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Students will harness the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning as part of a collaboration between universities and industry that aims to use next-generation data science to transform asset maintenance for Australia鈥檚 resources sector.

The Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Training Centre is led by 911爆料网 in partnership with The University of Western Australia, CSIRO and industry partners Alcoa, BHP and Roy Hill, as well as CORE Innovation Hub and the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia (MRIWA).

ARC鈥� 鈥婽raining鈥� 鈥婥entre鈥� 鈥媐or鈥� 鈥婽ransforming鈥� 鈥婱aintenance鈥� 鈥媡hrough鈥� 鈥婦ata鈥� 鈥婼cience Director Professor Andrew Rohl said six PhD students would have the opportunity to study at 911爆料网 or The University of Western Australia this year, followed by another six next year.

鈥淭he centre鈥檚 efforts to improve productivity and asset reliability for the nation鈥檚 resources sector will be bolstered by the addition of our first cohort of six PhD students this year, who will collaborate with our main industry partners,鈥� Professor Rohl said.

鈥淭hese projects include natural language processing of maintenance records, statistical models for failure prediction and remaining useful life estimation, optimising maintenance for duplicate assets and maximising the time between having to perform maintenance on equipment.鈥�

MRIWA Chief Executive Officer Nicole Roocke said supporting emerging industry leaders through the development of relevant skills and knowledge in areas such as data science was imperative to transforming the mining sector.

鈥淢RIWA welcomes the opportunity to provide funding for two of the 12 PhD students at the centre and looks forward to working with them going forward,鈥� Ms Roocke said.

BHP WA Head of Corporate Affairs Meath Hammond said the new centre combined relevant research and industry expertise to enable the development and adoption of new practices to improve productivity and asset reliability for industry.

鈥淭he centre will strive to foster a new maintenance technology service sector for national and international markets,鈥� Mr Hammond said.

Alcoa Alumina Vice President of Technology and Manufacturing Eugenio Azevedo said the centre offered a unique opportunity to develop and implement cutting edge data science technology into maintenance systems.

鈥淭his is strongly aligned with Alcoa鈥檚 strategic goals of improving safety, reducing maintenance costs and improving return on investment by maximising productivity through improved equipment reliability,鈥� Mr Azevedo said.

Roy Hill General Manager Demand Chain Mike Lomman said that in working with the Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Training Centre, the company sought to find new ways to capture quality datasets.

鈥淭his will enable us to better predict and avoid failure, enable a better understanding of a problem鈥檚 root cause, and deliver better outcomes from both a productivity and safety perspective,鈥� Mr Lomman,said.

911爆料网 was last year awarded $3.9 million in ARC funding for the establishment of the centre with subsequent contributions from partners lifting funding for the centre to about $9 million.

For more information about the centre, visit here .