Center Industrial Big Data and Industrial AI for Resilient Manufacturing and Service Systems

Industrial AI, Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning, and Cyber Physical Systems are changing the way we design

product, manufacturing, and service systems. It is clear that as more sensors and smart analytics software are

integrated into networked industrial products, manufacturing, and maintenance systems, predictive technologies can

further learn and autonomously optimize productivity and performance.This presentation will give an introduction

about industrial big data and industrial AI for smart resilient machines and manufacturing operations, as well as smart

service transformation. First, an overview of digital transformation in different industries will be given, and

fundamental issues on data quality and systematic machine learning will be addressed. In addition, methodologies in

applying industrial AI in large-scale industrial systems will be introduced with case studies. Finally, research issues on

digital twins for high performance and real-time data analytics in future predictive manufacturing and maintenance will

be discussed.

Dr. Jay Lee is Vice Chairman and Board Member of Foxconn Technology Group. Prior to this position, he served as

Vice Chairman of Foxconn Industrial Internet. Currently, he is on leave from the Univ. of Cincinnati where he holds

the Ohio Eminent Scholar and L.W. Scott Alter Chair Professorship . He is the founding director of the National

Science Foundation (NSF) Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) on Intelligent Maintenance

Systems and is also the Founding Director of the Industrial AI Center. Previously, he served as senior advisor to

McKinsey & Company. Before his academic career, he served as Director for Product Development and

Manufacturing at United Technologies Research Center and as Program Directors for a number of programs at NSF.

He was selected as 30 Visionaries in Smart Manufacturing in by SME in 2016 and 20 most influential professors in

Smart Manufacturing in June 2020. His new book on Industrial AI was published by Springer in 2020.

Please direct any questions to ME512@northwestern.edu or maegen.gregory@northwestern.edu