Call for Paper
Industry 4.0 (I4) is the next software revolution from computerized systems to digitalization of industry solutions. This fourth generation of the industrial revolution attempts to automate as much as possible all industry processes and manage an unprecedented amount of data where cyber-physical systems (CPSs) interact with humans to produce software-intensive systems more efficiently. From a software engineering perspective such complex systems must be produced in many cases using continuous software engineering approaches in support or supply chains and multiple releases demanding continuous integration and delivery. From the software architecture point of view, flexible and open architectures are required to integrate the diversity of platforms and technology in support of I4.0 processes and manage the vast amount of data required by complex engineering processes. Consequently, this workshop aims to increase the awareness combining software architecture and complex systems engineering processes to understand how modern systems under the industry 4.0 umbrella must be designed and efficiently built at lower costs. This second edition of SASI4 provides a renewed list of research topics grouped under the following categories: (i) Software architecture and Ecosystems for I4, (ii) Systems engineering development and integration, (iii) Quality aspects and simulation, and (iv) I4.0 in practice
The list of research topics (but not limited to) is:
Software architecture and Ecosystems for I4
Software architectures for complex systems in smart factories
Integration of multiple stakeholders’ concerns in the software architecting process
Architectures for CPS systems
Domain-specific architectures (e.g. automotive, safety critical systems, smart cities and IoT systems)
Case studies of software architectures supporting I4 processes
Evolution and migration of software architectures to integrate I4 solutions
Design principles: Interconnection, Information transparency, decentralized decisions, etc.
Configuration and adaptation of I4 reference and software architectures for different application domains
Systems engineering development and integration
Collaborative aspects in I4 ecosystems and dynamic ecosystems
Continuous integration, deployment and delivery of systems (DevOps)
Variability for accelerating the deployment and configuration of multiple releases (especially at run-time)
Architectures for dynamic ecosystems
Integration of software engineering and artificial intelligence algorithms in I4 solutions
Open source software platforms supporting I4 solutions
Design and development of multi-modal usable interfaces for I4 software
Quality aspects and simulation
Continuous monitoring solutions of systems quality in architecture and code
Tools for monitoring the quality of systems
Continuous monitoring of quality aspects in I4 production processes
Simulation in I4 solutions to optimize industrial use cases
Tools for monitoring the quality of systems
I4.0 in practice
Case studies and experiences adapting software architectures to smart factories
M2M and human-to-machine communication to improve the productivity in smart factories
Human factors training highly qualified workers and skilled customers
Architecture evolution and migration case studies
Adoption of new technologies supporting smart factory production (e.g. BigData analytics, ML, Blockchain)
Case studies and experiences in automating I4 processes
Adaptation of I4 platforms to the industry (e.g. BaSys)
Integration and interoperability of technologies and tools enabling I4 solutions
Program
TWINARCH & SASI4 (Session 1: 09:00-10:30) Tuesday Sep 20th
- 09:00-09:15 Opening
- 09:15-09:50 Keynote Thomas Kuhn (25 mins + questions)
- 09:50-10:10 TwinArch Paper "Engineering of Trust Analysis-driven DT for a medical device". Marcello M. Bersani, Chiara Braghin, Angelo Gargantini, Raffaela Mirandola, Elvinia Riccobene and Patrizia Scandurra.
- 10:10-10:30 TwinArch Paper "Using I4.0 digital twins in agriculture". Rodrigo Falcão, Raghad Matar and Bernd Rauch.
TWINARCH & SASI4 (Session 2: 11::00-12:30)
- 11:00-11:20 SASI Paper "Developing an AI-enabled IIoT platform - Lessons learned from early use case validation". Holger Eichelberger, Greg Palmer, Svenja Reimer, Tất Trọng Vũ, Hieu Do, Sofiane Laridi, Alexander Weber, Claudia Niederée and Thomas Hildebrandt.
- 11:20-11:40 SASI Paper "DevOps in Robotics: Challenges and Practices". Alexandre Sawczuk da Silva, Andreas Kreutz, Gereon Weiss, Johannes Rothe and Christoph Ihrke.
- 11:40-12:00 SASI Paper "Enabling IoT Connectivity and Interoperability by using Automated Gateways". Jasminka Matevska and Marvin Soldin.
- 12:00-12:30 Discussion of all papers & Future Editions & Topics