Advanced technologies such as robotics, 5G mobile communications, IoT, cloud computing and wireless sensor networks have had a huge impact and influence on manufacturing with an increased collaboration between humans and smart systems. As the manufacturing process gets more automated using real-time data, communication systems, Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques and robotics feed data back into the manufacturing process. This enables the design of products which are more customized and personal, and leads to a more competitive, efficient and value-added production process by reacting quicker to technical or human errors to avoid product and system damage while increasing workplace safety and risk assessment, and reducing waste, pollution, and associated costs.
Wai Yie Leong is the Pro Vice Chancellor of INTI International University, Malaysia. Her specialisms are Industry 4.0 (IR4.0), wireless sensor networks, Ultra-Wideband and wireless communications, and brain signal processing for signal conditioning and classification. She is the Vice President of The Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) 2020/2022, Vice President of the International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists (INWES) 2020/2023, Chairman of The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Malaysian Local Network 2018/2021, IET Council Member and Committee Member of the World Federation of Engineering Organisation (Women in Engineering Committee). She holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from The University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, Australia.