Call for Papers

Scope

The conference aims at creating synergies of “practice and research” increasing the potential and commercial viability of research and development in the field of innovative technologies in management of manufacturing systems, Industry 4.0, logistics and traffic/transport system. The ambition of the MMS 2018 conference is to establish channels of communication and disseminate knowledge among stakeholders in mentioned ecosystem. Therefore, we cordially invite experts, researchers, academicians and practitioners in relevant fields to share their knowledge from the field of innovative ecosystem for management of manufacturing systems, Industry 4.0, logistics and traffic/transport system.

Topics

We seek novel, innovative, and exciting work in areas including but not limited to:

Industry 4.0

  • ICT Support for Industry 4.0
  • Case Studies with RFID Applications
  • Case Studies in e-Logistics
  • Intelligent Manufacturing Systems and Applications
  • Enterprise Information Systems
  • Manufacturing Cell Concepts in Manufacturing Systems
  • RFID in Manufacturing
  • RFID Technologies in Material Handling System
  • Supply Chain Approaches
  • Tools and Methods for Management Systems
  • SMART Technologies, Workplaces, Products
  • Modern methods of automatic control
  • AI in automation and control
  • HW a SW for machine and processes automation
  • Industry 4.0 and Internet of things (IoT)

Management

  • Clusters in SME
  • Complexity of Supply Chain Management
  • Decision-making processes
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Lean Management and Manufacturing
  • Modeling and Simulation of Manufacturing Companies
  • New Trends in Entrepreneurship
  • New Trends in Crisis Management
  • Process Management
  • Production Management Approaches
  • Production Planning and Scheduling
  • Quality Control and Management TPM
  • Sequencing solutions for Lean Manufacturing

New Trends in Materials and Technologies

  • Continuum Mechanics
  • Material Mechanics
  • Durability of materials
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Destructive and non-destructive testing
  • Nanotechnologies and nanomaterials
  • Simulation analysis
  • Composite materials
  • Structural Mechanics
  • Experimental Mechanics
  • Dynamics
  • Standard ISO
  • Machine and Equipment Safety others

Traffic/transport systems

  • Information and Communication Networks and Innovative Services
  • Communication Security/e-Forensics
  • Policy of Innovative Communication Networks and Services
  • Travel and traffic information
  • Industrial and Smart Logistics
  • SMART Transportations
  • SMART City
  • Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) 
  • Traffic management and intelligent infrastructure (road, freight, public transport)
  • Safe and secure ITS
  • Traffic modeling and simulation
  • Sensors, Detectors, and Actuators
  • Assistive Technologies
  • Internet of Things (IoT) for Ambient assisted living (AAL)

Publication

All accepted papers will be submitted for publication in EAI Core proceedings and made available through European Union Digital Library (EUDL).

Proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in leading indexing services, Ei Compendex, ISI Web of Science, Scopus, CrossRef, Google Scholar, DBLP, as well as EAI’s own EU Digital Library (EUDL).

Authors of selected best accepted and presented papers will be invited to submit an extended version to:

All accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a fast track of:

Paper submission

Papers should be submitted through EAI ‘Confy‘ system, and have to comply with the EAI Core format (see Author’s kit section).

Important dates

Full Paper Submission deadline
1 July 2018 extended to 31 July 2018

Notification deadline
31 August 2018

Camera-ready deadline
20 September 2018

Start of Conference
6 November 2018

End of Conference
8 November 2018