1.   Intelligent Machine Tools

(Intelligent, multi-task machine tools; intelligent tooling/fixture systems; intelligent machine components; process monitoring, sensing, and control, etc.)

2.  Virtual Manufacturing

(Physics-informed machine learning-based process modeling; integrated modeling for geometry and dynamics; digital twins and virtual metrology, etc.)

3. AI in Manufacturing

(AI & Data-Driven Manufacturing; smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0 applications; sustainability, and energy-efficient manufacturing processes, etc.) 

4.  Advanced Metrology

(Metrology and dimensional inspection in production; optical, laser, and non-contact measurement systems; in-situ/online measurement, etc.)

5.  Robots in Production

(Robots for measurement/assembly/handling; robotic machining; human-robot collaboration; embodied AI robots, etc.)

6. Additive and subtractive manufacturing

(Laser-based and hybrid machining processes; hybrid additive–subtractive manufacturing; metal additive manufacturing technologies, etc.)

7.  New Materials Processing

(Advanced materials and alloys for manufacturing; surface integrity and functional surfaces; high-performance manufacturing, etc.)

8. Atomic and Close-to-atomic Scale Manufacturing (ACSM)

(Atomic scale processing; atomic level processing, atomic scale measurement and characterization, etc.)

9. Manufacturing Paradigm III (MP-III)

(ACSM; AI for MP-III; Control technology in MP-III; Environmental engineering for MP-III; Surface engineering in MP-III; Quantum technology, etc.)