-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: "Ye Liu (刘野)" liuyefancy@GMAIL.COM Gesendet: 31. Oktober 2019 10:21:55 MEZ An: tccc-announce@COMSOC.ORG Betreff: [TCCC-ANNOUNCE] CALL FOR PAPERS: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics for Special Section on Sustainable and Intelligent Precision Agriculture (IF: 7.377)

*IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics*

*CALL FOR PAPERS*

*for Special Section on*

*Sustainable and Intelligent Precision Agriculture*

*Theme:* Since the green revolution in the mid-20th century, we have entered into the era of industrial agriculture, in which farming activities are industrialized and specialization is applied to all steps during food production of livestock, poultry, fish and crops. Industrial agriculture has many advantages. For example, the use of specialized machinery lightens farmer’s labor intensity. Large-scale monoculture crops planting and intensive farming achieve higher food yields with lower price. In plant factory, the cultivation environment can be artificially controlled, so the vegetables grow faster than in outdoor conditions. However, industrial agriculture also causes some negative impacts on ecological system due to the high energy consumption and serious environmental degradation. Tractors, combines, cultivators and other agricultural machinery not only consume much fossil fuels but also degrade soil. The use of too much synthetic fertilizers and pesticides contaminate local rivers and water sources. Water is often overused in the irrigation stage.

Industry 4.0, that built on leading-edge technologies, will be a transforming force to reshape the industrial agriculture. Through wireless sensor network, unmanned aerial vehicle and satellite imagery, the ubiquitous sensing can collect valuable data during food production. Precision agriculture helps to save use of fertilizer and water. Solar photovoltaic power harvesting and wireless energy transfer is a key approach to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels. Smart microclimate control in greenhouse and plant factory enables deep understanding on the interaction between gene, environment and phenotype. Artificial intelligence and big data makes the industrial agriculture more intelligent.

This special section on “Sustainable and Intelligent Industrial Agriculture” is to provide a forum for researchers from diverse interdisciplinary areas to present their latest achievements in industrial agriculture.

*This special section will focus on (but not limited to) the following topics:*

● Artificial intelligence and machine learning for smart industrial agricultural

● Connectivity, localization and autonomous driving of agricultural machinery network

● Precision agriculture with sensor, drones, remote sensing and Internet of Things

● Design, development and application of agricultural system with Industry 4.0

● Blockchain, big data for digital farming: theory and application

● Energy harvesting and wireless power transfer in industrial agriculture

● Next generation 5G mobile networks for industrial agriculture

● Ontology-driven plant phenomics information system

● Robotics, guidance and automation for agriculture

● Case study of sustainable and intelligent industrial agriculture

● Security and privacy for green IoT-based agriculture

*Manuscript Preparation and Submission*

Follow the guidelines in “Information for Authors” in the IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics http://www.ieee-ies.org/pubs/transactions-on-industrial-informatics . Please submit your manuscript in electronic form through Manuscript Central web site: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tii. On the submitting page #1 in popup menu of manuscript type, select: SS on *Sustainable and Intelligent Industrial Agriculture*

Submissions to this Special Section must represent original material that has been neither submitted to, nor published in, any other journal. Regular manuscript length is 8 pages.

*Note: *The recommended papers for the section are subject to final approval by the Editor-in-Chief. Some papers may be published outside the special section, at the EIC discretion.

*Timetable:* *Deadline for manuscript submissions February 25, 2020*

*Expected publication date (tentative) July, 2020*

*Guest Editors:*

l Prof. Lei Shu, Nanjing Agricultural University, China / University of Lincoln, UK lei.shu@njau.edu.cn

l Dr. Gerhard Petrus Hancke, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China gp.hancke@cityu.edu.hk

l Dr. Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa a.abumahfouz@ieee.org

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