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Named as one of the 100 Brilliant and Inspiring Women in 6G” in 2025 and 2026, Dr Swarna Chetty talks to us about her research work at intersection of telecoms, applied AI, and AI safety within the CfAA and her more 'experimental' research hobbies away from work

Assistive care robots offer a promising solution to ageing populations, but for robots to truly help they must be safe in how they adapt and adjust their plans in real time. Research Associate, Dr Ioannis Stefanakos shares how our work is making that a reality.

Dr Gricel Vazquez discusses her latest paper and why LLMs need to explain why they're doing what they're doing in order to build trust.

Across all sectors, technology is increasingly advertised as a means of improving the safety and effectiveness of specific tasks and operational environments. The maritime industry is no exception. Here, Dr Kate Preston explains why we need to fully understand the complexity maritime pilotage before we can integrate technology like autonomy.

Our first CfAA staff spotlight of 2026 is Dr Tian Gan. Dr Gan joined us last year and has embedded herself in our maritime assurance work. Here, she talks about what led her to the CfAA and why maritime autonomy is an exciting and growing research area.

In our final staff spotlight of 2025 Director of the Centre for Assuring Autonomy, Professor John McDermid, talks about his extensive career in safety, how he came to lead the CfAA and how cross collaboration, multidisciplinary working, and a respected heritage in safety critical systems has been the key to both the AAIP's and the CfAA's success.