IEEE - 14th International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems(WFCS 2018)
June 13-15, 2018, Imperia, Italy

WFCS is the largest IEEE conference especially dedicated to industrial communication systems. The aim of the WFCS series is to provide a forum for researchers,practitioners and developers to review current trends in this area and to present and discuss ideas and research directions.Real-time in Industrial Communication Systems: message scheduling; task allocation; synchronization; performance analysis; Dependability and security of industrial networks: fault-tolerance, safety, cyber-security, risk analysis and assessment; protection and countermeasures; System Integration in Industrial Automation Systems: vertical and life-cycle aspects; web-based setup, maintenance, and configuration; transparency vs. security; data-flow management; internetworking; hybrid wired/wireless industrial infrastructures; m2m communication, plug-and-work and self-mechanisms. Information and Communication Technology in Automation: system design; component-based systems, web frameworks; cloud computing, service-oriented architectures (SoA); mobile computing; modeling and specification techniques; formal methods; Internet of Things (IoT)/Internet of Services. Recent advances in research domains with similar technical requirements: networked control systems; wireless sensor networks; smart grid communications and building automation networks; automotive and train-control networks; distributed real-time embedded systems.

Papers primarily based on (but not limited to) the following topics are welcome: (Topics include but not limited to)