IN4PL 2020 : Innovative Intelligent Industrial Production and Logistics

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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, SZTAKI, Hungary

PAPER SUBMISSION

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. 

Only original papers should be submitted. Authors are advised to read INSTICC's ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarismthoroughly 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. 

Authors can submit their work in the form of 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. 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.