Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems

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Editors in Chief:

Trung Q. Duong (Queen's University Belfast)
Bao Le (Duy Tan University)

Area Editors:

Yang Panlong (Professor)
Guangjie Han (Hohai University)
Yong Tang (School of Computer Science, South China Normal University)
Constandinos Mavromoustakis (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)+ BioDr. Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. He received a five-year dipl.Eng (BSc/BEng/MEng) in Electronic and Computer Engineering from Technical University of Crete, Greece, MSc in Telecommunications from University College of London, UK, and his PhD from the department of Informatics at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Dr. Mavromoustakis is leading the Mobile Systems Lab. (MOSys Lab., http://www.mosys.unic.ac.cy/) at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Nicosia, dealing with design and implementation of hybrid wireless testbed environments, high performance cloud and mobile cloud computing (MCC) systems, modeling and simulation of mobile computing environments and protocol development and deployment for large-scale heterogeneous networks as well as new ‘green’ mobility-based protocols. Dr. Mavromoustakis has participated in many EU funded projects and regional ones. Dr. Mavromoustakis has extensive experience in simulation of wireless systems, MP2P and Opportunistic Systems, Mobile Computing and Web technologies. Dr. Mavromoustakis is an elected active member (Officer/Secretary) of IEEE/ R8 regional Cyprus section since Feb. 2014, and since May 2009 he serves as the Chair of C16 Computer Society Chapter of the Cyprus IEEE section. Dr. Mavromoustakis has a dense research work outcome in Distributed Systems and spatio-temporal scheduling applied in Mobile and Wireless Systems, consisting of numerous refereed publications. He is a management member of IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) Radio Communications Committee (RCC) and served as track Chair and co-Chair of various IEEE International Conferences (including IEEE ICC, IEEE Globecom, IEEE AINA, IEEE IWCMC, IEEE Internet of Things, ACM MSWiM etc). He is the recipient of various grants including the highly competitive European grant of Early Stage Researcher (ESR), for the excellent research output and research impact, last December 2013 (EU secretariat/Brussels).
Richard Yu (Carleton University)
Al-Sakib Khan Pathan (Independent University, Bangladesh)+ BioAl-Sakib Khan Pathan received PhD degree in Computer Engineering in 2009 from Kyung Hee University, South Korea and B.Sc. degree in Computer Science and Information Technology from Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Bangladesh in 2003. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Computer Science and Engineering department, Southeast University (SEU), Bangladesh. He is also holding the position of Additional Director of the Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), SEU. Previously, he was with the Computer Science department at IIUM, Malaysia during 2010-2015 and with the BRAC University, Bangladesh during 2009-2010. He also worked as a Researcher at Networking Lab, Kyung Hee University, South Korea from September 2005 to August 2009 where he completed his MS leading to PhD. His research interests include wireless sensor networks, network security, cloud computing, and e-services technologies. Currently he is also working on some multidisciplinary issues. He is a recipient of several awards/best paper awards and has several notable publications in these areas. He has served as a General Chair, Organizing Committee Member, and Technical Program Committee (TPC) member in numerous international conferences/workshops like INFOCOM, GLOBECOM, ICC, LCN, GreenCom, AINA, WCNC, HPCS, ICA3PP, IWCMC, VTC, HPCC, SGIoT, etc. He was awarded the IEEE Outstanding Leadership Award for his role in IEEE GreenCom’13 conference. He is currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Computers and Applications, Taylor & Francis, Associate Technical Editor of IEEE Communications Magazine, Editor of Ad Hoc and Sensor Wireless Networks, Old City Publishing, International Journal of Sensor Networks, Inderscience Publishers, and The International Arab Journal of Information Technology (IAJIT), Associate Editor of International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering, Inderscience, Area Editor of International Journal of Communication Networks and Information Security, Guest Editor of many special issues of top-ranked journals, and Editor/Author of 15 published books. One of his books has been included twice in Intel Corporation’s Recommended Reading List for Developers, 2nd half 2013 and 1st half of 2014; 3 books were included in IEEE Communications Society’s (IEEE ComSoc) Best Readings in Communications and Information Systems Security, 2013, 2 other books were indexed with all the titles (chapters) in Elsevier’s acclaimed abstract and citation database, Scopus, in February 2015 and a seventh book is translated to simplified Chinese language from English version. Also, 2 of his journal papers and 1 conference paper were included under different categories in IEEE Communications Society's (IEEE ComSoc) Best Readings Topics on Communications and Information Systems Security, 2013. He also serves as a referee of many prestigious journals. He received some awards for his reviewing activities like: one of the most active reviewers of IAJIT several times; Elsevier Outstanding Reviewer of Elsevier Computer Networks (July 2015) and Elsevier JNCA (November 2015), just to mention a few. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA.
Liang ZHOU (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications)
Zhangbing Zhou (China University of Geosciences (Beijing) and Institut Mines TELECOM / TELECOM SudParis, France)
Victor Leung (The University of British Columbia)
Honggang Wang (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth)+ BioHonggang Wang is the "Scholar of The Year" (2016, the highest research recognition at UMass Dartmouth). Before he joined UMass Dartmouth in 2009, he has worked for Bell Labs Lucent Technologies China from 2001 to 2004 as a Member of Technical Staff. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering at University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2009. He is a tenured associate professor at UMass Dartmouth and is an affiliated faculty member of Advanced Telecommunications Engineering Laboratory at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is also the faculty member of Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology Ph.D. program (BMEBT) at UMass Dartmouth. His research interests include Internet of Things, Wireless Health, Body Area Networks (BAN), Cyber and Multimedia Security, Mobile Multimedia and Cloud, Wireless Networks and Cyber-physical System, and BIG DATA in mHealth. He has published more than 150 papers in his research areas. He was an invited participant by National Academic Engineering (NAE) for 2017 German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, as one of about 50 outstanding engineers (ages 30-45) from US companies, universities, and government labs. He has served as the general chair/co-chair and TPC chair/co-chairs for several IEEE/ACM conferences. He also serves as the steering committee co-chair of IEEE CHASE and TPC co-chair of of IEEE CHASE 2016, which is a leading international conference in the field of connected health. He served as the TPC member for IEEE INFOCOM 2013-2015, IEEE ICDCS 2015, IEEE ICDM 2018, ACM Multimedia 2017 and area chair for IEEE ICME 2016 and 2017. He has also been serving as the Associate Editor in Chief (EiC) for IEEE Internet of Things journal (SCI impact factor: 7.596), associate editors for IEEE Transactions on Big Data, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, an Editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Associate Editor of IEEE network Magazine. He currently serves as the Vice chair of IEEE eHealth Technical Committee and the Chair of IEEE Comsoc Multimedia Communications Technical committee (IEEE MMTC). He received IEEE Multimedia Communications Technical Committee (MMTC) Outstanding Leadership Award (2015) and IEEE HEALTHCOM 2015 Outstanding Service Award. His research is supported by NSF DoT, UMass President office, and UMass Healey Grant (total over 2M dollars). He is an IEEE distinguished lecturer.
Jinsong Wu (Bell Laboratories)
Joel Rodrigues (Inst. Telecomunicações, Univ. of Beira Interior)
Jaime Lloret (Integrated Management Coastal Research Institute, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain)
Chau Yuen (SUTD)
Der-Jiunn Deng (NCUE)
Rose Hu (Utah State University)
yuexing peng (Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications)
Jiankun Hu (UNSW Canberra)
jucheng yang (Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China)
Yan Zhang (Simula Research Laboratory)
Jinlei Jiang (Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University)
Noel Crespi (Institut Mines-Telecom, Telecom SudParis)
walid Gaaloul (TSP)
Haklae Kim (Samsung Electronics, Co. Ltd)
niu jianwei (Beihang University)
Ammar Rayes (Cisco Systems)
Ala Al-Fuqaha (Western Michigan University)
Jesus Alonso-Zarate (CTTC)
Lei WANG (Dalian Univ. of Tech.)
Xiaoling Wu (Guangzhou Institute of Advanced Technology(GIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS))
Chunsheng Zhu (University of British Columbia)
Yuanfang Chen (Hangzhou Dianzi University)
Yan Bai (University of Washington Tacoma)
Javier M. Aguiar (Universidad de Valladolid)
Xianfu Chen (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)
Xiang Gui (Massey University)+ BioDr Gui is a Senior Lecturer at Massey University. He has been a symposium/technical chair of many renowned inernational conferences including ICC 2019, Chinacom 2014, and ICCCAS 2012. His research interests include resource allocation and performance analysis in wireless networks, green cooperative communication, and 5G technology and beyond.
Sammy Chan (City University of Hong Kong)
Xu Wang (Heriot Watt University)
Periklis Chatzimisios (Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki)
Zakaria Maamar (Zayed University)
Gerhard Hancke (false)
Yong LI (Tsinghua)
Pierluigi Siano (University of Salerno)
KUN WANG (Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications)
Marijn Janssen (Delft University of Technology)
Dickson Chiu (The University of Hong Kong)
Leandros Maglaras (De Montfort University)+ BioDr. Leandros A. Maglaras received the B.Sc. degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 1998, M.Sc. in Industrial Production and Management from University of Thessaly in 2004, and M.Sc. and PhD degrees in Electrical & Computer Engineering from University of Volos, in 2008 and 2014 respectively. In 2018 he was awarded a PhD in Intrusion Detection in SCADA systems from University of Huddersfield. He is the Director of the National Cyber Security Authority of Greece and a part time Senior-Lecturer in the School of Computer Science and Informatics at De Montfort University, U.K. He serves on the Editorial Board of several International peer-reviewed journals such as IEEE Access and Wiley Journal on Security & Communication Networks. He is an author of more than 100 papers in scientific magazines and conferences and is a senior member of IEEE.
Hacene Fouchal (Univ. Reims Champagne-Ardenne)
Athanasios Maglaras (Dr, Prof . ofT.E.I. of Larissa)
Jianmin Jiang (Shenzhen University)
Zhiqiang Huo (GDUPT,UoL)
Pasi Tyrväinen (University of Jyväskylä)
Syed Hassan Ahmed (University of Central Florida)
Nguyen-Son Vo (Duy Tan University, Vietnam)+ BioNguyen-Son Vo (a.k.a. Võ Nguyên Sơn in Vietnamese) was born in Hue city, Vietnam, in 1980. He received Ph.D. degree in Communication and Information Systems from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, in June 2012. He is with Institute of Research and Development, Duy Tan University, Vietnam. His research interests focus on green multimedia wireless systems, cross-layer optimization design, and physical layer security
Tran Trung (PTIT, VietNam)
Malcolm Egan (INSA Lyon)
Junqing Zhang (University of Liverpool)
Dr. Anand Nayyar (Duy Tan University)+ BioDr. Anand Nayyar (Academician, Researcher, Author, Writer, Inventor, Innovator, Scientist, Consultant and Orator) received MCA from Punjabi University, Patiala in 2008 with Gold Medal and Distinction, M.Phil (Computer Science) in 2009 with 1st Division from V.M.U, Tamil Nadu, M.Tech (Information Technology) in 2011 with 1st Divison cum Distinction and University Topper, MBA (Information Systems) with 1st Division from Sikkim Manipal University, Manipal. He did Ph.D. in Computer Science from Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh in 2017 in Wireless Sensor Networks, Swarm Intelligence, and Network Simulation. (Topper in Course Work). A Certified professional with 75+ International & Globally Recognized Professional Certifications from various IT Giants like: CISCO/Cyberoam Certifications: CISCO Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Cyberoam Certified Network and Security Professional (CCNSP). Microsoft Certifications: MCP, MCSA, MCSE, MCTS, MCITP, MCSD (App Builder), MCSA-2008/2012/2016-Windows Servers, Cloud Platform, MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure, MCSE: Productivity, MCSA: Dynamics 365, MCSE: Business Applications. Oracle Certifications: Oracle Certified Associate (OCA)-Java SE 8 Programmer, Oracle Certified Professional (OCP)- Java SE 8 Programmer, Oracle Certified Associate (OCA)- Oracle 12c Database Administrator, Oracle Certified Professional (OCP)- Oracle 12c Database Administrator. Beingcert.com: Lean Six Sigma White Belt Certified, Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certified, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certified, Certified Scrum Master, Certified Data Center Professional (CDCP), Certified Data Center Specialist (CDCS), Certified Data Center Expert (CDCE), Certified Data Center Facilities Operations Manager (CDCFOM), Certified Big Data Foundation Specialist (CBDFS), Foundation Certificate in DevOps (FCDO), Certified DevOps Master (CDM), Certified Computer Hardware Engineer (CCHE), Certified Web Developer (CWD), Agile Scrum Foundation (ASF), Agile Scrum Master (ASM), Certified PHP Developer, Associate in Project Management (ASM), Professional in Project Management (PPM), Certified Project Director (CPD). EXIN Certifications: ISQTB Certified Tester Foundation Level, EXIN-ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (ITIL), PRINCE2 ® Foundation Certificate in Project Management. Asian School of Cyber Laws (ASCL): Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Certified in Cyber Law Protection, Certified in Data Privacy Law. GAQM Certifications: Linux Certified Professional (LCP), Linux Certified Engineer (LCE), Linux Certified Master (LCM), Certified Cloud Computing Professional (CCCP), Certified Cloud Computing Consultant (CCCP). Misc. Certifications: Linux Administration, Oracle Workforce Development Programme: Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) (Oracle 9i)- SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) (Oracle 12c)- Data Guard Administration, Project Management Professional, AutoCAD, DTP, Manipal Global and Google Certified Digital Marketing Professional, Google Certified Power Search. Published 350+ Research Papers in various National and International Conference’s and various International Referred Journals (Scopus, SCI/SCIE/SSCI) and even Reputed IT Magazines like Open Source for You and Electronics for You. He has published 25 Books in different subjects of Computer Science with National and International publishers like Springer, IGI-Global, Elsevier, CRC Press, BPB Publications etc. He is acting as Programme Committee/Organizing Committee/ Advisory Committee/ Reviewer Committee Member for various International Conferences across globe. He is one of the Top Reviewers in Computer Science as per “Publons.com”. He has 16+ Years of Teaching and Research Experience with Pace Computers Ltd., Ludhiana, Arya College, Ludhiana, KLSD College, Ludhiana and KCL Institute of Management and Technology, Jalandhar (Under Punjab Technical University (PTU), Jalandhar. Currently working as Professor, Scientist and Researcher in Graduate School, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam. He has guided 2 M.S., 7 M.Tech (5=CSE) & (2=ECE) students and 30 MCA students for thesis and projects respectively. He has evaluated 14 Ph.D Thesis from various universities of India in the area of Computer Science and Information Technology. He is a part of more than 500+ Research Journals as Editorial Board member, Review Board Member for various SCOPUS/SCI/SCIE/SSCI journals. He is Associate Editor for IGI-Global Journals—IJISP, IJDST, IJCINI, IJGC. He is acting as Editor in Chief for IGI-Global Journal titled “International Journal of Smart Vehicles and Smart Transportation (IJSVST)”. He has acted as Session Chair and Session Co-Chair in more than 20 National Conferences and 40 International Conferences and also 20National/International Conferences as Keynote Speaker. He has delivered more than 50+ talks in different Faculty Development Programs across the country. He is member of more than 50 International & National Research Societies. He has 5 Patents to his Credit. He has been speaker at Google I/O 2018 Mien Trung event and FinTech 2018, 2019- Highly reputed Industry events in Viet Nam. He is member of 50+ Research Organizations on grade of Senior/Life/Associate. He is acting as Senior Member of ACM and also acting as ACM DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER. He has been awarded with 25 Awards for Teaching, Research, Innovation and Scientist Activities-Shiksha Ratan Puraskar, Best Citizen of India, ISTE Best Teacher Award, Young Scientist Award, Bharat Excellence Award, Outstanding Reviewer Award, Rashtriya Gaurav Award, Rashtriya Jewel Award, Global Excellence Award, Exemplary Educationist Award, Distinguished Faculty Award, Indira Gandhi Award of Excellence, Global Role Model Teacher Award, Young Researcher Award, Best Scientist Award, Indo International Emerging Star Award, Global Indian Personality Award, Asian Award for Intellectual People, Outstanding Researcher (Computer Science & Engineering), Top 1% Reviewers (2019- Publons)- Computer Science, Engineering and Cross-Field, Distinguished Scientist Award 2019, International Researcher of Year Award 2020. He has been cited in Marquis Who’s Who in the World in 2014/2015/2016/2017/2018/2019/2020 and Rifacimento International: Reference Asia: Asia’s Who’s Who of Men and Women of Achievement 2013. He has created more than 250+ Videos on YouTube on his Channel: Gyaan with Anand Nayyar. He is currently working in the area of Wireless Sensor Networks, Swarm Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Wireless Communications, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Smart Cities, Wireless Communications, High Performance Computing, Internet of Things (IoT), Data Science Analytics, Open Source Technology, Drones, Computational Intelligence and Blockchain technology.
Umar Zakir Abdul Hamid (Sensible 4, Finland)+ BioA Ph.D. holder, Umar Zakir Abdul Hamid is one of the pioneering researchers in the autonomous vehicle (AV) field in Malaysia. Dr. Hamid was a member of Intelligent Drive Team of Vehicle System Engineering Research Group (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia). The team leads the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and AV-related research in Malaysia, where previous collaborators include Proton Holdings Berhad and Smart Mobility Research Center (Tokyo). Umar Zakir served as an AV Scientist with Moovita (Singapore & Malaysia) from 2017-2018, before embarking on a new journey as an AV Senior Engineer in Espoo, Finland. He is a reviewer for several prestigious journals and conferences in the automotive and robotics field.
Long Nguyen (Dong Nai University)+ BioLong D. Nguyen was born in Dong Nai, Vietnam. He received his B.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and M.S. degree in Telecommunication Engineering from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), Vietnam, in 2013 and 2015, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from Queen's Univerisity Belfast (QUB), UK, in 2018. He was a Research Fellow at Queen's University Belfast, UK for a part of Newton project (2018-2019). He is currently with Dong Nai University in Vietnam as an Assistant Professor and Duy Tan University as an Adjunct Assistant Professor. His research interests include convex optimization techniques for resource management in wireless communications, energy efficiency approaches (heterogeneous networks, relay networks, cell-free networks and massive MIMO), and real-time embedded optimization for wireless networks and Internet of Things (IoTs).
Zhichao Sheng (Queen's University Belfast)
Antonino Masaracchia (Queens University Belfast)+ BioAntonino Masaracchia received the Ph.D. degree in electronics and telecommunications engineering from the University of Palermo, Italy, in 2016. His Ph.D. studies were conducted in joint supervision with the Institute of Informatics and Telematics (IIT), National Research Council (CNR), Pisa, Italy, and the obtained results have been important contributions from IIT to the FP7-MOTO European Project. Since 2018, he has been a Research Fellow with the Centre for Wireless Innovation, Queen’s University Belfast, U.K. His research interests include heterogeneous networks, convex optimization and machine learning techniques, wireless communication, and green communication networking. He currently serves as a Guest Editor for IET Communications and a special issue on Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer published by MDPI Electronics for which serves also as Topic Editor. He serves as guest editor for a special issue on Controls, Communications and Networking for Ad-hoc Mobile Sensor Networks published by ICSES Transactions on Computer Networks and Communications. He served as guest editor for a special issue on Reliable Communication for Emerging Wireless Networks published by Mobile Networks and Applications (ACM/Springer).
Phong Nguyen (Queen's University Belfast)
Huy T. Nguyen (Nanyang Technological University)+ BioHuy T. Nguyen received the B.Eng. degree (Hons.) in Computer Science and Engineering from the HCMC University of Technology (Bach Khoa University), Vietnam, in 2013, the M.Eng. degree and Ph.D. degree from the Department of Information and Communication System, Inje University, South Korea, in 2016 and 2019, respectively. He is currently a Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He was a Visiting Student with the department of Electrical Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Japan, in 2016 and School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Queen's University of Belfast, United Kingdom, in 2017, and also an internship Ph.D. student with the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan, in 2018. His research interests are in the areas of applying machine learning, convex optimization and performance analysis for signal processing and wireless communication systems.
Halil Yetgin (Bitlis Eren University)
VAN-CA PHAN (HCMC University of Technology and Education)
Ayse Kortun (Queen's University Belfast)
Toan Doan (Dr.)+ BioToan Xuan Doan received the B.S. degree and M.S. degree in electronics and electrical engineering from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam, in 2002 and 2004, respectively. He got the Ph.D. degree in communication systems from Queen's University Belfast, UK, in 2018. He is now a lecturer at Thu Dau Mot University, Vietnam.
Chinmoy Kundu (Queen's University Belfast)
Berk Canberk (Asoc. Prof. Dr)
Teng Hwang Tan (UCSI University)
Minh Nguyen (Thai Nguyen University of Technology)+ BioMinh T. Nguyen received his B.S., M.S. and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Hanoi University of Communication and Transport, Hanoi, Vietnam in 2001, Military Technical Academy, Hanoi, Vietnam in 2007, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA, in 2015, respectively. Dr. Minh Nguyen is currently the director of International training and Cooperation center at Thai Nguyen University of Technology, Vietnam, and also the director of Advanced Wireless Communication Networks (AWCN) Lab. He has interest and expertise in a variety of research topics in the communications, networking, and signal processing areas, especially compressed sensing, and wireless/mobile sensor networks. He serves as technical reviewers for several prestigious journals and international conferences. He also serves as Editor for Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing journal, Associated Editor for ICSES Transactions on Computer Networks and Communications, and Editor for EAI Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems.
Mithun Mukherjee (GUDP)

Aims & Scope

Along with the fast development of computer technologies, e.g., ubiquitous computing, cloud computing and cyber-physical system, all kinds of networks (e.g., control network, communication network, sensor network, body area network, social network, opportunistic network, cloud-based network, etc.) appeared and were applied in large-scale factories, including a lot of traditional and new industries, e.g., textile industry, coal industry, mining industry, steel industry, machinery industry, petrochemical industry, and biomedical industry, etc. Assisted by various industrial networks, automation in industry can reduce cost greatly because it takes advantage of control systems and information technologies to optimize productivity in the production of goods and delivery of services. However, the industrial environment is dynamic and harsh usually, including extreme temperature, humidity, electromagnetic interference and vibration, which proposed specific requirements to intelligent industrial systems under certain circumstances. All these highlight the criticality of the design, analysis and implementation of intelligent industrial systems.

Applications of wireless sensor networks, body area networks in large-scale industrial applications, such as fault theories of wireless networks, including routing, network control and management, reliable transmission and architectures, etc.
Applications of social networking, big data, ubiquitous computing, mobile computing, and cloud computing in various industries and services (e.g., intelligent systems enhanced by social networking, cloud-based industrial networks, cloud-assisted intelligent systems, etc.)
Analysis of industrial control and communication networks, including network lifetime, security, network scalability, reliability, stability, etc.
Design and choice of industrial, intelligent, application-specific network protocols and algorithms (e.g., EtherNet/IP, Ethernet Powerlink, EtherCAT, Modbus-TCP, Profinet, SERCOS III, etc.) at any communication layer
Opportunistic networks in the industry, such as underwater sensor networks in sewage treatment systems, including establishing a temporary data transmission structure using available devices (e.g., underwater robot, surface data station, surface sink and under water sink), optimizing horizontal multi-hop data links (e.g., 3D data transmission), etc.
Applications of intelligent systems in various industries, including collaborative systems, quality control, optimization, decision support, planning, high-level control concepts (e.g., multi-agent and holonic systems, service-oriented architectures), low-level control concepts (e.g., IEC 61131-3 and IEC 61499-based control), advanced system engineering concepts (e.g., model-driven development, component-based design), supply chains, value chains, virtual organizations, and virtual societies, emergency preparedness, crisis management, business channels, electronic marketplaces, enterprise resources planning, etc.
Design and analysis of real-time embedded industrial systems, including real-time computing, real-time operating systems, real-time communications, networked embedded systems technology, etc.
Novel control techniques, with respect to process control, equipment control, supervisory control, adaptive control, motion control, etc.
Automated manufacturing systems, regarding formal modeling and analysis of manufacturing systems, scheduling of manufacturing systems, queuing systems and petri nets in manufacturing systems, etc.
Computational intelligence in automation, including neural, fuzzy, evolutionary approaches in automation, ant colonies optimization and swarm intelligence in automation, machine learning, expert systems, etc.
Hardware and software design and development for intelligent systems, such as intelligent and humanized production monitoring and control, etc.
Big data analysis and processing in various industries and services, including constructing data analysis models, providing data analysis and processing tools and designing various optimization algorithms based on data analysis.
Crowd-sourced behavior analysis in various industry and services, such as measuring and calculating the diffusion direction and speed of gas in the petrochemical industry based on crowd-sourced data from a large number of and various types of sensors, as well as product and service evaluation.
Simulation and testbed of current industrial networks and intelligent systems, including network performance analysis, automated manufacturing, intelligent monitoring, disaster prevention, etc.
Vision of future smart factories, service, marketing, and their integration, incorporating current existing technologies.
Multimedia applications, content management, process management and knowledge management for various industries, services, and engineering education: including multimedia processing, multimedia retrieval, multimedia indexing, image sensing, image processing, image coding, image recognition, etc.
Pattern recognition methods for various industries and services: including statistical theory, clustering, similarity measures, unsupervised learning, supervised learning, etc.
Survey, review and essay of current industrial networks researches and intelligent systems development.

Keywords

Algorithms and Protocols, Automation, Big data, Body area networks, Cloud-based networks, Communication networks, Control networks, Green networks, Industrial networks, Intelligent systems, Management, Multimedia applications, Opportunistic networks, Optimization, Security, Sensor networks, Simulation and testbed, Social networks, Survey and review, System design