# Automation & Intelligent Systems Robin T. Bye IIR @ Scandic Parken 07.12.2023 <!-- Put the link to this slide here so people can follow --> slides: https://hackmd.io/@robintb/AIS_Dec2023 --- ## Agenda * Who we are * BSc Automation & Intelligent Systems * MSc Mechatronics & Automation (siv.ing.) * Cyber-Physical Systems Laboratory * (Some) Highlights from 2023 * Breaking news --- ## Who we are * AIS group (scientific staff) * Emeritus appointments * CPS Lab (research staff) * Administrative & technical support * Work environment * Administrative and collaborative relations --- ### AIS group (scientific staff) * Prof. Robin T. Bye * Prof. Agus Hasan * Prof. Ottar L. Osen * Prof. Hans Georg Schaathun * A/Prof. Adam Leon Kleppe * A/Prof. Lars Ivar Hatledal * A/Prof. Erlend M. L. Coates * Asst. Prof. Kai Erik Hoff * Sr. Eng. Anders Sætersmoen * (A/Prof. Aleksander L. Skrede) --- ### Emeritus appointments * A/Prof. Emeritus Webjørn Rekdalsbakken * Asst. Prof. Emeritus Ivar Blindheim --- ### CPS Lab (research staff) Contributors are the AIS group plus * A/Prof. Ute Schaarschmidt * A/Prof. Vijander Singh * A/Prof. Rune Volden * Asst. Prof. Mikael Tollefsen * Postdoc Baiheng Wu * Adj. A/Prof. Andreas Brandsæter (20%) * PhD Aleksander L. Skrede (25% teaching) * and... --- * PhD Øystein Bjelland (25% teaching) * PhD Eirik Strøm Fagerhaug (25% teaching) * PhD Bismi Rasheed * PhD Miriam Kopperstad Wolff * PhD Luka Grgicevic * PhD Joel Jose * PhD Sanjeev K. R. Sudha plus others with the same goals! --- ### Administrative & technical support * :heart: Tuva Magritt Molvær, higher exec. officer * :heart: Ann-Kristin H. Maridal, senior exec. officer * :heart: Amela Paro, controller * :heart: Anders Sætersmoen, senior engineer * :heart: Øyvind Hanken, staff engineer * :heart: Martin Havnes Jørgensen, apprentice * :heart: Mohamad Salah Eddin Bilal, apprentice * and... --- * :star: Inger Johanne Krohn, proj. manager NAIL * :star: Agus Hasan, dep. head of research * :star: Ottar L. Osen, dep. head of innovation * :star: Anders Ulstein, dep. head of education * :star: Gunn-Helen Hellevik, head of office * :star: Rune Volden, head of department --- ### Work environment -- the "AIS symbiosis" * highly motivated group * overlapping **and** complementary competencies * flat hierarchical structure * sound arguments before titles * culture for sharing and caring * co-teaching for competence & robustness * room for career development * **excellent collaboration with administration** --- ### Administrative and collaborative relations at NTNU * AIS have worked deliberately since the merger with establishing good relations to parties outside IIR: * the IE faculty * on-campus administration and services * other departments and units * and... --- * People in vital roles at IE administration (dean, prodeans, study administration, research council) and elsewhere (ITK, SEED, others) regularly express strong support for both IIR and AIS -- or at least that is how we interpret them :smirk: * NTNU staff in these roles generally come across as highly competent colleagues with the best intentions for us * Nuisances that might arise are related to "the system", not people! --- ## BSc Automation & Intelligent Systems 2023 * New: Two study directions (112 study places): * Robotics & Intelligent Systems (AIS-Å) * Samordna opptak: 22 * TRES: 18 * Y-vei: 18 * total study places: **58** * Cybernetics & Robotics (AIS-T) * Samordna opptak: **54** --- ### AIS admission 2022 1st priority applicants: * SO (32): 41 &rarr; 1,3 stud./st.pl. * TRES (18): 17 &rarr; 0,9 stud./st.pl. * Y-vei (18): 42 &rarr; 2,3 stud./st.pl. * Total (68): 100 &rarr; 1,5 stud./st.pl. --- ### AIS admission 2023 1st priority applicants: * AIS-Ålesund: * SO (22): 50 &rarr; **2,3 stud./st.pl., +77%** * TRES (18): 32 &rarr; **1,8 stud./st.pl., +100%** * Y-vei (18): 51 &rarr; **2,8 stud./st.pl., +22%** * Total (58): 131 &rarr; **2,3 stud./st.pl., +53%** * AIS-Trondheim (54): 216 &rarr; **4,0 stud./st.pl.** * Strong improvements, especially considering simultaneously opening AIS-T and national (and NTNU) decrease in engineering studies ---  --- ### AIS qualification points limits 2023 * SO: Ordinary: 47.7 | Ordinary 1st time: 46.0 * TRES: Ordinary: 48.5 | Ordinary 1st time: 40.0 * Y-vei: 44.2 --- ### BSc AIS focus going forward * Amount of female students * Collaboration with AIS-T * Onboarding new programme director (Aleksander Skrede) * FTS and competence profiles * Dropout and completion rates * Generative AI * Studiebarometeret 2023 * Pedagogical publications, dissemination, knowledge sharing --- ## MSc Mechatronics & Automation (siv.ing.) --- ### About the new master programme * 2-year international Master of Science * NTNU accreditation as "sivilingeniør" * First cohort starting 2024 * Collaboration IIR/IE & IHB/IV * Industrial and practical profile * Two study directions: * Robotics & Intelligent Systems (IIR) * Marine Systems (IHB) --- ### Master courses  --- ### MSc MECAUT focus going forward * Admission: media, communication, and recruitment * Collaboration with IHB * Collaboration with industry * Study programme council * Preparation and implementation --- ## CPS Lab - CPS Maritime (Ottar): Autonomous ships - CPS Health (Adam): Biomechatronics - **CPS Technology (N.N.): Machine vision** - \+ CPS Energy (Agus): Digital Twins (working title) --- ### CPS Maritime: Autonomous ships * Core staff: Ottar, Andreas, Erlend, Lars Ivar, Vijander, Robin * PhD/postdoc: Eirik, Luka, Joel, Sanjeev, Baiheng * Main projects: * SFI Autoship * SAFEMATE * MIDAS * AutoDrone --- ### CPS Health: Biomechatronics * Core staff: Adam, Robin, Hans Georg, Ute, Rune * PhD: Aleksander, Øystein, Bismi, Miriam * Main projects (w/Ålesund Biomechanics Lab) * robotics and orthopaedic robot testing * orthopaedic simulator (CHAOS) * smart orthoses --- ## (Some) Highlights 2023 * (Jan) :champagne: Opening of new facilities for Ålesund Biomechanics Lab * (Jan) Autonomous ships review paper reaches 100 citations in ~1 year (Anete, Rachid, Robin, Ottar, Thor) * 177 citations per 7 Dec 2023 * (Feb) :dart: AIS wins ~1 MNOK for scientific equipment (robots) from IE * (Mar) AIS car simulator features on [NRK TV](https://tv.nrk.no/serie/distriktsnyheter-moere-og-romsdal/202303/DKMR98032323/avspiller#t=4m53shttps://tv.nrk.no/serie/distriktsnyheter-moere-og-romsdal/202303/DKMR98032323/avspiller#t=4m53shttps://tv.nrk.no/serie/distriktsnyheter-moere-og-romsdal/202303/DKMR98032323/avspiller#t=4m53s) --- * (Jun) :boom: New master programme in mechatronics and automation approved by NTNU rector * (Spring) Agus Hasan lead for 3 major applications * (Jun) :dart: Øystein Bjelland wins Best Student Paper ECMS 2023 * (Jun) :dart: Baiheng Wu wins funding for three minor projects: * Peder Sather Award: 20' USD (~210' NOK) * BioTech (NTNU): 150' NOK * Startplugg: 30' NOK --- * (Jun) AutoDrone Championship 2023 in Horten * (Jun) :dart: Andreas Brandsæter wins NFR funding of ~10 MNOK * "Programming for Developing Mathematical Competencies" * IIR participants: Rune, Hans Georg, Kai Erik, Ottar, Kjell Inge, Arne, ... * (Aug) Adam & Øystein leads for 2 major applications * (Sep) Erlend Coates PhD defence * (Oct) PhD Joel Jose joins CPS Lab --- * (Autumn) IIR NAIL AI node and kickoff week * (Nov) Successful MSc kickoff in Molde * (Nov) Establishing B1 as CPS Lab Facility * (Nov) Aleksander and Vijander job offers * (Nov) MSc launch event at Sundebygget --- ## Christmas presents :gift: Breaking news: * :dart: Ottar wins *Skaparkraft* grant award (200') with Seaonics & Viddal * :gem: **Machine vision** as a new strategic CPS Lab direction * **Solwr Robotics: 2 industrial PhDs** * Seaonics: 1 industrial PhD (TBC) * Applied for 1 internal RSO PhD (reject) * materialise somehow later? * robust direction if 3-4 PhDs * vital for CPS Lab strategy and BSc/MSc --- ### Thank you! 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