Dear Reader :
We are excited to bring you this 19 th edition of the Journal of Innovation : “ The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Industry .” AI is a significant contributor to value creation in the fourth industrial revolution and estimated to provide a $ 14 trillion boost to the global economy by 2035 1 . The goal of this edition is to illustrate the relevance of AI to Industrial IoT – from its applications to implementation challenges .
• We start with “ Applicative Framework for End-to-End AOI Implementation ” by Valerio Di Eugenio , Gianluca Gamba , and Chiara Mattei of Bosch . This article covers a concrete implementation of an Automatic Optical Inspection ( AOI ) system including the architecture from hardware and software points of view , and how it has been applied to real manufacturing processes .
• In “ Design Considerations and Guidelines for Implementing Federated Learning in Smart Manufacturing Applications ,” Sourabh Bharti and Alan McGibney of Munster Technological University , Cork Ireland , and Tristan O ’ Gorman of IBM , describe a common framework to support the development of Federated Learning . This enables the sharing of sensitive data across smart manufacturing organizations .
• Dr . Carmen Kempka , WIBU-SYSTEMS AG , and Prof . Dr . Andreas Schaad , University of Offenburg , provide approaches and recommendations on how to secure Machine Learning models throughout their lifecycles in “ Securing the ML Lifecycle .”
• In “ DDoS Attack Identification Utilizing Machine Learning in Circumstances Involving Hacked IoT Devices / Insider Assaults ,” Ericsson ’ s Rani Yadav-Ranjan , Arthur Brisebois , and Serene Banerjee illustrate the use of machine learning to identify and counter DDoS attacks involving wireless IoT devices .
The release of this edition coincides with the recent release of the
IIC Industrial IoT Artificial Intelligence Framework . The framework highlights the value proposition AI can enable in nextgeneration industrial IoT systems and addresses the emerging requirements and implementation challenges . We highly encourage you to take a close look at the framework .
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