Course syllabus
Course-PM
IMS065 Data science in product realization lp2 HT23 (7.5 hp)
The course is offered by the Department of Industrial and Materials Science
You could find the course PM in the following link:
Contact details
Course examiner
Anders Skoogh
Professor of Production Maintenance
Industrial and Materials Science
Chalmers University of Technology
anders.skoogh@chalmers.se
Course coordinator
Mohan Rajashekarappa
PhD Student
Industrial and Materials Science
Chalmers University of Technology
rmohan@chalmers.se
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. This course provides a well understanding of AI systems through the appropriate formulation of the problem and the choice/application of suitable ML algorithms in order to assess the effectiveness of such algorithms using industrial case studies from the product realization life cycle.
Course literature
See Course PM for more details.
- Lecture materials (power-point presentations) (available at the Canvas homepage of the course)
- Scientific papers (available at the Canvas homepage of the course)
- Recommended resources to support learning which are provided in the Course PM.
Course content and organization
The course is divided into 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 - How to drive AI in your business - Project work
- Practicing with group work projects for understanding AI/ML systems through the appropriate formulation of the selected industrial cases from the product realization life cycle
Different teaching and learning activities (TLAs) will be used during the course summarized below:
- Lectures – Basis for a theoretical understanding of the concepts of data science.
- Guest lectures – Basis for understanding different industrial applications of data science.
- Workshops – To reinforce the learning via more engagement with the students related to data utilization and analytics of the selected industrial cases from the product realization life cycle.
- MATLAB seminars – To support the learning of the necessary toolboxes, which are 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 in the product realization process.
Learning objectives and syllabus
On successful completion of the course, the student should 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 the steps of the data mining process.
LO4. Describe and apply visualization techniques with respect to the data mining process.
LO5. Describe and perform data pre-processing methods to ensure a multi-dimensional measure of data quality.
LO6. Explain and interpret the utilization of data and the 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 to data science in mechanical engineering.
LO8. Implement commonly used AI/ML algorithms, analyze their performance, and discuss their application using industrial applications from the 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.
If the course is a joint course (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet) you should link to both syllabus (Chalmers and Göteborgs Universitet).
Examination form
In this course, project-based learning is designed to give students opportunities to explore new concepts, take on new problems, formulate the problems by experiencing them in different ways, and reflect on these experiences in order to improve their performance in an iterative cycle based on a structured project methodology called Cross Industry Standard Process for Data Mining (CRISP-DM). This project work is mandatory for examination and it aims to practice skills learned throughout the course.
Grading is based on the examination project work including a technical report and recorded oral presentation. Students must be approved on all assessment tasks individually such as project work, hands-on exercises, mandatory knowledge test (online quiz) through CANVAS, and literature seminar presentation to pass the course. The grading scale is Failed, 3, 4, and 5. The result of the project work has outstanding weight for grading. The result from the mandatory knowledge test will serve as decision support in borderline cases. The literature seminar and project presentations will also be used as decision support for borderline grades. Further details about the examination will be presented throughout the course.
Course schedule
Most course activities will be organized on campus, however, a couple of guest lectures will be held online via zoom. More information related to the zoom link and password will be provided when the course starts. You could find the schedule in course PM as given at the top of this page.
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