Topics of TMCE2020

The focus theme of the TMCE 2020 Symposium will be:

Designing and engineering of smart systems

Within this theme, many interesting and important topics are considered, but not limited to, such as:
Topic Family 1:
  • Engineering issues of smart systems such as cyber-physical systems
  • Understanding smartness as system characteristics
  • Building awareness in smart systems
  • Reasoning mechanisms for smart systems
  • Functional and structural (self-)adaptation of smart systems
  • Human and system interaction with smart systems
  • Self-tuning, self-adaptive and self-evolving smart systems
  • Model-based and data-driven control of smart systems
  • Designing self.* properties of smart systems
  • Managing complexity, heterogeneity, and dependability of smart systems
  • Societal and sustainability issues concerning smart systems
Topic Family 2:
  • Advanced design and engineering methodologies for smart systems
  • Understanding design thinking and system thinking
  • Data analytics and knowledge mining for smart systems
  • Frameworks and models for smart system design, engineering and realization
  • Knowledge-intensive tools for smart system and service design and engineering
  • Advance materials for smart systems and application
  • Energy generation and provisioning for smart systems
  • Advanced metal and non-metal additive technologies and systems
  • Novel analysis, simulation and optimization methods and tools for systems design and engineering
  • Socially responsive smart system engineering and education
Topic Family 3:
  • Development and application of smart systems in manufacturing and production
  • Development and application of smart systems in mobility and transportation
  • Development and application of smart systems in healthcare and rehabilitation
  • Development and application of smart systems in homecare and well-being
  • Development and application of smart systems in education and training
  • Development and application of smart systems in sports and leisure
  • Development and application of smart systems in sustainability and environment protection
  • Development and application of smart systems in natural disaster avoidance and recovery
  • Development and application of smart systems in agriculture and horticulture
  • Development and application of smart systems in space exploration

TMCE 2020 is opened to industrial designer engineers, engineering designers, managers, product, process and environmental engineers, information and knowledge technology managers, engineering technology managers, quality and process engineers, engineering IT suppliers and vendors, academic researchers and students, technology transfer centers, engineering educators and industrial advisors.

Further information about the currently organized symposium and the past events can be found on the web-site of TMCE at tmce.io.tudelft.nl.

The Organizing Committee is waiting for your abstracts and papers! The best contributors will be awarded and selected papers will also be considered for republication in special issues of several international journals as for the earlier symposia.