Innovate & Elevate: University Insights for Business Transformation
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Knowledge Transfer Partnership programme, we are hosting an online forum event each month to showcase how our academic experts can support your business.
Innovation drives the growth of organisations, whether they are industrial enterprises, service providers, social enterprises, charities or public sector organisations. In our Innovate & Elevate forum series, we will explore how companies utilise expert knowledge from the university to advance business performance and de-risk investment for research and development.
Join us for this series of short, valuable online forums designed to harness the dynamic ecosystem of academia and industry collaborations. Learn how the latest technological advancements or management practices can meet your business needs and support your company’s growth.
Transformative AI
In our first instalment of the Innovate & Elevate forum, we explore how #ArtificialIntelligence can enhance business operations through predictive engineering.
Dr Edward Smart and Dr Hongjie Ma from the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, with over 25 years of combined experience in AI, will be talking about how their applied research has successfully transformed a range of businesses and leveraged significant benefits.
This will include:
- How to determine the core business challenge that AI can address
- A review of common AI myths
- How to transform data into actionable insights
- Case studies highlighting successful applications of this research
Who should attend
All organisations aiming to embrace AI to optimise their business operations and make effective decisions.
How you will benefit
Learning from past project case studies on how other organisations have utilised AI to enhance their business offerings and how the Knowledge Transfer Partnership supported these innovations.
After the presentation, there will be an opportunity for questions. You will also have the opportunity to submit questions during the registration process.
Presenters
Dr Edward Smart is an Associate Professor in Data Analysis in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portsmouth. He has extensive experience of academia-industrial collaborations, totalling over £9 million. For the last 15 years, he has led or co-led 12 KTPs, 9 Innovate UK collaborative R&D bids and 2 feasibility studies, resulting in 1 ‘outstanding’ KTP award, multiple new products and an estimated £20+ million of savings and created value.
Dr. Smart’s principal area of research is machine learning with a particular focus on anomaly detection in an industrial setting, where datasets are not 'clean' and knowledge is incomplete. Dr. Smart initially developed anomaly detection algorithms for the aerospace industry during his PhD and subsequent KTPs. These algorithms were further developed and refined in multiple sectors including marine, food, manufacturing and security.
Dr. Smart leads the Innovative Industrial Research (IIR) group, which is an industrially focused research group with a strong reputation in practical machine learning for industry that leverages a tangible return on investment. It has extensive experience, including detailed analysis of business challenges, sensor selection, machine learning algorithm development and decision support.
Dr. Hongjie Ma is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Portsmouth. With over a decade of experience, he has established himself as an expert in integrating AI-based decision-making and optimization techniques into embedded system development.
Dr. Ma has pioneered the implementation of artificial intelligence algorithms in resource-constrained embedded control systems across various industrial applications. His expertise spans multiple sectors, including automotive control systems, battery management systems, production line anomaly detection automation, and autonomous driving control systems. This practical application of AI in embedded systems demonstrates his ability to bridge the gap between theoretical research and industrial implementation.
Dr. Ma has demonstrated significant success in securing and managing industrial-academic collaborations from a number of different funders and projects, including the KTP programme. These collaborations showcase his ability to translate complex technical solutions into practical industrial applications.
His work continues to advance the field of embedded AI systems, contributing to technological innovation across multiple industrial sectors.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact ktp@port.ac.uk.
Learn more about KTP’s at the University of Portsmouth here.
Schedule for future events in this series TBC.