Implementing Industry 4.0 / Intelligent Systems Reference Library Bd.202 (PDF)

Dr. Carlos Toro received both his Ph.D. And M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of the Basque Country (Spain) and his Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering (with honors) from EAFIT University (Colombia). In 2003 he moved to Spain and started working in applied research focusing on Industrial and Advanced Manufacturing. At the same time, he lectured at the university of the Basque Country. In 2007 he was invited researcher at the University of Newcastle (Australia) returning in 2011 with a Marie Curie research visitor grant funded by the EU Commission. Since 2017 he joined A*Star Singapore at their Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC) as Senior Technology Architect and research scientist for the Smart manufacturing Division.

Dr. Humza Akhtar is working in A*STAR as Group Manager in Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Center (ARTC) since 2016 for Smart Manufacturing Group where he is leading a team of research scientists and software developers to create solutions for next generation manufacturing.



He has experience in end to end industry 4.0 solution development through IIoT and data analytics on edge and in cloud. He has also developed solutions for digital twin, factory simulation and immersive visualization through Virtual Reality.

He is also supporting a fast-growing startup Arcstone Pte Ltd as solutions architect for their new I4.0 product line. Humza completed his PhD from Nanyang Technological University in 2017 and the focus of his research was in data compression and optimization.





Dr. Wei Wang is the Coordinating Director of the Smart Manufacturing Division for the Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre's Smart Manufacturing Group. He is also the Senior Programme Manager of the Smart Manufacturing Joint Lab. Before joining ARTC, Dr Wang Wei held his position as Research Scientist with A*STAR's Institute of Materials Research & Engineering for nearly seven years. He