Transformers applications for industrial systems faults detection, prediction and mitigation

Supervisor Prof. Pavel Václavek, Ph.D.
Research Group Cybernetics and Robotics

This project develops a unified AI pipeline that leverages transformer architectures for multivariate time-series sensing and large language models (LLMs) for unstructured maintenance knowledge to detect, predict, and mitigate faults in industrial systems. Objectives: (i) real-time anomaly detection and early warning using temporal transformers with multimodal sensor fusion; (ii) prognostics of remaining useful life via sequence-to-sequence forecasting with uncertainty quantification; (iii) automated root-cause analysis and remediation planning by fine-tuning domain LLMs on service logs, incident reports, and OEM manuals; and (iv) closed-loop mitigation through decision support integrated with existing systems. Methods include self-supervised pretraining on historical telemetry, domain adaptation to new assets, distillation/quantization for edge deployment, and attention-based explanations aligned with engineering constraints. A digital-twin testbed and synthetic fault injection complement real datasets.  Deliverables comprise a modular toolkit (APIs, on-prem edge runtimes), safety guardrails for human-in-the-loop validation, and reproducible benchmarks, enabling scalable, interpretable, and standards-compliant fault intelligence across heterogeneous industrial assets.

See list of topics
  1. Advanced software for batch processing of correlative imaging with quantitative phase and fluorescence
  2. Advancing coral biomineralization studies: Real-time imaging of coral skeletogenesis using 4D X-ray microcomputed tomography
  3. Advancing time-resolved cryo-EM to elucidate insulin receptor inhibition mechanisms
  4. Atomically engineered materials for sustainable carbon-free fuels
  5. Development and application of novel technology and/or characterization methods
  6. Development of multimaterial 3D printing using the digital light processing method
  7. Environmental “double trouble”: Elucidating plant molecular responses to heavy metal and PFAS co-contamination
  8. Exploring high-frequency electrical neurostimulation beyond classical mechanisms
  9. Exploitation of novel functional properties of surfaces/nanostructures in nanophotonics, nanoelectronics and/or quantum technologies
  10. FAST-4D hiQPI: Fast, accurate, scalable time-lapse 4D holographic incoherent-light-source quantitative phase imaging
  11. Genetic predispositions to development of hematological malignancies
  12. Characterization of electrochemical double layers...
  13. In situ magneto-ionic control of antiferromagnetic/ferromagnetic interfaces
  14. Investigation of novel possibilities for targeted therapy in acute myeloid leukemia
  15. Long non-coding RNAs in microenvironmental interactions of B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia
  16. Magnetic actuation platforms for biological environments
  17. Magneto-structural properties and quantum phenomena in molecular materials
  18. Manipulation and detection of molecular magnets at 2D van der Waals interface
  19. Molecular mechanisms of heat stress adaptation...
  20. Nanorobots for biomedical and environmental applications
  21. Next generation materials for flexible wearable sensors and energy storage
  22. Next-generation noninvasive neurostimulation technologies
  23. Postdoctoral researcher in structural virology
  24. Processing of carbide-based ceramics by upcycling ceramic waste
  25. Pushing thin-film deposition techniques beyond their conformality limits
  26. Radical-free photocrosslinkable hydrogels for 3D bioprinting
  27. Role of transcription factors in B-cell malignancies
  28. Structural changes in intrinsically disordered proteins
  29. The future of deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease
  30. Transformers applications for industrial systems faults detection
  31. Translation control
  32. Tuning the bioactivity of carbon-based coatings and nanoparticles
  33. Unravelling microplastic fate and transport
  34. Upcycling of ceramic waste to produce carbide-based ceramics