ioMosaic is a leading provider of integrated process safety and risk management solutions.
The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with ioMosaic, which has been awarded ‘Outstanding’ by Innovate UK, successfully applied novel methods for the company by incorporating AI to its process of safety evaluation.
As a direct result of the KTP, the company will now recruit software engineers and build a centre of excellence that can advise on the application of AI within its software products.
The academic team supporting the KTP with ioMosaic included: Professor Özgür Şimşek, Deputy Head of Department of Computer Science and Head of the AI and Machine Learning Research Group at the University of Bath; and Professors Semali Perera and John Chew, both from the Department of Chemical Engineering. Professor Şimşek says:
In this project we developed AI and machine learning systems to help automate processing of piping and instrumentation diagrams so that chemical engineers can more easily and effectively evaluate the safety of chemical processes.
It was a great experience from start to finish, the company was wonderful and brought their ‘A game’ into an intellectually challenging project. Both from a commercial and academic perspective, this KTP was very successful for all parties involved; the Associate, the academics, and the company are extremely pleased. We certainly want to continue working together to develop innovative AI solutions for additional, more complex problems that are faced by the company.
The knowledge and capability embedded through the KTP has enabled ioMosaic to develop internal AI capability for current and future inhouse products. The latest innovative product developed from the KTP allows ioMosaic to identify safety concerns for chemical engineers in shorter timeframes and at reduced cost. The industrial team included Dr John Barker, ioMosaic Director and Kamel Balquis, Software Team Leader at ioMosaic. Kamel Balquis says:
At ioMosaic we are specialised in process safety management and process safety consultancy. One of our day-to-day jobs is to look at the engineering diagrams and make sure that we consider all the possible safety concerns that we might have. The KTP allowed us to enhance the proficiency and the efficiency of reading those diagrams so that we can do our job faster and produce a safer world for everyone.
This highest rating of ‘Outstanding’ from Innovate UK further acknowledges the University of Bath’s success and capability in delivering transformational KTPs for nearly fifty years.
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs) are funded by Innovate UK to help businesses to improve their competitiveness and productivity through the better use of knowledge, technology and skills within the UK knowledge base.
Contact the Business Partnerships and Knowledge Exchange team if you are interested in a KTP: partnerships@bath.ac.uk