TMCE 2020 is the short form for the Thirteenth International Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering Symposium.

This Symposium will be co-organized by the Technological University of Dublin and the Delft University of Technology. The official language of the TMCE 2020 Symposium and the Proceedings is English. As in the previous years, a web-based system (EasyChair) will be used for submission management. Some important deadlines are as follows:

Submission of extended abstracts          15 August 2019

Notification of abstract acceptance         01 September 2019

Submission of full papers                          01 November 2019

Notification of paper acceptance              31 December 2019

Submission of revised papers                    31 January 2020

Digital Proceedings is available:                30 April 2020

The focus theme of the TMCE 2020 Symposium will be: “Designing and engineering of smart systems”. Within this theme, many interesting and important topics are considered as given below.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Full survey papers
• Full research papers
• Full application papers

List of Topics

• Topic family 1

• Engineering issues of smart systems such as cyber-physical systems
• Understanding smartness as system characteristics
• Building awareness in smart systems
• Reasoning mechanisms for smart systems
• Functional and structural (self-)adaptation of smart systems
• Human and system interaction with smart systems
• Self-tuning, self-adaptive and self-evolving smart systems
• Model-based and data-driven control of smart systems
• Designing self.* properties of smart systems
• Managing complexity, heterogeneity, and dependability of smart systems
• Societal and sustainability issues concerning smart systems

• Topic 2

• Advanced design and engineering methodologies for smart systems
• Understanding design thinking and system thinking
• Data analytics and knowledge mining for smart systems
• Frameworks and models for smart system design, engineering and realization
• Knowledge-intensive tools for smart system and service design and engineering
• Advance materials for smart systems and application
• Energy generation and provisioning for smart systems
• Advanced metal and non-metal additive technologies and systems
• Novel analysis, simulation and optimization methods and tools for systems design and engineering
• Socially responsive smart system engineering and education

• Topic 3

• Development and application of smart systems in manufacturing and production
• Development and application of smart systems in mobility and transportation
• Development and application of smart systems in healthcare and rehabilitation
• Development and application of smart systems in homecare and well-being
• Development and application of smart systems in education and training
• Development and application of smart systems in sports and leisure
• Development and application of smart systems in sustainability and environment protection
• Development and application of smart systems in natural disaster avoidance and recovery
• Development and application of smart systems in agriculture and horticulture
• Development and application of smart systems in space exploration

Committees

Program Committee

• Dr Anne Murphy
• Dr Philip Ownede
• Dr Marek Rebow
• Dr Mike Murphy
• Dr Mary Deasy
• Prf Anne Greene
• Dr Adrie Kooijman
• Prof John Kelleher

Organizing committee

• Prof Imre Horvath
• Dr Garrett Keenaghan
• Dr Nula Calnan

Venue

The conference will be held in Dublin, Ireland.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to Dr. Garrett Keenaghan garrett.keenaghan@dit.ie