The International Symposium on Test Automation and Instrumentation (ISTAI) is sponsored by China Instrumentation & Control Society (CIS) . It is world’s premier international symposium for automated test, control and instrumentation, and also the largest technical event specially dedicated to test automation & industrial innovation. The aim of ISTAI is to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners and developers to review current trends in this area and to present new ideas and new research directions. The symposium scope covers all practical aspects of the theory and methods of automation test, control system and instrumentation for industrial applications.