[Iefac.list] Reminder: Special issue of Service Science on "Innovation in Transportation-Enabled Urban Services"

[Saif Benjaafar]

Dear Colleagues,

The deadline for this  is coming up (September 30). We aim to process the
papers rapidly with a fast turn around of reviews and a short timeline for
final decisions and publication.

Saif


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Calls for PapersInnovation in Transportation-Enabled Urban ServicesSubmission
Due Date Extended to 30 September 2021

Today, around 55% of the world’s population lives in an urban area or city,
and that figure is expected to rise to 70% over the coming decades. Rapid
developments of city infrastructure and technologies--mobile location
tracking and computing, autonomous and connected vehicles, wearable
devices, robotics and robots, smart appliances, biometric authentication,
various IoT devices, and smart monitoring systems, to name a few--are
creating numerous opportunities and inspiring innovative and emerging urban
services.

Among these innovations, complex systems of urban transportation and
logistics have embraced advances in technologies and have been reshaped
significantly. For example, on-demand transportation that uses a shared
fleet has disrupted and improved many traditional transportation and
logistics systems. In addition, the advances in transportation and
logistics services enable innovative new urban services, such as food and
fresh grocery delivery, which are now booming and changing everyday life
for urban residents.

Novel challenges and opportunities arise in these transportation/logistics
systems and relevant transportation-enabled urban services. This special
issue of *Service Science* (https://pubsonline.informs.org/journal/serv) is
devoted to enhancing our understanding of the planning, operation, and
management of such services. Contributions are expected to demonstrate
rigorous model development, economic/econometric analysis, and
decision-making tools based on optimization and/or data-driven approaches.
Topics of interest are aligned in two streams:

Stream 1: Innovation in traditional urban transportation/logistics
systems. Potential
topics include (but are not limited to):

   - Shared transportation and logistics
   - Mobility-as-a-service
   - On-demand transportation for underserved/underrepresented groups
   - Flexible school bus services
   - Smart automated parking
   - Last-mile delivery
   - Social implications of these innovations (e.g., environment, equity,
   safety, energy)

Stream 2: Innovation in transportation-enabled urban services. Potential
topics include (but are not limited to):

   - Food and grocery delivery
   - Local freelancing services
   - Seamless e-commerce
   - On-demand healthcare enabled by transportation
   - Personal shopper services
   - Urban patrol and emergency responses
   - Social implications of these innovations (e.g., environment, equity,
   safety, energy)

Guest Editors
Niels Agatz, Erasmus University (nagatz at rsm.nl)
Soo-Haeng Cho, Carnegie Mellon University (soohaeng at cmu.edu)
Hai Wang, Singapore Management University (haiwang at smu.edu.sg)

Editor-In-Chief
Saif Benjaafar, University of Minnesota (saif at umn.edu)

Submission Process and Timing

All submissions should be submitted via *Service Science* online submission
system: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/serv. All submissions will be
subject to the journal’s standard peer review process. Criteria for
acceptance include originality, contribution, and scientific merit. For
submission guidelines, please visit the journal’s home page to learn more:
https://pubsonline.informs.org/page/serv/submission-guidelines.

The estimated times for the steps of this special issue are as follows:

   - Submission of full paper: 30 June 2021 Extended to 30 September 2021
   - Feedback from editorial team: 30 December 2021
   - Submission of revised manuscript: 30 April 2022
   - Final decision (subject to minor revisions): 31 July 2022


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Saif Benjaafar
Presidential Endowed Professor
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
saif at umn.edu

Editor-in-Chief, Service Science
https://pubsonline.informs.org/page/serv/editorial-board
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