Special Session 1

 

Special Session 1: Advances in AI-Generated Image Technologies

Description: This Special Session focuses on trustworthy Edge AI, digital twin technologies, and Industrial IoT systems for smart, connected, and resilient industrial environments. With the rapid deployment of sensors, edge devices, 5G/B5G connectivity, OPC UA-based interoperability frameworks, and AI-enabled analytics, industrial systems are increasingly moving toward real-time monitoring, autonomous decision-making, predictive maintenance, and human-machine collaboration. At the same time, issues such as trustworthiness, security, reliability, data integrity, quantum-safe protection, and deployment validation have become critical for practical adoption in smart factories and critical infrastructures. The session aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working on digital twin-enabled manufacturing, edge-cloud intelligence, secure IIoT architectures, sensor data visualization, predictive analytics, robotics navigation and mapping, and trustworthy AIoT applications. It welcomes both theoretical and applied contributions, especially studies involving real-world deployment, system integration, interoperability, and validation in industrial or critical infrastructure environments.

Session organizer
Dr. Rajeev Kanth, Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Finland

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Trustworthy IoT architectures for smart factories and industrial environments
• OPC UA-based data monitoring and interoperability in Industrial IoT systems
• Digital twins for manufacturing efficiency and process optimization
• Edge AI for real-time industrial sensing, monitoring, and decision-making
• Sensor data visualization and secure dashboards for IIoT applications
• Trust, security, and reliability evaluation of smart factory IoT systems
• Predictive analytics and spare-part demand analysis in connected factories
• Human-machine and co-bot interaction in AI-enabled smart factories
• 5G/B5G-enabled Industrial IoT and factory connectivity
• Field deployment and validation of edge-cloud IoT systems in applied environments
• AI-Enabled Quantum-safe security solutions for Critical Infrastructures
• Autonomous navigation, localization and mapping for robotics and related IoT applications

Submission method
Submit your Full Paper (no less than 10 pages) or your paper abstract-without publication (200-400 words) via Online Submission System, then choose Special Session 1 (Advances in AI-Generated Image Technologies)
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Introduction of session organizer

 

Dr. Rajeev Kanth
Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Finland

Dr. Rajeev Kanth received a Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) in Information and Communication Technology from the University of Turku, Finland, in 2013. He has been working as a Principal Lecturer (Yliopettaja- in Finnish) at the Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Finland, where he focuses on teaching and research on the Internet of Things (IoT). He has been an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Computing, University of Turku, Finland, and a Visiting Professor at Hebei University of Environmental Engineering, China. He is currently a senior member of the IEEE. Previously, he worked at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Ahmedabad, India, and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, where he was a researcher and a senior research scientist, respectively. He has over 25 years of experience working in academic and research institutions. His current research interests include the Internet of Things, big-data analytics, artificial intelligence, and wireless cloud and edge computing. He has published more than 110 scientific articles in peer-reviewed conference proceedings and refereed computer science and communication technology journals. Some of the recent and ongoing research and development projects are UCNDRONE (funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education), VLEFACT (EU Erasmus Plus-funded project), and AIQUSEC (Business Finland).