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i4SMART project (LQDTU) at the Material, Machines and Methods for Sustainable Development conference MMMS2020 (12-15 November 2020)

The MMMS2020 was held in the charming Nha Trang city of Khanh Hoa province and was hosted by the Vietnam Association of Science Editing (VASE) in collaboration with Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), Nha Trang University (NTU), Phenikaa University (PKA), Thai Nguyen University (TNU), Kyungpook National University (KNU-Korea), Nagaoka University of Technology (NUT-Japan), National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology (NKUST), VUSTA, SFU, Vietnam Federation of Mechanical Engineering Associations (VFMEA), Council of Asian Science Editors (CASE) and The “Network of Excellence and Hi-Tech Hub for Vietnam’s Industry 4.0 via the UK-VN collaborations in Smart Manufacturing” project (i4SMART). The MMMS2020 conference aims at an overall approach to assist policymakers, industries, and researchers at various levels to position the local technological development towards sustainable development in the global context, to assist decision making towards a greener approach especially for material, machines and methods. Assoc. prof, Dr Chu Anh My, and Dr Le Chi Hieu who are co-project i4SMART leaders are on the organization committee to co-host this international conference. Furthermore, Assoc. prof, Dr Chu Anh My has a report at the plenary session as a Keynote Speaker with the topic “The role of the advanced multi-axis CNC machining techniques and CAD/CAM/CAE systems to the development of manufacturing industry in developing countries”. This topic is an important content in the i4SMART research project related to Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0.

The organizing committee and session chairs of MMMS2020 participated in both the OFFLINE and ONLINE mode to support the authors' oral presentations. The #NewtonFund project between Le Quy Don Technical University (Vietnam) and University of Greenwich (United Kingdom) on Smart Manufacturing & Industry 4.0 represented by Assoc. Dr Chu Anh My has chaired the fourth and eighth sessions which are Sustainable machine design Mechatronics, CAD/CAM/CAE, maritime engineering as well as the emerging R&D topics related to applications of AI, Big Data, Digital Twin, and IoT. These special sections are supported by:

(1) Newton Fund (www.newtonfund.ac.uk), under the project entitled “Network of Excellence and Hi-Tech Hub for Vietnam’s Industry 4.0 via the UK-VN collaborations in Smart Manufacturing”, and

(2) VINIF, Vingroup Innovation Foundation (www.vinif.org), under two projects entitled “Big data analytics-based optimization of process parameters for a smart manufacturing shop floor consisting of CNC machines and Robots”, and “Innovative and cost-effective development of collaborative robots (co-bots) and smart eco-systems for Industry 4.0”.

The MMMS2020 were successfully organized with research-oriented discussions at 8 conference sections, and more than 90 technical papers were presented offline and online via Microsoft Teams, with 16 experts as the session chairs participated from Viet Nam, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, and United Kingdom. The article "Real-time inverse kinematics of a general 5-axis CNC machine" by Assoc. Prof, Dr Chu Anh My was voted as 1 of the 8 best papers at the International Conference MMMS2020.

With the great success of the conference, the coordinators of the #NewtonFund and #VINIF projects, Le Quy Don Technical University (Vietnam), and the University of Greenwich (United Kingdom) will also be the member of organising committee for MMMS2021 to be organized in the Winter 2021.

Workshop and Training Course on Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0

i4SMART Project - Le Quy Don Technical University organized the Scientific Workshop and Training Course on Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa (12-17 / 12/2020)

Smart Manufacturing (SM) is the main cornerstone area of the Industrial Revolution 4.0. This field has attracted the increasing attention of scientists and industrial manufacturers around the world. Core elements in SM include the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Bigdata Analysis, Cloud Computing, Digital Twin, robot cooperation, additive manufacturing.

The scientific workshop and training course "Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing in Vietnam" took place from November 12, 2020 to November 17, 2020 at Nha Trang University, Khanh Hoa province. This workshop is organized by Le Quy Don Technical University (LQDTU) in collaboration with the British Council on the basis of the project “Network of Excellent and Hi-Tech Hub for Vietnam’s Industry 4.0 via the UK – VN collaborations in Smart Manufacturing (i4SMART)”. Project leaders are Assoc. Dr Chu Anh My (LQDTU) and Dr Le Chi Hieu (University of Greenwich - UK).

The workshop is organized to present and discuss the latest research results, new technologies directly related to Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0, on the direction and roadmap for production application and development smart in Vietnam. In addition, the workshop will organize basic training courses on digital conversion software, robot application in industrial production, and optimization directions for industrial production processes.

Attending the workshop were many scientists, researchers, experts, lecturers from Hanoi University of Science and Technology, LQDTU, Da Nang University of Science and Technology, Nha Trang University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Thu Dau Mot University, from the International Conference on Materials, Machines and Methods for Sustainable Development (MMMS2020), representatives from the BIGDATA Institute/VINGROUP, FUMEE TECH Joint Stock Company, VIETBAY Technology Company Limited, UPVIET Company Limited, ROBOT3T Company, and some other enterprises.

After a warm welcome and introduction introduced all guests to the scientific seminar of Assoc. Dr Chu Anh My - Project Leader i4SMART, Assoc. Dr Trang Si Trung - the Rector of Nha Trang University expressed his joy and pleasure with the university being selected as the venue for the Science Workshop and Training Course. Prof. Dr Nguyen Lac Hong - Vice-Rector of LQDTU spoke and highly appreciated the significance of the Science Workshop and wished the workshop a great success. Assoc. Prof. Dr Chu Anh My gave an important presentation on "Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 in Vietnam: Opportunities and Challenges". After some presentations and discussions on the role of IoT, Bigdata, AI, and Digital Twin in SM by scientists and experts, guest business representatives spoke on related fields. direct visualization. Representatives of BIGDATA Institute/VINGROUP presented Big Data Analysis in SM. The application of robots in SM was introduced by representatives of FUMEE TECH Joint Stock Company. Solutions for digital transformation in industries are analyzed by representatives of VIETBAY Company Limited. Optimization techniques in industrial design are shared by representatives of UPVIET Company Limited. The process of designing and manufacturing robots for modern industrial production is presented by the CEO of ROBOT3T company. All presentations and discussions are important value for describing an overview of SM, Industry 4.0 in the world, and the application situation in Vietnam. The raised issues can be used as a basis for building a specific roadmap for the robust development of SM and Industry 4.0 in Vietnam. Due to the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the seminar took place in both Offline and Online forms.

An important content contributing significantly to the success of the Workshop is the basic training course on a number of technologies applied in SM and Industry 4.0. These are the contents of Big Data analysis (BIGDATA Institute), Optimization engineering (LQDTU, UPVIET Company), Digital Twin concept model (LQDTU), Robot programming technique (FUMEE Company), Engineering designing and manufacturing industrial robots (ROBOT3T Company).

The scientific workshop and training course took place successfully after 7 consecutive working days with the great help of Nha Trang University, scientists, researchers, and experts from research institutes, universities, and enterprises. The latest research results, the latest practical applications related to manufacturing, industry 4.0 are presented by scientists and experts with rich content and valuable information. Discussions were hot, and lectures were highly effective. From the results of the scientific workshop, the i4SMART project team (LQDTU) has acquired and recorded to continue the project's contents closer to the actual production, associated with specific needs of enterprises in particular and the domestic production in general with the orientation of SM and Industry 4.0.

Smart Manufacturing & Industry 4.0 at the Research in Intelligent and Computing in Engineering conference RICE2020

Smart Manufacturing which is the key foundation of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) has gained increasing attention worldwide. The core state of the art technologies behind Smart Manufacturing include Internet of Thing (IoT), Artificial Intelligent (AI), Big Data Analytics, Cloud Computing, Digital Twin, Cyber-Physical Systems, Collaborative Robots, Additive Manufacturing – 3D Printing.

The #NewtonFund project between Le Quy Don Technical University (Vietnam) and University of Greenwich (United Kingdom) on Smart Manufacturing & Industry 4.0 has been chaired the first session at the Research in Intelligent and Computing in Engineering (RICE2020) conference.

The RICE2020 conference has been adapted to deliver online in response to Covid-19 pandemic gathering relevant high profiled professors and researchers.

With the blessings of the almighty and well wishes, two days of RICE2020 were successfully organized with research-oriented discussions at 7 conference sections, and more than 75 technical papers were presented online via Microsoft Teams, with 14 experts as the session chairs participated from Viet Nam, India, Japan, France, and United Kingdom.

The section of Smart Manufacturing & Industry 4.0 at RICE2020 covers the research and technology development (R&D) topics in Smart Manufacturing & Industry 4.0, especially innovative and cost-effective solutions for the connected factories of the future and collaborative robots (Cobots), as well as the emerging R&D topics related to applications of AI, Big Data, Blockchain and IoT, with the focus on applications in Design, Manufacturing and Healthcare. This special section is supported by:

(1) Newton Fund (www.newtonfund.ac.uk), under the project entitled “Network of Excellence and Hi-Tech Hub for Vietnam’s Industry 4.0 via the UK-VN collaborations in Smart Manufacturing”, and

The organising committee and session chairs of RICE2020 participated in both the OFFLINE and ONLINE mode to support the authors' oral presentations. There was also the successful Inaugural Ceremony with an inaugural speech by the leaders of Thu Dau Mot University (TDMU), the RICE team members, with keynotes delivered by Prof Pattnaik (Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), India), Prof Manuel Cardona (Universidad Don Bosco, El Salvador), and Prof Tien Tuan Dao (Sorbonne University, France).

The coordinators of the #NewtonFund and #VINIF projects, Le Quy Don Technical University (Vietnam), the University of Greenwich (United Kingdom) and #Robot3T will also be the member of organising committee for RICE2021 to be organised in summer 2021.

Find out more about the RICE conferences: www.riceconference.in

Find out more about the related R&D projects: www.i4smart.org and www.vietcobot.com

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