Getting on Board with AI Technology

Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) are starting to change the traditional role of the control engineer. This article discusses the benefits it can offer engineers as well as the barriers to its adoption in the industrial environment.

According to Jos Martin, senior engineering manager at MathWorks, the biggest impact of AI on control engineering in the coming years will be on the workers themselves. He said: “As demand for data science skills grows and the tech skills gap widens, everyday engineers and scientists, as well as data scientists, will be expected to fill the gap, undergoing training on how to design and deploy machine learning systems to become ‘citizen data scientists’.

“To be able to make the most of AI in their work, engineering professionals will need to possess skills such as the ability to deal with large datasets, and to build and train AI models and understand how to use new development tools and software. Companies need to support their workers to upskill and must be willing to invest in adequate training to make this a reality.”

This article was published in Control Engineering Europe.

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