Welcome to the ISM!
International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing!
We’re in the midst of a significant transformation regarding the way we produce products or deliver services thanks to the intensive digitization of manufacturing and connected processes. This revolution will increase productivity, shift economics, foster industrial growth and modify the profile of the workforce – ultimately changing the competitiveness of companies and regions.
The International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing (ISM) represents a new platform for knowledge exchange, the review and discussion of theoretical advances, research results, and industrial experiences, among scientists, researchers, decision makers, practitioners and students dealing with the topics under the umbrella of Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing.
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ISM editions
Browse and visit the website of each conference edition for further information.
ISM 2024
6th International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing
ISM 2023
5th International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing
ISM 2022
4th International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing
2-4 November 2022
ISM 2021
3rd International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing
17-19 November 2021
ISM 2020
2nd International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing
23-25 November 2020
ISM 2019
1st International Conference on Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing
20-22 November 2019
Awards & Awardees
Best Paper Award
Intelligent Assistant for Smart Factory Power Management
José Cação, Mário Antunes, José Santos, Diogo Gomes
Industrial Impact Paper Award
Digital Twin-based Predictive Maintenance for Sheet Metal Bending
Simon Mayr, Thomas Gross, Stefan Krenn, Wolfgang Kunze, Christian Zehetner
Best Service Innovation Paper Award
Enhancing Flexibility in Industry 4.0 Workflows: A Context-Aware Component for Dynamic Service Orchestration
William Ochoa, Felix Larrinaga, Alain Perez, Javier Cuenca
Best Student Paper Award
CAD-based Autonomous Vision Inspection Systems
Francesco Lupi, Antonio Maffei and Michele Lanzetta
Innovation Management Best Paper Award
Cross-Impact Analysis of Entrepreneurial Failure and Business Model Innovation: Navigating the Impact of Societal Perceptions
Nadine Bachmann, Shailesh Tripathi, Manuel Brunner, Herbert Jodlbauer, Alexander Piereder
Best Reviewer Awards
Andrey Kharitonov, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (Germany)
Rui Pinto, University of Porto (Portugal)
Casper Schou, Aalborg University (Denmark)
Best Paper Award
Predictive maintenance on injection molds by generalized fault trees and anomaly detection
Pedro Nunesa,b, Eugénio Rochac,d, José Santosa,b, Ricardo Antunese
aDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Portugal; bCentre for Mechanical Technology and Automation, Aveiro, Portugal; cDepartment of Mathematics, University of Aveiro, Portugal; dCenter for Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications (CIDMA), Aveiro, Portugal; eOLI – Sistemas Sanitários, Aveiro, Portugal
Industrial Impact Award
Lessons Learned from Human Pose Interaction in an Industrial Spatial Augmented Reality Application
Gernot Stübl, Christoph Heindl, Gerhard Ebenhofer, Harald Bauer, Andreas Pichler
Profactor GmbH, Austria
Best Service Innovation Paper Award
Towards a B2B integration framework for smart services in Industry 4.0
Viktor Schuberta, Steffen Kuehnera, Tobias Kraussa, Martin Tratb, Janek Benderb
aSEEBURGER AG, Edisonstr. 1, 75015 Bretten, Germany; bFZI Forschungszentrum Informatik, Haid-und-Neu-Str. 10-14, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
IDW Best Presentation Award
Machine Learning-based tools for Sustainable Production Planning and Control in SMEs
Valentina De Simone
University of Salerno, Italy
Best Paper Award
A cloud-based digital twin for monitoring of an adaptive clamping mechanism used for high performance composite machining
Sam Weckxa, Steven Robynsa, Jonathan Baakea, Edward Kikkena, Roeland De Geestb, Merwan Biremb, Davy Maesb
aCore Lab MotionS Flanders Make, Gaston Geenslaan 8, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; bCore Lab DecisionS Flanders Make, Gaston Geenslaan 8, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; cCore Lab CodesignS Flanders Make, Gaston Geenslaan 8, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Industrial Impact Award
TRAINMAN-MAGOS: capture of dexterous assembly manufacturing know-how as a new efficient approach to support robotic automation
Angel Dacal-Nietoa, Greg Agriopoulosb, Teresa Méndeza, Julián D. Callea, Rubén Paz-Cibeiraa, Vasilapostolos Ouranisb, Carmen Fernández-Gonzáleza
aProcesses and FoF Dept., CTAG – Centro Tecnológico de Automoción de Galicia, Pol. Ind. A Granxa, O Porriño, Spain; bQuanta & Qualia, Pireos 160, Athina, Greece
Best Service Innovation Paper Award
Digital Transformation in Metrology: Building a Metrological Service Ecosystem
Alexander Oppermanna, Samuel Eickelberga, John Exnera, Thomas Bocka, Matthias Berniena, Rolf Niepraschka, Wiebke Heerenb, Oksana Baerb, Clifford Brownb
aPhysikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Abbestr. 2-12, 10587 Berlin, Germany; bPhysikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
Best Paper Award
Human Aspects in Collaborative Order Picking – Letting Robotic Agents Learn About Human Discomfort
Yaxu Niua,b, Frederik Schulteb, Rudy R. Negenbornb
aBeijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China; bDelft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
Industrial Impact Award
Classification-based Solution For Recommending Process Parameters of Production Processes Without Quality Measures
Zhengtian Aia, Ingo Heinlea, Christian Schelskea, Hao Wangb, Peter Krause c, Thomas Bäckd
aBMW Group, Munich, Germany; bSorbonne Université, Paris, France; cDivis intelligent solutions GmbH, Dortmund, Germany; dLeiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
Best Service Innovation Paper Award
Explainability of AI-predictions based on psychological profiling
Simon Neugebauer a, Lukas Rippitsch a, Florian Sobieczky b, Manuela Geißb
aSpeed-invest heroes GmbH, Vienna, Austria; bSoftware Competence Center Hagenberg GmbH (SCCH), Hagenber, Austria
Best Paper Award
Middleware-based Cyber-Physical Production System Modeling for Operators
Daniel Stock, Daniel Schel, Thomas Bauernhansl
Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, Germany
Industrial Impact Award
IN2Dig – Implementation of a Digital Manufacturing System in a Production Cell of the Metal Mold Industry: from Planning to Action
Fernando Piedade, Marcia Baptista, Paulo Chaves
INOV INESC Inovação, Instituto De Novas Tecnologias, Portugal
Best Service Innovation Paper Award
Bridging human and machine learning for the needs of collective intelligence development
Mariia Gavriushenko, Olena Kaikova, Vagan Terziyan
Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Contact us
General Information
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Program and Related Events
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Publication, Submission and Review
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Finance, Registration and Invoices
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Want to join the organizing team?
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