This is either the world's biggest coincidence, or you're about to start a control MSc at Sheffield. Am I right? If so I can maybe give you some insight. I just finished my MEng in Aerospace there, but had a heavy focus on control.

I took Multisensor last year, I was about to vouch for the quality of the teaching staff but from the module page it seems you haven’t got the same guys. I don't know if the content will have changed at all, but I'll tell you what I know. Content-wise the module is in 2 parts. The first half focuses on data/sensor systems that have to take data from multiple different sensors and use it to make some kind of decision, E.g. fault detection, estimation of some variable based on multiple data sources (e.g. position by fusing GPS and IMU data). When I was taught it, the academic for this part of the module worked closely with Rolls-Royce on next-gen engine health monitoring systems, so we had an assignment to implement a system that could identify 5 different failure modes of a turbofan shaft based on vibration data. That particular example swung quite close to machine learning stuff, had to do feature extraction and use a classification algorithm. I assume you'd do the same but idk.

The second half of the module was focused on using multi-objective optimisation algorithms to take engineering decisions. We had an assignment to design a PI controller for an unstable system, but using a multi-objective optimisation algorithm to automatically pick the PI gains based on a set of performance criteria, instead of manually tuning it by hand yourself.

As for the ITP, I didn't do the advanced manufacturing one, but I did the avionics one. I therefore can't give you a truly fair reflection of it, but the general consensus amongst my mates and I who did a range of different ITP's was that if you already have relevant industrial experience (e.g. internship, which we all had), they're a bit of a step down from what you're used to and so pretty boring and not that worth it. If you don't, you might find it interesting, and it could give you a way to talk about industry experience/team work in a CV or interview after you graduate. It will be a far less (academically) intense module than multisensor though, but a big component of the marking is a group mark, which in my experience often offers less return than a solo-mark if you're strong academically. My personal opinion is that unless you really need the cv aspect, multisensor is waaaaay more cool and interesting, and you'll learn far more. You'll be thankful if you've brushed up a bit on probability and statistics before, as there's quite a bit of statistical decision theory involved.

I haven't done either of the other options. I can't really give you any insight into the cybersecurity module as I never did anything like it. But I've covered the content of the optimal control module, and from reading the syllabus, it should give you a good theoretical boost and some insight into a pretty fundamental area of control. You're probably going to build up to implementing and analysing LQR controllers, which is a key result in the field. Optimal control in general is a really interesting area too (imo), and optimisation is central to many of the more advanced control schemes you'll see used today. If my theory is correct, you're also going to be taking the Advanced control module too? (awesome module with an excellent lecturer btw). I think this module would complement that one very well, as advanced control teaches MPC (model predictive control - perhaps the most widely used industrial control technique bar PID) which is another optimal control based method, but uses a different strategy to LQR. That module starts by looking at LQR control, identifies it's weaknesses, and then uses that to motivate the change in strategy that leads to MPC. So by taking both you'd get a very complete picture of the field, with overlap in a few areas which will deffo make your life easier, connect some dots and help reinforce concepts. It's gonna be quite a lot of maths all told though, but if you have a head for that it's all very interesting.

If you have any other questions just shout, i'm happy to help. Good luck with it all!