scholarly journals Adapting Engineering Education to Industry 4.0 Vision

Technologies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selim Coşkun ◽  
Yaşanur Kayıkcı ◽  
Eray Gençay
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Current Application ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Wastage Rate ◽  
Physical Internet ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Student Club

Industry 4.0 is originally a future vision described in the high-tech strategy of the German government that is conceived upon information and communication technologies like Cyber-Physical Systems, Internet of Things, Physical Internet, and Internet of Services to achieve a high degree of flexibility in production (individualized mass production), higher productivity rates through real-time monitoring and diagnosis, and a lower wastage rate of material in production. An important part of the tasks in the preparation for Industry 4.0 is the adaption of the higher education to the requirements of this vision, in particular the engineering education. In this work, we introduce a road map consisting of three pillars describing the changes/enhancements to be conducted in the areas of curriculum development, lab concept, and student club activities. We also report our current application of this road map at the Turkish German University, Istanbul.

Industry 4.0, Logistics 4.0 and Materials - Chances and Solutions

2018 ◽  
Vol 919 ◽  
pp. 307-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elke Glistau ◽  
Norge Isaias Coello Machado
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Smart Materials ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Laminated Composite ◽  
Functionally Graded ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Graded Materials ◽  
Information And Communication

Industry 4.0 and Logistics 4.0 are highly modern terms. They are connected with the common trend of digitalization, virtualization and networking of data and information. Typical is the implementation of new information and communication technologies into production and logistics practice. This will change the working conditions, processes as well as business models. “Industry 4.0” is the synonym for the 4-th industrial revolution in a general understanding. The term “Industry 4.0” was first used in a high-tech-strategy project of the German government in 2011 at the Hannover Fair. (Compare [1,2]) The paper describes the terms Industry 4.0 and Logistics 4.0 as two of the most important trends in production and logistics. It characterizes the big chances of this development. The paper gives an overview about important solutions in this area. (Compare [3]) Some new solutions are discussed according to material sciences, as it is also very important to develop and use new materials, which help to create smart solutions. Smart materials are created in the areas of e.g. laminated, composite and functionally graded materials, thermal and piezoelectric actuation, active and passive damping, vibrations and waves in smart structures. (Compare [4]) Smart materials allow the design and implementation of actuator, sensor fields and networks. Further examples are self-reporting materials, which autonomously report about problems and defects. This allows an evaluation and control of defects of components during their use and application. (Compare [5])

scholarly journals INTRODUCING OF FLEXIBLE APPROACHES TO TEACHING AND LEARNING IN AN ENGINEERING EDUCATION

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Galyna Lutsenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Approaches To Teaching ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Pedagogical Framework

The ability to adapt to the demands of a rapidly changing world is currently considered as a competence that is critical for engineering students to successfully self-actualize in the professional field. Therefore, the significance of the coordinated efforts of universities and stakeholders aimed at ensuring the flexibility of the teaching and learning is immensely increasing. Such efforts are the part of the effective formation of the future engineers’ ability to adapt to changing circumstances and environments as well as the ability to engage in lifelong learning. The goal of this work is twofold. At first, this study focuses on the challenges and opportunities for modern engineering and engineering education in the Industry 4.0 framework. The key requirement to future engineers’ skills and competences, that had been caused by intensive development of Industry 4.0, are reviewed. It was shown that flexibility and adaptability are considered by accreditation boards, researchers, and teachers as mandatory skills for modern engineers. Also, the concept of flexible teaching and learning is reviewed. The structure of flexible teaching and learning is analyzed in order to outline the directions and ways of its introducing in an engineering curriculum. The organizational and pedagogical framework for ensuring the flexible teaching and learning is proposed. Such framework is based on an analysis of modern requirements to future engineers. Also, the peculiarities of the system of Ukrainian engineering education had been taken into account. The proposed organizational and pedagogical framework includes five interconnected aspects, that are related to issues of the institutional support of educational process, the evolution of the content of an engineering education in the framework of Industry 4.0, the pedagogical approaches that are should be used, ways of using of information and communication technologies in an engineering education, and the personal values and motivation of students. It is emphasized that the institutional support plays an important role in improving the flexibility of the educational process by supporting the integration into the educational process of innovative student-centered approaches to teaching and learning. The increasing role of information and communication technologies leads to the necessity to introducing blended learning approaches as obligatory element of engineering degree programmes.

Rife Information Pollution (Infollution) and Virtual Organizations in Industry 4.0

2019 ◽  
pp. 117-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qaisar Iqbal ◽  
Rashid Nawaz
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Quality Information ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Computer Scientists ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Academic Professionals

Information pollution, which usually refers to the overabundance of irrelevant, unsolicited, unwanted messages, is a major cause of concern for practitioners and academic researchers. Advances in the information and communication technologies has proliferated the production of information. Consequently, people are suffering from information pollution. Information pollution has made it difficult for employees and individuals to find the quality information quickly and conveniently from diverse information sources including print and electronic sources. This chapter sheds light on the relevant literature of information pollution and analyzes its causes in the Industry 4.0 era and puts forward suggestions for tackling this problem. This chapter emphasizes the significance of concrete efforts from computer scientists, academic professionals, and information professionals to devise strategies and techniques for refuting the effects of information pollution.

Designing of E-learning for Engineering Education in Developing Countries

2010 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
B. Noroozi ◽  
M. Valizadeh ◽  
G. A. Sorial
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Distributed Structure ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Key Issues

Traditional education for engineers has shifted towards new methods of teaching and learning through the proliferation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The continuous advances in technology enable the realization of a more distributed structure of knowledge transfer. This becomes critically important for developing countries that lack the resources and infrastructure for implementing engineering education practices. The two main themes of technology in designing e-Learning for engineering education in developing countries focus either on aspects of technological support for traditional methods and localized processes, or on the investigation of how such technologies may assist distance learning. Commonly such efforts are threefold, relating to content delivery, assessment and provision of feedback. This chapter is based on the authors ‘10 years’ experience in e-Learning, and reviews themost important key issues and success factors regarding the design of e-Learning for engineering education in developing countries.

The Role of Edge/Fog Computing Security in IoT and Industry 4.0 Infrastructures

2021 ◽  
pp. 211-222
Author(s):  
Meltem Mutluturk ◽  
Burcu Kor ◽  
Bilgin Metin
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Fog Computing ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Current State ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The development of information and communication technologies (ICT) has led to many innovative technologies. The integration of technologies such as the internet of things (IoT), cloud computing, and machine learning concepts have given rise to Industry 4.0. Fog and edge computing have stepped in to fill the areas where cloud computing is inadequate to ensure these systems work quickly and efficiently. The number of connected devices has brought about cybersecurity issues. This study reviewed the current literature regarding edge/fog-based cybersecurity in IoT to display the current state.

Industry 4.0 and Its Impact on Working Life

2021 ◽  
pp. 1164-1177
Author(s):  
Gokhan Ofluoglu
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Muscle Power ◽  
Energy Productivity ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Aging Societies

The natural development of history of humanity confronts the societies with a new industrial wave making use of the opportunities of the information and communication technologies. While the concept of labor depending on muscle force that produced the emergence of modern societies withdraws from production process, the gap is filled by intelligent machinery which automatically decides by itself by employing machinery automation and internet technologies. In the new social order, people determine their own standing according to their intellectual build-up instead of muscle power. Industry 4.0 brings a lot of advantages together with the reduction of source consumption, energy productivity, production efficiency, stabilization of rising workforce expenditures, and prevention of the impact of aging societies on production. Although problems come up on the issues of setting the intelligence of machinery and accomplishing workforce market that fits the industrial revolution, technological developments and the subsidies draw the actualization date of the process forward.

E-Business/ICT and Carbon Emissions

2011 ◽  
pp. 214-232
Author(s):  
Lan Yi
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Revolutionary Change ◽  
Internet Applications ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Public Organisations ◽  
Development And Environment

The high-tech industry, its associated Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), and subsequent e-business and Internet applications, have had profound effects on our economic lives, social development and environment. This revolutionary change is not only appreciated by computer gurus, but also by private and public organisations. This chapter attempts to focus on the relationship between the e-business/ICT and carbon emission–one of the causes of global warming. Aspects to be considered include energy consumption and CO2 emission associated with the Internet throughout its lifecycle-from manufacturing of Internet equipment/hardware to its usage and final disposal. On the other hand how Internet technology facilitates environment management and benefits industries via, for example Carbon Trading, will be discussed. The aim of this chapter is to provide a clarification and comprehensive picture of the carbon impact of ICT/e-business to private and public organisations as well as individuals, especially some “behind-the-scene” type of facts. Therefore environmental factors can be taken into account for more informed decision-making during business conduction.

scholarly journals ICT Uptake and Technology Linkages in Rural Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Juseuk Kim
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Electronic Communication ◽  
High Tech ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Creative Solutions ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Impact

This report focuses on how quickly and creatively electronic communication is spreading and transforming rural areas in Africa and, particularly, two selected communities in Zambia as case studies. The report also shows ways in which communities are adapting information and communication technologies (ICTs). And this research is interested in studying how quickly electronic communication is spreading and transforming rural areas in Africa and, in particular, the Republic of Zambia. The impact of social networks is being used in dynamic, creative ways to not only spread business opportunities but to energize economies and society. They want to gather community and household information to understand the many ways communities are adapting these technologies. Their methods of adoption and adaptation of technologies do not resemble high-tech societies where governments support massive infrastructure projects.  For example, highly creative uses of low-tech cell phones are energizing commerce and spawning new ways of building creative solutions, making African countries some of the fastest growing economies in the world today.

NGIC: turning concepts into reality

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolay Miloshev ◽  
Petya Trifonova ◽  
Ivan Georgiev ◽  
Tania Marinova ◽  
Nikolay Dobrev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Earth Observation ◽  
Data Resource ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Data Products ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
Anthropogenic Risks

<p>The National Geo-Information Center (NGIC) is a distributed research infrastructure funded by the National road map for scientific infrastructure (2017-2023) of Bulgaria. It operates in a variety of disciplines such as geophysics, geology, seismology, geodesy, oceanology, climatology, soil science, etc. providing data products and services. Created as a partnership between four institutes working in the field of Earth observation: the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography (NIGGG), the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH), the Institute of Oceanology (IO), the Geological Institute (GI), and two institutes competent in ICT: the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics (IMI) and the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (IICT), NGIC consortium serve as primary community of data collectors for national geoscience research. Besides the science, NGIC aims to support decision makers during the process of prevention and protection of the population from natural and anthropogenic risks and disasters.</p><p>Individual NGIC partners originated independently and differ from one another in management and disciplinary scope. Thus, the conceptual model of the NGIC system architecture is based on a federated model structure in which the partners retain their independence and contribute to the development of the common infrastructure through the data and research they carry out. The basic conceptual model of architecture uses both service and microservice concepts and may be altered according to the specifics of the organization environment and development goals of the NGIC information system. It consists of three layers: “Sources” layer containing the providers of Data, Data products, Services and Soft-ware (DDSS), “Interoperability”- regulating the access, automation of discovery and selection of DDSS and data collection from the sources, and “Integration” layer which produces integrated data products.</p><p>The diversity of NGIC’s data, data products, and services is a major strength and of high value to its users like governmental institutions and agencies, research organizations and universities, private sector enterprises, media and the public. NGIC will pursue collaboration with initiatives, projects and research infrastructures for Earth observation to enhance access to an integrated global data resource.</p>

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL ECONOMY IN UKRAINE: CONCEPTUAL BASES, PRIORITIES AND ROLE OF INNOVATIONS

2020 ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
Nazar Demchyshak ◽  
Mykola Hlutkovskyy
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Type Model ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Information And Communication

Purpose. The aim of the article is deepening the conceptual understanding of the digital economy and substantiation of digitalization priorities in Ukraine. Methodology of research. General scientific and special methods are used in the process of research, in particular: analysis and synthesis ‒ to reveal the economic essence of digitalization of the economy; statistical and graphic methods ‒ in the analysis of world trends in the development of information and communication technologies; methods of induction and deduction, abstract and logical method ‒ in substantiating the conclusions of the study. Findings. It is established that the digital economy as a new modern type (model of development of the economy) already includes the essential characteristics of the innovation economy and the knowledge economy. It is argued that high-tech production, innovative nature and modernization of industrial sectors based on information and communication and digital technologies, the dynamics of digital transformations for Ukraine should be a priority solution to achieve sustainable economic growth and development. The priorities of digitalization in Ukraine are substantiated. It is proved that the need for scientific and technological research, the formation of a certain business (digital) culture, the implementation of the ideas of so-called smart cities based on the development of local communities and the emergence of new initiatives and proposals for innovative solutions. Originality. The conceptual understanding of the digital economy is deepened and it is proposed to consider it as a new type of economy, the functioning of which is accompanied by the predominant provision of a variety of services and online products and innovative solutions in finance, manufacturing and social sphere. Practical value. The obtained results of the study should contribute to the formation of the institutional basis for further development of innovative technologies in Ukraine, their introduction into the real sector of the economy, as well as in the future – building an effective digital economy focused on innovation in production and services. Key words: digital economy, innovations, digital services, concept, digitalization.

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