CIE51: The 51st International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering UNSW Sydney Sydney, Australia, December 9-11, 2024

Conference website	https://conference.unsw.edu.au/en/the-51st-international-conference-on-computers-and-industrial-engineering
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cie51
Abstract registration deadline	July 15, 2024
Submission deadline	July 21, 2024

The 51^st International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (CIE51) will be co-hosted by the Decision Support & Analytics Research Group (DSARG) from the School of Systems & Computing (Syscom) at UNSW Canberra (Australia) and the Centre for Sustainable Operations and Resilient Supply Chains (CSORSC) at the University of Adelaide (Australia), between 9^th and 11^th December 2024. The venue for this conference will be the Colombo Building, Kensington Campus, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

CIE51 aims to gather researchers to disseminate and discuss state-of-the-art advancements in the areas of Industrial Engineering, supply chain management, operations management, Computer science, Manufacturing, Management, and other related areas. The conference will witness the participation of distinguished speakers worldwide in the different disciplines of Industrial Engineering, with keynote speeches from distinguished scientists on advanced topics.

This is the latest in the series sponsored by Computers & Industrial Engineering: An International Journal, published by Elsevier. Its Impact Factor was 7.9 in 2023, and its Cite Score was 11.9 for the same year, placing it at the 96th percentile among general engineering journals (Q1 per the Web of Science and ABDC ranking ‘A’).

Technical Areas (include, but not limited to):

The conference theme will be “Towards Smart, Sustainable, and Resilient Systems”.

The CIE51 program will include guest speakers, peer-reviewed technical program, demos, short papers, posters, invited sessions on the same or related topics, industrial presentations, editorial board, industry panels, and exhibitions around but not limited to the following topics:

−             Vehicle routing, workforce planning, assembly line balancing, and asset maintenance.

−             Smart Manufacturing Systems

−             Additive Manufacturing and 3D printing

−             Industrial Internet of Things  

−             Cyber-Physical Systems

−             Humanitarian and Emergency Logistics

−             Simulation Optimization & Applications

−             Manufacturing Innovation

−             Resilient Smart Factories

−             Reliability Engineering and Predictive Maintenance

−             Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics

−             E-Business and E-Commerce

−             Sustainable and Smart Transportation Systems

−             Quality Control and Management

−             Decision Support Systems

−             Production Planning and Operations Scheduling

−             Technology and Knowledge Management

−             Digital Transformation

−             Big Data Analytics & Applications

−             Resilience Supply Chains and Logistics Model

−             Operations Research and Optimization

−             Facilities Planning and Design

−             Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma

−             Design for X

−             Data Mining and Business Intelligence

−             Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning applications

−             Product Process, Service, and Software Design Management

−             Reverse Engineering

−             Smart Cities Management Models

−             Healthcare Management Systems

−             Sustainable Supply Chain Management

−             Project Management and Control

−             Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

−             Circular Economics

−             Optimization of renewable energy resources

Important Dates:

Special Session Submission Deadline: 15th of May 2024

(Extended) Full Paper Submission Deadline: 21st July 2024 (submitted papers will be sent out for review as soon we receive them)

(Extended) Abstract Submission Deadline: 15th August 2024 (please note that you do not need an accepted abstract to submit a full paper. You can submit the full paper directly, should you decide to)

Acceptance Notification: Within 15th August 2024 

Early Bird Registration Deadline: 30th August 2024

Final Paper Submission Deadline: 30th September 2024

Conference Date: 9th - 11th December 2024

Proceedings and Special Issue:

Conference proceedings carrying the ISSN identifier of CIE51 for the CD-ROM version and 2164-8689 for the online version. Both are also indexed in Scopus and El Compendex. The proceedings will be published by Curran & Associates and posted on the website https://www.computers-and-ie.org/. Extended versions of selected articles will be published in a special issue of ELSEVIER Computers and Industrial Engineering Journal (ISSN 0360-8352). Some other special issues will be organized and announced on the conference webpage later. A few under discussion are- IEEE Engineering Management Review Journal, Annals of Operations Research, International Journal of Production Research, and Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review.

Conference Website:

Updated and detailed information on CIE51 will be published on the website of the conference at https://conference.unsw.edu.au/en/the-51st-international-conference-on-computers-and-industrial-engineering. For email communications, please drop an email at CIE51@unsw.edu.au.   

Competitions and Awards:

• Best conference paper award certificate
• Best student paper award
• Best poster award
• Best undergraduate senior project award

Paper submission:

CIE51 offers two options for paper submissions and publications at the same registration rate:

1. Full papers are reviewed for presentation at the conference as well as for publication in the conference proceedings.
2. Abstracts(only) will be reviewed for presentation at the conference without publishing in the conference proceedings.

All papers submitted to this conference will be peer-reviewed. Please use the conference website while submitting your paper, abstract or special session proposal.

Conference Co-Chairs:

Dr Ripon K. Chakrabortty, Leader & Founder of the Decision Support & Analytics Research Group (DSARG), School of System & Computing, UNSW Canberra, Australia. 

Dr Hasan H Turan, Research Lead at the Capability Systems Centre, School of System & Computing, UNSW Canberra, Australia.

Prof Kannan Govindan, Director of CSORSC at the University of Adelaide, Australia, and Chair Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, Denmark.

Prof Yasser Dessouky, San Jose State University, United States of America.

Local Organising Committee Members

1. Professor Ruhul A Sarker, UNSW Canberra, Australia.
2. Professor Sami Kara, UNSW Sydney, Australia.
3. Associate Professor Sanjoy Paul, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
4. Professor Kathryn Kasmarik, UNSW Canberra, Australia.  
5. Prof Honglei Xu, Curtin University, Australia.
6. Professor Babak Abbasi, RMIT University, Australia.
7. Dr Simon Dunstall, Data61, CSIRO, Australia.
8. Dr Darson Li, UNSW Sydney, Australia.
9. Dr Ismail Ali, UNSW Canberra, Australia.
10. Dr Sanath Kahagalege, UNSW Canberra, Australia.
11. Dr Huadong Mo, UNSW Canberra, Australia.
12. Professor William Ho, University of Melbourne, Australia.
13. Associate Professor Omar K Hussain, UNSW Canberra, Australia
14. Professor Daniel Prajogo, Monash University, Australia.
15.  Associate Professor Ferry JIE, Edith Cowan University, Australia.
16. Dr Priyabrata Chowdhury, RMIT University, Australia.
17. Associate Professor Daniel Prior, UNSW Canberra, Australia.
18. Dr Pankaj Sharma, UNSW Canberra, Australia.
19. Dr Peter Shi, Macquarie University, Australia.
20. Dr Firouzeh Taghikhah, University of Sydney, Australia.
21. Dr Yu Zhang, UNSW Canberra, Australia.
22. Associate Professor Nagesh Shukla, Griffith University, Australia.
23. Dr Elnaz Irannezhad, UNSW Sydney, Australia.
24. Associate Professor Hadi Ghaderi, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.
25. Associate Professor Sobhan (Sean) Arisian, La Trobe University, Australia.
26. Associate Professor Indra Gunawan, University of Adelaide, Australia.
27. Associate Professor Xiao-Hua Jin, Western Sydney University, Australia.
28. Professor Lusheng Shao, University of Melbourne, Australia.
29. Dr Anthony Sexton, UNSW Canberra, Australia.
30. Dr Alireza Abbasi, UNSW Canberra, Australia.
31. Dr Morteza Saberi, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
32. Dr Reza Kiani Mavi, Edith Cowan University, Australia.
33. Dr Mostafa Khatami, University of Wollongong, Australia.

International Advisory Board

1. Professor Dursun Delen, Oklahoma State University, USA.
2. Professor Min XIE, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
3. Professor Alexandre DOLGUI, IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de Loire Department of Automation CIM, France.
4. Associate Professor Adriana Gabor, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
5. Dr Humyun Fuad Rahman, Newcastle University, UK.
6. Dr Alexandros Tzanetos, Jönköping University, Sweden.
7. Dr Mesbahuddin Chowdhury, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
8. Associate Professor Mohd Adil, NIT Hamirpur, India.
9. Dr Yuqian Lu, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
10. Professor George Huang, Hong Kong Polytechnique University, Hong Kong.
11. Associate Professor Carman Lee, Hong Kong Polytechnique University, Hong Kong.
12. Professor Prasanta Dey, Aston University, UK.
13. Dr Majid Azadi, Aston University, UK.
14. Professor Ali Emrouznejad, University of Surrey, UK.
15. Professor Lenny Koh, Sheffield University, UK.
16. Professor Sri Talluri, Michigan State University, USA.
17. Professor Tyson Browning, Texas Christian University, USA.
18. Dr Seyed Jalaleddin Mousavirad, Mid Sweden University, Sweden.