Special Session #8

SPECIAL SESSION #8

Loredana Cristaldi

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

• loredana.cristaldi@polimi.it

Parisa Esmaili

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

• parisa.esmaili@polimi.it

Marco Faifer

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

• marco.faifer@polimi.it

Although the concept of Industry 5.0 is still in its early stages, there are emerging signs indicating its potential direction. While Industry 4.0 primarily focuses on integrating digital technologies and automation into manufacturing processes, Industry 5.0 is anticipated to highlight collaboration and interaction between humans and machines. This represents a human-centered approach to manufacturing, where advanced technologies enhance human capabilities, fostering more meaningful and sustainable work.

This perspective forms the foundation for a novel, sustainable and resilient digital factory concept. In this context, artificial intelligence, digital technologies, and collaborative robotics will establish a reliable human-machine coevolution relationship, leading to high-performance, inclusive, and sustainable human-machine working systems.

Loredana Cristaldi (S’91–M’01–SM’06) received the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Catania, Catania, in 1992, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, in 1995. In 1999, she joined the Dipartimento di Elettrotecnica, Politecnico di Milano as an Assistant Professor of electrical and electronic measurements. She is a Full Professor with the Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano.
Her current research interests include the measurements of electric quantities under nonsinusoidal conditions, virtual instruments, and measurement methods for reliability, monitoring, and fault diagnosis. Prof. Cristaldi is a Counsellor of the IEEE Student Branch of the Politecnico di Milano and a member of the TC 315 CEI (WG6) and TC56 CEI.