The iRel40 project, which started May 1st 2020, consists of 75 partners from 13 European countries including Turkey. Three virtual General Assemblies (GA) weeks with all partners were organized until end of 2021. The first F2F meeting took place only after two project years May 16th to 20th 2022 at Istanbul (Turkey). A very successful GA week was set up by MarUn Univ. (see
https://www.irel40.eu/news(s’ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre)). This meeting included sessions on project progress, WPx meetings, dedicated topical workshops (e.g. on artificial intelligence) and a use case workshop with posters.
Work packages WP1 and WP6 are the project envelope. They also include the pan-European network activities. All the four deliverables D1.1 to D1.4 of WP1 on specs and requirements, use case and test vehicle progress have been worked out. In WP6 the deliverables D6.1 and D6.2 which monitor especially the status of all 34 use cases, were finalized.
The detailed technical research and development work is covered in WP2 to WP5. In WP2, which includes R&D on “Analytics, Theory, Cognition and Prediction”, the eight planned deliverables were elaborated. These deliverables include e.g. results on data infrastructures, data collection methods, methodologies for data analysis and features extraction, new training data augmentation techniques, data value chains, AI/ML training data etc. Work on holistic approaches to PHM methodology is in full progress. In WP3, which includes R&D on “Advanced and Functional Materials and Interfaces”, good technical results have been achieved: 11 Milestones and a first deliverables have been reached until M24. Results were e.g. on barriers coating and mold materials. New test infrastructure for reliability testing under specified environmental conditions has been setup. The milestones included results on test facilities, coated test structures, quantitative assessment of sulfur uptake etc. WP4, which includes R&D on “Production and Development Excellence, is a core of iRel40. D4.1 to D4.4 have been worked out. They include first results on critical parameters, different feasibility studies, assembling and characterization of test samples, generation of manufacturing data sets to train AI, data structure and model concepts development. Also WP5, which includes R&D on “Holistic Testing Assessment”, made good progress. All five planned deliverables have been worked out. Work on concepts for increasing test coverage, reduce speed for reliability, AI based outlier detection and cognitive release methods, and reliability prediction by real time tests during system use is in full progress.
WP7 (Dissemination and Exploitation) made good progress towards increasing publications and disseminations activities (e.g. booths at EFECS 2020 and 2021 etc.). Meanwhile three iRel40 newsletter have been published, one more than planned.
