CADE 2022 - Special Sessions

1. Delivering DEAS outside manufacturing II

Session organisers: Dr. Phil Godsiff and Dr. Zena Wood

Background/motivation:

The DEAS Network Plus aims to bring together a vibrant community that will position the UK as the internationally leading research hub for Digitally Enhanced Advanced Services.

Special session description:

Rather than focus on the product or service that is delivered Digitally Enhanced Advanced Services (DEAS) focus on how the product or service is used. This is a major change in how firms earn money and is being enabled by transformative digital technologies. The adoption of DEAS and the use of servitisation are observed in the manufacturing industry. However, examples are beginning to be considered in other sectors and the DEAS Network is keen to explore how DEAS can be applied outside of manufacturing. The DEAS special session at CADE, follows on from the special session at CADE 2021, and will focus on the relation between DEAS and the four themes of the conference (resilience, sustainability, responsibility and identity) outside of manufacturing.

We are particularly interested in extended abstracts or full papers (6 pages) that explore how DEAS can or have been used:

• To improve resilience,
• To ensure sustainability,
• The changing responsibilities when delivering DEAS,
• The impact of trust and privacy in delivering DEAS that require personal data (e.g., in transportation and mobility),
• Case studies of the use of DEAS outside manufacturing,
• Barriers and opportunities for DEAS outside manufacturing,
• How DEAS use data to improve outcomes for customers whilst maintaining privacy.

Proposed duration and structure (i.e., expected number of papers/presentations):

A 90-minute session which will include:

• A brief overview of the DEAS network and its findings (5 minutes)
• Up to 4 presentations (10 minute each plus 5 minutes for question)
• a 30-minute open discussion session on DEAS next steps.

The session will accept both extended abstracts (2 pages) or full papers (6 pages).

2. Blockchain Futures: theoretical insights and practical applications

Session organisers: Dr Birgit Altrichter, Dr Philip Davies, Prof Glenn Parry, Prof Carsten Maple

Background/motivation:

To capture insights into developments and applications in the blockchain space.

Session description:

Blockchain applications have been developing and finding application in a diverse number of spaces. Applications in supply chain management and humanitarian aid are beginning to gain traction. Innovations such as NFTs and POAPs have begun to appear in the offerings of mainstream retailers offerings.

This special session calls for papers examining both theoretical insights and practical applications of blockchain. Whilst we welcome papers from all areas of blockchain innovation we are particularly interested in submissions that speak to the conferences topics related to the research themes of Resilience, Sustainability, Responsibility and Identity. We ask all authors to pay special consideration to explaining the value proposition for blockchain within a given system.

The session will accept both extended abstracts (2 pages) or full papers (6 pages).

3. Overcoming Digitalisation Challenges in the Automotive and Transportation Domains

Session organisers: Dr Daniel S Fowler, Dr Anh Tuan Le, Dr Hu Yuan

Background/motivation:

Modern transport systems are highly complex digitally controlled cyber-physical supersystems. They play a key role in modern economies and the application of new technologies to the sector has opened new opportunities; however, the new technologies and opportunities have brought new challenges that need to be addressed through research and innovation.

Session description:

The transportation sector is regarded as critical national infrastructure, key to maintaining a safe operational society and economy. The sector is complex, and this complexity is increasingly reliant on multi-layered digital technologies. These layers include the complex internal sensor and control network of vehicles, the networked infrastructure control systems, the interactions of vehicles with their users and environment, the socioeconomic networks of the transportation users, owners, and operators, and not forgetting the complex design and manufacturing processes, supply chains and the renewed focus on sustainability issues. These multi-faceted digitally linked layers, together with the newer generations’ different views on transportation (e.g., lower vehicle ownership, on-demand ride hailing, environmental impacts, etc.) raises new issues in transportation research and innovation. Topics of interest include:

• New opportunities and the challenges they raise in applying new technology to Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM).
• New communications technologies and the associated issues within the automotive and transportation domains.
• Human and system safety and security around the deployment of Internet of Vehicles.
• Cyber-resilient designs for automotive and vehicular systems.
• Impacts of security on safety in Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs).
• Addressing testing techniques for gaining trust in digitalised automotive and transportation, including threat modelling, risk assessment, and penetration testing.
• Emerging artificial intelligence assisted security techniques applicable to automotive and intelligent transport systems.
• Trust, identity, privacy, and security issues with emerging transportation technologies.
• How does digitalisation of transportation contribute to sustainability, environmental concerns, and the circular economy.

Proposed duration and structure:

One or two 90-minute sessions, five or six presentations per session with allowance for questions, dependent upon the number of six-page full papers accepted. A final recap of 15 to 30 minutes general discourse on the presentations and the session topics.

The session will preferably present 6-page papers, however, 2-page extended abstracts, possible supported by virtual posters, will be considered.