Conference name: The 2nd International Conference on Industrial IoT, Big Data and Supply Chains (IIoTBDSC 2021)

Date: 15–17 October 2021

Website: http://iiotbdsc.com/2021/

Conference Special Issue:

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a platform that allows a network of devices (sensors, smart meters, etc.) to communicate, analyze data, and process information collaboratively in the service of individuals or organizations. Big data (BD) has core values of volume, velocity, variety, and veracity. Supply chains require modern advancement and support from IIoT and big data, to make all services efficient, fast, accurate, and reliable. These three can combine and work together to produce greater impacts and contributions as follows. The first is the issues surrounding IIoT devices, their interconnectedness, and the services they may offer, including the efficient, effective and secure analysis of the data IIoT produces. Often, machine learning and other advanced techniques, models and tools, and issues of security and trust are related. The maturity of IoT technologies can grow and become part of our everyday lives. Second, BD can be jointly used with machine learning, AI, statistical, and other advanced techniques, models, and methods, which can create value for people and organizations adopting it. Forecasting, deep analysis, and analytics can help to identify weaknesses and make improvements based on different analyses. Third, suppliers can learn of updates on their stocks and demands. Manufacturers and transport companies know the workloads, destinations, and resource distributions. Finally, customers can learn of real-time updates on the delivery of their goods. Investors can make better decisions on their goods, resources, sales, and management. Supply chains can achieve a greater sustainable ecosystem with the help of IIoT and big data.

This conference brings experts, practitioners, scientists, and decision-makers from academia and industry together. We aim to foster a strong, lively, and well-connected international research community. We welcome innovative ideas, concepts, services, techniques, research outputs, and business practices.

Selected papers from IIoTBDSC 2021 and all the external contributions in this field are welcome in this Special Issue: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/special_issues/conference_iiotbdsc2021.

Scopes:

Area 1: Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Fundamentals and Applications:

• Software architecture and middleware;
• Context-awareness and location awareness;
• Performance evaluation and modeling;

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Area 2: Big Data Research and Multi-Discipline Services:

• Big data fundamentals: volume, velocity, variety, veracity, and value;
• Modeling, experiments, sharing technologies and platforms;
• Analytics, intelligence, and knowledge engineering;

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Area 3: Supply Chain Fundamentals:

• Strategic supply-chain management;
• Sustainable supply-chain management;
• Green supply-chain management;

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Area 4: Advanced Supply Chains and IIoT–BD Integration:

• Optimization and decision making: methods and algorithms;
• Inventory control, production planning, and scheduling;
• Artificial intelligence and expert systems;

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Area 5: Emerging Areas:

• The integration of high-tech and services (in any of AI, IoT, big data, blockchain, etc.);
• The latest developments in blockchain;
• The latest developments in mobile payment technologies with AI, IoT, big data, and blockchain;

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Contact:

Conference Secretary: Sunny Zhang

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