Introduction

The 2018 IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing (INCOM 2018) represents the 16th event in the rich tradition of triennial IFAC events in manufacturing sciences and information technologies.

The general theme of INCOM 2018 is Information Control for Responsive Manufacturing Systems.

In an economic world of volatile markets and changing global networks, manufacturers are experiencing a fierce pressure to cope with erratic market demands for highly customized products and quick delivery, while maintaining cost-effectiveness. Furthermore, the competitive pressure requires actions to sustain the business by means of a quick integration of technological innovation in manufacturing.

The true capability to achieve such a responsiveness depends substantially on the progress in advanced technologies and innovative methodologies at all levels of design, manufacturing and control of the industrial infrastructure.

INCOM 2018 aims to provide a context facilitating the knowledge exchange, the review and discussion of theoretical advances, research results, and industrial experiences, among scientists, researchers, decision makers, practitioners and students.

We sincerely welcome our colleagues worldwide to join us for this conference in Bergamo in June 11-13, 2018.

Call for paper

Important date

2017-09-30
Draft paper submission deadline
2017-12-01
Draft paper acceptance notification
2018-01-15
Final paper submission deadline

Submission Topics

Advanced manufacturing technologies and systems

  • Micro/Nano, Electro-Mechanical Systems

  • Materials and Structures

  • CAD/CAE/CAM/PDM

  • 3-D Printing

  • Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems

  • Aerospace, Aviation, and Space Technologies

  • Technologies for Nuclear and Medical Industries

  • Modern Transportation and Vehicle Systems

  • Energy Generation and Management Systems

Advanced reliability, maintenance and safety engineering and technologies

  • Monitoring, Diagnosis and Prognostics

  • Sensor Design, Integration and Fusion

  • Remote Sensing Applications

  • Risk Assessment, Reliability and Safety Engineering

  • IT tools for supporting advanced reliability and maintenance engineering

Enterprise modelling and information systems

  • Enterprise Modelling

  • Integration and Networking

  • Virtual Production Networks

  • Next Generations of Infrastructures

  • Collaborative Systems

  • Service Oriented Architectures

  • Information Systems – Control and Interoperability

  • Ontologies

  • Cloud Technologies

  • Semantic web

Modelling and optimization for complex engineered systems

  • Operations Research

  • Artificial Intelligence

  • Multi-Agents Technologies

  • Multi-Objective Optimization

  • Big Data and Data Mining

  • Performance Evaluation

Simulation, control and monitoring of evolutionary and adaptive production systems

  • Discrete Event Simulation

  • Digital Twin

  • Virtual Factory

Robotics and autonomous systems 

  • Mechatronics

  • Intelligent Transportation

  • Robot Systems

  • Tele-Robotics and Space Robotics

  • Modelling and Optimisation in Robotics

  • Automated Manufacturing Systems

  • Flexible Manufacturing Systems

  • Flexible Automation

  • CNC Machines: Design and Optimisation

  • Web-enabled Manufacturing Control and Wireless Automation

Operations management in production systems and logistics

  • Design and Balancing of Production Systems

  • Facility Planning and Materials Handling

  • Production Planning, Scheduling and Control

  • Inventory Control

  • Workflow Management

  • Revenue Management

  • Outsourcing

  • Supply Chain Engineering and Management

  • Market Responsive Supply Chains

  • Green Supply Chains

  • ICT in Supply Chains

  • Distribution and transport planning and management

  • Industry 4.0 advances for operations and supply chain management

Human and social factors in production systems

  • Socio-Technical and Cognitive Aspects of Automation

  • Design for Reusability – Human Machine Systems

  • Environment Monitoring

  • Health Care Applications

  • Renewable Energy Systems and Technologies

  • Sustainable Economies

Lifecycle management and product-service systems (PSSs)

  • PSSs and smart products design and lifecycle management

  • Industrial and commercial application of PSSs

  • IT tools for supporting PSSs and product lifecycle

  • Knowledge-based Product Lifecycle Management

Industry 4.0: strategies, models and technologies for next-generation production systems

  • Fostering Innovations in industrial field

  • Intelligent Manufacturing Systems

  • New business models for Industry 4.0

  • Product Service Systems for Industry 4.0

  • Cyber Physical Systems in manufacturing

  • Semantic technologies for Industry 4.0

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Important Date

  • Conference Date

    Jun 11

    2018

    to

    Jun 13

    2018

  • Sep 30 2017

    Draft paper submission deadline

  • Dec 01 2017

    Draft Paper Acceptance Notification

  • Jan 15 2018

    Final Paper Deadline

  • Jun 13 2018

    Registration deadline

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