Education and practitioners need a transformation in preparing the human capital towards the adoption of computers and automation with smart and autonomous systems fueled by data and machine learning, which we all called revolutionary industry 4.0. Challenges such as interconnection, information transparency, technical assistance, and decentralized decisions need the engagement of the universities responding at global and local levels.

Engaged universities with the development their nations and, at the same time, with the global challenges, means to initiate how people adoption to the ability of advance technology to connect and communicate with each other via the Internet of Things (IoT) or the Internet of People (IoP); to collect immense amounts of data and information from all points in the manufacturing process, thus aiding functionality and identifying key areas that can benefit from innovation and improvement; to visualizing information comprehensively for making informed decisions and solving urgent problems on short notice; and to make decisions on their own and to perform their tasks as autonomously as possible. Only through the effective collaboration between governments and public agencies, universities and research centers, enterprises and NGOs the implementation of those advance technology will be a reality. Universities are called to become a trigger of change, standing at the center of the discussion and moving towards action

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