Séminaire Recherche Prof. Dr QingPing YANG14h | Polytech Angers | B106 | 62 Notre Dame du Lac - 49000 Angers

Le 16 janvier 2026

Applications of AI in Measurement and Quality Engineering

Dr QingPing YANG who regularly collaborates with Abdérafi CHARKI, member of the Reliability Engineering and Decision-Making tools" Group (REDM) at LARIS, is a Reader at Brunel University of London and a founder of Brunel Quality Engineering and Smart Technology (QUEST) Research Group, and Robotics and Automation Research Group.  He joined the Brunel Centre for Manufacturing Metrology (BCMM) in 1988 with a visiting scholarship awarded by the AVIC, after his graduation in Instrumentation and Measurement Technology from Chengdu Aeronautical Polytechnic in 1983 and subsequent 4 years’ research experiences at an Aircraft Structure Research Institute (AVIC, Xi’an) and admission to an MSc Programme in Robot Control and Intelligent Control at Northwestern Polytechnical University.   In 1989, he was awarded an ORS Award and a PhD Studentship from British Technology Group to develop a patented smart 3D high precision probe system for CMMs, and received his PhD degree in October 1992.

His research experiences include sensors, instrumentation, dimensional metrology, smart systems, robotics, AI, quality engineering and sustainability.   Over the last three decades, he has developed a unique and coherent research field broadly integrating metrology, quality engineering and smart technologies (including AI and robotics), published 150+ papers and supervised (as the first supervisor) 27 PhD students to successful completion in these areas.  He has led a number of research projects funded by EU, UK government and industry with a total funding of about £2.7 million as Principal Investigator and £1.2 million as Co-Investigator.  Dr Yang has received numerous prizes and awards for outstanding academic and work performance in the past.