The significant growth in modern communication technologies has led to an increase in zero-day vulnerabilities that degrade the performance of cyber-physical systems (ICPS). Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are one such threat that overwhelms a target with floods of packets, posing a severe risk to the normal operations of the ICPS. Current solutions to detect DDoS attacks are unsuitable for resourc...
The Industry 4.0 has brought significant changes in production processes and business models worldwide. Advanced technologies, e.g., Collaborative Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, and Internet of Things (IoT) are playing a crucial role in improving efficiency and productivity. However, the adoption of these technologies, particularly IoT, introduces security vulnerabilities and potential atta...
Waste and the necessity to increase sustainability in the farming industry are some of the challenges addressed in the agri-food chain. With the potential of digital technologies, e.g., the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence, to revolutionize agriculture by enabling more efficient and intelligent monitoring, system architecture and IoT nodes were developed to support relevant parameters for co...
Industry 4.0 is built upon the foundation of connecting devices and systems via Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, with Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) serving as the backbone infrastructure. Although this approach brings numerous benefits like improved performance, responsiveness and reconfigurability, it also introduces security concerns, making devices and systems vulnerable to cyber attacks. There is a nee...
The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the main foundations of Industry 4.0, providing widespread connectivity of systems and devices, which promotes significant benefits, such as improved performance, responsiveness, and reconfigurability. However, it also brings some security problems, which make these devices and systems vulnerable to cyberattacks, consequently demanding efficient learning and training initi...
The collection and analysis of data assume a crucial importance in the digital transformation era. Internet of Things (IoT) technologies allow to gather data from heterogeneous sources and make them available for data-driven systems aiming, e.g., monitoring, diagnosis, prediction and optimization. Several applications require that these IoT nodes be located remotely without connection to the electrical grid and...
Denial of Service is a significant availability threat in Industrial Cyber-Physical systems and smart manufacturing is not an exception. The types, methods, and duration of these attacks have been evolving rapidly and their number has increased dramatically, reaching a new record in history. In particular, digitisation of the manufacturing process and increased connectivity have created a battleground between p...
The climate change, the loss of productive land area and the exponential population growth are demanding new and more efficient ways to produce, transform and consume food resources that respect the planet's sustainability. The achievement of these challenges require the use of emerging ICT technologies, such as Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Cloud Computing, to promote the real-time...
In the context of the fourth industrial revolution, the integration of human operators in emergent cyber-physical systems assumes a crucial relevance. In this context, humans and machines can not be considered in an isolated manner but instead regarded as a collaborative and symbiotic team. Methodologies based on the use of intelligent assistants that guide human operators during the execution of their operatio...
One main foundation of the Industry 4.0 is the connectivity of devices and systems using Internet of Things technologies, where Cyber-physical systems (CPS) act as the backbone infrastructure based on distributed and decentralized structures. CPS requires the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques, such as Multi-Agent Systems (MAS), allowing the incorporation of intelligence into the CPS through autonom...