Shoestring session at 10th IFAC conference MIM 2022

Call for papers: submission deadline 15 Feb 2022

Invited session on Industry 4.0 on a Shoestring: Low-cost approaches to disitising and automating in Industrial operations

Digital Manufacturing on a Shoestring invites the academic community to submit papers focused on developing low-cost digital solutions for manufacturing, for its invited session at the upcoming 10^th IFAC Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control Conference, 23-24 June 2022 in Nantes, France.

Organised by

Professor Duncan McFarlane, IfM, University of Cambridge, U.K. (dm114@cam.ac.uk)

Professor Svetan Ratchev, IAM, University of Nottingham, U.K. (svetan.ratchev@nottingham.ac.uk)

Prof. Marco Macchi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy (marco.macchi@polimi.it )

Dr Anandarup Mukherjee, IfM, University of Cambridge, U.K. (am2910@cam.ac.uk )

Dr German Terrazas Angulo, IfM, University of Cambridge, U.K. (gt401@cam.ac.uk )

Dr Lavindra de Silva, IfM, University of Cambridge, U.K. (lpd25@cam.ac.uk )

About

This special session deals with how low-cost and off-the-shelf solutions can be applied to industrial processes in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) dealing with manufacturing, construction, logistics, and even healthcare. These low-risk solutions are typically applied peripherally, and can be positive enablers and motivators of early digitization for small companies. They may also lead to large-scale adoption of digitization technologies towards transforming the SMEs into Industry 4.0 compliant ones in the long run. Interestingly, many SME early digitization needs can be captured by a limited set of solutions that can be adapted across companies within an application domain (such as manufacturing) or even across different application domains.

Submission deadline: February 15, 2022

Invited track code (for submission): ww339

Objective

The goal is to investigate how simple, one-off digital solutions can be impactful across various application domains, their limitations, and the apparent advantages they offer besides digitization of infrastructure and processes. Motivating use-cases of similar efforts across the globe in academia and industries are equally welcome. In the long run, this special session aims to lay the groundwork for standardizing, validating, and defining the good practices and procedures for developing low-cost, low-risk digitization solutions from off-the-shelf components, primarily focusing on the applications in manufacturing, construction, logistics, and healthcare.

Scope

The session invites any papers that are focused on developing low-cost digital solutions for manufacturing. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Digital manufacturing
Industry 4.0
Sensor networks and networked control
Sensor/data fusion
IoT/ Industrial IoT
Low-cost automation
Manufacturing Systems
Factory Modelling and Automation
Integrated Manufacturing
Monitoring and Supervision
Process Automation
Sensors, Instrumentation and Actuators
Condition Monitoring
Image Processing
Industrial processes and Industry 4.0
Smart Technology
Software engineering

Authors are invited to submit paper/ drafts (6 pages) on or before the submission deadline, reporting original research of theoretical or applied nature. Papers must be submitted electronically using the IFAC PaperPlaza Conference Manuscript Management System: www.ifac.papercept.net

All submissions must be in PDF format, written in English, and prepared according to the IFAC format. For detailed instructions please visit: www.ifac.papercept.net/conferences/manuals/authorgetstarted.pdf

Conference details and information are available at: https://hub.imt-atlantique.fr/mim2022/

GET INVOLVED

If you would like any further information on the session please contact:

Anandarup Mukherjee am2910@cam.ac.uk