Universal Village (UV) is a new concept proposed by MIT’s Universal Village Program which exemplifies an ideal future society that pursues harmony between humans and nature through the wise use of advanced technology. The 8th IEEE International Conference on Universal Village (IEEE UV2026) will be held virtually and locally from October 17-20, 2026. IEEE UV2026 features the theme of “Human-Centered AI Transformation for Future Empowerment: Explainable & Human-Intelligible Understanding, Intent-Aware Reasoning & Accountable Decision-Making, Human-Authorized AI Action, and Human-Supervised Reflective Learning.”

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Session 5-A: Smart Manufacturing

Tuesday, October 27 | 8:00 am – 10 am  (U.S. Eastern Time)

Overview:

Smart manufacturing is fully-integrated, collaborative manufacturing system that responds in real time to meet changing demands and conditions in the smart factory, in the supply network, and in customer needs. Smart sensors, cloud computing infrastructures, the Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, artificial intelligence, and advanced robotics are introduced to improve manufacturing productivity and cost efficiency. The objective of this session is to share the latest research results, ideas, developments, and applications on smart manufacturing.

Session 5-A: Smart Manufacturing
Dr. Yuanjun Laili
Session Chair

Associate Professor, Beihang University

Session 5-A: Smart Manufacturing
Jeremy S Zimman
Keynote Speaker

Director of Communications at BROAD U.S.A

Topic: Prefabricated B-CORE Structural Material Applications For Healthcare Facilities

Session 5-A: Smart Manufacturing
Dr. Jiayi Liu
Keynote Speaker

Assistant Professor, Wuhan University of Technology

Topic: Robotic disassembly planning & its demonstration

Session 5-A: Smart Manufacturing
Dr. Gongzhuang Peng
Keynote Speaker

Assistant Professor, University of Science and Technology Beijing

Topic:  Collaborative Reasoning of Design Knowledge with a Hypernetwork Model

Session 5-A: Smart Manufacturing
Dr. Jun Huang
Keynote Speaker

Research Fellow, University of Birmingham

Topic: Smart Remanufacturing

Session 5-A: Smart Manufacturing
Dr. Xuesong Zhang
Keynote Speaker

Assistant Professor, Jilin University

Topic: Parallel computing scheduler for Co-Simulation