The conference will bring together researchers, from both academia and industry, from four different areas:

               - Automatic Control,
               - Control of Production and Logistics and Management,
               - Computer Science and Computer Engineering,
               - Industrial Engineering

to promote a synergy among different disciplines in order to solve complex scientifical and technical challenges.

This meeting covers recent progress in the conference topics, encompassing methodological approaches, methods, tools and applications.

Papers duly presented will be published by Elsevier (Pergamon) and will be indexed in the Thomson ISI Web of Knowledge.