Andrew Sherlock

Director of Data-driven Manufacturing, NMIS

Session: Standardisation for Trustworthiness in AI: a sector perspective on how to deliver trustworthy AI

Andrew Sherlock is the Director of Data-Driven Manufacturing at the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland and Professor of Practice at the University of Strathclyde. His first degree was in Mechanical Engineering and his PhD focused on novel shape optimisation techniques for aerospace components. His subsequent career, both in academia and industry, has focused on the application of AI, data science and search techniques to design and manufacturing. In 2006 he founded ShapeSpace Ltd, a spin-out from the University of Edinburgh, to commercialise 3D search-by-shape technology, initially developed as a 3D search engine for components and subsequently enhanced to allow analysis of assemblies. This technology has been deployed at a number of large manufacturers in automotive, aerospace and industrial equipment industries where the ability to undertake analytics on component portfolios and large numbers of bills of materials has uncovered significant cost savings within the supply chain. Between 2016 and 2019 he was the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Visiting Professor in Design for Product Profitability at the University of Edinburgh.