News and events

In August, Dr John Molloy and Dr Kate Preston attended the International Maritime Pilots’ Association (IMPA) 27th Congress in Bali, Indonesia. In this summary Dr Preston gives a run-down of the congress.

Dr Xinwei Fang is a lecturer in computer science, specialising in the development of trustworthy AI-enabled autonomous systems. In this spotlight he shares the central themes in his research and how student interests are changing as the notion and understanding of autonomy expands.

This summer, the Centre for Assuring Autonomy (CfAA) contributed to the University of York’s Google DeepMind Research Ready Programme, supporting undergraduate students to gain hands-on research experience at the intersection of artificial intelligence, robotics and safety assurance.

CfAA Director, Professor John McDermid responds to the Prime Minister’s comments on global standards for AI.

In the second part of our Structural Causal World Models (SCWMs) blog series Dr Jie Zou examines how SCWMs can address a critical safety assurance question

Our newest researcher, Dr Rachel Yin, will be supporting our work in foundation models for machine learning, seeking to answer questions around uncertainty and reliability. Here, she explains more about her research background and her work at the CfAA.