Call for Papers

is sponsored by INSTICC – Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication

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This conference focuses on research and development involving innovative methods, software and hardware, whereby intelligent systems are applied to industrial production and logistics. This is currently related to the concept of industry 4.0 - an expression reflecting the trend towards automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies and processes which include cyber-physical systems, the industrial internet of things, industrial robotics, cloud computing, cognitive computing and artificial intelligence. These technologies can be applied to industrial manufacturing and management as well as to supply-chain or logistic problems, involving for example transportation management or the optimization of operations.

CONFERENCE AREAS

Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

1. INDUSTRY 4.0
2. INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING AND MANAGEMENT
3. LOGISTICS AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH

AREA 1: INDUSTRY 4.0

Cyber-Physical Systems
Internet of Things and Services
Ergonomics and Innovation
Virtual Enterprises and Interoperability
Cloud-based Manufacturing Technologies
Smart Grid
Energy Efficiency and Green Manufacturing
Intelligent Design and Manufacturing
Knowledge Management in Industry
Mechatronics, Industrial Automation and Robotics
Nanotechnology

AREA 2: INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING AND MANAGEMENT

Production Planning, Scheduling and Control
Safety, Security and Risk Management
Project Management
Service Management
Systems Modeling and Simulation
Data Analytics
Business Process Modeling
CAD/CAM
Additive Manufacturing
Quality Control and Management
Manufacturing Plant Control

AREA 3: LOGISTICS AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH

Operations Optimization
Informatics Applications
Big Data and Logistics
Enterprise Resource Planning
Supply Chain and Logistics Engineering
Transportation and Logistics
Logistics Strategy
Logistics Planning
Logistics Network Design

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Andreas Oroszi, Festo AG & Co. KG, Germany
László Monostori, Independent Researcher, Hungary

PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors can submit their work in the form of a complete paper or an abstract, but please note that accepted abstracts are presented but not published in the proceedings of the conference. Complete papers can be submitted as a Regular Paper, representing completed and validated research, or as a Position Paper, portraying a short report of work in progress or an arguable opinion about an issue discussing ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research focused on one of the conference topic areas.

Authors should submit a paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, addressing one or several of the conference areas or topics. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. To facilitate the double-blind paper evaluation method, authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors, including the authors’ personal details, the acknowledgments section of the paper and any other reference that may disclose the authors’ identity.

When submitting a complete paper please note that only original papers should be submitted. Authors are advised to read INSTICC's ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism thoroughly before submitting and must make sure that their submissions do not substantially overlap work which has been published elsewhere or simultaneously submitted to a journal or another conference with proceedings. Papers that contain any form of plagiarism will be rejected without reviews.

All papers must be submitted through the online submission platform PRIMORIS and should follow the instructions and templates that can be found under Guidelines and Templates. After the paper submission has been successfully completed, authors will receive an automatic confirmation e-mail.

PUBLICATIONS

All accepted complete papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on digital support.
SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/) and every paper on our digital library is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier).
The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by SCOPUS, Google Scholar, DBLP, Semantic Scholar, Microsoft Academic, EI and Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index.

SECRETARIAT

IN4PL Secretariat
Address: Avenida de S. Francisco Xavier, Lote 7 Cv. C
2900-616 Setúbal - Portugal
Tel.: +351 265 520 185
Fax: +351 265 520 186
e-mail: in4pl.secretariat@insticc.org
Web: https://in4pl.scitevents.org

CONFERENCE CHAIR

Alexander Smirnov, SPC RAS, Russian Federation

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Hervé Panetto, University of Lorraine, France
Kurosh Madani, University of Paris-EST Créteil (UPEC), France

PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Nico Adams, Swinburne University, Australia
Zbigniew A. Banaszak, Koszalin University of Technology, Poland
Hing Kai Chan, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, China
Vincent Chapurlat, IMT Mines Alès, France
Tin-Chih Toly Chen, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, Republic of China
Kai Cheng, Brunel University London, United Kingdom
Yuval Cohen, Industrial Engineering, Afeka Tel-Aviv College of Engineering, Israel
Thao Dang, CNRS, France
Mauro Dell'Amico, University Modena Reggio Emilia, Italy
Mouloud Denai, University Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Berna Dengiz, Baskent University, Turkey
Burak Eksioglu, University of Arkansas, United States
Tomás Espino-Rodríguez, University Las Palmas, Spain
Virginie Goepp, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Strasbourg, France
Norbert Gronau, University of Potsdam, Germany
Cathal Heavey, University of Limerick, Ireland
Per Hilletofth, University of Gävle, Sweden
Ahmad Rasdan Ismail, University Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia
Benoît Iung, University of Lorraine, France
Imad Jawhar, Al Maaref University, Lebanon
Carlos Alberto Kamienski, Universidade Federal do ABC, Brazil
Bernard Kamsu-Foguem, National School Engineers Tarbes, France
Udo Kannengiesser, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Hedi Karray, ENIT, France
Farshad Khorrami, New York University, United States
Anuj Kumar, CSIR-CBRI, India
Seokcheon Lee, Purdue University, United States
Mario Lezoche, CRAN - Université de Lorraine, France
Heng Li, Central South University, China
Yongjian Li, Nankai University, China
Kevin W. Li, University Windsor, Canada
Sergio Martin, UNED - Spanish University for Distance Education, Spain
Andrea Matta, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Deana McDonagh, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, United States
Juan Carlos Mendez, ADN Procesos Empresariales, SC, Mexico
Istvan Mezgar, Institute for Computer Science and Control, Hungary
Arturo Molina, Independent Researcher, Mexico
Yannick Naudet, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg
Fabio Nonino, University Rome La Sapienza, Italy
Nursel Öztürk, Bursa Uludag University, Turkey
Zhengrui Qin, Northwest Missouri State University, United States
Abderrezak Rachedi, University Gustave Eiffel, France
Stefano Rinaldi, University Brescia, Italy
Stefano Rinaldi, University Brescia, Italy
Michela Robba, University Genoa, Italy
David Romero, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
Neeraj Kumar Singh, National School Electrical Electronics Computer Hydraulics Telecommunications, France
Jorge A. Solsona, National University South, Argentina
Dongping Song, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Kamelia Stefanova, University of National and World Economy, Bulgaria
Janusz Szpytko, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
Metin Türkay, Koc University, Turkey
Bruno Vallespir, University of Bordeaux, France
François Vernadat, University of Lorraine, France
Ramon Vilanova, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Wei Wang, Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University, China
Wencen Wu, San José State University, United States
Morteza Yazdani, VILNIUS TECH, Lithuania
Yahaya Yusuf, University Central Lancashire, United Kingdom
Simone Zanoni, University of Brescia, Italy
Martin A. Zelm, Independent Researcher, Germany
Guoqing Zhang, University Windsor, Canada
Quanyan Zhu, New York University, United States

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