Information and communication technologies are permeating all aspects of industrial and
manufacturing systems, expediting the generation of large volumes of industrial data. This …

Guaranteeing safety is always a prerequisite in the process of realizing various automotive
applications. However, the automotive functional safety design has been challenged by …

With the developments and applications of the new information technologies, such as cloud
computing, Internet of Things, big data, and artificial intelligence, a smart manufacturing era …

The Industry 4.0 digital transformation envisages future industrial systems to be fully
automated, including the control, upgrade, and configuration processes of a large number of …

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) aims to achieve higher operational and management
efficiencies by bridging machinery, equipment, human resources, and all other actors …

Industrial embedded systems are cost sensitive, and hardware cost of industrial production
should be reduced for high profit. The functional safety requirement must be satisfied …

Co-verification of reliability and confidentiality is a necessary process for safety-and security-
critical applications. While these two objectives are conflicting, preassignment has emerged …

The railway domain is regulated by rigorous safety standards to ensure that specific safety
goals are met. Often, safety-critical systems rely on custom hardware-software components …

IEC 61499 provides a standardized approach for the development of distributed control
systems. The standard introduces a component architecture, based on function blocks that …

The scope of automotive functions has grown from a single vehicle as an entity to multiple
vehicles working together as an entity, referred to as cooperative driving. The current …