Industrial systems become extremely complex for continuously satisfying the increasing demands on industrial production to offer ensured services and operational availability. Failures of systems or services may causedestructive damage to equipment and even secondary downtimes. The enhancement of remote online monitoring, and the diagnosis and reliability of industrial systems have drawn considerable attentions in both industrial and research domains over the recent decades, due to the benefits of reducing downtimes and loss in production, and increasing the confidence of safety and quality of the whole industrial systems. This special session aims to present the scientific and industrial community’s contributions in regard to modeling, monitoring, diagnosing methodologies for particularly enhancing the robustness, stability and reliability of industrial systems. Both original practical work and review papers are welcome.