Politecnico di Milano Wins Best Paper Award at GIECS 2024 for Human-Centric Industrial Innovation
The INCODE consortium is delighted to announce that the team from consortium partner POLIMI (Politecnico di Milano) has received the Best Paper Award at the Global IoT & Edge Computing Summit (GIECS 2024) in Brussels, on September 24, 2024. This award, presented during the AIOTI Days 2024 event (September 24-25), honors their innovative work on human-centered manufacturing.
The award-winning paper, “Approaching Interoperability and Data-related Processing Issues in a Human-centric Industrial Scenario,” presented by lead author Walter Quadrini, was recognized by the summit’s scientific committee for its impactful contributions to advancing interoperability and efficiency in manufacturing. Quadrini’s research explores the integration of 5G private networks and Edge-to-Cloud infrastructure to tackle latency and data processing challenges—technologies essential for building worker-centered production environments.
The experiments, conducted at the MADE Competence Center for Industry 4.0 in Milan, is part of INCODE’s work on smart worker assistance. With research activities led by Danish Abbas Syed, and contributions from Nima Rahmani Choubeh, Marta Pinzone, and Sergio Gusmeroli, the team’s success highlights the impact of Horizon Europe projects like INCODE and aerOS, which provided essential resources for this project.
Promoting Human-Centric Manufacturing for Industry 4.0
During AIOTI Days, Sergio Gusmeroli elaborated on these ideas in a session titled “Cloud-Edge-IoT (CEI) Technologies at the Service of European Sustainable Manufacturing Industries.” Following the conference, Quadrini engaged with the AIOTI community to discuss how INCODE’s solutions can enable more effective human-machine interactions within smart manufacturing, further reinforcing INCODE’s role in shaping the future of Industry 4.0.
Human-centric manufacturing prioritizes technology that enhances workers’ safety, well-being, and productivity. This approach not only boosts operational efficiency but also supports sustainable, flexible manufacturing systems that respond to market demands and societal expectations, aligning with the EU’s commitment to inclusivity and competitiveness.
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For more information on the INCODE Worker Assistance Application Area, visit the dedicated webpage on the project website.
For more information on the Industry4.0lab at the Polytechnic University of Milan, visit the website of the research group.