This article lists fourteen open problems in artificial life, each of which is a grand challenge requiring a major advance on a fundamental issue for its solution. Each problem is briefly explained, and, where deemed helpful, some promising paths to its solution are indicated.

Industrial policy has attracted considerable controversy in the development context. This paper makes a case for a pragmatic and limited approach to interventions as a means of stimulating industrialization in the context of current and future challenges facing newly industrializing economies. It begins with a simple definition of industrial policy, a brief survey of the theoretical case, and a...

Customisation is one of the most important topics in architecture, as architects generally work on individual prototypes instead of mass-produced designs. By using customised design and fabrication tools, architects are able to individually respond to challenges, instead of relying on universal software tools. This paper proposes new software components for interfacing industrial robots with ph...

A variety of analytical and experimental methods have been suggested so far for industrial system modelling. However, the need for optimized models for different objectives and applications is still a strong motivation for researchers to continue to work in this field. Artificial Neural Network (ANN) as a black-box approach has been playing a significant role in system identification and modell...

Reuse approaches like domain engineering are increasingly shifted from software to system engineering. This results in new challenges to be faced by domain repositories, in which the reusable artifacts are stored. This paper describes the specific requirements for domain repositories for industrial automation systems and proposes a possibility to structure domain repository contents. The result...

In manufacturing and distribution, a core process is logistics, and the cost of logistics is roughly 10% of GDP in the US. Designing, managing, and improving industrial logistics systems has never been more challenging, or more critical to competitive success. Fortunately, rapid advance in computational technology promises to provide industrial logistics system designers the kinds of design too...

The ability to analyze security breaches in industrial control systems (ICS) is vital for the fast remediation of compromises and thereby helps to improve the robustness of these systems in the face of attacks. Current forensic practice lacks specific tools and procedures for performing investigations in these environments. Furthermore, the specifics of industrial control systems in most cases ...

Enzymes are the most proficient catalysts, offering much more competitive processes compared to chemical catalysts. The number of industrial applications for enzymes has exploded in recent years, mainly owing to advances in protein engineering technology and environmental and economic necessities. Herein, we review recent progress in enzyme biocatalysis, and discuss the trends and strategies th...

ME’13 focuses on potentials and challenges of mobile computing for the software engineering community. The workshop discusses emerging ideas, methodologies, frameworks, tools, as well as industrial experiences with the engineering and management of mobile services and applications, and aims at establishing a research community around these topics. Furthermore, the workshop provides an interacti...