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IMS065 - Data Science in Product Realization

IMS065  Data science in product realization lp2 HT20 (7.5 hp)

Course is offered by the department of Industrial and Materials Science

Contact details

Course Examiner
Anders Skoogh, PhD
Professor of Production Maintenance
Director of the Production Engineering master’s program
Department of Industrial and Materials Science
Division of Production Systems

E-mail: anders.skoogh@chalmers.se

Phone: +46 (0)31 772 48 06

Course Coordinator & Administration
Ebru Turanoglu Bekar, PhD
Researcher
Department of Industrial and Materials Science
Division of Production Systems

E-mail: ebrut@chalmers.se

Phone: +46 (0)31 772 64 13

Course aim

The course aims to enable data-driven and facts-based decisions in mechanical engineering, specifically in the industrial product realization process. Therefore, the course aims to provide the students with fundamental knowledge about data science (including elements of Artificial Intelligence - AI and Machine Learning - ML) and abilities to apply data science techniques for improving production systems and product development.

Course literature

  • Course PM
  • Lecture materials (power-point presentations) will be available at the course Canvas homepage
  • Scientific papers
  • Recommended resources to support learning

Course content and organization

The course is divided four modules and each module covers the following topics:

Module 1 - Introduction to Data Science

  • Fundamentals of data science (AI/ML)
  • An overview of data-driven modelling
  • Introducing toolboxes for data scientists

Module 2 - Data Mining & Visualization

  • Introduction to the data mining process and work procedures
  • Plotting for exploratory data analysis (EDA)
  • An overview of data quality dimensions
  • Methods for data pre-processing

Module 3 - AI and ML

  • A general introduction to AI and ML
  • Examples of ML algorithms to understand in what situations they can be used
  • Examples of deep learning
  • Analysis of different industrial applications from product realization life cycle using AL/ML
  • The ethics of AI (will be covered by reading scientific papers and discussion in literature seminar presentation)

 Module 4 - Project work

  • Practicing with group work project for understanding AI/ML systems through the appropriate formulation of the selected industrial cases from product realization life cycle

Different learning activities will be used during the course summarized as below:

  • Lectures – Basis for theoretical understanding of the concepts of data science (AI/ML).
  • Guest lectures – Basis for understanding different industrial applications of data science (AI/ML).
  • Workshops – To reinforce the learning via more engagement with the students related to data utilization and analytics of the selected industrial cases from product realization life cycle.
  • MATLAB seminars – To support learning of the necessary toolboxes, which will be expected to use in examination project work.
  • Self-paced hands-on exercises – Training in an interactive tutorial in MATLAB called Machine Learning Onramp course , which introduces practical ML methods, preparation for MATLAB seminars and examination project work.
  • Project work, which is mandatory for examination, and it aims to practice skills learned throughout the course based on a structured project methodology.
  • Presentation and discussion of scientific papers related to applications of data science (AI/ML) in the product realization process.

Learning objectives and syllabus

On successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
LO1. Describe the fundamentals of data science, its applications (AI/ML), data-driven modelling and big data analytics.
LO2. Apply the basics of well-known libraries of the toolboxes for data scientists.
LO3. Describe steps of the data mining process.
LO4. Describe and apply visualization techniques with respect to the data mining process.
LO5. Perform data pre-processing methods to ensure multi-dimensional measure of data quality.
LO6. Explain and interpret utilization of data and applicability of AI/ML algorithms for improving production systems and product development.
LO7. Interpret and discuss state-of-the-art knowledge from scientific papers related with data science in mechanical engineering.
LO8. Implement commonly used AI/ML algorithms, analyze their performance, and discuss their application using industrial applications from product realization life cycle.
LO9. Critically analyze and argue key ethical principles and potential impacts of AI on people and society and evaluate social and human requirements of systems and scenarios.

Link to the syllabus on Studieportalen.

Study plan

If the course is a joint course (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet) you should link to both syllabus (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet).

Examination form

Grading is based on the examination project work including a technical report and a recorded oral presentation. Students must be approved on all assessment tasks individually (project work, hands-on exercises, mandatory knowledge test, and literature seminar presentation) to pass the course. The grading scale are Failed, 3, 4, and 5.

Course schedule

You could find course PM and the schedule in the following link:

CoursePM_DataScienceinProductRealization.pdf

Course summary:

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