Advanced Industry 4.0/5.0: Intelligence and Automation

Dear Colleagues,

The rise and development of the Industry 4.0 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), highlighting applications oriented to the interconnectivity of devices, systems, processes, etc. This Special Issue is primarily focused on the advancements and innovations in this context on topics such as automation, monitoring and supervision, smart technologies, and IoT applications. For instance, novel approaches involving modern automation and control approaches, open IoT platforms, or building digital replicas (also called digital twins) constitute 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 The manuscripts should be unpublished and report significant research progress.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 criteria 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;
• Industrial Internet and Industrial Internet of Things;
• Prognosis, predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, and fault diagnosis;
• Remote access, cybersecurity, and privacy in Industry 4.0/5.0 environments;
• Industrial wireless networks or related energy technologies;
• Advanced manufacturing systems;
• Intelligent sensors;
• Blockchain technologies;
• Automation control systems;
• Artificial intelligence;
• Power electronics applications in the Industry 4.0/5.0;
• Advanced sensors and wired/wireless sensor networks for Industry 4.0/5.0;
• Gateways and fog/edge/cloud computing for Industry 4.0/5.0;
• Machine learning, artificial and computational intelligence for industry 4.0/5.0;
• Industrial Big Data, aggregation, and analytics;
• Digitalization, virtualization and simulation of processes, and digital twins;
• Low-cost, open source, and IoT technologies for applications in automation;
• Interoperability and convergence of OT/IT in Industry 4.0/5.0;
• SCADA systems, real-time monitoring, and HMI/GUI for Industry 4.0/5.0;
• Smart manufacturing and industrial cyber–physical systems (ICPS);
• Middleware, architectures, fieldbuses, and communication protocols;
• 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. Isaías González Pérez
Dr. Antonio José Calderón Godoy
Dr. Francisco Javier Folgado Gaspar
Guest Editors

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