The COVID-19 pandemic has not only posed a significant threat to health, life, economy, and the whole society but also led to numerous new theoretical and practical challenges for automation science and engineering. The goal of this Special Issue is to bring together researchers and practitioners into a forum to show the state-of-the-art research and applications in responding to the challenges and opportunities of automation science and engineering to the pandemic, by presenting efficient scientific and engineering solutions, addressing the needs and difficulties for integration of new automation methodologies and technologies, and providing visions for future research and development.

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关于自动化科学与工程对 COVID-19 大流行的挑战和应对的客座社论特刊


COVID-19大流行不仅对健康、生命、经济和整个社会构成重大威胁，而且给自动化科学与工程带来了许多新的理论和实践挑战。本期特刊的目标是将研究人员和从业者聚集到一个论坛上，通过展示高效的科学和技术成果，展示应对疫情大流行带来的自动化科学与工程挑战和机遇的最先进的研究和应用。工程解决方案，解决集成新自动化方法和技术的需求和困难，并为未来的研究和开发提供愿景。