level development platform.
Selection Process: Candidates are selected from among outstanding current undergraduate and postgraduate students at renowned universities worldwide. Annually a maximum100 individuals are selected (including no more than 35 undergraduates and 65 postgraduates).
Implementation Strategy: Each "Rising Star" is matched with a "Leading Talent" who acts as an international mentor, offering consistent and in-depth academic guidance. "Future Stars" are encouraged to select a "Rising Star" as a co-supervisor, gaining access to cutting-edge and highly relevant mentorship.
The International Academic Conference on Frontiers in Transportation Engineering (FTTE) is held annually, bringing together scholars from all three tiers. The conference features a "Leading Talent" Forum, a "Rising Star" Challenge, and a "Future Star" Poster Competition. It also includes cross-generational roundtable discussions where participants from all three tiers engage in group exchanges and free debate on specific topics, fostering intellectual collision.
This "Pyramid" Empowerment Program deeply integrates "selection" with "cultivation," transforming the program itself from an honorary title into a dynamic community for talent growth. This ensures a continuous pipeline of qualified successors and an abundance of talent for the transportation sector.
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About the DTS Journal:
Digital Transportation and Safety (DTS) publishes innovative research achievements in the field of digital transportation and safety globally, aiming to build a high-quality academic exchange platform for the comprehensive transportation field and promote sustainable transportation development. The journal's scope includes intelligent transportation, transportation big data, connected vehicles, autonomous driving, traffic control, transportation system optimization, transportation information security, as well as transportation safety planning, design, management, and control in the context of digital transportation. Article types include research papers, reviews, case studies, and short communications. There will be no article processing charges (APCs) in 2025. The Editors-in-Chief are Professor Ma Changxi (Lanzhou Jiaotong University), Professor Wu Jianjun (Dalian University of Technology), and Professor Ciro Caliendo (University of Salerno, Italy). The journal has been indexed by databases such as DOAJ.
Journal Website: www.maxapress.com/dts
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