[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Duyul] The 3rd session of the ‘AI Novatus Academia,’ where employees of Southeast region industries learn artificial intelligence, has been completed.
UNIST held the ‘AI Novatus Academia 3rd Graduation Ceremony’ at 9:30 AM on the 27th in the main auditorium of the Industry-Academia Convergence Campus.
The ceremony was attended by 28 graduates and supervising professors, followed by presentations of 10 team-based advanced research (Project-Based Learning) results.
The 3rd session trainees received AI theoretical education for two months starting in January and then conducted a three-month practical project.
The practical projects were designed for industry employees to select real-world problems occurring on site and solve them.
At the graduation ceremony, cases of solving difficulties in production sites using AI, which was intensively learned over five months, were presented.
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power developed an AI-based Eddy Current Testing (ECT) automatic evaluation model.
This model diagnoses defects caused by cracks, corrosion, and wear in tubes, which determine the lifespan of plants, not by humans but by AI models.
By predicting defect growth rate, operability, and equipment lifespan with the AI model and optimizing maintenance and tube replacement cycles, it is expected to save more than 20 billion KRW annually.
Hyosung Electric applied an AI model to the production of motors (MOC) for electronic parking brakes, part of automotive electrification.
Currently, motor cases are assembled by resistance welding, and welding quality is inspected by vision inspection, but accuracy and precision are insufficient. Introducing an AI model in this area is expected to save more than 500 million KRW annually.
Automotion is a company that supplies sealer application solutions for bonding various vehicles. The company developed an AI model that automatically sets inspection zones, improving the accuracy of application quality inspection.
Samyang Corporation utilized AI to minimize steam usage, which consumes the most energy in sugar factories.
By analyzing data from various steam supply networks, they derived a solution that lowers costs while providing necessary steam, resulting in an optimal solution that also reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
Shim Jae-young, head of the UNIST Artificial Intelligence Innovation Park project group, said, “Through the AI Novatus Academia program, we could experience the effects of applying cutting-edge AI technology to industrial sites,” adding, “UNIST Artificial Intelligence Innovation Park will do its best to contribute to manufacturing innovation not only in Ulsan but also in Busan and Gyeongnam regions.”
AI Novatus Academia is an education program for Southeast region industry employees organized by the UNIST Artificial Intelligence Innovation Park.
It is designed as a course where engineers at industrial production sites learn AI theory for five months, practice, and plan and solve AI projects needed for each industry.
The 4th session trainees are being recruited online until June 17, and the course is scheduled to start in July.
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