Keywords: Control and Automation to Improve Stability, Semi-Automated Assembly and Disassembly (EoL), Cost Oriented Automation(COA)
Abstract: Process – and manufacturing automation as well as robotics are currently one of the fastest growing fields in automation. Cyber-physical systems, industry 4.0 and “advanced robots” are not longer a headline. Production 4.0 is in realization but production 5.0 is knocking on the door. Production 4.5 was introduced one year ago as an immediate step for small and medium enterprises. They are some first dreams on production 6.0. An important part of production automation is (semi) automated assembly. This topic is currently only outlined in the literature with some description of laboratory tests. Concerning of one of the scopes of TECIS “End of life management – EoL” an important part (semi) automated disassembly is currently missing in all of these concepts. Therefore in this contribution first ideas on (semi) automated disassembly 4.0 including new tasks for “advanced” robots will be given and shortly discussed. As a consequence of these developments new social, ethical and human questions appear

Keywords: Intelligent Systems and Applications, Sustainable Design and Control
Abstract: The last decades the decrease of the energy consumed by the building sector has become a crucial subject. This is the reason why the modelling and control of Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) has become a very important scientific field. In such a system where the human factor and the uncertainties caused by its presence play a very important role the need for intelligent, cognitive modelling methodologies becomes obvious. The State Fuzzy Cognitive Maps Methodology combined with Nonlinear Hebbian Learning techniques are used to model the behaviour of a BEMS and improve its response.

Keywords: Intelligent Systems and Applications, Sustainable Design and Control
Abstract: Buildings consume signicant world's energy resources. The rapid depletion of energy resources, has imparted researchers to focus on energy conservation and wastage. The next generation of intelligent buildings is becoming a trend to cope with the needs of energy and environmental ease in buildings. This advances the intelligent control of building to fulll the occupants' need. Intelligent system control for sustainable buildings is dynamic and highly complex.

Keywords: Innovation Management, Intelligent Systems and Applications
Abstract: The manufacturing industry faces currently and in the near future due to the information society, very important challenges. New data, network, automation, digital customer interfaces and many new advancements have brought us Industry 4.0. Cost-oriented manufacturing methods and tools play a major role in the smooth and effective operation of an industry. Industry 4.0 or Smart Manufacturing as has been called by some, describes the new era of the “intelligent environment”, in which formerly separate subsystems, components and processes link together through many industrial networking protocols to produce intelligent data and transforms our daily lives. Intelligent cost-oriented concepts and practices are very important for energy savings of a building. The human needs must be taken into consideration when automation is used for Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS).

Keywords: Open Innovatin and Applications, Innovation Management, Social Networks
Abstract: In the age of digitization, company-owned processes such as new product development get extended to the virtual environment and external actors get integrated for various tasks. One such task is the funding of new projects in the form of open call to the crowd, called crowdfunding. In this paper I investigate the factors influencing the likelihood of crowdfunding projects’ success by analyzing data from the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. The research focus is on the influence of virtual community characteristics. The results show that the probability of project success is positively influenced by a higher number of project supporters but a larger amount of comments on the project, controlled for project definition factors, is found to decrease the likelihood of project success. This is in line with previous findings of a double-edged impact of the size of the virtual innovation community and the amount of peer-to-peer interaction on the likelihood of successful innovation input by the participants.

Keywords: Open Innovatin and Applications, Control and Automation to Improve Stability, Young Engineers in Control
Abstract: This article presents the practical experiment with LoRa specification shifted to LoRaWAN and implemented in industrial monitoring system. There is no universal solution for using LoRa Media Access. The combination of low power hardware and radio communication is an advantage of the developed project. The designed LoRaWAN ensures a modern network structure for on-line monitoring in control systems. The obtained observation is developed in Grafana labs. The experiments verified the solution applicability in the frame of systems of new digital industry.

Keywords: Open Innovatin and Applications, Intelligent Systems and Applications, Models & Simulation
Abstract: The paper describes innovative approaches for education of people with reduced sight. Methods and means for presenting of graphical information for children, scholars and students are discussed. Different types of graphical Braille screens and graphical tactile tiles are proposed

Keywords: Intelligent Systems and Applications, Retrofitting of Automation Devices, Managing the Introduction of Technological Change to Improve Stability
Abstract: Today's mobile devices are the most common investment in the technology industry as it is almost impossible to find a person who does not own a personal phone. Being the weakest point of nearly every user, as the data stored in it is essential, increased phone access security has been achieved by using biometric authentication modalities on these mobile devices. Here, the biometric modules that are most commonly used for authentication and how they are shared, the process of access and the weaknesses of each of these biometric modalities will be elaborated. Also indicate what are the potential attacks and problems that can be encountered in each of the biometric authentication methods on mobile devices.

Keywords: Automation and Control in Oil and Gas Industry
Abstract: The article is about the design of a fuzzy model for the prediction the efficiency one of the main parts of the improved valve constructions of the Christmas tree valves in statistical data based exploitation, using fuzzy sets. In the research, was proposed a model providing the efficiency prediction of the valve and on the statistical data basis, was elaborated an algorithm for learning a fuzzy model, were determined the dependence between the thickness and the gate, the non-planarity, the unevenness of the eaten part of the working surface and the effective efficiency. It has been achieved the reliable operation of the valve by applying fuzzy logic. As a result, it has been established the automatic surveillance to the reliability of the valve.

Keywords: Control and Automation to Improve Stability, Innovation Management, Cost Oriented Automation(COA)
Abstract: Creating new knowledge is a very complicated process. Understanding the human brain is one of the greatest challenges facing 21st century science. Knowledge acquisition involves complex cognitive processes: perception, communication, and reasoning; while knowledge is also said to be related to the capacity of acknowledgement in human beings. Knowledge is the driving force for all human and physical activities. Different definition of knowledge are provided. Intelligent control (IC) and Cognitive Control (CC) are the main driving forces of creating new knowledge. The concepts of control and automation are re-examined under the combined notion of intelligence and cognition.

Keywords: Cross-cultural Aspects of Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Social Networks
Abstract: In Re-Understanding Automation and Control in the era of digital automation of societal systems, we need to understand the inter-connected relations between knowledge, culture, technology and society. This in turn demands the exploration of social and cultural architectures, which facilitate them. Whilst computational model of data systems is built upon the bottom-up architecture, it is the top-down architecture of social and cultural contexts that synchronises the processing and outcomes of data systems, may they relate to organisational systems, heath and welfare systems, or institutional systems. It is this notion of the inter-dependence of the bottom-up and top-down architectures that makes us act beyond the linear gaze worldview of automation and control of production systems, and explore the multiplicity of interconnections between and across societal systems. In these horizons, we see the inter-connectedness between the unit and the whole, between the horizontal and vertical, and a symbiosis of hand and brain- an augmentation of the human and the machine. The ideas of inter-connectedness, augmentation and symbiosis lie at the core of holonic horizons. These horizons allow us to transcend the limit of the calculation and control model of automation, and enable the design of human-centred systems that valorise differences whilst utilising the richness and diversity of human-machine collaborations. When we envision these interactions and collaborations as a systems developmental process, we begin to visualise systems design from an interdependent perspective, which goes beyond the linear gaze of “utility”. The paper explores the ways holonic architectures engage us in the design process.

Keywords: Cross-cultural Aspects of Engineering, Control and Automation to Improve Stability
Abstract: For the international community the loss of cultural diversity impacts international stability by undermining sustainable development goals. UNESCO is charged with promoting cultural diversity, guided by important, globally recognised, conventions. IFAC researchers have recently directed attention to the application of automation systems to the preservation of cultural heritage. This paper reports developments in digital cultural heritage and media automation. Using a human-centred approach, the paper presents a systems project which places culture at the centre of technical development. Leading metadata standards are surveyed and machine-readable ontological models proposed which can describe intangible and tangible cultural heritage as envisaged by UNESCO. This study proposes a digitisation process which encodes artefact properties in XML to be linked into the ontologies. It also synthesises an architecture to guide the work of a new research laboratory. This study embodies a new trans-disciplinary research agenda at the interface of systems engineering and the humanities.

Keywords: Control and Automation to Improve Stability, Managing the Introduction of Technological Change to Improve Stability, Technology in Post-conflict Regions
Abstract: Developing regions tend to embrace emerging technologies through innovative approaches which are fostering better government-to-citizen and citizen-to-government services. Main obstacles are faced during the implementation and post-implementation process of information systems. Therefore, this paper surveys the implementation of projects regarding e-kiosk and smart city approach from an industry perspective, by a having a closer look at the implementation and post-implementation activities taken by a company in Kosovo which was involved in the whole process. There are more than forty e-Kiosks and two smart city solutions by the same entity in Kosovo, where the keynote researcher is engaged in full-time basis, which created the opportunity to analyze the whole process in details, starting from the initial order until the post-implementation process. This paper contributes to the academic society by giving real industry illustrations in regards to the barriers and challenges faced during the implementation of information systems in different contexts, including cultural context, resistance to change by the end user which sometimes are putting an emerging system in a fail process. Furthermore, a detailed methodology regarding post-implementation approach was presented on this paper in order to overcome potential implications or non-usage of implemented systems by the end-users which are targeted by the emerging technologies. Keywords: automation, developing regions, emerging technologies, business systems

Keywords: Cross-cultural Aspects of Engineering, Innovation Management, Managing the Introduction of Technological Change to Improve Stability
Abstract: A large number of business automation systems projects in developing countries fail. These projects typically begin with the analysis of clients’ needs using a process called “requirements engineering” (RE). The paper postulates that social complexity, especially in relation to power dynamics, loads important risk factors onto RE. Using data from Brazilian automation systems projects, factor analysis techniques are employed to confirm the importance of socio-political features of RE in these projects. The first contribution of this paper is to present empirical findings on RE complexity in a Latin American country, a region under-represented in the literature. Secondly, it explores critical social power features during RE. Results validate a complexity model which has received little attention in the systems development literature. The study demonstrates important social effects in automation projects in less developed regions and opens the way for further research into these effects thereby improving currently high failure rates.

Keywords: Managing the Introduction of Technological Change to Improve Stability, Cross-cultural Aspects of Engineering, Intelligent Systems and Applications
Abstract: Failed automation systems engineering projects are difficult to study and there is a lack of case studies regarding these projects. The literature over-represents ERP projects in western countries and theories of antecedents of failure are derived from data collected on ERP projects in the West. Studies from Mexico are almost absent. Also, intelligent applications for businesses are now very topical but few cases focussing on failure factors in business intelligence (BI) projects have appeared. This is in spite of the importance of business intelligence applications for firms in less developed economies in an increasingly globalised economy. This paper presents a challenged project for a complex business intelligence solution in Mexico. It compares ranked failure factors based on academic literature to the Mexican case. Whilst the comparison reveals that similar factors are failure antecedents, their relative importance is different, opening possibilities for further investigations.

Keywords: Sustainable Design and Control, Engineering Ethics, Robotics and Handling Devices
Abstract: The panel discussion involves the organisers and one author from each of four papers presented in a session on engineering ethics, emerging challenges and socio-cultural effects. The papers consider a wide range of issues of great importance to the engineering community and beyond it to the population as a whole. They include the contribution of engineering to sustainable development, the need for more women engineers, roboethics and the development of a low cost robotic arm to support independence. The discussion will involve the audience in further consideration of the issues raised in the session and enable them to both make contributions and put questions to the panel.