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Alois Zoitl Johannes Kepler University, Austria Wolfgang Kastner Technical University of Wien, Austria

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Topics under this track include (but not limited to)

• IT Modeling Techniques for Automation Systems
• Model Driven Development and Model Based Engineering in Automation and Mechatronic Systems
• Data Modeling along the Plant Life Cycle
• Domain Specific Modeling and Programming Languages
• Knowledge-Based Systems
• Ontologies and Semantic Web in Automation Systems
• IT Architecture techniques in Automation Systems
• Vertical Integration and Integration with MES and ERP Systems
• Energy Management in and by Automated Systems
• Software Reuse, Software Product Lines, and other Software Engineering Methods in Automation
• Agile software development in Automation
• Dynamically Reconfigurable, Adaptive, and Emergent Automation Software/Systems
• Security and Safety in Factory, Energy, Home and Building Automation
• Case Studies and Application Reports

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Julian Proenza University of Balearic Islands, Spain Svetlana Girs Mälardalen University, Sweden

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Topics under this track include (but not limited to)

• Industrial networks
• IP-based and web-based industrial communications
• Integration and interoperability of automation networks
• Middleware for industrial communications and decentralized control
• Software-Defined Networks and cognitive radio networks
• Wireless instrumentation and wireless sensor networks
• Mesh, relay, and multi-hop industrial networks
• Wireless coexistence, spectrum-sharing and radio resource management in industrial environments
• Dependability, fault tolerance, and safety in industrial networks
• Information security in industrial communications
• Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)
• Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications
• Communication technologies for Industry 4.0
• Remote configuration and network management
• Real-time communication and precise synchronization
• Event-driven and time-triggered communications
• Quality of Service (QoS) and performance indexes
• Time-Sensitive Networking

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Luis Almeida University of Porto, Portugal Manuel Barranco University of Balearic Islands, Spain

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• Application and Platform models: Real-Time Computing; Real-Time and Embedded Operating Systems and Communications; Networked and Distributed Embedded Systems; Multi/Many-Core Embedded Systems; Wireless Sensor (and Actuator) Networks; Cyber Physical Systems; Industrial Internet-of-Things; Integration with Cloud/Fog/Edge Computing.
• Design, Analysis and Deployment methods: Design Tools, Flows and Methodologies; Hardware/Software Co-Design; Components, Platforms and Re-Use; Synthesis and Code-Generation; Formal Methods; Verification and Validation; Data Integration and Fusion; Quality of Service; Timing and Schedulability Analysis.
• Architectures and System-wide issues: Distributed and System-on-Chip Architectures; Reconfigurable Real-Time Systems; Context-Aware and Self-Organizing Systems; Mixed-Criticality Real-Time Systems; Reliable and Fault-Tolerant Real-Time Systems; Energy and Performance Optimization.

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Michael Weyrich University of Stuttgart, Germany Martin Wollschlaeger TU Dresden, Germany

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Topics under this track include (but not limited to)

• Synthesis and Analysis Techniques; Performance Evaluation and reliability
• Scheduling, Resource allocation and Optimization
• Discrete Event Systems in Manufacturing Systems
• Formal Modelling and Analysis of Manufacturing Systems
• Fault Diagnosis, State-Estimation, and Identification in formal models
• Networked Control of Manufacturing Systems
• Planning and Distributed Control of Industrial Systems
• Formal Methods and Verification Tools
• Security Analysis and Privacy Enforcement
• Discrete and Continuous Industrial Automation Systems
• Automated Manufacturing Systems and Enterprise Integration
• Application of Service-Oriented Technologies
• Test Cases, Benchmarks and Tools
• Applications and Experiences in Practice
• Recent Developments in Standardization, intelligent Cyber physical Production Systems

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Antonio Visioli University of Brescia, Italy Ramon Vilanova Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Spain

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Topics under this track include (but not limited to)

• Process Monitoring and Control
• Equipment Monitoring and Control
• Supervisory Control
• Intelligent Control
• Process Modeling and Optimization
• Control Performance Assessment
• Industrial Internet of Things
• Industrial Control Applications
• Computer Implementation of Control Systems
• Safety Issues in Industrial Control
• Environmental Implications of Control Systems
• Fault-tolerant control systems
• Event-based control design
• Control of processes with delay

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Javier Silvestre-Blanes Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain Marco Porta University of Pavia, Italy

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Topics under this track include (but not limited to)

• Computer vision systems
• Machine vision technology for flexible factory automation
• Image and video processing, analysis and interpretation
• Monitoring and surveillance
• Vision-based human-machine interaction
• Multimodal communication
• Human activity and behavior understanding
• Interface design and evaluation
• Virtual, mixed, and augmented reality
• Mobile, wearable and ubiquitous computing
• System and user evaluation
• Information visualization

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Antoni Grau Technical University of Catalonia, Spain Holger Voos University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

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Topics under this track include (but not limited to)

• Environment Description, Map Building and Localization, SLAM
• Navigation incl. Collision Avoidance and Path Planning
• Perception for Robotics
• Advanced Sensors and Vision Systems for Robotics
• Active SLAM
• Multi-Agent Systems and Distributed Robotic Architectures
• Cooperative and Collaborative Robotics
• Network Robotic
• Intelligent Robotic Assistant
• Intelligent Embedded Systems and Integrated Intelligence
• Cognitive Robotics
• Robot Learning and Deep Learning in Robotics
• Robot Programming and Control Architecture Design
• Arms and Mobile Manipulators
• Simulation and Models for Robotics
• Training and Education in Robotics
• Human-Robot Interaction
• Supervision, Planning and Failure Recovery
• Advanced Applications of Autonomous Robots
• Sustainable Robotics and Applications

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Paolo Ferrari University of Brescia, Italy Stefano Vitturi National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IEIIT), Italy

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Topics under this track include (but not limited to)

• Networked Sensing
• Novel components, devices and architectures
• Devices and protocols for the (Industrial) Internet of Things
• Energy harvesting in sensor networks
• Network and system architectures
• Security analysis and protocols
• Communication protocols for sensor networks deployed in industrial scenarios
• Information Processing
• Sensor data processing, data mining
• (Distributed) Signal processing and data analytics
• Sensor network modeling, simulation, measurements, and analysis
• Network health monitoring, QoS management and dependability
• Sensor tasking and actuation, wireless control and automation systems
• Applications
• Industrial sensor network applications, deployment and case studies
• Smart systems for production, optimization and green energy
• Home and building automation, smart factories, smart grid, healthcare

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Arndt Lueder Otto-v.-Guericke Universität, Germany Luca Ferrarini Politecnico di Milano, Italy

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Topics under this track include (but not limited to)

• Systems Engineering, Systems-of-Systems Engineering, Systems Architecture
• Complex Automation Systems
• Structural and Dynamic Complexity
• Cyber-Physical Systems & Cyber Security
• Distributed Adaptive and Predictive Real Time Control Systems
• Cloud Manufacturing
• Edge/Fog Computing in Automation
• Humans in the Loop
• Modelling & Simulation – Digital Twin
• Large-Scale System Integration and Verification
• Decision-making for Complex Systems
• Scalability and Complexity Management
• Modularity, Composability and Complexity in Autonomous Systems
• Case Studies and application reports from factory and process automation, automotive applications, transportation systems, district and urban automation and systems, energy systems, eHealth automation systems

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Daswin De Silva La Trobe University, Australia Stamatis Karnouskos SAP, Germany

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Topics under this track include (but not limited to)

• Distributed Architectures for Adaptive Systems
• Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems
• Self-Adaption and Self-Organization for Smart Factories
• Smart Cities, Smart Buildings and Smart Energy
• Deep learning and Self-Optimizing Cyber-Physical Systems
• Grey-box machine learning
• Real-time implementation of AI in automation
• Knowledge representation and ontologies
• Automatic system configuration
• Networked Adaptive Systems
• Intelligent Interfaces to Smart Distributed Systems, AI Powered
• Smart Interfaces
• Machine Learning for Production
• Algorithms for Diagnosis and Repair
• Self-configuration and self-optimization