The goal of the International Conference C2I4 is to bring out cutting-edge research works carried out in the leading academic institutions, research labs, and industries contributing to the fourth Industrial revolution – popularly known as Industry 4.0. In this context, the scope of the conference is the convergence of the design principles in the areas of communication networks, cyber-physical systems, computing technologies, and associated applications for automation under one roof. To facilitate this, the conference hosts presentations of peer-reviewed original technical papers on recent developments in these areas.