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2026 IEEE SMC Workshop 4:
AI-Empowered Industry Applications

Workshop Location:
Room Maple
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Bellevue, WA, USA

14:00~16:00
Oct. 4, 2026

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Student Participation Support (100 USD per person)

Workshop Schedule

14:00-14:05 Opening

Chair: Prof. Po Ting Lin
Welcome Address: Prof. Shun-Feng Su

14:05-14:15 Introduction to Intelligent Manufacturing Innovation Center (IMIC) at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), Taiwan

Speaker: Prof. Shu-Hao Liang, NTUST

14:15-14:30 Technical Presentation of Paper #1842

Speaker: Prof. Po Ting Lin, NTUST
Title: Gradient-Based Trajectory Optimization for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Inspection with Collision-Aware Constraint Activation

14:30-14:45 Technical Presentation of Paper #1883

Speaker: Prof. Shun-Feng Su, NTUST
Title: Quality Evaluation Mechanism for Snap-Fit Assembly Tasks Based on Multimodal Sensing Model

14:45-15:00 Technical Presentation of Paper #2029

Speaker: Prof. Chao-Lung Yang, NTUST
Title: Diagnosing Height-Axis Grounding Errors in VLM-Based Ingestion of Electronic Package Drawings: A Top-View-Grounded Verification Approach

15:00-15:30 Keynote Speech 1

Speaker: Prof. Kai-Lung Hua, CTO of Microsoft Taiwan
Title: From Generative AI to Multi-Agent Collaboration: The Engines of Next-Gen Intelligence
Abstract: The rapid advancement of Generative AI has reshaped the boundaries of creativity, reasoning, and problem-solving. As AI systems evolve toward greater autonomy, the next frontier lies in multi-agent collaboration, where intelligent agents coordinate and negotiate to accomplish complex tasks. This talk explores how the convergence of Generative AI and multi-agent systems forms the basis of next-generation intelligence, fostering adaptive decision-making, distributed cognition, and emergent behaviors that exceed the capabilities of individual models. We further discuss how these developments are transforming human–AI collaboration across research and industry. The presentation concludes with an examination of the technical, ethical, and governance challenges that must be addressed to ensure trustworthy, transparent, and socially beneficial AI systems.

15:30-16:00 Keynote Speech 2

Speaker: Prof. Wen-Yuh Jywe, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan
Title:

About

2026 IEEE SMC Workshop 4:

AI-Empowered Industry Applications

2026 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2026), is to be held October 4–7, 2026 in the vibrant city of Bellevue, WA, USA.

Under the theme “Human-Centric Intelligence: Shaping the Digital Future”, SMC 2026 will bring leading experts from academia, industry, and government to explore how cutting-edge advancements in systems science, human-machine interaction, and cybernetics can drive meaningful progress for humanity. The conference will serve as a vital forum to discuss the challenges and opportunities of designing intelligent systems that prioritize human well-being and societal benefit.

With recent rapid development in AI, traditional industry applications have gone through big revolution. With the use of AI techniques, dramatical increases in research has been devoted into this area, such as those topics in IoT, robotics, human-machine systems, smart manufacturing, digital twin, GAI, cybernetic security, etc. Most of those topics are related to our society. It is our purpose to attract those researchers of our SMCS events, especially those from industry. The "WS4: AI-Empowered Industry Applications" intends to have a mixture of invited keynote talks, full paper presentations and open discussion with the organizers for the related research topics among those participating centers and universities.

This workshop aims to showcase the latest developments of AI technologies and their industrial applications. We will invite 2 keynote speakers either from the AI-related industry or who have years of experiences in AI developments. The organizers from Taiwan, USA, Hungary, and Spain will invite researchers around the world to submit papers that are related to AI-empowered industry applications to this workshop. We especially welcome student participants to join this workshop. We plan to provide some travel supports to each student participant in the WS4: AI-Empowered Industry Applications. More details about this student travel support will be announced later.

More information about SMC 2026 please click here: https://www.ieeesmc2026.org/