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Artificial intelligence – detecting anomalies in vast amounts of data


Businesses can tap into the University of Portsmouth’s Institute of Industrial Research (IIR), where specialists use Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques for industrial applications.


The IIR, based in the newly- opened Innovation Space, was established to enable industry and businesses to become more globally competitive through the application of AI techniques, achieved through capitalising on research and expertise across the University and developing the knowledge into bespoke solutions for industry and business partners.


Every flight generates masses of data from hundreds of information feeds, requiring hours of scrutiny. This intelligent software will identify data that would never have been detected by a human


The technology means that computational systems can adapt and learn by interacting with their environments. It is an emerging, multidisciplinary field that spans science, engineering, mathematics, psychology and other disciplines to create systems which humans consider as being intelligent.


Led by Professor David Brown, the team includes PhD student Faith Thompson, an engineer by career background, and senior maths lecturer Dr Djamila Ouelhadj. The IIR is a self-contained specialist research group.


A business can benefit from looking at vast amounts of data and spotting anomalies which can cause, for example, a mechanical problem and ultimately affect the bottom line – profit. “If a machine is breaking down, then where is the solution?“ asks Brown. “Is it a skilled person and a spare part?“


All analysis has to factor in human behaviour, but in developing


’quantifying reability’ you can build a number into it.


Airlines could be alerted to potential problems in aircraft before they can jeopardise safety on a future flight, thanks to a new computer program which uses AI. It analyses data recorded in an aircraft’s black box after every flight and flags up abnormalities that fall outside the airline’s standard safety parameters. It highlights even tiny aberrations in the flight data that would not usually be identified, allowing the airline to investigate and take remedial action if necessary before safety is compromised.


Currently flight data monitoring is a semi-automated process carried out on a flight-by-flight basis using a set of pre-defined safety criteria which check for known problems. The new system works by comparing flights against each other and looks for similarities within apparently random sequences of data. Those which are most similar are grouped together to identify recurring patterns and anomalies during a flight, which would previously have gone undetected.


Brown added: “Every flight generates masses of data generated from dozens of instruments and hundreds of information feeds, requiring hours of labour-intensive scrutiny by skilled observers. This intelligent software will do the same job in a fraction of the time and identify data that would never have been detected by a human. It literally looks for the needle in the proverbial haystack.“


The IIR is developing the program in conjunction with Flight Data Services, a flight data monitoring company based at Fareham. When completed in September it will be incorporated into the services it provides to its 50 customer airlines.


For more on Innovative Space, go to page 10.


For more news on Portsmouth and the University of Portsmouth, see pages 13 – 15.


THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – SOLENT & SOUTH CENTRAL – JUNE 2013


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