Organised by the EPSRC’s Network on the Verification and Validation of Autonomous Systems, we held a one-day workshop, bringing together experts on regulations and standards relating to autonomous systems with those developing verification and validation techniques.
There are many different regulatory and standards frameworks that will be affected by increasing “autonomy” in systems, vehicles, or robots. There are also many different verification and validation techniques being developed in universities, aiming to tackle this new dimension.
This workshop brought together experts from across these organisations to discuss and highlight the most appropriate directions, both for the immediate future and in the longer term. To ensure that new techniques being developed will eventually be practical enough to be useful in a regulatory context, academics need input from regulators. In general, the systems that will be employed in the future can “autonomously” do anything the human operator/driver/pilot could have done, so how would regulators wish to assess whether this software is actually doing what is required?
Workshop – slides are available by clicking on the presentation titles below:
TIME |
TOPIC | SPEAKER |
9:30 |
Michael Fisher, University of Liverpool |
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9:40-11:15
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Regulation/certification |
Mike Gadd, Civil Aviation Authority |
Andrew White, Office for Nuclear Regulation |
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Autonomous systems, railway regulation and standards – In the pursuit of good questions? |
Vaibhav Puri, Rail Safety and Standards Board |
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Steven Cameron, British Standards Institution |
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Austen Okonweze, Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles |
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11:30
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Discussion: |
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12:30 |
LUNCH |
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13:30 |
V&V background short talks (15 mins) |
Mark Douthwaite, University of York |
Alexei Iliasov, Newcastle University |
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Mike Jump, University of Liverpool |
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Sheffield Field Robotics Facility |
Sandor Veres, University of Sheffield |
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Harwell Robotic Autonomy Facility (presentation cancelled) |
Roger Ward, SciSys |
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15:00 |
Discussion: |
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16:00 |
Workshop finish |
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16:00 |
EPSCR balancing capability |
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17:00 |
Network Steering Group meeting |
Venue:
University of Liverpool in London
33 Finsbury Square
London
EC2A 1AG