2025 blog posts
This month we're spotlighting the work of Dr Sinem Getir-Yaman, a CfAA researcher whose work in safety methodologies is helping to address the question of how autonomous systems operate safely in the real world. In this Q&A, Dr Getir-Yaman introduces her latest project focused on the safety and security of advanced AI and the need for closer industry collaboration.
What is Concept Creep and why do we need to think about it in the context of safety assurance?
Imagine a drone flying deep into a dark, dusty mine , no GPS, no sunlight, just walls, machinery, and maybe even a person standing in the corner. Now imagine you’re the person who has to make sure that drone doesn’t crash, doesn’t miss its path, and most importantly doesn’t hurt anyone. That’s where our work at the CfAA comes in as PhD student Nawshin Mannan Proma explains.
Dr Kate Preston is a Research Associate in Safe Autonomy with a specialism in human factors and ergonomics. In our latest staff spotlight Dr Preston explains how her specialism is a critical ingredient in both the development and use of AI technologies - particularly in critical areas such as healthcare.
In the first of this two part blog series, Dr Victoria Hodge and Dr Philippa Ryan explore the use of autonomous mobile robots for solar panel inspection, and discuss the importance of a dedicated robotics platform to enable reliable monitoring for expanding solar farms.
The decommissioning of nuclear facilities presents a number of growing challenges and risks. In this blog, Research Associates Dr Calum Imrie and Dr Ioannis Stefanakos review a recent project which tackled one of these key challenges.
As both our Research and Innovation Fellow and Business Development and Delivery Manager at the CfAA, Dr John Molloy is heavily involved in working with our industry partners, particularly in the maritime space. In this spotlight he shares how his understanding of engineering challenges is helping shape our approach to safety assurance.
As our Director of Strategic Programmes, Dr Ana MacIntosh is responsible for developing and overseeing a portfolio of major programmes under the umbrella of the CfAA. In this spotlight she shares how her role helps shape the current and future work of the CfAA in this prominent and fast-moving field.
Research Associate, Dr Sepeedeh Shahbeigi, works at the intersection of AI and safety, focusing on how we can bridge the gap between theoretical safety concepts and practical implementation in real-world autonomous systems.
In the last 12 months, the CfAA’s work in the maritime sector has revealed a significant shift in how the maritime industry is approaching autonomy and its confidence in its ability to adopt such technologies safely. In his latest blog, Dr John Molloy, CfAA’s Business Development and Delivery Manager explores what the next phase of adoption may look like.
Dr Yan Jia is a lecturer in AI Safety and part of the CfAA research team. In our latest staff spotlight, she explains more about her work in safety assurance and she brings together her niche background in safety-critical healthcare applications to advance this important area of research.
Dr Nathan Hughes’ work into understanding how people make decisions with technology is crucial for building upon the research into human-centred autonomy undertaken at the CfAA. Learn why their investigations into how and why humans make decisions is so important in designing safe AI systems across distinct domains.
Have you ever paused to consider the sheer number of decisions made every time we get behind the wheel? What drives these decisions? How do we adapt to diverse conditions? In this blog PhD student, Hasan Bin Firoz, explores why decision making for autonomous driving remains an unsolved challenge.
Early career researcher Dr Ioannis Stefanakos works on developing techniques/methodologies enabling the safe and effective use of autonomous and self-adaptive systems that are deployed in a range of applied settings including hospital emergency departments and domestic environments. He shares some insightful tips for PhD students and why his work provides a deep sense of fulfilment.