Industrial Internet of Things and Smart Technologies in Industry 4.0/5.0: Advanced Monitoring and Automation Trends and Applications
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Industrial Electronics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2026 | Viewed by 2447
Special Issue Editors
Interests: industrial control and automation; monitoring and supervision; Industry 4.0; Internet of Things; Industrial Internet of Things; smart grids and microgrids; renewable energy
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: industrial control and automation; monitoring and supervision; Industry 4.0; Internet of Things; Industrial Internet of Things; smart grids and microgrids; renewable energy
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: industrial control and automation; monitoring and supervision; Industry 4.0; Internet of Things; Industrial Internet of Things; smart grids and microgrids; renewable energy
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rise and development of the Industry 4.0/5.0 paradigm and technologies related to the Internet of Things (IoT) have led to significant advances in all sectors. Regarding the industrial field, IoT applications are referred to as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), which are tailored toward the interconnectivity of devices, systems, processes, etc. This Special Issue is primary focused on the advancements and innovations in this context on topics such as automation, monitoring and supervision, smart technologies, and (I)IoT applications. For instance, novel approaches, involving modern automation and control approaches; open IoT platforms and environments for monitoring and supervision purposes; or building digital replicas (also called digital twins), constitute the current trends.
We would like to invite the submission of high-quality manuscripts from researchers, engineers, and industry professionals for publication in this Special Issue. The manuscripts should be unpublished and report significant research progress. The key criterion for paper acceptance will be novelty. Manuscripts reporting experimental proofs, results, and lessons learned are strongly encouraged. Review papers on the state of the art of different topics related to Industry 4.0/5.0 are also welcome. The main topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Industry 4.0/5.0;
- Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT);
- Low-cost, open-source, and IoT technologies for applications in automation;
- SCADA systems, real-time monitoring, and HMI/GUI for Industry 4.0/5.0;
- Middleware, architectures, fieldbuses, and communication protocols;
- Automation control systems;
- Intelligent sensors;
- Digitalization, virtualization, and simulation of processes, and digital twins;
- Industrial big data, aggregation, and analytics;
- Advanced sensors and wired/wireless sensor networks for Industry 4.0/5.0;
- Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computational intelligence for Industry 4.0/5.0;
- Applications and use cases (smart factories, smart grids/microgrids, smart cities, smart and digital agriculture, Industry 4.0/5.0-oriented education, etc.)
Technical Program Committee Member:
Mr. David Calderón González, University of Extremadura, Spain
Dr. Francisco Javier Folgado Gaspar
Dr. Antonio José Calderón Godoy
Dr. Isaías González Pérez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Internet of Things
- Industrial Internet of Things
- automation
- monitoring and supervision
- Industry 4.0/5.0
- open source
- smart technologies
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