[AISWorld] CFP - Intelligent Automation: The Gateway to Optimizing Business Performance, Cutter Business Technology Journal

[San Murugesan]

Intelligent Automation: The Gateway to Optimizing Business Performance

Guest Editor:  <http://www.cutter.com/experts/san-murugesan> San Murugesan

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Abstract Deadline: March 27, 2020

Article Deadline: April 30, 2020

Automation is rapidly advancing along a few new directions. Traditionally,
automation employed 'feedback control' to perform a task or to keep a
parameter of interest within a specified limit. It transformed industries in
several ways, replacing much of the manual work. Then, robotic process
automation (RPA) helped to automate and speed up key business workflows.
Now, driven by artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML),
autonomous operational capabilities, smart materials, GPS data and other
technologies, traditional automation is being enhanced with several advanced
features such as intelligence, the ability to work collaboratively, the
competency to deal with unknown or uncertain environments, and with the
ability to perform satisfactorily even with partial information.

This enhanced automation, known as smart automation, hyper automation,
intelligent automation and intelligent RPA (IRPA), is now receiving
significant interest among researchers, developers, business and industry.
While it is both promising and encouraging, it also raises a few technical,
organizational, managerial, social, ethical and regulatory issues and
challenges which need to be satisfactorily addressed.

An upcoming issue of Cutter Business Technology Journal, Guest Edited by San
Murugesan, aims to examine the emergence of the new face of automation and
explore novel ways to address various issues and challenges it presents.
It'll also examine the disruptions it might cause and the impact on
businesses, the job landscape, and society. Furthermore, it will discuss how
the IT industry and IT professionals can get ready to embrace the new
frontiers in automation.

For this issue, we're seeking insights and perspectives from practitioners,
academics, consultants, visionaries and industry experts that address one or
more of the following questions:

*	How are smart automation, autonomous systems and IRPA being used in
domains such as business, finance, manufacturing, smart factories,
healthcare, supply chain, tourism, hospitality, and defence? How will
automation shape these domains in the future? What new applications and
innovations might emerge?
*	How can two or more such systems work together collaboratively? What
are typical use cases?
*	What are the promises and potential of cobots (collaborative
robots), and what new challenges will they pose?
*	How can an advanced automation system and a human interact and work
together, capitalising on the strengths of each other?
*	How can we implement 'adjustable autonomy,' which requires transfer
of decision-making control to other entities (typically an automation system
transferring control to human operator, or vice versa) in key situations?
*	How can automation embrace AI, ML, IoT, GPS data, cloud, robots and
smart materials?
*	What kind of enterprise automation strategy can embrace new
advances? What are the challenges in implementing the strategy?
*	Trust is a critical factor in adoption of advanced automation in
practices. How can we establish their trust-worthiness?
*	How might cyberattacks affect safety, reliability and operations of
an autonomous automation system?
*	What are the issues to be explored further in automation design,
implementation and deployment?
*	What are the major concerns and threats of emerging automation? How
might new kinds of automation impact a skilled workforce?
*	What new opportunities will arise now, and in the near future, for
the IT industry and technology professionals?
*	What are moral and ethical obligations and responsibilities of
developers and adopters of advanced automation?
*	Do automation technologies and applications need be regulated, and
if so by whom?

ARTICLE IDEAS. Please send article ideas (short paragraph/outline format) to
<http://mailto:cgenerali%40cutter.com%3B%20%20san1@internode.net/?subject=CF
P%20Abstract%20for%20Automation> San Murugesan and Christine Generali (
<mailto:san1 at internode.net> san1 at internode.net and
<mailto:cgenerali at cutter.com> cgenerali at cutter.com). Accepted articles due
April 30, 2020. Final article length is typically 2,000-3,500 words plus
graphics.
<https://experts.cutter.com/acton/ct/19169/s-0824-1807/Bct/l-0093/l-0093:2/c
t3_0/1?sid=TV2%3Abmn1Cis2i> More editorial guidelines.

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Business Technology Journal is published monthly as a forum for thought
leaders, business practitioners and academics to present innovative ideas,
current research and solutions to the critical issues facing business
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complimentary subscription to Cutter Business Technology Journal. In
addition, the Journal occasionally pull excerpts, along with the author's
bio, to include in weekly Cutter Edge email newsletter, which reaches
another 12,000 readers. It can arrange to make copies of the issue in which
you're published available for attendees of those speaking engagements --
furthering your own promotional efforts.

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 <http://tinyurl.com/sanbio> Professor San Murugesan 

Adjunct Professor, Western Sydney University

Director, BRITE Professional Services

Former Editor-in-Chief, IEEE  <http://www.computer.org/itpro> IT
Professional

IEEE CS Golden Core Member

Sydney, Australia

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Email:  <mailto:san1 at internode.net> san1 at internode.net