UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Southampton
Department Name: Sch of Electronics and Computer Sci
Abstract
Public opinion on complex scientific topics can have dramatic effects on industrial sectors (e.g. GM crops, fracking, global warming). In order to realise the industrial and societal benefits of Autonomous Systems, they must be trustworthy by design and default, judged both through objective processes of systematic assurance and certification, and via the more subjective lens of users, industry, and the public. To address this and deliver it across the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) programme, the UK Research Hub for TAS (TAS-UK) assembles a team that is world renowned for research in understanding the socially embedded nature of technologies. TASK-UK will establish a collaborative platform for the UK to deliver world-leading best practices for the design, regulation and operation of 'socially beneficial' autonomous systems which are both trustworthy in principle, and trusted in practice by individuals, society and government.
TAS-UK will work to bring together those within a broader landscape of TAS research, including the TAS nodes, to deliver the fundamental scientific principles that underpin TAS; it will provide a focal point for market and society-led research into TAS; and provide a visible and open door to engage a broad range of end-users, international collaborators and investors. TAS-UK will do this by delivering three key programmes to deliver the overall TAS programme, including the Research Programme, the Advocacy & Engagement Programme, and the Skills Programme.
The core of the Research Programme is to amplify and shape TAS research and innovation in the UK, building on existing programmes and linking with the seven TAS nodes to deliver a coherent programme to ensure coverage of the fundamental research issues.
The Advocacy & Engagement Programme will create a set of mechanisms for engagement and co-creation with the public, public sector actors, government, the third sector, and industry to help define best practices, assurance processes, and formulate policy. It will engage in cross-sector industry and partner connection and brokering across nodes.
The Skills Programme will create a structured pipeline for future leaders in TAS research and innovation with new training programmes and openly available resources for broader upskilling and reskilling in TAS industry.
TAS-UK will work to bring together those within a broader landscape of TAS research, including the TAS nodes, to deliver the fundamental scientific principles that underpin TAS; it will provide a focal point for market and society-led research into TAS; and provide a visible and open door to engage a broad range of end-users, international collaborators and investors. TAS-UK will do this by delivering three key programmes to deliver the overall TAS programme, including the Research Programme, the Advocacy & Engagement Programme, and the Skills Programme.
The core of the Research Programme is to amplify and shape TAS research and innovation in the UK, building on existing programmes and linking with the seven TAS nodes to deliver a coherent programme to ensure coverage of the fundamental research issues.
The Advocacy & Engagement Programme will create a set of mechanisms for engagement and co-creation with the public, public sector actors, government, the third sector, and industry to help define best practices, assurance processes, and formulate policy. It will engage in cross-sector industry and partner connection and brokering across nodes.
The Skills Programme will create a structured pipeline for future leaders in TAS research and innovation with new training programmes and openly available resources for broader upskilling and reskilling in TAS industry.
Organisations
- University of Southampton (Lead Research Organisation, Project Partner)
- Experian (United Kingdom) (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Thales Group (Collaboration)
- Fujitsu (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- Microlise (Collaboration)
- Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training (Collaboration)
- Harvard University (Collaboration)
- Johns Hopkins University (Collaboration)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (Collaboration)
- The Royal Academy of Arts (Collaboration)
- National Gallery, London (Collaboration)
- Lancaster University (Collaboration)
- Naver Labs Europe (Collaboration)
- Newcastle University (Collaboration)
- University of East Anglia (Collaboration)
- Horiba (Collaboration)
- Alan Turing Institute (Collaboration)
- Ipsos MORI (Collaboration)
- University of Texas at Austin (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW (Collaboration)
- Electric Aviation Group (Collaboration)
- Boeing (Collaboration)
- Nissan Motor Company (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
- Kooth plc (Collaboration)
- Beko PLC R&D Centre (Collaboration)
- Culham Science Centre (Collaboration)
- JPMorgan Chase & Co (Collaboration)
- University of Hertfordshire (Collaboration)
- NIHR MindTech MedTech Co-operative (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Association for Computing Machinery (Collaboration)
- NquiringMinds (Collaboration)
- Carnegie Mellon University (Collaboration)
- Lloyd's Register Group Limited (Collaboration)
- University of Bristol (Collaboration)
- University of Avignon (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE (Collaboration)
- National Grid UK (Collaboration)
- Northrop Grumman (Collaboration)
- University of the West of England (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF YORK (Collaboration)
- BAE Systems (United Kingdom) (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Mental Health Foundation (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- University of Warwick (Collaboration)
- Rolls Royce Group Plc (Collaboration)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- Reckitt Benckiser (Collaboration)
- Heriot-Watt University (Collaboration)
- RAC Foundation (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Design Museum London (Collaboration)
- Intuitive Surgical Inc (Collaboration)
- PA Consulting (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN (Collaboration)
- United Nations (UN) (Collaboration)
- Australian National University (ANU) (Collaboration)
- Institution of Engineering and Technology (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) (Collaboration)
- Royal United Services Institute (Collaboration)
- Brantwood (Collaboration)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Collaboration)
- Shell International Petroleum (Collaboration)
- Ada Lovelace Institute (Collaboration)
- AXA (Collaboration)
- Competition and Markets Authority (Collaboration)
- COVENTRY UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Qinetiq (United Kingdom) (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- University of Nottingham (Collaboration)
- Max Planck Society (Collaboration)
- Royal Academy of Engineering (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- University of Oxford (Collaboration)
- University College London (Collaboration)
- University of Manchester (Collaboration)
- United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (Collaboration)
- Ansible Motion (Collaboration)
- University of Southampton (Collaboration)
- Capital One (Collaboration)
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (Collaboration)
- Southampton General Hospital (Collaboration)
- Siemens AG (Collaboration)
- Slaughter and May (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- King's College London (Collaboration)
- Rescue Global (UK) (Project Partner)
- Lloyd's Register Foundation (Project Partner)
- Harvard University (Project Partner)
- Siemens plc (UK) (Project Partner)
- Schlumberger (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- University of Lincoln (Project Partner)
- Lykke Corp (Project Partner)
- Ministry of Defence (Project Partner)
- Royal Academy of Arts (Project Partner)
- Boeing (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Connected Everything Network+ (II) (Project Partner)
- Microsoft Research (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (Project Partner)
- Microlise Group Ltd (Project Partner)
- Shell Trading & Supply (Project Partner)
- SparkCognition (Project Partner)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- SETsquared Partnership (Project Partner)
- Capital One Bank Plc (Project Partner)
- DataSpartan Consulting (Project Partner)
- City Arts Nottingham Ltd (Project Partner)
- Royal Signals Institution (Project Partner)
- Institute of Mental Health (Project Partner)
- AXA (France) (Project Partner)
- Health and Safety Executive (Project Partner)
- NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research C (Project Partner)
- National Gallery (Project Partner)
- Ottawa Hospital (Project Partner)
- Ultraleap (Project Partner)
- IBM Hursley (Project Partner)
- NNT Group (Nippon Teleg Teleph Corp) (Project Partner)
- DEAS NetworkPlus (+) (Project Partner)
- NquiringMinds (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- New Art Exchange (Project Partner)
- Alliance Innovation Laboratory (Project Partner)
- Unilever (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Siemens (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Department for Transport (Project Partner)
- XenZone (Project Partner)
- The Foundation for Science andTechnology (Project Partner)
- Intuitive Surgical (United States) (Project Partner)
- Northrop Gruman (UK) (Project Partner)
- Netacea (Project Partner)
- J P Morgan (Project Partner)
- Thales (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- UKMSN+ (Manufacturing Symbiosis Network) (Project Partner)
- Ipsos (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Advanced Mobility Research & Development (Project Partner)
- Max Planck Institutes (Project Partner)
Publications
Adriane Chapman,
(2021)
Data: a new direction: A call for evidence from Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Akintunde MA
(2023)
On Testing Ethical Autonomous Decision-Making
Al-Saadi Z
(2023)
Resolving Conflicts During Human-Robot Co-Manipulation
Alasmari N
(2022)
Quantitative verification with adaptive uncertainty reduction
in Journal of Systems and Software
Beckers S.
(2022)
A Causal Analysis of Harm
Bella G
(2022)
Perceptions of beauty in security ceremonies
in Philosophy & Technology
Berumen G
(2022)
Data as a Resource for Designing Digitally Enhanced Consumer Packaged Goods
in Multimodal Technologies and Interaction
Borsci S
(2022)
A confirmatory factorial analysis of the Chatbot Usability Scale: a multilanguage validation
in Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
| Title | An experimental Murmuration: Ways of Seeing Design Research |
| Description | A unique combination of research paper, interactive video-conferencing environment, exhibition and performance. This combined our work into 'ways of seeing design research' with the novel Gather.Town platform to enable an interactive event at the international design festival Uroborus. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Lively discussion, ongoing collaboration and change of views in the audience. |
| URL | https://uroboros.design/person/david-green-joseph-lindley-zach-mason/ |
| Title | Cat Royale |
| Description | As part of our role as Cultural Ambassadors for the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub, we're making a work to explore our ambivalence about AI. In Cat Royale we will create a utopia for cats. An intelligent machine will care for them and entertain them. Obviously the safety and comfort of the cats is our top priority, so our next step is to bring an animal behaviourist on board to help us shape the project every step of the way. We hope you will follow us as we begin to translate this idea into a project. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | This project is currently (2022) being developed - no impact yet. |
| URL | https://www.blasttheory.co.uk/introducing-cat-royale/ |
| Title | GroupThink |
| Description | The Internet of Neurons An explosion of biohybrid technologies is bringing our bodies and brains online. What happens when we're all connected? Groupthink gives a glimpse into a future where art emerges from the heart. Audiences anywhere can join via webcam. Software detects their pulse and translates it into a visual score performed live by sitarist Shama Rahman and percussionist Mick Grierson. Located in the National Gallery's basement, a resident AI reinterprets famous paintings in the museum above as a pulsating video environment that responds to the audience and performers to grow the entangled roots, limbs and life of imaginary forests. Ali Hossaini - Collaborative artist (GB): The New York Times calls Ali Hossaini 'a biochemist turned philosopher turned television producer turned visual poet'. Hossaini's pioneering work in media and the arts includes launching seven TV networks, creating immersive video installations, commissioning artworks with A-list Hollywood talent, and serving on IEEE standards committees for AI & BCI. Current projects span biological autonomy, equal access to healthcare, film and immersive theatre. Hossaini is co-founder of National Gallery X. Olive Gingrich (GB): Olive Gingrich is a media artist, researcher and co-founder, and curator at Art in FLUX London. His practice oscillates between intangible phenomena and presence - working frequently with mixed reality environments and bio-sensors such as EEGs. With the collective Analema Group, the use of high-end technology results in immersive experiences (Tate Exchange, 2019, National Gallery X 2020). Olive is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the National Centre for Computer Animation. Mick Grierson - Collaborative artist (GB): Mick Grierson is Research Leader at UAL Creative Computing Institute. His research explores new approaches to the creation of sounds, images, video and interactions through signal processing, machine learning and information retrieval techniques. Mick is also a co-founder of the Daphne Oram Trust. Hardware and software based on his research has been widely used by production companies, start-ups and artists including Massive Attack, Sigur Ros, Christian Marclay and Philippe Parreno. Joshua Murr - Collaborative artist (GB): Joshua Murr is studying for a PhD with the Creative Computing Institute. He is researching novel and creative means of interacting with generative machine learning models looking to find ways of democratising machine learning by making expressive tools for artists and designers Shama Rahman - Collaborative artist (GB): Shama Rahman is a scientist, artist, creative technologist and futurist. She holds a PhD in the neuroscience and complex systems of Creative Cognition and Innovation and her work has encompassed the use of wearable technology to enhance storytelling. She is the co-author of 'Creativity in the Twenty First Century: Multidisciplinary Contributions to the Science of Creative Thinking' and 'NeuroDesign by Springer. She has toured internationally and was the first Sitarist Explorer to perform in Antarctica on the first ever Antarctic Biennale. Alain Renaud - Collaborative artist (HE): Born in Switzerland, Alain Renaud is an interactive sound designer. He started his career in music production in the USA before moving to London. In 2009, he completed a PhD. in network music performance at SARC, Queen's Belfast. He then moved to Bournemouth University in the UK to develop a cutting research initiative. He later moved back to co-found the digital strategy think-tank, MintLab and a digital events startup. He is a member of the Analema Group collective and works on commercial projects in fields such as VR. Alain mentors aspiring artists in foundations and art schools. |
| Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Raised awareness and engagement with the issues of trustworthy autonomous systems. |
| URL | https://ars.electronica.art/newdigitaldeal/en/groupthink/ |
| Title | Jenny: Stroke rehab with a smart mirror, negative scenario |
| Description | An example negaitve scenario for using a smart mirror for stroke rehabilitation |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Used in TAS for Health workshops |
| URL | https://www.tas.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Stroke-negative.mp4 |
| Title | Jenny: Stroke rehab with a smart mirror, positive scenario |
| Description | Example of a positive scenario using a smart mirror to monitor stroke rehabilitation. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Used in workshops in the TAS for Health project |
| URL | https://www.tas.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Stroke-positive.mp4 |
| Title | The AI Gallery - Trusting machines? |
| Description | An art exhibition created with machine learning and other AI techniques. In partnership with the UKRI's Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub, National Gallery X is exhibited art created with machine learning and other AI techniques. The exhibition was launched at Trusting Machines?, a conference co-produced with RUSI and the TAS Hub. The gallery contains new commissions, projects from Nottingham's Mixed Reality Lab, and art from around the world It was curated by National Gallery X co-director Ali Hossaini and Neus Torres Tamarit of Phenotypica. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | In years to come, the AI Gallery will continue as a 'cultural exchange programme' between humanity and the systems whose influence - and mystery - grows daily. Machine arts challenge traditional notions of creativity, but we think it is vital not to anthropomorphise autonomous systems. As the exhibition grows, the TAS Hub will work with National Gallery X to develop a rigorous framework for understanding the emerging palettes of AI art and how they fit into human society. |
| URL | https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/national-gallery-x/the-ai-gallery |
| Title | The First |
| Description | The Turing Test is a classic way of distinguishing humans from AI. What happens when humans turn the tables on machines? This film explores a future scenario where the rights of sentient beings clash with freedom, identity and ethical judgment. The film was first presented at the Trusting Machines? Cross sectorial lessons from Healthcare and security conference on 30 Jun 2021. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | The film is currently live on the National Gallery (as well as RUSI and UKRI TAS Hub) website and generating considerable debate. |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RFD8cCYw7o |
| Title | The Shape of Trust |
| Description | An interactive web tool allowing users to define a series of geometric shapes in response to prompts about trust. It allows users to define the 'shape' of their own trust. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | The work is due to be presented in the near future at a series of public events where it will be used as a research tool in the first instance. Further collaboration will explore integrating learning based no this work into future autonomous vehicles. |
| Title | The Thingamabobas |
| Description | 'Thingamabobas' is a playful, sensory experience where participants meet and interact with a circus troupe of performative mechanical and kinetic structures. In this animatronic and robotic circus of bizarrely wonderful machines created to inspire, delight and intrigue, including a robotic installation developed by our team in Nottingham. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | In October 2021, to help further develop and test our learning resource for Thingamabobas Installation we delivered a series of workshops in two schools, one in Hong Kong and one in Nottingham, to explore design thinking and tinkering. We worked in collaboration with Lakeside Arts at The University of Nottingham, Djanogly Strelley Primary School UK, Hong Kong artists Agnes Pang and Zoie So and Huen King Wing School, Hong Kong. The results of our collaboration and the children's work was published in several Galleries and a panel discussion was held on 20th October at Spark 2021 British Council Online Festival. |
| URL | https://makersofimaginaryworlds.co.uk/projects/thethingambobas/ |
| Title | This is not a paper |
| Description | Employing a game-like interactive video conferencing system (based on Gather Town) to stretch the boundaries between publication, conference presentation, and performance art. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Impact | Influencing conference formats and debate within the Human Computer Interaction community. Contributing to emerging discourse around next generation telepresence systems. |
| URL | https://designresearch.works/thisisnotapaper/ |
| Description | Over the first 18 months of the programme, the TAS Hub, brought together a network of over 150 researchers and 100+ industry partners. TAS Hub has a programme of Policy, Creative, and Industry Impact as well as a strong EDI and Skills agenda beyond its fundamental research programme. Industry partners are actively engaged with the programme, many of which are directly involved in shaping the use cases studied by the TAS Hub projects or actively working to translate the research into products and services. This includes Kooth which is providing datasets to the SafeSpacesNLP project and co-developing research outputs with its mental health advisors while shaping its products under an open-source model (all code generated by TAS Hub projects is open-source). Projects funded by the TAS Hub are largely ECR-led with a high degree of diversity. The Hub has developed its own EDI principles and strategy and is actively implementing it within its processes, including proposal review processes. 6 ECRs have gone on to lectureships, and several academics receiving promotions (to full professor or associate professor). 5 follow-on projects have been funded either by EPSRC or other bodies. TAS Hub responded to 8 policy consultations including topics such as "The future of connected and autonomous mobility" or the the "Draft for the online safety bill". Policy impact has also been achieved via membership of various government advisory committees such as the Investigatory Powers Commissioner's office, membership of the MoD AI Ethics committee, and Chief Scientific Advisor to the Dept. for Transport, that help translate learnings from the TAS programme into direct advice on government policy, leading, for example to the Defence AI Ethics principle soon to be published by the MoD. TAS Hub researchers have been invited to present at several industry events (e.g., by the Connected Places Catapult, Thales, Dstl AI Fest, and BAE systems). In partnership with the National Gallery X and a number of artists, the UKRI TAS Hub exhibited art created with machine learning and other AI techniques developed by researchers within the hub. The exhibition was launched at Trusting Machines?, a conference co-produced with RUSI and the TAS Hub. The gallery contains new commissions, projects from Nottingham's Mixed Reality Lab, and art from around the world. The TAS Hub organised a conference with RUSI called "Trusting Machines? Cross sectorial lessons from Healthcare and security conference" involving researchers and practitioners from a range of backgrounds in Defence and healthcare. Over 300 attendees from a range of government bodies and industry attended the event and engaged in a debate about cross-sectoral learnings from Healthcare and Defence &Security. As part of the event, the TAS Hub also produced a film called "The First" to explore what happens when humans turn the tables on machines. The TAS Hub also produced a Podcast series where researchers from across the network was interviewed. The podcast was downloaded over 2400 times across 5 continents. The podcast is currently used at King's College London on their Computer Science courses as course material. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2021 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Creative Economy,Healthcare,Transport |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | 3rd UK StratCom AI Forum: 'Trustworthy Human-Machine Teams', organised by Strategic Command, UK Ministry of Defence |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| Description | Automation in military operations |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0681/ |
| Description | Closing the Skills Gap in AI-Ecosystems |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-workshop-closing-the-skills-gap-in-ai-ecosystems-tickets-528... |
| Description | Connected tech: smart or sinister? A call for evidence from Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/connected-tech-smart-or-sinister-a-call-for-evidenc... |
| Description | Connected tech: smart or sinister? A call for evidence from Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/connected-tech-smart-or-sinister-a-call-for-evidenc... |
| Description | Contribution to a national consultation/review - Connected tech: smart or sinister? A call for evidence from Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (2022) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/connected-tech-smart-or-sinister-a-call-for-evidenc... |
| Description | Contribution to a national consultation/review - Governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI). A call for evidence from UK Parliament: Science and Technology Committee. |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/response-to-parliamentary-inquiry-on-governance-of-... |
| Description | Contribution to a national consultation/review - Governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI). A call for evidence from UK Parliament: Science and Technology Committee. |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/response-to-parliamentary-inquiry-on-governance-of-... |
| Description | Data: a new direction: A call for evidence from Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/files/163776916/Data_a_new_direction_FINAL_APPROVED.pdf |
| Description | Delivering the AI Strategy - the use of new AI technologies in industry and the public sector |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| URL | https://www.foundation.org.uk/Events/2022/Delivering-the-AI-Strategy-%E2%80%93-the-use-of-new-AI-tec |
| Description | Developing value-sensitive standards for digital mental healthcare (Pump priming project) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| URL | https://standards.ieee.org/industry-connections/data-driven-tech-healthcare/ |
| Description | How to win at policy? Workshop delivered at All hands TAS-hub event |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | The event has improved the level of policy understanding within TAS-hub researchers, ways of different engagement and capturing policy engagement. 39 people attended |
| Description | How to win at policy? Workshop delivered at All hands TAS-hub event |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | The event has improved the level of policy understanding within TAS-hub researchers, ways of different engagement and capturing policy engagement. 39 people attended. |
| Description | Joint Committee on the Draft Online Safety Bill |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | The submission of TAS-hub has been cited, I especially contributed to the question of misinformation, where I pointed out that misinformation cannot be simply regulated due to many forms of it. This has been cited on page 36 in the report issued by the Joint Committee. |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/8206/documents/84092/default/ |
| Description | Joint Committee on the Draft Online Safety Bill. UKRI TAS Hub cited on page 36 of the report. |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5802/jtselect/jtonlinesafety/129/129.pdf |
| Description | Masterclass webinar on YouTube |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | N/A |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m620-pv8rzA |
| Description | Participation in Automation and Autonomous Systems Roundtable |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| URL | https://www.tas.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Automation-and-Autonomous-Systems-Roundtable-Final-... |
| Description | Response To The Competition And Markets Authority Call For Information: Algorithms, Competition and Consumer Harm |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Description | Response to The future of connected and automated mobility in the UK: call for evidence |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/450228/ |
| Description | Response to the Law Commissions' Consultation Paper Automated Vehicle - A regulatory framework for automated vehicles |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/9916... |
| Description | Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) prompt and practice cards |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| URL | https://rdmc.nottingham.ac.uk/handle/internal/9564 |
| Description | Roundtable on 'Responsible AI in Defence', organised by Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, UK Government |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Description | TAS Hub and TAS Governance and Regulation Node: Artificial Intelligence and IP: copyright and patents: A call for evidence from Intellectual Property Office. |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/files/167851815/AI_IP_Consultation_response_form_AplinSchafer_Li_fi... |
| Description | The Right to Privacy: Digital Data (An Engineering Perspective) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/43469/pdf/ |
| Description | The future of connected and automated mobility in the UK: call for evidence |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/450228/ |
| Description | The future of connected and automated mobility in the UK: call for evidence |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/450228/ |
| Description | Trusted Autonomous Systems Course (TAS/ANU School of Engineering.) |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | The key learning outcomes of this course are: Analyse, identify and communicate the needs and requirements of trusted autonomous systems. Understand the gaps in existing standards and regulations around autonomous systems. Examine the challenges of developing and implementing trusted autonomous systems. Develop strategies to identify and communicate with various stakeholders of trusted autonomous systems. |
| URL | https://cce.anu.edu.au/all-subjects/trusted-autonomous-systems.aspx |
| Description | Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS): Engaging TAS experts in curriculum design |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or Improved professional practice |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.07447 |
| Description | Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Response to Artificial Intelligence and IP: copyright and patents: A call for evidence from Intellectual Property Office. |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.tas.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/AIIP_Consultation-response-form_AplinSchaferLi-fina... |
| Description | UKRI TAS: A Response to Draft Online Safety Bill - a call for evidence from the Joint Committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/39179/pdf/ |
| Description | Use of Verifiability Node Research Talk in MSc teaching materials. |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Extracts from the Verifiability Node recording are being utilised within the teaching materials of MSc students at King's College London. |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/577116419 |
| Description | Workshop on 'Imagining 2030', to inform the drafting of the UK International and National Security Strategy, organised by the UK Cabinet Office |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | The Deputy National Security Adviser wrote to thank the TAS Co-I for contributing in this way to the strategy development process for the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy. The workshop discussions were described as incredibly helpful to the government as it shaped its planning and thinking for the Integrated Review. |
| Description | Co-Designing Audio Games: Vice Chancellors Prize for Participatory Research |
| Amount | £25,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Lancaster University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2022 |
| End | 07/2022 |
| Description | Disability Matters |
| Amount | £2,977,154 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 226705/z/22/z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2023 |
| End | 08/2029 |
| Description | Institute of Healthcare Engineering Healthy Ageing Challenge Award: Empowering Infrastructures |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | King's Undergraduate Research Fellowship |
| Amount | £1,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NMS-Weerawardhana |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Department | Faculty of Natural & Mathematical Sciences |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2022 |
| End | 09/2022 |
| Description | King's Undergraduate Research Fellowships |
| Amount | £1,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NMS-Masters |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2022 |
| End | 09/2022 |
| Description | LivingLAPT: future apt LIVING Lab for Autonomous Public Transport |
| Amount | € 1,242,208 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 125698 |
| Organisation | European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Hungary |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 12/2022 |
| Description | Next Generation Rehabilitation Technologies |
| Amount | £831,040 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/W000679/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2021 |
| End | 08/2024 |
| Description | Open All Senses: |
| Amount | £57,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/T022493/1 |
| Organisation | HORIZON Digital Economy Research |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2022 |
| End | 06/2023 |
| Description | Robote Mediating Interaction - UKRI Horizon Digital Economy Research Agile Projects Programme Round 1 |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/T022493/1 |
| Organisation | HORIZON Digital Economy Research |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 06/2023 |
| Description | SBRI UK National Robotics Proving Ground: Feasibility studies |
| Amount | £112,285 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2022 |
| End | 04/2022 |
| Description | Smart Solutions Towards Cellular-Connected Unmanned Aerial Vehicles System |
| Amount | £351,584 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/W004364/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2021 |
| End | 08/2024 |
| Description | Smart Solutions Towards Cellular-Connected Unmanned Aerial Vehicles System (AUTONOMY) |
| Amount | £432,537 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/W004348/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2021 |
| End | 08/2024 |
| Description | Socially-Acceptable Extended Reality Models and Systems (SERMAS) |
| Amount | € 5,086,842 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 1124430 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Title | An analytical methodologyto identify EEG signatures associated with SA on various regions of the brain |
| Description | An important aspect in safety-critical domains is Situational Awareness (SA) where operators consolidate data into an understanding of the situation that needs to be updated dynamically as the situation changes over time. Among existing measures of SA, only physiological measures can assess the cognitive processes associated with SA in real-time. Some studies showed promise in detecting cognitive states associated with SA in complex tasks using brain signals (e.g. electroencephalogram/EEG). We developed an analytical methodology to identify EEG signatures associated with SA on various regions of the brain. |
| Type Of Material | Physiological assessment or outcome measure |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | How to identify operator's situational awareness is one of the most important problems in ergonomics study. Although there are several methods (SAGAT, 3D-SART, SPAM, operation performance, et al.) which can be used for measuring operator's situational awareness, the physiological index which can clearly reflect operator's situational awareness is hard to find, especially for the level 2 and level 3 of situational awareness. We investigated the correlation between situational awareness and EEG signals. |
| URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925231220319263 |
| Title | Audio system |
| Description | A new audio system which increases the realism decisively and enhances user experience. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Improved immersion and enhanced user experience, hence better datasets were collected for analysis. |
| URL | https://www.ucl-intelligent-mobility.com/ |
| Title | Development of a 3D environment for simulated driving |
| Description | A driving environment based on Coventry digital twin have been designed for the TAS Understanding user trust after software malfunctions and cyber intrusions of digital displays: A use case of automated automotive systems research programme. It consists of a dense urban environment in daytime (Coventry city centre) with sections of the M6 North and M45. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The environment and scenario designed for the project can be reused for future studies, as they have been fully integrated into Coventry University driving in-the-loop simulator. The main use cases encompass dense urban environment, motorways, intersections, left turn, merging, overtaking slower vehicles, following an itinerary and activating/deactivating automated driving. |
| Title | High graphics in the drive simulator |
| Description | Better graphics for increases realism as well as better hardware and software integration, also with other services (e.g. OSM) and interfaces (e.g. UDP). |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Improved immersion and enhanced user experience, hence better datasets were collected for analysis. |
| URL | https://www.ucl-intelligent-mobility.com/ |
| Title | Hybrid fluidic actuation system for a foam-based soft actuator |
| Description | Actuation means for soft robotic structures are manifold: despite actuation mechanisms such as tendon-driven manipulators or shape memory alloys, the majority of soft robotic actuators are fluidically actuated - either purely by positive or negative air pressure or by hydraulic actuation only. The novel idea of employing hybrid fluidic - hydraulic and pneumatic - actuation for soft robotic systems is proposed in this project. The concept and design of the hybrid actuation system as well as the fabrication of the soft actuator are: Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA) foam is embedded inside a casted, reinforced silicone chamber. A hydraulic and pneumatic robotic syringe pump are connected to the base and top of the soft actuator. We found that a higher percentage of hydraulics resulted in a higher output force. Hydraulic actuation further is able to change displacements at a higher rate compared to pneumatic actuation. Changing between Hydraulic:Pneumatic (HP) ratios shows how stiffness properties of a soft actuator can be varied. |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Contribution to fundamental science in soft robotic actuation presented at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipa3_-FVvHw |
| Title | Open Dynamic Optical Micro-Environment (Open DOME) |
| Description | The DOME is an open-source platform for the control of microscale agents using light. Through the integration of digital light processing and light microscopy into a closed-loop set up, the DOME provides an accessible method by which to explore spatiotemporal optical control techniques. |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | As a result of this open tool, several labs in the UK and abroad have started building their own DOME for the control of microsystems. |
| URL | http://theopendome.org/ |
| Title | Sound system |
| Description | A realistic sound environment for driving scenes. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Improved immersion and enhanced user experience, hence better datasets were collected for analysis. |
| URL | https://www.ucl-intelligent-mobility.com/ |
| Title | Benchmark models for evaluating the robustness of machine learning |
| Description | The dataset provides a list of models that come from common databases and can be used as a benchmark for robustness in ML algorithms |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | We actively collaborate with different research partners on improving algorithms and their quality by using these specific models |
| URL | https://github.com/hdg7/ictai2023models |
| Title | Driving scenarios embedded in Unity |
| Description | Unity simulation of the M3 between London and Southampton. The driving scenario of our experiment is embedded in Unity based on our analysis of real-world incidents involving highly automated vehicles to enable further research/application-driven analysis. The whole simulation environment is modular, so one can create any real-world road layout from Open Street Map (OSM) automatically as a scene and only have to define a starting point for the vehicle. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | It enables critical peer assessment and established open collaborative partnerships across the globe. |
| URL | https://liveuclac-my.sharepoint.com/personal/ucesjka_ucl_ac_uk/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx |
| Title | Driving simulation model |
| Description | (1) Vehicle drives autonomously and the driver can override inputs by turning the steering wheel or pressing the throttle or brake pedal. (2) Other vehicles (NPCs) are randomly populating the scene. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Fundamental - this enabled collecting data for our experiments and monitoring the cognitive and physical engagement of the driver (e.g., hands/eyes/mind on/off). |
| URL | https://github.com/BaniAnvari/SAVE |
| Title | Model for analysis of EEG and eye tracking datasets |
| Description | Model for analysis of EEG and eye tracking datasets in order to identify Situational Awareness level and investigate trust. Data processing include FFT, machine learning algorithms (e.g. ICA, PCA, neural networks), direct measures (e.g. blinking, gaze patterns, reaction times, questionnaire responses) and statistical methods (e.g. t-test, ANOVA). |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Through this model, other EEG and eye tracking datasets can be studied to identify Situational Awareness level and investigate trust. This enables critical peer assessment and establishes open collaborative partnerships across the globe. |
| URL | https://github.com/BaniAnvari/SAVE |
| Title | Model for analysis of EEG datasets |
| Description | A problem formulation is proposed to design a model under label uncertainty, which is able to differentiate between high and low Situational Awareness. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Based on the new classifier the spatial areas and frequency ranges associated with Situational Awareness can be identified. Through this model, other EEG datasets can be studied and this enables critical peer assessment and establishes open collaborative partnerships across the globe. |
| URL | https://github.com/BaniAnvari/SAVE |
| Title | Quantitative (i.e. physiological/behavioural) and qualitative (i.e. self-reporting SA/ratings) datasets |
| Description | New anonymised quantitative (i.e. physiological/behavioural) and qualitative (i.e. self-reporting SA/ratings) data sets from participants completing the experiments using a 32-channel dry-EEG headset and eye tracker in the car simulator of IM@UCL. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | It enables critical peer assessment and established open collaborative partnerships across the globe. |
| URL | https://liveuclac-my.sharepoint.com/personal/ucesjka_ucl_ac_uk/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx |
| Description | A participatory approach to the ethical assurance of digital mental healthcare |
| Organisation | Alan Turing Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UKRI TAS Hub provided the flexible funds to support this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This project will use a participatory methodology to develop a novel approach to assurance, which can underwrite the responsible design, development, and deployment of autonomous and intelligent systems in digital mental healthcare, and build trust among stakeholders that ethical issues have been properly considered throughout a project's lifecycle. |
| Impact | This project will use a participatory methodology to develop a novel approach to assurance, which can underwrite the responsible design, development, and deployment of autonomous and intelligent systems in digital mental healthcare, and build trust among stakeholders that ethical issues have been properly considered throughout a project's lifecycle. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | ACM |
| Organisation | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | We agreed with ACM that the outputs of our project will be shared with relevant committees (e.g., their Technology Policy Committee) in order to assess the value of this kind of approach. |
| Collaborator Contribution | ACM have provided access to a number of committee chairs and staff. |
| Impact | Forthcoming output will be a report into the viability of Design Led interventions as a tool for ACM committees to form and critique their policies. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | ARGOS: AI-assisted Resilience GOvernance Systems |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UKRI TAS Hub provided the flexible funds to support this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Existing governance measures for ensuring resilience in society are struggling to deal with compound risks such as extreme climate change events during pandemics. We argue that resilience governance systems can benefit from technological advancements in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI has the capacity to support resilience governance to be geared towards anticipatory action to increase resilience in society. The ARGOS project focuses on AI-assisted Resilience Governance Systems and investigates the applicability of machine learning methods to support anticipatory planning for resilience, simulation-based AI techniques for policy appraisal in view of compound risks, and AI-based coordination mechanisms for resilience-aware decision making. |
| Impact | The ARGOS project focuses on AI-assisted Resilience Governance Systems and investigates the applicability of machine learning methods to support anticipatory planning for resilience, simulation-based AI techniques for policy appraisal in view of compound risks, and AI-based coordination mechanisms for resilience-aware decision making. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | AXA |
| Organisation | AXA |
| Department | AXA Research Fund |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Discussions around research synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussions around research synergies. |
| Impact | None yet. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Ada Lovelace Institute |
| Organisation | Ada Lovelace Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Synergies between the research strategies have been identified. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The CEO of the Ada Lovelace Institute chairs the TAS Board. |
| Impact | The Ada Lovelace Institute CEO is chair of the TAS Board, which provides strategic advise to the UKRI TAS Hub Executive Management Board. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Agri-Food Robotics CDT |
| Organisation | University of Lincoln |
| Department | Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology (LIAT) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Access to the TAS Skills Programme and the wider TAS community. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Membership of the TAS Skills Committee. Development of the TAS Doctoral Training Network (TAS DTN.) Promotion of the TAS DTN seminars. |
| Impact | Development of the TAS Doctoral Training Network (TAS DTN.) Promotion of the TAS DTN seminars. TAS ECR event held at Prince Philip House, London on 23 Feb 2022. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | AgriTrust: Trust Assurance in Autonomous Cyber Physical Agriculture Farms of Future |
| Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UKRI TAS Hub provided the flexible funds to support this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | With the explosive growth in global greenhouse emissions, the FAO has recommended the use of AgriTech to deal with climate change and food insecurity. However, the growth of new adversarial capabilities makes it challenging for stakeholders to trust autonomous smart farms. AgriTrust will carry out the first multi-disciplinary study that investigates legal, regulatory, and technological aspects of smart farming. It will also develop novel measures to deal with that trust deficit to enable the AgriTech farmer's posture to change from a reactive and forensics based approach to a predictive and pro-active approach to addressing the safety, cybersecurity, privacy, and regulatory risks. |
| Impact | This project is multi-disciplinary. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Alan Turing Institute |
| Organisation | Alan Turing Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Discussions around research synergies. Access to the wider TAS Network. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussions around research synergies. Pump priming project partner: A participatory approach to the ethical assurance of digital mental healthcare |
| Impact | Pump priming project: A participatory approach to the ethical assurance of digital mental healthcare: Publication - Ethical Assurance: A practical approach to the responsible design, development, and deployment of data-driven technologies Sub-Projects Assuring a Duty of Care: Digital Mental Healthcare for University Students Interactive Platform and Resources Developing value-sensitive standards for digital mental healthcare IEEE Industry Connections Programme-https://standards.ieee.org/industry-connections/data-driven-tech-healthcare.html Developing and evaluating the ethical assurance methodology Case Studies with NHS Digital and Samaritans Workshops with stakeholder groups (March-May) Policy Engagement Multi-agency advice service (MAAS)-NICE, MHRA, HRA, CQC Nuffield Council on Bioethics (Workshop and White Paper) Centre for Data Ethics Assurance Roadmap Council of Europe CAHAI Policy Working Group Exploratory work with Office for AI and Department for Digital, Culture Media, and Sport |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Alliance Innovation (Nissan) |
| Organisation | Nissan Motor Company |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Alliance Innovation are a project partner for Chatty Car, which aims to use existing datasets to design an exemplar, socially responsible, anthropomorphised, natural language interface, incorporating both lexical and non-lexical mediators of trust - findings will be curated in a preliminary design framework. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Alliance Innovation are a project partner for Chatty Car, which aims to use existing datasets to design an exemplar, socially responsible, anthropomorphised, natural language interface, incorporating both lexical and non-lexical mediators of trust - findings will be curated in a preliminary design framework. |
| Impact | A journal paper, arising from the Chatty Car project, has been submitted. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Assuring Responsibility for Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (Responsibility project) |
| Organisation | University of York |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The responsibility projects form part of the TAS Community. They have the opportunity to engage with the TAS Research Programme (via the Integrator Programme). |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Project Lead has accepted an invitation to sit on the Node Liaison Committee. |
| Impact | This project is UKRI funded under the TAS umbrella. The Project Lead is a member of the UKRI TAS Nodes Liaison Committee. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | BAE Systems |
| Organisation | BAE Systems |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Discussions around the identification of research challenges and synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussions around the identification of research challenges and synergies. |
| Impact | None yet. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | BAE Systems |
| Organisation | BAE Systems |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Discussed robotics and shared control mechanisms to be applied on BAE applications, including remote healthcare delivery. |
| Collaborator Contribution | BAE has offered use of facilities and supported 3 EPSRC grant proposals with support letters. |
| Impact | Project ideas |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | BBC |
| Organisation | British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Discussions around the identification of research challenges and synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussions around the identification of research challenges and synergies. Membership of the TAS Board. Membership of the TAS Strategic Advisory Network. |
| Impact | Advisory involvement (creative industries) via the TAS Board and Strategic Advisory Network. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Beko Plc |
| Organisation | Beko PLC R&D Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We created a partnership with with Beko to start in the form of one joint PhD studentship to be part funded by the company. The company will benefit from our know how provided through outcomes of different projects to advance their domestic products. We have started discussions on long term autonomy, robotic failure management, and shared control in the device operations. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Beko has agreed to share their use cases. Beko will part-fund an international PhD studentship starting in 2023/2024, with agreement to be negotiated afterwards. |
| Impact | NA. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Boeing |
| Organisation | Boeing |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Discussions around the identification of research challenges and synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussions around the identification of research challenges and synergies. Membership of the TAS Strategic Advisory Network. |
| Impact | Identification of research challenges via the TAS Strategic Advisory Network. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Brantwood |
| Organisation | Brantwood |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Developing a case for relevance for John Ruskin's writing to 21st century technological dilemmas, e.g., Trust. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Several meetings with the project team to discuss Ruskin's writings and history. |
| Impact | Main output is forthcoming in the form of an interactive Trust tool inspired by Ruskin's view of the natural/technological world. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | CHAPTER - Cognitive HumAn in the looP TEleopeRations |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | TAS pump priming award |
| Collaborator Contribution | With increasingly autonomous robotics taking on lots of the physical workload for people, current HRI research looks to how collaborative robots might adapt with an awareness of the mental workload being experienced by users. Research continues to develop on two fronts: making estimates of user state from mixed observable data, and understanding how different options for autonomy affect the efforts of users. This demonstrator will achieve two things: 1) embodying recent research findings into a reusable demonstrator for subsequent studies of autonomous cobots, and 2) testing the application of a new neuroergonomics machine learning framework. |
| Impact | None yet. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | CMU |
| Organisation | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. |
| Impact | Initial discussions around research challenges and potential research exchanges. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | COTADS: COdesigning Trustworthy Autonomous Diabetes Systems |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UKRI TAS Hub provided the flexible funds to support the project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This project brings together people with type-1 diabetes, clinicians, and data scientists to design algorithms for diabetes management during life transitions. It aims to increase trust and understanding using co-design, provenance and explainable AI. |
| Impact | This project brings together people with type-1 diabetes, clinicians, and data scientists to design algorithms for diabetes management during life transitions. It aims to increase trust and understanding using co-design, provenance and explainable AI. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Capital One |
| Organisation | Capital One |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Discussion of research challenges. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussion of research challenges. |
| Impact | Initial discussion around sector specific challenges. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Citizen Carbon Budget |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | TAS Pump priming project |
| Collaborator Contribution | To reach "Net Zero" by 2050, we need some radical and disruptive interventions. The Citizen Carbon Budget (CCB) idea is simple: every person has a carbon budget that they can spend each month. Every consumer decision that has a carbon footprint has an impact on their budget. For example, the carbon footprint of travel will be impacted by the mode of transport and distance travelled. The footprint of consumables such as food and clothes will be impacted by the type of product, origin, manufacturing processes, `food miles' and so on. |
| Impact | None yet. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Competition and Markets Authority |
| Organisation | Competition and Markets Authority |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | We've delivered research on recommender systems, to provide evidence to the policy report the CMA is currently working on. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The CMA hosts our final workshop in London (20 March 2023). Consultations with CMA experts. |
| Impact | Two working papers: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4036813 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4319311 |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Computational Agent Responsibility (Responsibility Project) |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This project is funded by UKRI with the TAS Programme, this provides the project team with access to the Integrator Programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Project Lead sits on the TAS Node Liaison Committee. |
| Impact | No reported outputs at present. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Consent Verification in Autonomous Systems |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UKRI TAS Hub has provided flexible funds to support this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This project aims to replace existing deterministic regulatory verification activities that Data Protection Officers rely on with automated reasoning techniques. To build an argument for compliance, the DPO relies on a set of deterministic activities (e.g., data discovery, DPIA, list of assets/processing activities, etc.) and assumptions such as: 1. Personal data is accurately identified; 2.There is no emergent data sharing behaviour that invalidates data discovery effort; 3.The purpose of data processing remains unchanged after DPIA. |
| Impact | To replace existing deterministic regulatory verification activities that Data Protection Officers rely on with automated reasoning techniques |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Critically Exploring Biometric AI Futures. |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | TAS pump priming award |
| Collaborator Contribution | In this project, we examine emerging biometric AI systems and the socio-technical and legal issues they pose, especially for trust. Both regulators and emerging legislation seeks to curb use of these technologies. There are increasing calls for bans and stricter regulation around their use, particularly when utilised by law enforcement. We will utilise novel design fiction scenarios to envision future uses of biometric technologies, and the tensions/issues they could create. We will then explore the implications of these with domain experts in order to critically reflect on the challenges and in order to shape policy debates around biometric AI. |
| Impact | None yet. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | DAISY: Diagnostic AI System for Robot-Assisted A&E Triage |
| Organisation | University of York |
| Department | Department of Computer Science |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UKRI TAS Hub provided the flexible funds to support this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Healthcare is without doubt the sector most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The figures report-ed by the British Medical Association in October 2021 are alarming. The number of patients waiting over 12hours in corridor trolley beds for A&E admission is at a record high, and 236-fold more NHS England patients than in August 2019 are waiting for over a year for treatment. DAISY will develop a prototype robot-assisted A&E triage system aimed at alleviating this situation. Co-created and co-evaluated with doctors and patients at York Hospital, DAISY will contribute to lowering A&E patient waiting time and doctor workload. |
| Impact | The project is multi-disciplinary. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | DCMS |
| Organisation | Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Professor Dame Wendy Hall, TAS Skills Director, took part as a member of the Panel. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Professor Tom Rodden took part as a member of the Panel. |
| Impact | The CSA for DCMS took part in a TAS/Foundation for Science and Technology event - 'Delivering the AI Strategy - the use of new AI technologies in industry and the public sector' in London on 23 Feb 2022. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | DOMINOES: aDaptive human-rObot teaMINg fOr rEmote taskS |
| Organisation | Culham Science Centre |
| Department | Remote Applications in Challenging Environments (RACE) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Connected Everything Feasibility Study |
| Collaborator Contribution | This project focuses on the analysis of human workload to design effective human-robot teaming for remote teleoperation, where the robotic system may also be equipped with adaptive behaviours (e.g. smoothly following a given trajectory based on human intentions). A manufacturing scenario is designed in collaboration with industrial partner RACE,to create test cases to investigate different sources of workload (physical and cognitive). We evaluate the feasibility of using physiological workload indicators in robotic teleoperation. |
| Impact | This is a multidisciplinary project involving experts in psychology, human factors, neuroscience and computer science. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | DORIAN: Doctor-centred Auditing of Healthcare AI With Testing of Fairness |
| Organisation | Johns Hopkins University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This collaboration aims to build trust in AI-aided diagnosis by engaging doctors' interest in the auditing process of AI tools. We will develop an audit tool and dashboard that will enable doctors to visualise their audits of AI systems. |
| Collaborator Contribution | King's College London provides the MLighter tool,that will be the starting point for the project and will contribute to its development, evaluation, and research related outcomes, apart from coordinating the project. Johns Hopkins University will contribute to the design and development of the prototype of the auditing algorithms and the dashboard. University of Nottingham will contribute on the engagement with UK doctors. University of Texas at Austin will contribute on the engagement with USA doctors. University of Southampton will contribute on creating policies related to the evaluation and validation of AI. |
| Impact | The collaboration started in March 2023. The main current output is the funding of 72460 pounds obtained by the team. This is a multidisciplinary collaboration involving: medicine, computer science and law. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | DORIAN: Doctor-centred Auditing of Healthcare AI With Testing of Fairness |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This collaboration aims to build trust in AI-aided diagnosis by engaging doctors' interest in the auditing process of AI tools. We will develop an audit tool and dashboard that will enable doctors to visualise their audits of AI systems. |
| Collaborator Contribution | King's College London provides the MLighter tool,that will be the starting point for the project and will contribute to its development, evaluation, and research related outcomes, apart from coordinating the project. Johns Hopkins University will contribute to the design and development of the prototype of the auditing algorithms and the dashboard. University of Nottingham will contribute on the engagement with UK doctors. University of Texas at Austin will contribute on the engagement with USA doctors. University of Southampton will contribute on creating policies related to the evaluation and validation of AI. |
| Impact | The collaboration started in March 2023. The main current output is the funding of 72460 pounds obtained by the team. This is a multidisciplinary collaboration involving: medicine, computer science and law. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | DORIAN: Doctor-centred Auditing of Healthcare AI With Testing of Fairness |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This collaboration aims to build trust in AI-aided diagnosis by engaging doctors' interest in the auditing process of AI tools. We will develop an audit tool and dashboard that will enable doctors to visualise their audits of AI systems. |
| Collaborator Contribution | King's College London provides the MLighter tool,that will be the starting point for the project and will contribute to its development, evaluation, and research related outcomes, apart from coordinating the project. Johns Hopkins University will contribute to the design and development of the prototype of the auditing algorithms and the dashboard. University of Nottingham will contribute on the engagement with UK doctors. University of Texas at Austin will contribute on the engagement with USA doctors. University of Southampton will contribute on creating policies related to the evaluation and validation of AI. |
| Impact | The collaboration started in March 2023. The main current output is the funding of 72460 pounds obtained by the team. This is a multidisciplinary collaboration involving: medicine, computer science and law. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | DORIAN: Doctor-centred Auditing of Healthcare AI With Testing of Fairness |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This collaboration aims to build trust in AI-aided diagnosis by engaging doctors' interest in the auditing process of AI tools. We will develop an audit tool and dashboard that will enable doctors to visualise their audits of AI systems. |
| Collaborator Contribution | King's College London provides the MLighter tool,that will be the starting point for the project and will contribute to its development, evaluation, and research related outcomes, apart from coordinating the project. Johns Hopkins University will contribute to the design and development of the prototype of the auditing algorithms and the dashboard. University of Nottingham will contribute on the engagement with UK doctors. University of Texas at Austin will contribute on the engagement with USA doctors. University of Southampton will contribute on creating policies related to the evaluation and validation of AI. |
| Impact | The collaboration started in March 2023. The main current output is the funding of 72460 pounds obtained by the team. This is a multidisciplinary collaboration involving: medicine, computer science and law. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | DORIAN: Doctor-centred Auditing of Healthcare AI With Testing of Fairness |
| Organisation | University of Texas at Austin |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This collaboration aims to build trust in AI-aided diagnosis by engaging doctors' interest in the auditing process of AI tools. We will develop an audit tool and dashboard that will enable doctors to visualise their audits of AI systems. |
| Collaborator Contribution | King's College London provides the MLighter tool,that will be the starting point for the project and will contribute to its development, evaluation, and research related outcomes, apart from coordinating the project. Johns Hopkins University will contribute to the design and development of the prototype of the auditing algorithms and the dashboard. University of Nottingham will contribute on the engagement with UK doctors. University of Texas at Austin will contribute on the engagement with USA doctors. University of Southampton will contribute on creating policies related to the evaluation and validation of AI. |
| Impact | The collaboration started in March 2023. The main current output is the funding of 72460 pounds obtained by the team. This is a multidisciplinary collaboration involving: medicine, computer science and law. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Design Museum |
| Organisation | Design Museum London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | We partnered with the Design Museum to develop and create a Design Research intervention, to be delivered by the Design Museum's education arm, as a research vehicle. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Design Museum team met with us on several occasions to shape the project and discuss ways in which we can drive impact through the partnership. |
| Impact | The significant output is currently a work in progress. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Digital Forensics Platform |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | TAS pump priming project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This project will design, implement and test an open source modular digital forensics platform. The unique qualities will be the ability to provide a filtering service to offer some proportionality in investigations. Given a specific targeted request for data the software will only produce the relevant subset of data for subsequent analysis. The modular nature will allow a wider community to build plugins to analyse specific apps within the generic framework, as well as the ability for the community to extend the visualisations and analysis tools available to meet specific investigative needs. |
| Impact | None yet. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Dstl |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Discussions and identification of research challenges and synergies. Access to the wider TAS network and events. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussions and identification of research challenges and synergies. Co-chairing the TAS Skills Committee. Membership of the TAS Sector Leads Committee. Membership of the TAS Strategic Advisory Network. Participation in TAS events such as the TAS AHM 21 and Trusting Machines? Access to AIFest Project Partner: Trustworthy human-swarm partnerships in extreme environments |
| Impact | Development of TAS Skills Programme via co-chairing of the TAS Skills Committee and participation in the TAS DTN seminar series. Membership of the TAS Strategic Advisory Network. Trusting Machines? Cross sector lessons in healthcare and defence event. TAS participation in AIFest. Project:Trustworthy human-swarm partnerships in extreme environments. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | EAG |
| Organisation | Electric Aviation Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Discussions of research challenges and synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussions of research challenges and synergies. |
| Impact | Initial discussion around sector specific research challenges and the TAS Skills Programme. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | EDI card development |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | TAS pump priming award |
| Collaborator Contribution | Considering the subject matter of EDI, the current inaccessibility of the prototype cards and cards as a format to those with visual impairment or low (English) literacy is problematic. This project will support the development of an app to present the cards and make them screen readable and more accessible. |
| Impact | None yet as app in development. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | ETHICAL ASSURANCE OF DATA-DRIVEN TECHNOLOGIES FOR MENTAL HEALTHCARE |
| Organisation | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| Department | IEEE Standards Association |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | I am the chair of an IEEE Industry Connections programme, which is exploring possible standards for ethical design, development, and deployment of digital mental health technologies. We currently have over 40 participants across the international community who are supporting the programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Rosamund Powell is supporting this collaboration as programme secretary. |
| Impact | This initiative is both multi-disciplinary and also includes researchers, developers, and policy representatives across the international community. Early planned outputs include white papers exploring the development of ethical standards for digital mental healthcare. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Empowering Future Care Workforces: Scoping Capabilities to Leverage Assistive Robotics through Co-Design |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UKRI TAS Hub provided the flexible funds to support this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This project aims to understand what kind of capabilities care professionals need to use physically assistive robotics on their own terms, and in ways that are safe, trustworthy, and meet the legal and ethical standards of their profession. Empowering care professionals through digital training is urgently needed as governments invest in post-pandemic digital transformation. By using co-design approaches, a diverse and inclusive group of professionals, care receivers, family-members and partner organisations will scope the capability needs of today's care professionals. And we will identify the conceptual building blocks of research infrastructure essential for empowering care workforces tomorrow. |
| Impact | This project is multi-disciplinary. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Experian |
| Organisation | Experian |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Discussions around research challenges and synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussions around research challenges and synergies. |
| Impact | Initial discussion around sector specific challenges. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Foundations of a Trustworthiness Risk Assessment for AI Systems |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | TAS pump priming award. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The project aims to lay the foundations for a trustworthiness risk assessment framework that can describe and automatically assess trustworthiness risks associated with AI systems. Trustworthiness risk assessment is expected to form an integral element within the future governance and management of AI systems, and as such is expected to be a key component within the blueprint for implementation of trustworthy AI. |
| Impact | None yet. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Fujitsu |
| Organisation | Fujitsu |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Discussions around synergies of TAS research and skills. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Involvement with the Strategic Advisory Network. Input to the TAS Skills Programme. |
| Impact | Identification of research challenges via the Strategic Advisory Network. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Harvard |
| Organisation | Harvard University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The TAS Director visited in person in March 2022, giving an invited talk and developing the relationship. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Hosted a visit by the TAS Director and other TAS researchers in March 2022. Other research synergies and visits are under discussion. |
| Impact | An invited talk was given by the TAS Director at Harvard in March 2022. Further research synergies and visits are being organised. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Horizon CDT |
| Organisation | Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Access to the TAS Skills Programme and wider network. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Membership of the TAS Skills Committee. Development of the TAS Doctoral Training Network (TAS DTN.) Promotion of the TAS DTN seminars via the Horizon network. |
| Impact | Development of the TAS Doctoral Training Network (TAS DTN.) Promotion of the TAS DTN seminars. TAS ECR event at Prince Philip House, London on 23 Feb 2022. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | IET |
| Organisation | Institution of Engineering and Technology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Discussions and identification of synergies, particularly around the TAS Skills Programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussions and identification of synergies, particularly around the TAS Skills Programme. |
| Impact | None yet. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Imaging predictors of Oesophageal Cancer MDT patient outcomes |
| Organisation | Southampton General Hospital |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | TAS pump priming award. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Upper Gastrointestinal (UGI) multidisciplinary team (MDT) makes critical treatment decisions in every oesophageal cancer (OC) patient's journey (e.g. surgery or chemotherapy). This has a profound impact on survival and quality of life. Recent studies have highlighted that rising caseloads and time pressures can lead to variable and sometimes suboptimal decisions. In this context, machine learning (ML) approaches offer the potential to standardize and produce consistent, data-driven decisions. Mirroring the decision-making process by incorporating critical variables chosen by humans, will ensure that the solution is transparent, trustworthy, and ultimately, ensure routine clinical use to improve OC patients' lives. This pump-priming award will enable the collection, processing, curation, and interpretation of image-based data (CT-scan and pathology slides) for later incorporation into a bespoke ML model. Explainability and trustworthiness of the model will be enhanced by the application of spatial transcriptomics to biopsy slides to discover the "ground truth" of gene expression programmes in cellular neighbourhoods that underpin model performance. This award will facilitate accelerated delivery of a comprehensive project to deliver "A Trustworthy Mirrored Machine Learning approach to predict Upper Gastrointestinal Multidisciplinary team treatment decisions in Oesophageal Cancer". |
| Impact | None yet. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Imaging predictors of Oesophageal Cancer MDT patient outcomes |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | TAS pump priming award. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Upper Gastrointestinal (UGI) multidisciplinary team (MDT) makes critical treatment decisions in every oesophageal cancer (OC) patient's journey (e.g. surgery or chemotherapy). This has a profound impact on survival and quality of life. Recent studies have highlighted that rising caseloads and time pressures can lead to variable and sometimes suboptimal decisions. In this context, machine learning (ML) approaches offer the potential to standardize and produce consistent, data-driven decisions. Mirroring the decision-making process by incorporating critical variables chosen by humans, will ensure that the solution is transparent, trustworthy, and ultimately, ensure routine clinical use to improve OC patients' lives. This pump-priming award will enable the collection, processing, curation, and interpretation of image-based data (CT-scan and pathology slides) for later incorporation into a bespoke ML model. Explainability and trustworthiness of the model will be enhanced by the application of spatial transcriptomics to biopsy slides to discover the "ground truth" of gene expression programmes in cellular neighbourhoods that underpin model performance. This award will facilitate accelerated delivery of a comprehensive project to deliver "A Trustworthy Mirrored Machine Learning approach to predict Upper Gastrointestinal Multidisciplinary team treatment decisions in Oesophageal Cancer". |
| Impact | None yet. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Imagining robotic care: identifying conflict & confluence in stakeholder imaginaries of autonomous care systems |
| Organisation | University of Sheffield |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UKRI TAS Hub provided flexible funds to support this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Identify the conflicts and confluences in the imaginaries of robotic and autonomous systems (RAS) in the health-social care ecosystem by conducting a series of expert interviews and LEGO Serious Play workshops with stakeholders and members of the public. Support TAS members in exploring and incorporating the stages of Responsible Innovation (RI) as projects progress, by developing RI tools that enable creative reflection and engagement between stakeholders with different experience and expertise, to enrich TAS activities in this area. |
| Impact | Identify the conflicts and confluences in the imaginaries of robotic and autonomous systems (RAS) in the health-social care ecosystem by conducting a series of expert interviews and LEGO Serious Play workshops with stakeholders and members of the public. Support TAS members in exploring and incorporating the stages of Responsible Innovation (RI) as projects progress, by developing RI tools that enable creative reflection and engagement between stakeholders with different experience and expertise, to enrich TAS activities in this area. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Industrial Collaboration Horiba MIRA |
| Organisation | Horiba |
| Department | HORIBA MIRA |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Knowledge exchange |
| Collaborator Contribution | Knowledge exchange |
| Impact | Knowledge exchange |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Industrial Collaboration with Ansible Motion |
| Organisation | Ansible Motion |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Knowledge exchange; software and hardware support |
| Collaborator Contribution | Knowledge exchange; software and hardware support |
| Impact | Knowledge exchange; software and hardware development and update |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Intersectional Approaches to Design and Deployment of Trustworthy Autonomous Systems |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UKRI TAS Hub provided the flexible funds to support this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | For TAS to contribute to the creation of an inclusive, fair and just world, researchers and practitioners need to address intersectional inequalities. Intersectionality is a theory/praxis that uncovers how institutional inequalities shape experiences of discrimination or disadvantage based on how multiple aspects of a person's identity (gender, ethnicity, disability, and so on) come together at one time and place. Our project researches how to translate and operationalise intersectionality into the design and deployment of TAS. We focus specifically on the healthcare and maritime sectors, where TAS are actively used and considered, but intersectional inequalities are not always meaningfully addressed. |
| Impact | The project involves a multidisciplinary team from the fields of intersectionality, technology education, digital trust, and AI ethics. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Intuitive Surgical |
| Organisation | Intuitive Surgical Inc |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The COVID19 pandemic has presented novel challenges for routine tasks such as surgery and cleaning. Social distancing makes working in close proximity difficult, exacerbated by additional pressures due to employee sickness and austerity measures. These challenges present increased opportunities for human-robot collaborative teams but questions remain relating to trust towards the robot within the team and more broadly, the trust of affected groups (e.g., patients) towards tasks carried out by robot-assisted teams. An interdisciplinary TAS Hub agile project (Trustworthy Human-Robot Teams) explores different aspects related to trust within and towards human-robot teams in two essential tasks: surgery and cleaning. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Project partner of the Trustworthy Human-Robot teams research project. |
| Impact | No outcomes reported yet. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Ipsos |
| Organisation | Ipsos MORI |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. Support for research projects. |
| Impact | Journal paper published. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | J P Morgan |
| Organisation | JPMorgan Chase & Co |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. |
| Impact | A virtual meeting has taken place to discuss research collaboration in the field of climate finance. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | John Hopkins University |
| Organisation | Johns Hopkins University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Introduction of sandpit methodology for co-creating research projects. Research expertise. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research expertise. |
| Impact | This multi-disciplinary collaboration with the Institute of Assured Autonomy at JHU has resulted in the co-creation of TAS research projects. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Kaspar Explains: the impact of explanation on human-robot trust using an educational platform |
| Organisation | University of Hertfordshire |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UKRI TAS Hub provided the flexible funds to support this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The project focuses on identifying how causal explanation can influence trust in an educational robotic platform, the Kaspar robot. The robot has been used as a tool for Autism education for more than a decade. Children with autism struggle with the concept of causality particularly in the context of social interaction with others. We hypothesise that a robot's ability to explain its educational actions would make it a more trustworthy educational tool, for the pupils, their parents and their teachers. This may in turn make the robot-mediation more successful. |
| Impact | We hypothesise that a robot's ability to explain its educational actions would make it a more trustworthy educational tool, for the pupils, their parents and their teachers. This may in turn make the robot-mediation more successful. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Kooth |
| Organisation | Kooth Plc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Behaviour classification NLP in a socio-technical AI setting for online harmful behaviours for children and young people Exploring the use of Socio-Technical Natural Language Processing (NLP) for classifying behavioural online harms within online forum posts (e.g. bullying; drugs & alcohol abuse; gendered harassment; self-harm), especially for young people. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Kooth interview results are interesting and will form the basis of a research paper. |
| Impact | A paper is being prepared based on the research results. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Lloyd's Register Group |
| Organisation | Lloyd's Register Group Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and sector specific (Industry X.0) synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and sector specific (Industry X.0) synergies. |
| Impact | Initial discussion of sector specific (Industry X.0) research challenges. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Making Systems Answer: Dialogical Design as a Bridge for Responsibility Gaps in Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (Responsibility project) |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The responsibility project is funded by UKRI under the TAS umbrella. The project team members are eligible for the TAS Integrator Programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Project Lead sits on the TAS Node Liaison Committee and is actively involved in the Governance and Regulation Node. |
| Impact | The Project Lead sits on the TAS Node Liaison Committee. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Mapping Contracts and Licenses around Large Generative Models: private ordering and innovation |
| Organisation | Newcastle University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | None yet. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Large Language Models (LLMs) such as Open AI's GPT-3, and models for creating AI images from text prompts (eg DALL-E2, Stable Diffusion) and even text-to-video (eg Meta's Make-me-a-Video; Google's Imagen) are being widely hailed as fulcrums for innovation and creativity; however literature already emphasises numerous issues arising eg embedding and creation of bias; generation of "fake news" and sexual material; breaches of copyright, privacy and reputation rights. Bespoke public (state) regulation of large models does not yet exist although proposals in the draft EU AI Act relating to "general purpose" AI may arrive. Private regulation by terms and conditions of use is thus so far the most relevant form of governance. Social media platform terms have been extensively studied in the past but almost no work has yet been done on foundation models. This project thus seeks to map what licenses and acceptable use constraints are being placed on a range of generative models, what "code" measures exist to apply and enforce these rules (eg APIs, filters) & what trends can be seen (eg standardised open source licenses). |
| Impact | None yet. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Maritine and Coastguard Agency |
| Organisation | Maritime and Coastguard Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Invitation to join the TAS Strategic Advisory Network, meet researchers and be involved in the development of research challenges. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Membership of the Strategic Advisory Network and project partner on a recently awarded pump priming project - Intersectional Approaches to Design and Deployment of Trustworthy Autonomous Systems. |
| Impact | Pump priming project partner: Intersectional Approaches to Design and Deployment of Trustworthy Autonomous Systems. Membership of the TAS Strategic Advisory Network. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Max Planck Institute |
| Organisation | Max Planck Society |
| Department | Max Planck Institute for Informatics |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. |
| Impact | Initial discussion of research challenges. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Microlise |
| Organisation | Microlise |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Discussions and identification of synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussions and identification of synergies. Participation in the TAS Strategic Advisory Network. |
| Impact | Identification of research challenges via the TAS Strategic Advisory Network. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Mindtech |
| Organisation | NIHR MindTech MedTech Co-operative |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Discussion of research and sector specific challenges. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussion of sector specific challenges for researchers. |
| Impact | Discussion with project team in Nottingham. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | National Gallery X |
| Organisation | National Gallery, London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | TAS researchers have worked with the National Gallery X to produce creative provocations for a conference in 2021 - Trusting machines? Cross sectors lessons from healthcare and security (https://www.tas.ac.uk/bigeventscpt/trusting-machines/) |
| Collaborator Contribution | The National Gallery X co-director produced the film 'The First' from a script by Professor Luca Vigano (TAS Co-Investigator), which is available on youtube and in a National Gallery X gallery of creative provocations. |
| Impact | A gallery of creative work is available (https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/national-gallery-x/the-ai-gallery). In addition a film 'The First' has also be produced in collaboration between the National Gallery X and the TAS Hub. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | National Grid |
| Organisation | National Grid UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. |
| Impact | Initial discussions around participation in upcoming TAS events. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Naver Labs Europe |
| Organisation | NAVER LABS Europe |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Talks and presentations. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Engagement with research. |
| Impact | Engagement with research. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Northrup Grumman |
| Organisation | Northrop Grumman |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | A number of discussions have taken place around research challenges. |
| Collaborator Contribution | A number of discussions have taken place around research challenges and a financial contribution has been offered to the TAS Hub. Membership of the TAS Strategic Advisory Network. |
| Impact | Membership of the TAS Strategic Advisory Network. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | OPEN-TAS: An Open Laboratories Programme for Trustworthy Autonomous Systems |
| Organisation | University of Sheffield |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UKRI TAS Hub has provided flexible funds to support the delivery of this initiative. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This project will create infrastructure for access via web/VR interfaces and telepresence robots to UK laboratories researching TAS. Beginning with a seed group of universities, companies and NGOs, the project will run a pilot with 4 leading laboratories to create an engagement experience that is educational, scalable and meets social-distancing requirements due to Covid-19. |
| Impact | This project will create infrastructure for access via web/VR interfaces and telepresence robots to UK laboratories researching TAS. Beginning with a seed group of universities, companies and NGOs, the project will run a pilot with 4 leading laboratories to create an engagement experience that is educational, scalable and meets social-distancing requirements due to Covid-19. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Open-Source Interaction Interface for Human-Swarm Teaming |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | TAS pump priming award |
| Collaborator Contribution | Motivated by RRI, this project aims at providing an open-source platform that is suitable for experimentation with a large group of semi-autonomous systems that can be monitored and controlled by a few human operators. Establishing an efficient human-machine teaming is a challenging task that can be enabled through a highly usable and efficient interaction interface. It is necessary for such an interface to be: (1) understandable: so that operators can monitor the state of the autonomous systems with minimal effort and training, (2) scalable: such that the performance of the system is not bound to any specific number of agents, (3) highly usable: so that the platform can easily be used for online experimentation, and (4) maintainable: such that researchers and developers can build upon the existing code or tailor the platform to their specific needs and domains of application. |
| Impact | None yet. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | PA Consulting |
| Organisation | PA Consulting |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Discussions around the identification of research challenges and synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussions around the identification of research challenges and synergies. |
| Impact | None yet. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Principles for Building Fair and Trustworthy Autonomous Fraud Detection in Retail |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | TAS pump priming project |
| Collaborator Contribution | Product returns fraud has been increasing strongly, especially since the pandemic (Zhang et al. 2022, 2023). Meanwhile, due to the sheer volume of sales and returns transactions, retailers are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence (AI) and particularly machine learning (ML) algorithms to detect and combat fraud. For example, customers can be profiled based on a risk score and denied the ability to purchase or return items on that basis. This includes serial returners who engage in 'wardrobing' (buying something, using it, and then returning it) as well as people who actively commit fraud and frequently change their identifying details to avoid being caught easily. However, there are potential ethical and legal concerns with such automated fraud detection systems. For example, fraud detection algorithms can be biased and even discriminatory, targeting certain types of individuals (Akter et al., 2021), as demonstrated by the court case against The Retail Equation.1 To address this problem, in this study, we will set the foundations for building the principles and guidelines for ensuring that such systems are fair and transparent. The aim in doing so is to ensure that such systems benefit and do not harm society. The guidelines are not limited to the design of the algorithms themselves, but also how they are subsequently used. For example, one way to prevent harm is to use the system to start a conversation with the alleged fraudsters, rather than using it to make a final judgement and induce consequences, such as banning them or reporting them to law enforcement. Another way is to use explainable AI techniques, so that decisions are more transparent. In this project, we will evaluate a range of approaches and learn from current best practice, as well as existing guidelines for building trustworthy AI systems. To this end, we will conduct literature reviews and interviews with experts and retailers to explore the techniques, algorithms, and current best practice for detecting returns fraud. |
| Impact | None yet. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Qinetiq |
| Organisation | Qinetiq |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Discussions around the identification of research challenges and synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Membership and participation in the TAS Strategic Advisory Network and Sector Leads Committee. |
| Impact | Contribution to the identification of research challenges via the Strategic Advisory Network. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | RAC Foundation |
| Organisation | RAC Foundation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The Chatty car project aims to use existing datasets supported by relevant theory and apply multi-disciplinary methods to design an exemplar, socially responsible, anthropomorphised, natural language interface, encompassing both lexical and non-lexical mediators of trust, and curating findings in a preliminary design framework. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Chatty car project partner. Chatty car aims to use existing datasets supported by relevant theory and apply multi-disciplinary methods to design an exemplar, socially responsible, anthropomorphised, natural language interface, encompassing both lexical and non-lexical mediators of trust, and curating findings in a preliminary design framework. |
| Impact | A journal paper has been submitted. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Reckitt |
| Organisation | Reckitt Benckiser |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We discussed our work in long term autonomy with Reckitt and will develop an inspection use case with a mobile quadruped robot. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Reckitt has agreed to part fund an international PhD studentship to work on the project and will share the facilities and the use case. |
| Impact | NA |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Reimagining TAS with Disabled Young People |
| Organisation | University of Sheffield |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UKRI TAS Hub provided the flexible funds to support this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | TAS are envisaged to become part of our everyday lives. Disabled young people (DYP) are key end-users and potential co-designers of these future systems, although their experiences and aspirations are rarely acknowledged. This interdisciplinary project brings together DYP, social and computer science researchers and school and industry partners. We centralise the expertise and aspirations of DYP around questions of trust, resilience and capacity in relation to autonomous systems; thus embedding inclusion, equity, responsible research and innovation in studies of TAS. Our project will make use of coproduction methods and maker spaces (collaborative workspaces for making, learning, exploring and sharing). |
| Impact | This project is multi-disciplinary. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Responsible AI for Long-term Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (RAILS): Integrating Responsible AI and Socio-legal Governance (Responsibility project) |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The responsibility projects are funded by UKRI under the TAS umbrella. The project members are eligible to apply to the TAS Integrator Programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Project Lead sits on the TAS Node Liaison Committee and members of the team have been involved in a 21/22 pump priming project (RoAD). |
| Impact | The project lead sits on the TAS Node Liaison Committee. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | RoAD: responsible av data ethical, legal, and societal challenges of using data from AVs |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UKRI TAS Hub provided flexible funds to support this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Autonomous Systems (AS) may offer significant societal benefits but will also create new types of incidents and accidents. The ability to access, explain and understand data related to failure or accidents will be a fundamental requirement for ensuring safety, liability and public trust. Drawing on Responsible Research and Innovation principles, we analyse a particular AS - autonomous vehicles (AVs) - with three objectives: 1) Investigate the ethical risks and legal implications related to the collection, access and use of data. 2) Test the legal usefulness of data sets. 3) Evaluate public acceptance of data recorders ('black boxes') for AS. |
| Impact | Drawing on Responsible Research and Innovation principles, we analyse a particular AS - autonomous vehicles (AVs) - with three objectives: Drawing on Responsible Research and Innovation principles, we analyse a particular AS - autonomous vehicles (AVs) - with three objectives: 1) Investigate the ethical risks and legal implications related to the collection, access and use of data. 2) Test the legal usefulness of data sets. 3) Evaluate public acceptance of data recorders ('black boxes') for AS. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Rolls Royce |
| Organisation | Rolls Royce Group Plc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and sector specific synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and sector specific synergies. |
| Impact | Initial discussion around the research challenges in the Industry X.0 sector. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Royal Academy of Arts |
| Organisation | The Royal Academy of Arts |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Discussion around the TAS Creative Engagement Programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussion around the TAS Creative Engagement Programme. |
| Impact | Initial discussion around the TAS Creative Programme. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Organisation | Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Discussions around research challenges and identification of synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussions around challenges and identification of synergies. |
| Impact | Presentation at the TAS ECR event held at Prince Philip House, London on 23 Feb 2022. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) |
| Organisation | Royal United Services Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | RUSI and the UKRI TAS - Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub - presented Trusting Machines? Cross-sector Lessons from Healthcare and Security. Over three days of debate, it brought together academic experts, policy leaders, industry professionals and the public to discuss a future where autonomous machines integrate into two of our most vital sectors. |
| Collaborator Contribution | RUSI and the UKRI TAS - Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub - presented Trusting Machines? Cross-sector Lessons from Healthcare and Security. Over three days of debate, it brought together academic experts, policy leaders, industry professionals and the public to discuss a future where autonomous machines integrate into two of our most vital sectors. |
| Impact | RUSI and the UKRI TAS - Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub - presented Trusting Machines? Cross-sector Lessons from Healthcare and Security. Over three days of debate, it brought together academic experts, policy leaders, industry professionals and the public to discuss a future where autonomous machines integrate into two of our most vital sectors. Sometimes ideas are sparked not by academic debate, but by engaging with creative and artistic expressions. To encourage fresh voices, artworks and creative provocations designed to engage and challenge both speakers and audience were presented. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | SA2VE: Situational Awareness and trust during shift between autonomy levels in automated VEhicles |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UKRI TAS Hub provided the flexible funds to support this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This project aims to understand the effect of situational awareness (SA) and take-over request procedures on trust between drivers and highly AVs, we: - implement driving scenarios based on our analysis of real-world incidents involving highly automated vehicles reported between 2014 and 2021. - collect & analyse the aforementioned quantitative and qualitative data in these implemented driving scenarios during crucial take-over tasks. - understand the correlation between objective SA measures & subjective and objective trust. |
| Impact | This project aims to understand the effect of situational awareness (SA) and take-over request procedures on trust between drivers and highly AVs, we: - implement driving scenarios based on our analysis of real-world incidents involving highly automated vehicles reported between 2014 and 2021. - collect & analyse the aforementioned quantitative and qualitative data in these implemented driving scenarios during crucial take-over tasks. - understand the correlation between objective SA measures & subjective and objective trust. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Safe and trusted AI CDT |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Access to the TAS Skills Programme and the wider TAS Network. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Membership of the TAS Skills Committee. Development of the TAS Doctoral Training Network (TAS DTN.) Promotion of the TAS DTN seminars. |
| Impact | Development of the TAS Doctoral Training Network (TAS DTN.) Promotion of the TAS DTN seminars. Participation in the TAS ECR event held at Prince Philip House on 23 Feb 2022. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Shell |
| Organisation | Shell International Petroleum |
| Department | Shell UK Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. |
| Impact | None yet. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Siemens Smart Infrastructure |
| Organisation | Siemens AG |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. |
| Impact | Initial discussion around sector specific challenges. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Slaughter and May |
| Organisation | Slaughter and May |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. |
| Impact | Initial discussions around sector specific research challenges. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | TARICS: Trustworthy Accessible Robots for Inclusive Cultural experiences |
| Organisation | University of Lincoln |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UKRI TAS Hub provided the flexible funds to support this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Cultural experiences, such as going to a museum are an important activity in society, and an important source for personal enrichment that can affect a person's wellbeing. However, guided visits are not always accessible for everybody, often leading to vulnerable members of society feeling excluded. TARICS aims to create an interactive cultural experience for museum visits by provisioning a social robot to make the experience more accessible and inclusive for people with learning disabilities. The proposed learning and interaction techniques will be deployed on Lindsey, a robot tour guide operating autonomously in The Collection Museum since 2018. |
| Impact | This project is multi-disciplinary. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | TAS Accelerator |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | TAS award, access to research outputs. |
| Collaborator Contribution | A series of actions to deliver extra outputs from further analysis of existing data gathered through "UK/USA Moral IT cards", "SafeSpaces" and "Digital Twins" projects. |
| Impact | None yet. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | TAS Industry Short Course |
| Organisation | Australian National University (ANU) |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Translation and preparation of TAS Hub research into educational resources (case studies, discussion questions, teaching content), and co-organisation and delivery of an online short course for industry professionals. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Administration and hosting of the short course, co-organisation and co-delivery of the short course. |
| Impact | 3 day online short course for industry professionals. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | TAS Programme - Functionality |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The TAS Hub is working with the Functionality Node to develop a coherent unified UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) Node in Functionality involves a team of social scientists, ethicists, computer scientists and engineers. They are exploring methods for designing autonomous systems (such as robots) with the ability to adapt how they function in response to changes in the world around them. The TAS Functionality Node is working with the Hub to develop a unified brand for the National Programme. |
| Impact | The TAS Hub is working with the Functionality Node to develop a coherent unified UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | TAS Programme - Governance and regulation |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The TAS Hub is working with the Governance and Regulation Node to develop a coherent unified UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Led by Professor Subramanian Ramamoorthy from the School of Informatics and Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, the team are tasked with developing the governance and regulation of Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS). By developing a novel framework for the certification, assurance and legality of TAS, the project will address whether such systems can be used safely. |
| Impact | The TAS Hub is working with the Governance and Regulation Node to develop a coherent unified UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | TAS Programme - Resilience |
| Organisation | University of York |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The TAS Hub is working with the Resilience Node to develop a coherent unified UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The project brings together the disciplines of computer science, engineering, law, mathematics, philosophy and psychology from five UK universities to develop a comprehensive toolbox of principles, methods and systematic approaches for the engineering of resilient autonomous systems. |
| Impact | The TAS Hub is working with the Resilience Node to develop a coherent unified UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | TAS Programme - Security |
| Organisation | Lancaster University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The TAS Hub is working with the Security Node to develop a coherent unified UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | TAS-S, is the security node of the EPSRC's Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) programme. Bringing together a multi-disciplinary team of researchers and practitioners, TAS-S aims to develop a portfolio of fundamental security techniques to provide practical and scientifically rigorous principles for provisioning secure Autonomous Systems. |
| Impact | The TAS Hub is working with the Security Node to develop a coherent unified UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | TAS Programme - Trust |
| Organisation | Heriot-Watt University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The TAS Hub is working with the Trust Node to develop a coherent unified UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Investigating how to build, maintain and manage trust in robotic and autonomous systems. |
| Impact | The TAS Hub is working with the Trust Node to develop a coherent unified UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | TAS Programme - Verifiability |
| Organisation | King's College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The TAS Hub is working with the Verifiability Node to develop a coherent unified UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Verifiability Node will develop novel rigorous techniques that automate the systematic and holistic verification of autonomous systems: their increasing technological significance ensures that advances will have a real impact. The Node provides a focal point for verification research in the area of autonomous systems, linking to national and international initiatives. |
| Impact | The TAS Hub is working with the Verifiability Node to develop a coherent unified UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Thales |
| Organisation | Thales Group |
| Department | Thales UK Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Thought pieces (21/22): Participation by researchers across the TAS Community in 6 workshops on Functionality, Governance and Regulation, Resilience, Security, Trust and Verifiability. The output from these workshops was written up in a series of reports - which are intended to form the basis of a white paper and other material for the TAS Programme. Project: Trustworthy human-swarm partnerships in extreme environments |
| Collaborator Contribution | Thought pieces (21/22): A Thales point of contact attended each of the workshops and contributed to the outputs. Thales provided support in taking the outputs from the workshops and developing materials both for Thales and the TAS Programme. Project Partner: Trustworthy human-swarm partnerships in extreme environments Membership of the TAS Strategic Advisory Network. |
| Impact | Thought pieces: The outputs are still currently being developed (Mar 22). Project: Trustworthy human-swarm partnerships in extreme environments (outputs reported in relevant areas of form). Membership of the TAS Strategic Advisory Network. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | The Mental Health Foundation |
| Organisation | Mental Health Foundation |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Exploring monitoring of the general health and wellbeing of non-clinical users in the home (including vulnerable groups), TAS for Health aims to integrate understandings of attitudes towards the use of AI in healthcare decision-making in the home across the potential spectrum of use, including patients, carers, and other service users. In particular, the project looks at how decision-making relates to shared values, such as trust, self-efficacy, privacy, and so on. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr David Crepaz-Keay is Head of Applied Learning at the Mental Health Foundation, says "This project has been very helpful in stimulating our thinking about the impact of emerging technology and in particular the questions raised for public mental health as this tech becomes more widespread". |
| Impact | A series of workshops with four different groups: a) people who use technology to support their health and wellbeing during lockdown, b) people who have experience caring for others with conditions such as stroke and MS c) people with MS and d) people who have had a stroke. We have output from the perspective of: human factors, HCI, mental health, MS care, and stroke care. Reflection paper in upcoming special issue of the Journal of Responsible Technology. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Trust me? (I'm an autonomous machine) |
| Organisation | Lancaster University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UKRI TAS Hub has provided flexible funds to support this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This project explores the gap between citizen and expert viewpoints on autonomous systems. It will utilize Design Research, Documentary Methods, and Ethnographic analysis. We will capture, document, and explicate 'Master Narratives' in order to build societal trust and foster the adoption of autonomous systems |
| Impact | This project explores the gap between citizen and expert viewpoints on autonomous systems. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Trustworthy Autonomous Recommender Systems on Music Streaming Platforms |
| Organisation | University of East Anglia |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UKRI TAS Hub provided the flexible funds to support this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Autonomous Recommender Systems (ARS) used by music streaming platforms are becoming the dominant vehicle for distributing content to listeners. A recent Parliamentary inquiry (citing evidence from our team) suggested that these platforms are not fair to independent artists, and can reduce new music discovery, homogenise tastes, and disempower artists. Our research will provide evidence on how ARS contribute to this bias and limit competition, using simulations and real-life data and experiments to establish a causal link between ARS and the undesirable social outcome. This evidence is aimed to contribute to the current policy debate on competition on music streaming platforms. |
| Impact | This project is multi-disciplinary. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We worked together with the TAS Hub to promote workshop events in the Network and used the TAS network to share information and get participants for events |
| Collaborator Contribution | TAS Promoted the event, asked for participants from their Hub and shared this via the Creative theme of their project We worked together with the TAS Hub to promote workshop event in the Network and used the TAS network to share information and get participants for events |
| Impact | This partnership led to working with: BBC R&D Thales Group National Gallery X - TAS partners See events here https://www.ntail.org/copy-of-workshops |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Trustworthy light-based robotic devices for autonomous wound healing |
| Organisation | University of Bristol |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UKRI TAS Hub provided flexible funds to support this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Each year approximately 2.2 million UK adults are inflicted with a wound. Robotic technologies have the potential to guide wound healing at the cellular level. Machine learning allows us to tailor the control to individual cellular dynamics on the go, enabling personalised solutions. This raises questions about how to ensure these systems are trustworthy and safe. In this project we will: 1) demonstrate wound healing in the laboratory, and 2) define an envelope of operation that balances the risks and benefits of machine learning and autonomous control. |
| Impact | Robotic technologies have the potential to guide wound healing at the cellular level. Machine learning allows us to tailor the control to individual cellular dynamics on the go, enabling personalised solutions. This raises questions about how to ensure these systems are trustworthy and safe. In this project we will: 1) demonstrate wound healing in the laboratory, and 2) define an envelope of operation that balances the risks and benefits of machine learning and autonomous control. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | UK Hydrographic Office |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Hydrographic Office |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Access to TAS research, involvement in discussions. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contribution to the discussion around real-world TAS challenges. |
| Impact | Contribution to the discussion around TAS challenges. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | UK RAS |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Department | UK-RAS Network |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. Cross-network support and promotion of events. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. Cross-network support and promotion of events. |
| Impact | Support and involvement of both TAS and UK-RAS members in events and joint outputs. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | UKAEA RACE |
| Organisation | Culham Science Centre |
| Department | Remote Applications in Challenging Environments (RACE) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | We have started our partnership with RACE through the teleoperation use cases developed primarily for the HEAP project. The collaboration extended to agile and feasilibility studies funded by the TAS-HUB and ConnectedEverything. The company benefits from our expertise in teleoperation interfaces and shared control. |
| Collaborator Contribution | RACE has share their use cases on JET and the MASCOT system. They supported a CDT student, who started his studies in 2021/2022 through access to facilities and will part fund an international PhD studentship starting in 2023/2024. We are in the process of writing research grants |
| Impact | Bid funded by TAS-Hub Agile Programme Bid funded by Connected Everything Feasibility Studies 1 Workshop and 1 IEEE conference paper The collaboration is multidisciplinary, with experts contributing from psychology, neuroscience, human factors, computer science as well as RACE engineering. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Understanding Trust of Perceived Voice Anonymization |
| Organisation | University of Avignon |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | TAS pump priming award. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We will investigate why some voices are easy or difficult to anonymize, and how this contributes to attitudes of trust toward voice anonymization systems. The mechanisms at work between algorithmic measurements of anonymity (objective metrics) and human perception of anonymity (subjective metrics) are not well understood. Different adversarial scenarios may require optimizing for objective metrics (e.g., attacks on automatic speaker verification systems) while other scenarios require optimizing for subjective metrics (e.g., human eavesdroppers). The problem of achieving trustworthy anonymization capabilities becomes especially difficult because it is not clear what the ground truth should be. |
| Impact | None yet. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Understanding Trust of Perceived Voice Anonymization |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | TAS pump priming award. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We will investigate why some voices are easy or difficult to anonymize, and how this contributes to attitudes of trust toward voice anonymization systems. The mechanisms at work between algorithmic measurements of anonymity (objective metrics) and human perception of anonymity (subjective metrics) are not well understood. Different adversarial scenarios may require optimizing for objective metrics (e.g., attacks on automatic speaker verification systems) while other scenarios require optimizing for subjective metrics (e.g., human eavesdroppers). The problem of achieving trustworthy anonymization capabilities becomes especially difficult because it is not clear what the ground truth should be. |
| Impact | None yet. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Understanding user trust after software malfunctions and cyber intrusions of digital displays |
| Organisation | Coventry University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UKRI TAS Hub has provided flexible funds to support this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | This research investigates the cybersecurity, human factors and trust aspects of screen failures during automated driving. Screen failures can be either silent (i.e., drivers are not informed) or explicit (i.e., drivers are warned). From the cyber perspective, we will be conducting a threat analysis, with our industrial stakeholders, of in-vehicle digital displays. This will lead to a series of use cases being developed, when possible, malfunction or intrusion (hacking) would occur. These use cases are replicated in our driving simulator where we will investigate participants' responses to aspects like trust in the automation, driving performance, safety, and biometrics. |
| Impact | This research investigates the cybersecurity, human factors and trust aspects of screen failures during automated driving. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) |
| Organisation | United Nations (UN) |
| Department | United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Discussions around research synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussions around research synergies. Provided the keynote at the TAS AHM 21. Membership of the TAS Strategic Advisory Network. |
| Impact | UNICRI gave the keynote at the TAS All Hands Meeting in September 2021. Contribution to research challenge discussions via the TAS Strategic Advisory Network. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | University of Texas @ Austin |
| Organisation | University of Texas at Austin |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Introduction of sandpit methodology for co-creating research projects. Research expertise. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research expertise. |
| Impact | This multi-disciplinary collaboration is bringing together TAS and Good Systems (University of Texas at Austin) together to co-create research projects. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Virtually There: Exploring Presence, Ethics and Aesthetics in Immersive Semi-Autonomous Teleoperation for Hazardous Environments |
| Organisation | University of the West of England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The UKRI TAS Hub provided the flexible funds to support this project. |
| Collaborator Contribution | UWE Bristol in collaboration with Sellafield Ltd will explore the role of sound (sonification) in the context of semi-autonomous robotic teleoperation in VR. In a co-designed, pioneering user study we will investigate the impact of data sonification on task performance, trust in the VR system and the robots it operates, presence, and the ethics of simulating a hazardous environment. If these types of systems are to become trusted and trustworthy, we need to better understand the experience of the immersed tele-operator in hazardous conditions. Trustworthiness is vital for the future of these types of systems, in nuclear decommissioning and beyond. |
| Impact | This project is multi-disciplinary. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Warwick Manufacturing Group |
| Organisation | University of Warwick |
| Department | Warwick Manufacturing Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. Development of the TAS Industrial Fellowship Programme, as part of the Skills Programme. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. Membership of the TAS Skills Committee. Leading the TAS Industrial Fellowship Programme. |
| Impact | The development of the TAS Internship and Fellowship programme. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Web Science Institute |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Department | University of Southampton Web Science Institute |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Access to the TAS Skills Programme and wider Network. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Contributions to the development of the TAS Doctoral Training Network (TAS DTN.) Promotion of the TAS DTN seminars. Support for TAS Skills events. |
| Impact | Support of the TAS Skills Programme. TAS ECR event held in London on 23 Feb 2022. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | nquiring minds |
| Organisation | NquiringMinds |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Discussion of research challenges and synergies. |
| Impact | Discussions around research challenges and synergies. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Title | COTADS Co-design notebook |
| Description | Duckworth, C, Ayobi A., Boniface, M. (2022). First Release of COTADS Codesign notebook (v0.1). We have defined a new process for users to participate in the codesign of machine learning models through the example of diabetes. This is important to improve participation in development of predictive models with a consequence of greater inclusive, acceptability, and explainability of AI-based chronic disease management systems. Using a combination of computational notebooks and human computer interaction will create new interfaces to development environments and trust research environments, allowing data subjects to bring their own data as a way of reflective understanding that can result in narratives for others to follow. |
| Type | Preventative Intervention - Behavioural risk modification |
| Current Stage Of Development | Early clinical assessment |
| Year Development Stage Completed | 2022 |
| Development Status | Actively seeking support |
| Impact | Allowing data subjects to bring their own data as a way of reflective understanding that can result in narratives for others to follow. |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/6376782#.Yrrk4ezMIWI |
| Title | Human-Agent Interactive Path Finding Simulator |
| Description | This software is used to conduct a human subject study. The software allows the human user to interact with different path planning agents optimizing different objective criteria and collaboratively solve path finding tasks. |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | This software platform simulates an intuitive but complex use case, i.e., path finding suitable for studying trust in human-software agent collaborations in an online environment. |
| Title | MLighter: The holistic tool for security evaluations of machine learning systems |
| Description | MLighter is a tool for machine learning testing that aims to integrate three testing levels: performance, security and reliability. The tool can be used as a library although it also contains a graphical user interface that aims to connect all the different levels. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | MLighter is finding multiple applications in different areas. At KCL we are extending the abilities of MLighter to discover vulnerabilities in software related to machine learning. The team is also collaborating with the TAS Hub in a project called DORIAN, which focuses on auditing medical diagnosis systems based on machine learning. This collaboration involves people from the Johns Hopkins University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Southampton, and the University of Nottingham, making it an international project. Furthermore, MLighter is also being applied to measure the robustness of mental state examination models, in an international multi-disciplinary collaboration involving Dr Mariana Pinto da Costa, a Consultant Psychiatrist at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and a Senior Lecturer at the Psychological Medicine Department at King's College London, and Dr Gema Bello-Orgaz from the Universidad Politécnica of Madrid. |
| URL | http://mlighter.freedevelop.org/ |
| Title | UVc Sensor Data Logger |
| Description | Code for a custom made UVc data logger. It records UVc light intensity at regular intervals and transmits this to an MQTT server, which in turn is logged to persistent storage. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | This software was used as part of the Trustworthy Human-Robot Teams project as part of the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems hub. |
| URL | https://github.com/Cobot-Maker-Space/tas-hrt-uvc-sensor |
| Description | 'Collaboration and interaction: Opportunities and challenges of interdisciplinary research in technological design and development' Keynote 'Digitalizing Social Practices: Changes and Consequences" University of Southern Denmark, |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This talk was to discuss the challenges of collaborative research between social scientists, computer scientists and participants from industry. The practitioners mainly addressed issues related to consumer behaviour and retail. But the conference also discussed social practices in businesses, institutions and organizations that are being digitalized. Examples included buying and selling, medical consultations, financial advising and business meetings, In the discussion the questions concerned whether and how to adapt research approach to make it appropriate for practitioners in these domains. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.conferencemanager.dk/resemina |
| Description | 17. Trustworthy Autonomous Systems: Why do we need them? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at the Australian National University, online. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/ANU_CPAS/status/1557521025096896512 |
| Description | 3rd UK StratCom AI Forum: 'Trustworthy Human-Machine Teams', organised by Strategic Command, UK Ministry of Defence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited participants (military officers, civil servants, defence industry professionals, and some academics) engaged in an online forum, exploring the idea of and requirements for 'Trustworthy Human-Machine Teams', and this included discussion of ethical challenges arising from the incorporation of AI technologies into military systems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | A Conversation with the Artists in Residence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | his session introduces the Creative Theme of the TAS Hub, a core part of the project. It allows the Artists in Residence and the TAS Hub Cultural Ambassadors (Blast Theory) to introduce themselves and briefly talk about their emerging projects. This session will be of interest to anyone with an interest in the Creative Industries, Arts and Autonomy, it will enable people to start to appreciate the ways in which the Arts and Research come together and will act as a catalyst for TAS projects to engage with the artists in residence by giving initial insights into their work, practices, and approaches. Session programme 12:00 - Introduction from Alan Chamberlain (Creative Industries Lead - TAS Hub, Mixed Reality Lab, University of Nottingham) & Prof Steve Benford (Mixed Reality Lab, University of Nottingham) Video Artist's Videos 12:05 - Ali Hossaini Video Ali Hossaini is an American artist, philosopher, theatrical producer, television producer, and businessperson. In 2010, The New York Times described him as a "biochemist turned philosopher turned television producer turned visual poet". In 2017 Hossaini published the Manual of Digital Museum Planning and subsequently became co-director of National Gallery X. https://pantar.com Groupthink 12:10 - Richard Ramchurn Video Richard Ramchurn is a Scottish artist and film director. He directed, wrote and produced a pair of films with relatively new technology that allows audiences to portray films by control from the brain. This is done under his production and research company AlbinoMosquito which explores the creation of interactive cinematic content that can be interacted with via neurological data. His films include The Disadvantages of Time Travel (2015) and The Moment (2018). http://braincontrolledmovie.co.uk/ 12:15 - Blast Theory (Matt Adams, Ju Row Farr and Nick Tandavanitj) Video Blast Theory creates interactive art to explore social and political questions, placing audience members at the centre of our work. Led by Matt Adams, Ju Row Farr and Nick Tandavanitj, the group creates interactive art drawing on popular culture, performance, technology and games, the work often blurs the boundaries between the real and the fictional. In virtual and physical spaces from pubs, canals and abandoned warehouses to libraries, museums, and apps - we go to unexpected places to make our work accessible to everyone. https://www.blasttheory.co.uk/ 12.20 - Makers of Imaginary Worlds (Roma Patel and Rachel Ramchurn) Makers of Imaginary Worlds is a Nottingham based installation and performing arts company. We make dynamic narrative experiences and sensory environments for children 0-10 years. We specialise in designing interfaces that seamlessly combine traditional craft techniques with various sensing technologies. We are passionate about making work for children and believe they have the right to quality art and culture. Our first interactive installation Enchanted Forest made in collaboration with the Mixed Reality Lab and Theatre Hullabaloo, was visited by over 20,000 children & families in one year. Video https://makersofimaginaryworlds.co.uk/ 12.25 - Rachel Jacobs Video Rachel Jacobs is an independent artist and researcher. She co-founded the artist collective Active Ingredient in 1996, Mudlark Production Company in 2008 and finished a PhD at Horizon CDT in 2013. She continues to work collaboratively combining art, science and technology to create environmentally and socially engaged interactive artworks. Rachel is currently working on a 30 year interactive artwork - the Future Machine. https://www.i-am-ai.net/rachel-jacobs/ 12:30 - Live discussion with the Artists in Residence and Cultural Ambassadors - led by Prof Steve Benford and Alan Chamberlain (The Mixed Reality Lab, University of Nottingham). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/636948690 |
| Description | A lecture on security of semi-autonomous systems, including a presentation of the short film "The First" (Luca Vigano) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | PhD course "Formalizing the Human Dimension of Cybersecurity", including a lecture on security of semi-autonomous systems, at the PhD School of the National Doctorate on Artificial Intelligence (AI & Security), Rome, Italy, 14-15 September 2022, including a presentation of the short film "The First" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | A presentation at TAS ECR workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | About 10-25 people from the TAS network, early career researchers, which sparked questions about making an impact within their research proposals |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | A short talk at Dagstuhl Seminar 22351 Interactive Visualization for Fostering Trust in ML |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The intended outcome of the seminar was to gain a better understanding of how interactive visualizations could aid in building trust in artificial intelligence systems by making them more comprehensible and accountable. The seminar fostered joint research projects to address the issue. Concrete results include a position paper currently under review describing the research challenges identified during the seminar, new research collaborations on the topic of Trust in AI. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/seminars/seminar-calendar/seminar-details/22351 |
| Description | A talk at TAS Hub All hands event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Raising awareness about policy activities and types of policy engagement for the TAS-hub programme. This activity resulted in getting more people engaged and interested in doing policy engagement type of work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/733538731 |
| Description | AAAI: Symposium on Responsible AI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on Design-led ways of responding to the challenges of responsible AI at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Symposium. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.aaai.org/ |
| Description | AHRC Focus Group on Responsible AI Policy and Practice |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Focus group hosted by AHRC regarding how to strategically align to key issues relating ot AI and policy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | APGDA: AI and ethics roundtable - Prof Marina Jirotka |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof. Marina Jirotka was invited as a speaker in a panel debate as part of a virtual evidence sessions which focusses on uncovering key current developments in the UK on creating ethical AI regulation, as well as looking at what is happening in other jurisdictions, and lastly examining any big issues around ethics in the supply chain. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.policyconnect.org.uk/events/appg-data-analytics-inquiry-evidence-session-2 |
| Description | ARDUOUS Workshop Keynote |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Delivered keynote talk at workshop on natural language processing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Accountability Requirements for AI Applications |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The workshop was organized by two institutions from TU Munich forming an interdisciplinary team with social and technical expertise. The Chair of Automotive Technology deals with cutting edge technology for the future of vehicles and mobility systems. The Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence addressed the question of how AI can meet societal needs with an ethical mindset. The outcome of this workshop and future research will be published and shared with the scientific community. The aim of this online event was to mutually share experiences on today's problems and issues for AI accountability and safety in practice. We discussed (in expert groups) case studies from different sectors, including healthcare and autonomous driving, to identify practical risks linked to AI-based systems. The overall goal was to identify pressing challenges of the distribution of accountability obligations amongst the different actors and discuss the various approaches to solve them. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Algorithmic futures podcast episode on Caitlin Bentley and Intersectional TAS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In this episode we talk with Caitlin Bentley, a Lecturer in AI Education at King's College London. Caitlin's research has predominantly engaged with questions around how technology systems can be designed and implemented in ways that promote social inclusion, empowerment and democratic participation. Tune in to hear about a theme of fierce women in history, the ups and downs of experimenting with educational pedagogies, intersectionality and its applications in technology research, and critical Black feminists across history. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://algorithmicfutures.org/episode-9/ |
| Description | Amazon's Astro robot uses fear to get into your home (Dr Kate Devlin contributor) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Kate Devlin, TAS Hub Co-Investigator, contributed to, and is quoted in, the article. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.wired.co.uk/article/amazon-astro-surveillance |
| Description | Announcement of Sub-Project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | We wrote a short post announcing and explaining a series of engagement activities with students and universities, designed to understand attitudes and issues related to digital mental health technologies. The workshops and engagement activities have since been undertaken and a longer policy report is being developed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://ethicalassurance.netlify.app/2022/01/14/assuring-a-duty-of-care-digital-mental-healthcare-fo... |
| Description | Artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and renewable energy - UK-RAS Podcast featuring Gopal Ramchurn |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In the latest episode of Robot Talk, Claire chatted to Gopal Ramchurn from the University of Southampton about artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and renewable energy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ukras.org.uk/RobotTalk/episode-24-Gopal-Ramchurn/ |
| Description | Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence: Towards Responsible AI in Surveillance, Media, and Security through Licensing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I presented a provocation and hosted a debate about the value of Design Research approaches for operationalising ethical AI frameworks. In attendance were a wide range of academics, professionals, 3rd sector employees and tech industry professionals. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://aaai.org/Symposia/Spring/sss20.php |
| Description | AsturCon: Keynote about the malware Arms Race |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | This activity was a cybersecurity industry workshop with more than 400 attendees, 15 speakers and more than 30 companies involved. My presentation as a keynote speaker was related to the security of systems, mainly how malware attack them and how to defend from them. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://asturcon.tech/ |
| Description | Automation and Autonomous Systems Roundtable |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | UKRI has commissioned the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) to convene a Roundtable to bring together colleagues from across UKRI and the wider research and innovation community, with interest in the areas of Automation and Autonomous systems (AAS). The work is being undertaken as part of the Sciencewise1 public dialogue programme, which is delivered by UKRI, to serve the insight and evidence needs of research funders, and policymakers. The purpose of the roundtable is to build a shared understanding of where public perspectives may be most critically needed in AAS and identify areas where further work is necessary with the possible support of the Sciencewise team. It will also explore how UKRI might best approach future cross-cutting areas like automation, which have strong public interest and significant ethical sensitivity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | BAE Systems strategic planning workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Discussions with BAE systems started. Research collaboration links are established with BAE providing support letters to 3 bids currently being evaluated. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Blog post on Autonomous systems in healthcare: why trust matters? (by Rachel Hesketh and Mark Kleinman) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The purpose of this activity was to promote the full report on policy issues arising from the introduction of autonomous systems in healthcare. It resulted in reaching a wider audience, requests for further information from researchers and industry partners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/autonomous-systems-healthcare-why-trust-matters |
| Description | Blog post on Rise of the killer robots? Why it's time for a more nuanced discussion of autonomous defence systems (by Juljan Krause) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The purpose of this activity was to promote the full report on policy issues arising from the introduction of autonomous systems in defence. The blog post helped to reach more people, and industry partners asked for policy landscapes in other sectors. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/the-rise-of-the-killer-robots-autonomous-defence-systems |
| Description | Blog post on the current topic of shortage of lorry drivers and how autonomous systems can help with that (by Justyna Lisinska) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The blog post was written to contribute to the current debate of the shortage of lorry drivers in the UK and to promote the policy landscape review of autonomous vehicles. The activity resulted in raising awareness amongst researchers about the policy landscape review, asking further questions and commenting on how the report helped them see the bigger picture in their own current research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/are-autonomous-systems-a-solution-to-labour-shortages-in-the-logistics-se... |
| Description | Blogpost for TAS Hub |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blogpost for TAS website and also published on RTI website |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.rti.ox.ac.uk/2021/10/05/accidents-will-happen-so-lets-learn-from-them |
| Description | Briefing contributor and external reviewer of a POSTnote on "Automation in Military Operations" (POSTNOTE 681, October 2022), published by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, UK Parliament |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof Christian Enemark (TAS Hub Co-I) undertook this activity in response to a request from the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology for advice on ""Ethical and legal debates around the use of automation, both within the UK and globally" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0681/ |
| Description | CUSP London Data Dive 2022: Working towards Healthier Cities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The CUSP London Data Dive 2022 brings together students from King's and our global partners to work in teams of about seven over four days on one of a range of data challenges that relate to data from and about healthier more liveable cities. Mentors will help guide the application and technical progress of each team. Student teams solve a challenging data analytics and visualization problems using public domain data and propose policy recommendations based on the findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| URL | https://cusplondon.ac.uk/events.html |
| Description | Call with Ofcom on RecSys |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A call with Ofcom's economists and recommender systems experts to discuss how our work could inform Ofcom's policies on RecSys. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Call with the Competition and Markets Authority |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The CMA are designing their guidelines on recommender systems. We discussed how our work could inform these guidelines. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Climate Fictions Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Co-organised this international workshop on climate futures. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.climatefictionworkshopicids.com/ |
| Description | Closing the Skills Gap in AI-Ecosystems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The TAS Hub performs cutting-edge research to understand the effects autonomous systems can have on society, with a view to making them trustworthy in principle and trustworthy by design. This research workshop invites participants to investigate sector-specific skills required to build, implement, and manage autonomous systems. To ensure that AI benefits everyone in the future, more needs to be done to educate future generations of trustworthy autonomous systems engineers and practitioners - industries continue to struggle to resource, upskill and reskill their workforces to implement AI effectively. The purpose of this research workshop is to inform UK policy-makers about how best to close the AI skills gap in the UK. Through investigating scenarios based on ongoing TAS Hub research projects, attendees will be exposed to the latest AI developments in transport and healthcare, learn and reason about the skills required to ensure proper practice and network with other professionals. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-workshop-closing-the-skills-gap-in-ai-ecosystems-tickets-528... |
| Description | Competition Policy blogpost |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Blogpost - Public service broadcasting - a renewed need in the time of recommender systems? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://competitionpolicy.wordpress.com/2022/12/06/public-sector-broadcasting-a-renewed-need-in-the-... |
| Description | Conference presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | As part of a panel on Technological Crisis, presentation of a research paper: "Devolving drone violence to artificial intelligence technologies: a differentiated approach to ethical human-machine interaction". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.isanet.org/Conferences/IDSS-Crete-2022 |
| Description | Configuring ethical AI in healthcare |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Configuring ethical AI in healthcare project was funded by the Wellcome Trust to apply a feminist Science and Technology Studies perspective to exploring how AI can be 'configured' ethically. This activity involved devising, developing and delivering a novel workshop format to capture figurations of an ethical AI are not only descriptive but also performative, but normative implications in policy, technology development and use. The workshop series was conducted across 2021 with various groups of professional AI ethicists. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/cemore/new-project-configuring-ethical-ai-in-healthcare/ |
| Description | Consequences, Schmonsequences! Considering the Future as Part of Publication and Peer Review in Computing Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Organising and facilitating this workshop at the international conference for Human Factors in Computing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://designresearch.works/schmonsequences-workshop/ |
| Description | Cumulus Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Hosting a showcase of ImaginationLancaster's design-led research around emerging technologies for the International Cumulus community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Delivering the AI Strategy - the use of new AI technologies in industry and the public sector |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | In September 2021, the UK Government published the National AI Strategy. Part of this Strategy is to support the transition to an AI-enabled economy. In this event, we looked at how AI technologies are being deployed now in the public and private sectors, and expectations for the coming years. Speakers: Professor Dame Wendy Hall DBE FRS FREng Regius Professor of Computer Science, University of Southampton Lord Clement-Jones CBE House of Lords Professor Geraint Rees FMedSci Pro-Vice-Provost, AI, University College London Professor Tom Rodden Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.foundation.org.uk/Events/2022/Delivering-the-AI-Strategy-%E2%80%93-the-use-of-new-AI-tec |
| Description | Delivering the AI Strategy - the use of new AI technologies in industry and the public sector |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Participation in discussions at this event sponsored by the Foundation for Science and Technology. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.foundation.org.uk/ |
| Description | Delivery of RRI Workshop at TAS All-Hands Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Delivery of interactive workshop on Responsible Research and Innovation at the TAS Hub All-Hands Meeting in September 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Delivery of workshop at TAS All-Hands Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Co-delivery of workshop entitled Responsibility in Autonomous Systems at TAS All-Hands Meeting September 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Department for Transport Away Day visit to the Cobot Maker Space, UoN |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Department for Transport held their annual away day at the University of Nottingham. As part of this they visited the Cobot Maker Space where they met researchers and academics for a series of demos and discussions. This prompted a lot of discussion, particularly around robotics, automation, and how they apply to transport. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Design Research presentation to Security Lancaster |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on Design Research to Lancaster Security Institute |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Design Summit: Flourishing Organisations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presenting a position piece at the international Design Summit series relating to how Design Research may bring about a paradigm shift in how organisations construct strategy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Design and delivery of workshop at TAS All-Hands Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Design and delivery of workshop entitled "Data and Decisions in connected and autonomous transport- keeping humans in the loop" at TAS All-Hands Meeting September 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Designing for Trust: Autonomous Animal - Centric Robotic & AI Systems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Following introduction a Dr Jane Tyson from RSPCA Research, provided a Keynote presentation. Participants discussed ideas relating to the workshop theme, a Miro board allowed participants to add comments throughout the sessions. The day consisted of two separate sessions. Session One (AM) presented materials. Each person discussed or showed their work and discussion and debate after each presentation: people asked the presenter questions (in-person or online). The presentations were added to the webpage with a small abstract and related materials. People were encouraged to offer constructive criticism. The last part of Session One was f an introduction to a Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) tool (a card-set). This was used as a way to segue into Session Two. Session Two (PM) was hosted by the Cat Royale project, an ongoing artistic exploration of cat-human-robot interaction, being led by the artists Blast Theory as part of the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub. They shared the story so far, engaging with questions of responsibility, trust and autonomy while inviting other participants to reflect on this with a view to establishing an agenda for future research. This session also engaged attendees in an RRI design activity and allowed attendees to understand and discuss the design and deployment of artist-led systems in the wild and how to best engage people in discussions pertaining to the future application of technologies in multi-species settings to understand trust. Miro board was used to document this for further discussion at the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub symposium in 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://tas.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Trust-AI-Design-TAS-HCI-CHI-ACI-Robots-Art-CSCW.pdf |
| Description | Devolving drone violence to artificial intelligence technologies: a differentiated approach to ethical human-machine interaction |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This seminar addresses the morality of using armed and remotely-piloted aircraft ('drones') when 'drone violence' is conceptualised as violence devolved from humans to artificial intelligence (AI). As governments worldwide plan to incorporate more and better AI technologies into various weapon systems, this is fuelling debate among scholars, diplomats and military professionals about the ethics and governance of so-called 'lethal autonomous weapon systems'. A critical issue in this debate is whether any system can or should incorporate ethical decision-making by AI, but progress has arguably been inhibited by excessive attention to 'lethal' weapons and by confusion over the meaning of 'autonomous'. In response, the seminar introduces an alternative, differentiated approach to the task of ethically assessing the incorporation of AI, focusing on one kind of weapon system: the armed drone. This approach rejects the notion of artificial moral agency and is based instead upon the emergent principle of 'meaningful human control' (MHC). It focuses on the performance (by humans or AI) of 'critical' functions within drone systems that might operate in different modes of human-machine interaction to meet different MHC standards. Then, this differentiated approach involves assessing the ethical permissibility of devolving function-performance to AI when drone violence is directed against: human or non-human targets; for different purposes (offensive or defensive); in armed conflict or law enforcement environments. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://airpower.airforce.gov.au/events/devolving-drone-violence |
| Description | Digital Contract Tracing talk at TAS/RUSI conference "Trusting Machines?" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 50-100 online attendees attended talk on Understanding Trust and Public Acceptance of Digital Contact Tracing in the UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://rusi.org/events/conferences/trusting-machines-cross-sector-lessons-healthcare-and-security |
| Description | Disruptive Thinkers: Video Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Each month, UCL is releasing a new video showcasing a different side to engineering, explaining how our researchers are innovating and helping to make a difference in the world from across the UCL Engineering Faculty. We were selected for the first round of these videos. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering/research/disruptive-thinkers-video-series#Autonomous%20vehicles |
| Description | Dynamic leader election in cellular connected UAV swarms (CMI-TAS event) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This presentation at the CMI-TAS event on dynamic leader election was done to report progress on the AUTONOMY project carried out at the University of Southampton and to engage with members of the local academic community on ideas being explored that may be helpful in actualizing the research goals of this project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | EPIDOME Public Engagement Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This public engagement event was an opportunity for the public to find out more about the EPIDOME technology and let researchers know what they think about it. Lasting for an hour, it contained a talk from the researchers about the EPIDOME and how it might fit into clinical practice. The presentation was followed by a discussion with the public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://www.bristol.ac.uk/population-health-sciences/centres/ethics/news/2021/epidome-public-engageme... |
| Description | Engagement at TAS Pump-Prime kickoff meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation and Q&A as part of TAS Hub kickoff meeting for Pump-Prime projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Fireside Chat (2021) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Professor Sarah Sharples, Professor Sarvapali Ramchurn, and Professor Pauline Leonard and Philip Inglesant discussed EDI specific to TAS, and how EDI and RRI intersect at the 2021 All Hands Meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/637024494 |
| Description | Establishing an EDI Framework for the TAS Network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The aim of this group was to establish principles that promote EDI across the TAS network and put this into a strategic document, in the context of it involving lots of universities and partners with their own local EDI policies. Three meetings were organised by Ben Coomber - Research Development Manager at Horizon Digital Economy Research and chaired by Professor Sarah Sharples, commencing with a kick-off session to define terms of reference for the EDI working group and plan activities (31 March 2021), a 2 h workshop to collect ideas for the TAS EDI Framework (8 April 2021), and then a third meeting to review the framework (11 May 2021). An EDI Framework was established and is available on the TAS Hub website and derived impact involved the recruitment of a co-Chair for the EDI team going forward - Genovefa Kefalidou (University of Leicester) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.tas.ac.uk/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/ |
| Description | Evidence for Policymakers: Creating a Learning Government through a better use of Public Research & substantiating Public Values |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Evidence for Policymakers conference invited policymakers, evaluators, academia, research managers, science advisers and knowledge brokers to continue the discussion on issues that influence our capacity to enhance the development and practical use of evidence for policymakers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Explanations on the Web: A Provenance-based Approach. Keynote at WEBIST 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote at the WebIST conference. Due to the pandemic, the event was held virtually. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/478043709 |
| Description | Explanations on the Web: a Provenance-based Approach, Expert Seminar Series, University of Warwick |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Cyber Security GRP hosts seminars throughout the academic year, open to all University staff. Presenters include high-profile external speakers and internal staff. Each event is focused on a topic of their choice related to their current research interests, followed by a Q&A. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://warwick.ac.uk/research/priorities/cyber-security/seminarseries/ |
| Description | Exploring the Capabilities and Potential of ChatGPT: A Deep Dive into Large Language Models and Interaction |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at the Computational Foundry at Swansea University to a mix of academics, PhD students and postgraduate students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/CompFoundry/status/1621530326924230656 |
| Description | Festival of Emergence: Moments of Imagination |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Hosted a show and tell event promoting the range of Design-led activities conducted at ImaginationLancaster, shared with an international community via the Design Research Society. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://imagination.lancaster.ac.uk/update/drs-festival-of-emergence/ |
| Description | Festival of Emergence: QuBr |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Launch of the QuBr (Question Bridge) project as part of the Design Research Society's festival of emergence. This is an online engagement tool with a broad reach. Reached ~500 people during the launch event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| URL | https://qubr.designresearch.works/ |
| Description | Forum on 'Ethical AI for Defence', Strategic Command, UK Ministry of Defence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | To discuss ethical questions associated with possible incorporation of AI technologies into defence systems, the forum involved military officers, civil servants, defence industry professionals and academics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Gatsby/SWC symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Talk on Swarms for People at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre Annual Student Symposium: How Dumb Agents Act Clever Together. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/events/annual-student-symposium-how-dumb-agents-act-clever-tog... |
| Description | Human AI-Partnerships (George Washington University) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Recent advances in AI, Machine learning and Robotics have significantly enhanced the capabilities of machines. Machine intelligence is now able to support human decision making, augment human capabilities, and, in some cases, take over control from humans and act fully autonomously. Machines are becoming more tightly embedded into systems alongside humans, interacting and influencing each other in a number of ways. Such human-AI partnerships are a new form of socio-technical system in which the potential synergies between humans and machines are much more fully utilised. Designing, building, and deploying human-AI partnerships present a number of new challenges as we begin to understand their impact on our physical and mental well-being, our personal freedoms, and those of the wider society. In this talk Professor Ramchurn focused on the challenges in designing trustworthy human-AI partnerships. He explored the multiple elements of trust in human-AI partnerships and discuss the associated research challenges.I will also aim to identify the risks associated with human-AI partnerships and therefore determine the associated measures to mitigate these risks. He concluded by giving a brief overview of the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme (www.tas.ac.uk), a £33m programme launched in 2020 involving over 20 universities, 100+ industry partners, and over 200 researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Human-AI Partnerships (ALP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Recent advances in AI, Machine learning and Robotics have significantly enhanced the capabilities of machines. Machine intelligence is now able to support human decision making, augment human capabilities, and, in some cases, take over control from humans and act fully autonomously. Machines are becoming more tightly embedded into systems alongside humans, interacting and influencing each other in a number of ways. Such human-AI partnerships are a new form of socio-technical system in which the potential synergies between humans and machines are much more fully utilised. Designing, building, and deploying human-AI partnerships present a number of new challenges as we begin to understand their impact on our physical and mental well-being, our personal freedoms, and those of the wider society. In this talk Professor Ramchurn focused on the challenges in designing trustworthy human-AI partnerships. He explored the multiple elements of trust in human-AI partnerships and discuss the associated research challenges.I will also aim to identify the risks associated with human-AI partnerships and therefore determine the associated measures to mitigate these risks. He concluded by giving a brief overview of the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme (www.tas.ac.uk), a £33m programme launched in 2020 involving over 20 universities, 100+ industry partners, and over 200 researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Human-AI Partnerships (Harvard) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Recent advances in AI, Machine learning and Robotics have significantly enhanced the capabilities of machines. Machine intelligence is now able to support human decision making, augment human capabilities, and, in some cases, take over control from humans and act fully autonomously. Machines are becoming more tightly embedded into systems alongside humans, interacting and influencing each other in a number of ways. Such human-AI partnerships are a new form of socio-technical system in which the potential synergies between humans and machines are much more fully utilised. Designing, building, and deploying human-AI partnerships present a number of new challenges as we begin to understand their impact on our physical and mental well-being, our personal freedoms, and those of the wider society. In this talk Professor Ramchurn focused on the challenges in designing trustworthy human-AI partnerships. He explored the multiple elements of trust in human-AI partnerships and discuss the associated research challenges.I will also aim to identify the risks associated with human-AI partnerships and therefore determine the associated measures to mitigate these risks. He concluded by giving a brief overview of the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme (www.tas.ac.uk), a £33m programme launched in 2020 involving over 20 universities, 100+ industry partners, and over 200 researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Human-AI Partnerships (John Hopkins) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Recent advances in AI, Machine learning and Robotics have significantly enhanced the capabilities of machines. Machine intelligence is now able to support human decision making, augment human capabilities, and, in some cases, take over control from humans and act fully autonomously. Machines are becoming more tightly embedded into systems alongside humans, interacting and influencing each other in a number of ways. Such human-AI partnerships are a new form of socio-technical system in which the potential synergies between humans and machines are much more fully utilised. Designing, building, and deploying human-AI partnerships present a number of new challenges as we begin to understand their impact on our physical and mental well-being, our personal freedoms, and those of the wider society. In this talk Professor Ramchurn focused on the challenges in designing trustworthy human-AI partnerships. He explored the multiple elements of trust in human-AI partnerships and discuss the associated research challenges.I will also aim to identify the risks associated with human-AI partnerships and therefore determine the associated measures to mitigate these risks. He concluded by giving a brief overview of the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme (www.tas.ac.uk), a £33m programme launched in 2020 involving over 20 universities, 100+ industry partners, and over 200 researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Human-AI Partnerships (Stanford HAI) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Recent advances in AI, Machine learning and Robotics have significantly enhanced the capabilities of machines. Machine intelligence is now able to support human decision making, augment human capabilities, and, in some cases, take over control from humans and act fully autonomously. Machines are becoming more tightly embedded into systems alongside humans, interacting and influencing each other in a number of ways. Such human-AI partnerships are a new form of socio-technical system in which the potential synergies between humans and machines are much more fully utilised. Designing, building, and deploying human-AI partnerships present a number of new challenges as we begin to understand their impact on our physical and mental well-being, our personal freedoms, and those of the wider society. In this talk Professor Ramchurn focused on the challenges in designing trustworthy human-AI partnerships. He explored the multiple elements of trust in human-AI partnerships and discuss the associated research challenges.I will also aim to identify the risks associated with human-AI partnerships and therefore determine the associated measures to mitigate these risks. He concluded by giving a brief overview of the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme (www.tas.ac.uk), a £33m programme launched in 2020 involving over 20 universities, 100+ industry partners, and over 200 researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Human-AI Partnerships (UAustin, Good Systems) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Recent advances in AI, Machine learning and Robotics have significantly enhanced the capabilities of machines. Machine intelligence is now able to support human decision making, augment human capabilities, and, in some cases, take over control from humans and act fully autonomously. Machines are becoming more tightly embedded into systems alongside humans, interacting and influencing each other in a number of ways. Such human-AI partnerships are a new form of socio-technical system in which the potential synergies between humans and machines are much more fully utilised. Designing, building, and deploying human-AI partnerships present a number of new challenges as we begin to understand their impact on our physical and mental well-being, our personal freedoms, and those of the wider society. In this talk Professor Ramchurn focused on the challenges in designing trustworthy human-AI partnerships. He explored the multiple elements of trust in human-AI partnerships and discuss the associated research challenges.I will also aim to identify the risks associated with human-AI partnerships and therefore determine the associated measures to mitigate these risks. He concluded by giving a brief overview of the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme (www.tas.ac.uk), a £33m programme launched in 2020 involving over 20 universities, 100+ industry partners, and over 200 researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Human-AI Partnerships (WEF) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Recent advances in AI, Machine learning and Robotics have significantly enhanced the capabilities of machines. Machine intelligence is now able to support human decision making, augment human capabilities, and, in some cases, take over control from humans and act fully autonomously. Machines are becoming more tightly embedded into systems alongside humans, interacting and influencing each other in a number of ways. Such human-AI partnerships are a new form of socio-technical system in which the potential synergies between humans and machines are much more fully utilised. Designing, building, and deploying human-AI partnerships present a number of new challenges as we begin to understand their impact on our physical and mental well-being, our personal freedoms, and those of the wider society. In this talk Professor Ramchurn focused on the challenges in designing trustworthy human-AI partnerships. He explored the multiple elements of trust in human-AI partnerships and discuss the associated research challenges.I will also aim to identify the risks associated with human-AI partnerships and therefore determine the associated measures to mitigate these risks. He concluded by giving a brief overview of the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme (www.tas.ac.uk), a £33m programme launched in 2020 involving over 20 universities, 100+ industry partners, and over 200 researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Human-Data Interaction through Design |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Organising and facilitating this workshop to define a forward-looking agenda for Human Data Interaction, conducted at the international conference for Human Factors in Computing (CHI) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://designresearch.works/chi2021-hdi-workshop/ |
| Description | IM@UCL event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Launch of the IM@UCL facility, dissemination of the on-going research using this facility, and invitation for collaboration with industry and across disciplines. departments, and faculties at UCL. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | IM@UCL podcast series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A podcast to disseminate our research activities within the field of CAV. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ucl-intelligent-mobility.com/ |
| Description | IMA (The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications) talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to the regional branch of the UK Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | IROS 2022 Keynote on Swarms for People |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invitation to present a keynote on "Swarms for People" at top international robotics conference IROS. Over 500 people where in attendance. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://iros2022.org/program/keynote-speakers/ |
| Description | ISCA Postdoc and Early Career Research Advisory Committee (PECRAC) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop to support early career researchers in speech technology |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| Description | ISCA SIG-SPSC invited webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Gave a talk to the SPSC special interest group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | ISCA Security and Privacy Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | International workshop at the ISCA Interspeech conference on security and privacy in speech technology |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| URL | https://www.spsc-sig.org/ |
| Description | ISCA Young Female Researchers in Speech Workshop (YFRSW) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Workshop that promotes research among under-represented woman-identifying groups in speech technology |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| URL | https://sites.google.com/view/yfrsw-2022/ |
| Description | Industry engagement workshop - Closing the AI Skills Gap |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | 23 participants (3 policy stakeholders, 4 industry representatives, 16 academic) attended a workshop to unpack two TAS Hub case studies in healthcare and transport. The goal of the workshop was to uncover the sector-specific skills required in AI-ecosystems across a range of roles and disciplinary perspectives. This enabled the participants to learn about TAS Hub research, and contribute their perspectives to future policy-making around closing the skills gap in the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Interactive Telepresence visit for Trinity Wakefield School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The University of Sheffield provided an interactive telepresence activity for students from Trinity Wakefield School on 10th February 2022, in which students were able to remote control a robot at Sheffield Robotics Lab via immersive telepresence. The activity included controlling the animal-like MiRo through a maze, and controlling the humanoid Pepper robot to tour around the laboratory. The activity was part of the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems "Open Labs" pump-priming project. It was also supported by two companies Cyberselves Ltd, and Consequential Robotics Ltd and by the not-for-profit Discovery Stem. Student numbers, approx. 15-20. from the School's coding club, and Y7-10 Computer Science students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://seras.org.uk/open-labs/ |
| Description | Interoperability in Robotics & Autonomous Systems Proving Grounds Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | This workshop was a UKRAS event hosted at the RCA in London. Attendance was strictly by invitation. We had two round table discussions. The first session was focused on the following: • What are the challenges to maintaining interoperability across multi-vendor fleets of robots? • How can we produce guidelines for measuring interoperability performance? What regulatory frameworks should be followed? • How can we encourage the adoption of interoperability standards and practices amongst the robotic systems suppliers? • How can we facilitate innovation and UK leadership in the area? The second roundtable discussion was focused on specific use cases such as applications spanning from aerial surveying to underwater construction, assembly line autonomy, and power plant operations; identifying potential stakeholders of relevant interoperability problems, the measurement and implementation challenges, and how relevant solutions can be achieved. The aim is to publish a white paper based on the roundtable discussions by attendees from academia and the industry, which could inform future UKRI research funding focus. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Intersectional TAS serious game workshop pilot |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of intersectional TAS project and pilot of serious game design method to members of the School of Cybernetics, Australian National University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited Seminar for Lancaster University - SafeSpacesNLP: Exploring behaviour classification around online mental health conversations from a multi-disciplinary context - NLP, applied linguistics, social science and human-in-the-loop AI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation (virtual) to 50-100 postgrads and researchers of SafeSpacesNLP poject work, and post-seminar formal discussions with team from Lancaster University around SafeSpacesNLP and ProTechThem project work. This led to plans for future collaboration around datasets and NLP models in 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://ucrel.lancs.ac.uk/crs/presentation.php?id=261 |
| Description | Invited Seminar for UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) Hub Doctoral Training Network (DTN) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited Seminar for UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) Hub Doctoral Training Network (DTN) Title: SafeSpacesNLP and ProTechThem - Socio-technical Natural Language Processing for Behaviour Classification Seminar sparked questions and discussion and led to followon telecalls with researchers to discuss work. Helped audience understand issues around NLP and online behaviour classification. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.tas.ac.uk/doctoral-training-network/ |
| Description | Invited Talk - SAB 2022 - Swarms for People |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited to give a talk at SAB 2022 on "Swarms for People": Around 100 academics were in the room. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://sab2022.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/4 |
| Description | Invited Talk at AgriFoRwArdS Seminar Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A research seminar was given at the EPSRC AgriFoRwArdS CDT Seminar Series. A mix of undergraduate and postgraduate students and research staff attended the Zoom seminar, which focused on shared control and roles for human-robot teamwork. The talk is followed by a discussion session, where participants displayed great interest in the subject area. The talk is streamed on youtube. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJPcGfoLEpHH37TdbdwZUCA |
| Description | Invited Talk at IRLab Seminar Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A research seminar was given at the IRLab of University of Birmingham. A mix of undergraduate and postgraduate students, full time researchers and senior research staff attended the Zoom seminar, which focused on human-robot teamwork. The talk is followed by a discussion session, where students displayed great interest in the subject area. A youtube link is shared |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fOkN7oG2Ec&feature=youtu.be |
| Description | Invited presentation 'The Role of Trade Secrets Protection in AI Transparency', Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law, University of Cambridge. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation 'The Role of Trade Secrets Protection in AI Transparency', 24 February 2022, Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law, University of Cambridge. (See https://www.cipil.law.cam.ac.uk/press/events/2022/02/cipil-evening-seminar-role-trade-secrets-protection-ai-transparency. This had about 20 attendees.) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Invited presentation 'Trade Secrets in the Data Economy' at EPIP Conference, (Tanya Aplin) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation 'Trade Secrets in the Data Economy' at EPIP Conference, September 2022 (See https://epip2022.org/. The audience for our session was about 30 participants. I am now working on a co-authored article for submission to a law journal). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Invited presentation at EPIP Conference 2021 on 'Trade Secrecy, Factual Secrecy and the Hype Surrounding AI', |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation at EPIP Conference 2021 on 'Trade Secrecy, Factual Secrecy and the Hype Surrounding AI', September 2021 (See https://epip2021.org/ ; there was an audience of approximately 20 people. The follow up activity was a jointly authored chapter - see Sharon K. Sandeen and Tanya Aplin, 'Trade Secrecy, Factual Secrecy and the Hype Surrounding AI' in Ryan Abott (ed) Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence (Edward Elgar, forthcoming), King's College London Law School Research Paper Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3929928) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited presentation at World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Symposium on Trade Secrets and Innovation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation at World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Symposium on Trade Secrets and Innovation, 23-24 May 2022 on the panel 'Trade Secrets and the Data Economy' (see https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2022/symposium-tradesecrets.html#:~:text=Theme%20of%20the%20WIPO%20Symposium,and%20driven%20by%20digital%20information. This has an in-person and on-line audience that reached over 100 attendees). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Invited presentation on IP and Transparency in an Algorithmic Society' at Symposium on 'The Role of Intellectual Property in times of Radical Change' Munich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation on IP and Transparency in an Algorithmic Society' at Symposium on 'The Role of Intellectual Property in times of Radical Change' Munich, 13-14 June 2022 (The audience were members - past and present - from the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Law. There were only 8 invited speakers and approximately 50 attendees. The follow up activity is a co-authored drafting working paper with Perry Keller). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Invited speaker at Workshop "New Trends and Beyond Worst-case Analysis on Mechanism Design and Approximation Algorithms" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presented the latest advances in research methods to design incentive-aware systems in presence of imperfect rationality. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://pages.cs.aueb.gr/othersites/TheoryGroup/comrade/workshop/ |
| Description | Invited speaker at the Pint of Science public engagement event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Pint of Science is a grassroots non-profit organisation that has grown astronomically over the few years since two people decided to share their research in the pub. The aim of the event is to to provide a space for researchers and members of the public alike to come together, be curious, and chat about research in a relaxed environment outside of mysterious laboratories or daunting dark lecture theatres. The event was attended by the public in a casual environment, where our work on robotic wheelchairs and robotics in general is discussed and disseminated. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://pintofscience.co.uk/about/ |
| Description | Invited talk (Bristol), Interactive AI Summer School (BIAS) 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Shared my research into Extended Goal Recognition, demonstrating how the model reflects findings from magic. In preparation for the talk, I obtained permissions from 10 magicians to run their videos. The presentation sparked questions and discussion and I was subsequently invited to repeat (and extend) this talk for a larger audience at Monash University in Melbourne in December. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.bristol.ac.uk/cdt/interactive-ai/events/bias-summer-school-2022/ |
| Description | Invited talk University of Leeds Sociologies of AI Network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This was an invited 90 minute lecture to the University of Leeds Sociology of AI Network. The network encompasses staff and students across disciplines and schools at Leeds university. The title of the talks was: Design. Research. AI-ght? This talk introduced Design Research and used examples to explain why it may be the one of the most profound tools we have to temper our rapidly changing relationships with Artificial Intelligence. The world is more complex than it ever has been before. Socio-technological assemblages made up of humanity and technology (and often involving the Internet of Things, Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence) are a driver of this complexity. Meanwhile the pace of technology-based change is ever increasing. We have made a brand-new world, one which is complex, fast, globalised, digital, unequal, and technological. Hence, we need brand-new methods to help us understand that world. The question is what methods are suitable to respond to 21st century complexity? In this talk I will argue that one of the best answers is Design Research. In making this point I explored several additional questions: What is Design Research? How do you do it? What are its limitations? Can we design our way out of (or into) an AI apocalypse? Who is the ghost in the smart home? Is un oeuf really enough? What is it like to live with a senile robot? In answering these questions, and drawing on a range of examples, I demonstrated some of the roles that Design Research can play in contemporary studies of Philosophy, Sociology, Ethics and Human-Computer Interaction. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| Description | Invited talk at CHI-WORK Online conversations: How Human-Robot Interaction is changing the way work is done |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An online conversation with the HCI community in the CHIWork series. A mix of professionals attended a panel organised over Zoom, which focused on how robotics will change the future of work. The talk is followed by a discussion session, where participants displayed great interest in the subject area. The talk is streamed on youtube. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.chiwork.org/uncategorized/chiwork-conversation-with-ayse-kucukyilmaz-hosted-by-max-wilso... |
| Description | Invited talk on Explainabilty by design |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Some 120 people attended the talk on Explainabilty by Design. During the session questions pertained to (1) provenance and knowledge representation (2) the applicability of the methodology to machine learning (3) the evaluation of the methodology, the size of the explanations and associated cost with designing them. After the session, further interest was expressed by representatives from various sectors: finance, autonomotive, and law enforcement. There was also interest about potential executive education. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://odsc.com/blog/explainability-by-design-a-methodology-to-support-explanations-in-decision-mak... |
| Description | Invited talk to local secondary school Embley - Independent Day & Boarding School in Hampshire |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 50 pupils (good gender mix) attended for a school seminar presenting my NLP research, which sparked questions and discussion afterwards. Very successful, students were inspired and I was invited back to give a talk next year. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited talk to the PETRAS National Centre of Excellence for loT Systems Cybersecurity Community Development Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to discuss my research and successful FLF application to the PETRAS Academic Community. The event was hosted by Prof Dave De Roure (University of Oxford and Turing Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute). The PETRAS Community encompasses a consortium of 22 research institutions and the world's largest socio-technical research centre focused on the future implementation of the IoT. Since this talk I have actively supported Dr Leonie Tancer in her FLF application. Dr Tancer (UCL) is a former PETRAS post doc and is now lecturer at UCL. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | KAUST invited talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation on Swarms for People. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://cemse.kaust.edu.sa/risc/media/25649 |
| Description | KCL and Cambridge Surgical Society Annual Conference - TAS-Hub representative |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I represented the TAS-Hub at the KCL and Cambridge Surgical Society Annual conferences as their guest lecturer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Keynote at the annual CDT conference of the Edinburgh EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Robotics and Autonomous Systems |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Keynote at the annual CDT conference of the Edinburgh EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Robotics and Autonomous Systems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.edinburgh-robotics.org/events/annual-cdt-conference |
| Description | LS2 Systems Biology Meeting Keynote |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote at the Swiss Systems Biology Meeting 2021 on Emergent properties and self-organisation across scales. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://meetings.ls2.ch/systemsbiology2021/speakers |
| Description | Leaving no one behind: How emerging technologies can help bridge inequalities in the post-pandemic world |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote delivered at the All Hands Meeting 2021 by Irakli Beridze, Head of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at UNICRI, United Nations. While the world is recovering from the human, economic and social crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the situation, primarily in countries with developing economies, is disproportionally aggravated by the growing unemployment, discrimination, and food insecurity. At the same time, technological innovation at this accelerated pace can play an important role in narrowing this inequality gap. In fact and if leveraged properly, artificial intelligence, blockchain or other related frontier technologies have the potential to improve global health, sustainability and well-being and contribute to a more inclusive economy. However, without appropriate and concerted multi-stakeholder efforts in place, the growing global digital divide, made worse by COVID-19, may cause these technologies to instead increase disparities. For instance, while Internet use is growing globally every year, including during the pandemic, 3.7 billion people - under half the world's population - still has no access to the Internet. For a symmetrical recovery, it is thus paramount to ensure that the benefits of emerging technologies reach even the most disadvantaged groups. In order to avoid serious consequences, including a major security crisis, governments, companies and the international community have the power and the responsibility to shape a new era where no one stays behind in the new world that will unfold in coming years. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/606559057 |
| Description | Lecture and Student Critique for UN Futuring Peace - North East Asia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The UN Futuring Peace initiative seeks to engage undergraduate students in ways of exploring more sustainable and peaceful futures. Delivered a lecture and provided critical comments on the student projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Lecture on security of semi-autonomous systems, University of Bari, Italy, (Luca Vigano) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | PhD course " Formal Methods for Socio-Technical Security", including a lecture on security of semi-autonomous systems, University of Bari, Italy, 25-29 July 2022, including an introduction to the short film "The First", about 25 participants |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Led on Responsible Research Innovation (RRI) Workshop for the Leap of Faith project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The intended purpose of running the RRI workshop was to reflect on ongoing activities within the project (Leap of Faith). This first workshop identified some gaps, and it was followed by a number of other workshops to discuss how some of the proposed issues could be resolved and addressed within the project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast | Trusting Autonomous Ships |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Featuring Manuel & Pedro from Ocean Infinity, we're discussing the role of autonomous water craft - how can you regulate them? What problems do they solve? How can we trust them to be safe? Featured Interview: Manuel Parente: Software Technology Development at Ocean Infinity Pedro Costa: AI Lead at Ocean Infinity Panel Guests: Katrina Kemp - Maritime & Coastguard Agency Jon Downes - Associate Professor in Maritime & Autonomous Systems, University of Southampton |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/10905906 |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast | Trusting Robots Day to Day (Projects episode) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | This 'Projects Episode' discusses a few TAShub projects grouped around the theme 'trusting robots day-to-day' Project: Trustworthy human-robot teams Dr Marise Galvez Trigo - Assistant Professor Project: OPEN-TAS Professor Tony Prescott, Lead Contact Project: Trustworthy human-swarm partnerships in extreme environments Dr Mohammad Divband Soorati - Project Lead, Assistant Professor, University of Southampton Industry Partner: Daniel Camilleri - Cyberselves ltd OPEN-TAS Podcast Host: Sean Riley |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/10906129 |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast | AI For Good |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | not known |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://podcasts.apple.com/az/podcast/ai-for-good-with-dr-kate-devlin/id1538425599?i=1000576358037 |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast | AI For Good with Dr Kate Devlin |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | A recorded interview with Dr Kate Devlin followed by a panel discussion with Industry, and TAS Hub academics and early-career researchers AI For Good - we talk to Dr Kate Devlin about whether it's possible to have 'Good' as the default for AI. Dr Kate Devlin is Reader in Artificial Intelligence & Society in the Department of Digital Humanities at King's College London. Having begun her career as an archaeologist before moving into computer science, Kate's research is in the fields of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Panel: Professor Pauline Leonard Professor of Sociology, Director, ESRC Impact Accelerator Role & Web Science Institute Director. TAS Hub Project co-I - Trustworthy Human-Robot Teams Dr Justyna Lisinska TAS Hub Policy Lead, Research Fellow, The Policy Institute, King's College London Dr Jan Przydatek, Lloyd's Register Foundation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/11126288 |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast | Am I Safe in an Autonomous Vehicle? (Projects Episode) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | In this 'Projects' Episode we've chosen a few projects that tie in to the umbrella of safety in AVs (Autonomous Vehicles) Inclusive Autonomous Vehicles Project: Mohammad Naiseh, Post-Doc Research Fellow, University of Southampton SA2VE Project: Associate Professor Helge Wurdemann RoAD: Dr Jo-Ann Pattinson Inclusive Autonomous Vehicles: Tom Webster, Connected Places Catapult Podcast Host: Sean Riley |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/10861085 |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast | Are You Talking to Your Autonomous Car? (Maybe you Should!) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | This 'Projects Episode' discusses a few TAShub projects grouped around the themes of autonomous cars and voice control. Project: Chatty Car Professor Gary Burnett, Project Lead Contact Project: | Understanding user trust after software malfunctions and cyber intrusions of digital displays: a use case of automated automotive systems William Payre Assistant Professor in Transport Design and Human Factors at the National Transport Design Centre at Coventry University (CU) TAS Hub Verifiability Node Ana Cavalcanti Professor of Computer Science; Deputy PI, Verifiability Node Podcast Host: Sean Riley |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/11041372 |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast | Can AI Be Ethical? Projects episode |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | This 'Projects Episode' discusses a few TAShub projects grouped around the theme 'Ethics' Project: Consent Verification in Autonomous Systems Inah Omoronyia - Project Lead, Senior Lecturer in Privacy, University of Bristol Project: Trust me (I'm an Autonomous Machine?) Joseph Lindley - Project Lead, Research Fellow, University of Lancaster Project: ARGOS Enrico Gerding, Project Lead, Associate Professor, Director of the Centre for Machine Intelligence (CMI), University of Southampton Industry Partner: Ian Forrester, Senior Firestarter, BBC Podcast Host: Sean Riley |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/10906136 |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast | Can Machines Care For Us? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | This 'Projects Episode' discusses a few TAShub projects grouped around the theme of whether we can trust machines to care for us. Project: Trustworthy light-based robotic devices for autonomous wound healing Sabine Hauert - Project Lead Contact Reader of Swarm Engineering, University of Bristol Project: COTADS Michael Boniface - Project Lead Contact, Director of the University of Southampton, IT Innovation Centre Project: Trustworthy Autonomous systems to support healthcare experiences Nils Jäeger - Co-Lead Contact, Assistant Professor in Digital Technology and Architecture, University of Nottingham Industry Partner: Dr David Crepaz Keay, Head of Applied Learning, the Mental Health Foundation Podcast Host: Sean Riley |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/11100825 |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast | The Psychology of Trust |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | We chat with Professor Thusha Rajendran, Professor of Psychology & Director of the Centre for Applied Behavioural Sciences, Department of Psychology at Heriot-Watt University. Panel: Angelo Cangelosi Professor of Machine Learning & Robotics, The University of Manchester, Trust Node Co-I Dr Pepita Barnard Research Fellow, Horizon Digital Economy, Nottingham Podcast Host: Sean Riley |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/10797316 |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast | Trusting AI With Defence - It's Not About Killer Robots |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | This episode is all about AI & Defence. We've spoken to Ministry of Defence's scientist Steven Meers Panel Guests: Professor Jack Stilgoe - Professor of Science and Technology Policy, UCL Nik Bhutani - Science and Technology Lead - Northrop Grumman UK and Europe Hector Figueiredo - Head of Technology, UAS Business, QinetiQ Professor Meers is speaking in a personal capacity. His views do not necessarily represent the views of the Ministry of Defence. Podcast Host: Sean Riley |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/10906132 |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast | Trusting AI With Our Wellbeing (Projects Episode) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | In this 'Projects' Episode we've chosen a few projects that tie in to the theme of Wellbeing Kaspar Explains? Dr Marina Sarda Gou - PDRF, University of Herts SafeSpaces NLP: Dr Tayyaba Azim, PDRF, University of Southampton A participatory approach to the ethical assurance of digital mental healthcare: Christopher Burr, Ethics Fellow, Alan Turing Institute Imagining robotic care: Stevienna de Saille, Project Co-I, Research Fellow, iHuman, University of Sheffield Industry Partner: Melody King, Self Help Products Manager, Samaritans Podcast Host: Sean Riley |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/10830504 |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast: AI Music: Duelling against a Robot Piano! |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | If music be the food of love, AI. We talk to Professor Steve Benford about robots playing music. The panel guests are Stuart Middleton, Alan Chamberlain and Paurav Shukla. This Podcast was recorded on 11th March 2021 00:34 Paurav Shukla 00:41 Stuart Middleton 00:55 Alan Chamberlain 01:05 Alan's music & visuals on YouTube 01:10 Sean Riley 01:35 Living With AI Theme: Weekend in Tattoine by Unicorn Heads (YouTube) 01:55 Facebook Algorithm trained on Instagram photos (BBC) 03:15 Facebook's SEER 03:59: OpenAI's state-of-the-art machine vision AI is fooled by handwritten notes (The Verge) 07:55 AI conquers challenge of 1980s platform games (Nature) (BBC) 13:00 Steve Benford 13:45 Art Codes 13:50 Blogging Guitar 15:55 Tonedexter (Audio Sprockets) 18:30 Robot Marimba Player Shimon (The Verge) 20:15 Maria Kallionpää (Soundcloud) 20:20 Disklavier Piano (Yamaha) 22:40 "Climb"- Disklavier Piano Project University of Nottingham 25:40 "Kein Operationsplan reicht mit einiger Sicherheit über das erste Zusammentreffen mit der feindlichen Hauptmacht hinaus" Helmuth von Moltke the Elder - Chief of Staff of the Prussian General Staff from 1857 to 1871 (wikiquote) Roughly translated: "No plan survives first contact with the enemy" 34:21 Whiplash (Internet Movie Database) 35:00 Nottingham's TAShub Node 41:40 Living With AI - Robots in the Home / Discussing Empathy @ 37min 30secs 46:20 CORRECTION: Michael Jackson said this about "Billy Jean" not "Beat It" (Wikipedia) 01:00:40 The Beatles in India (Wikipedia) 01:00:43 Paul Simon - Graceland album inspired by South African street music (Wikipedia) 01:00:46 Led Zeppelin Kashmir - Moroccon influences (Wikipedia) 01:03:45 Unicorn AI (Computerphile) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/8287907-ai-music-duelling-against-a-robot-piano |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast: Exploring Track & Trace and *that* App |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This Pilot Episode was recorded on 12th October 2020 0:25 - Gopal Ramchurn 0:40 - Christine Evers 0:54 - Paurav Shukla 1:25 - Sean Riley 1:25 - Computerphile 2:12 - Joel Fischer 2:55 - Test & Trace NHS App 4:41 - Contact Tracing (Computerphile) 10:00 - Disappearing NHS App Messages (BBC) 11:15 - Excel 'scandal' (BBC) 11:30 - Test Results incompatibility 12:10 - NHS Covid-19 App downloaded over 10 million times (UK Gov) 15:20 - Apple Watch Health features (Which) 16:30 - UK abandons centralised Covid-19 App (Tech Crunch) 19:30 - Government report warned pandemic planning was confused (Independent) 22:40 - Contact Tracing (Computerphile) 24:40 - Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub 30:00 - Protect the NHS advertising campaign (ITV) April 2020 36:55 - It'll be over by Christmas (History Net) 42:20 - Volunteering my be good for body and mind (Harvard) 42:52 - Olympics - London 2012 (Wikipedia) 44:55 - Lack of access to contact tracing app could leave elderly more vulnerable to coronavirus (Telegraph) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/6120874-exploring-track-trace-and-that-app |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast: Exploring Trust & Driverless Cars |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 00:30 Paurav Shukla 00:39 Gary Burnett 00:44 Christian Enemark 00:58 Sean Riley 01:42 Amazon's first Robotaxi (The Verge) 03:00 Google/Waymo Ride Sharing (Tech Crunch) 03:35 Connected Everything Driverless Pods (Computerphile) 06:25 Small Computer Industry aside became viral joke 'Bill Gates vs GM' (Snopes) 08:40 Mohammad Mousavi 09:17 Honda Tier3 Car (Autonews) 12:25 Internet of Things Problems (Computerphile) 22:15 Will your driverless car be willing to kill you to save the lives of others? (Guardian) 42:30 Unexpected Item in the Bagging Area (Twitter Thread) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/7232830-exploring-trust-driverless-cars |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast: Exploring Trust in Online Environments |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Featuring our very own panellist Paurav Shukla, we delve into Trust in Online Environments Panellists Joel, Christine and Paurav join Sean Riley 00:20 Paurav Shukla 00:38 Joel Fischer 00:43 Christine Evers 00:48 Sean Riley 01:02 Facebook Oversight Board reveals first cases 12:30 VHS vs Betamax, the VCR 'War' (Wikipedia) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/7175080-exploring-trust-in-online-environments |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast: How Trustworthy are Drones? Should I be Worried? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 00:44 - Joel Fischer 00:49 - Christine Evers 01:00 - Sean Riley 01:25 - Presidential debate 2020: Trump and Biden final debate fact-checked (BBC) 03:22 - James "Jim" Scanlan 03:55 - 2011: Revolutionising aircraft design with the world's first printed aircraft 05:30 - DJI Mavic Air 2 review: a video director's perspective (The Verge) 06:50 - Students to transform drone design in fight against climate change and poaching 08:05 - Drone successfully completes first delivery of medical equipment to the Isle of Wight 09:00 - Snowboarding Drone Filming 11:00 - Iris Automation Vision Systems 12:10 - Boeing 737 Max (Wikipedia) 12:45 - Byzantine generals problem (Wikipedia) 17:55 - Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic (WHO) 19:05 - Pseudo Satellite / Atmospheric Satellites (Wikipedia) 21:25 - Airplane! Movie (Wikipedia) 24:05 - Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) 24:50 - Public Safety Drones Save Four Lives In One Day (DJI Website) 31:00 - Gatwick Airport drone incident (Wikipedia) 32:30 - Namibia Drone Filming (YouTube) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/6218524-how-trustworthy-are-drones-should-i-be-worried |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast: Legal and Ethical Problems with AI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Featuring Richard Hyde on the legal and ethical ramifications of trust and AI and panel members Alan Chamberlain and Paurav Shukla on everything from selling your home cooking on WhatsApp through to wondering how much we want to know about how clean it is in the factory that made our food. Alan Chamberlain Paurav Shukla Sean Riley Texas Energy Crisis (The Verge) Richard Hyde Home Cooking Food Standards https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56032185 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/8201290-legal-and-ethical-problems-with-ai |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast: Living with AI Security |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 00:26 Alan Chamberlain 00:38 Paurav Shukla 00:51 Sean Riley 01:45 AI helps this Koda social robot dog sense human emotions (Cnet) 05:08 Classic Moments: Dalek climbs stairs! (Digital Spy) 06:10 WhatsApp to delay new privacy policy amid mass confusion about Facebook data sharing (The Verge) 07:20 Whatsapp Competitor Signal Stops Working Properly as Users Rush to Leave over Privacy Update 10:10 Yes, You Can Stop Using WhatsApp-But Don't Make This Mistake (Forbes) 13:25 Facebook surveys strip data of friends of friends (wikipedia) 13:50 Professor Neeraj Suri, PI TAS Security Node. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/8022176-living-with-ai-security |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast: Living with Robotic Surgery |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 00:40 Paurav Shukla 00:43 Christine Evers 00:48 Age Chapman 01:04 Sean Riley 01:22 FTC settles with photo storage app that pivoted to facial recognition (The Verge) 05:21 Literatin Chrome Plugin to Rate Ts & Cs 10:00 Prokar Dasgupta 16:48 John Wickham (Wikipedia) 33:30 Telegraph Article with Professor Dasgupta 45:10 Rob Miles on Computerphile |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/7945288-living-with-robotic-surgery |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast: Machine Listening - Discussing Virtual Assistants and How they Hear |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 00:30 Elvira Perez 00:40 Paurav Shukla 01:00 Sean Riley 01:20 Glastonbury Cancelled 03:30 Your smart devices listening to you, explained (Vox) 03:48 Why Do We Use Virtual Assistants Like Siri, Alexa and the Like? (LWAI Podcast) 04:20 Amazon Sidewalk will create entire smart neighborhoods. Here's what you should know (Cnet) 05:10 Wi-fi sharing plan launched in UK (BBC) 06:10 Christine Evers 44:45 The Social Dilemma (Netflix) 49:52 Jurassic Park Quote (quotes.net) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/7945447-machine-listening-discussing-virtual-assistants-and-how-t... |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast: What is the Living With AI Podcast? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This is a trail explaining what the LWAIPodcast is and what it's hopes and dreams are Presented by Sean Riley |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/6108367-what-is-the-living-with-ai-podcast |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast: What is the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub (TAS Hub) anyway? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Sean, Paurav, Christine & Joel debate Social Media Filter Bubbles before Gopal Ramchurn explains what the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub is. Paurav Shukla Joel Fischer Christine Evers Sean Riley Gopal Ramchurn |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/6654529-what-is-the-trustworthy-autonomous-systems-hub-tas-hub-an... |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast: Who Cares about Robots in the Home? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We speak to Radu Callinescu about Assistive AI, and the problems of robots in a care role. Joining the panel are Christian Enemark and Paurav Shukla. Topics include 'Robots doing the dirty work' and that old saying "Autonomous lethal weapon systems don't kill people, people kill people" Recorded 10th March 2021 00:30 Christian Enemark 00:42 Paurav Shukla 00:59 Sean Riley 01:15 Autonomous mobile robots doing the dirty work (zdnet) 03:30 Anti-MRSA silver fabric trialled (BBC) 05:15 Living With AI - Food Manufacture Blockchain 06:00 Passengers (Internet Movie Database) 07:25 "...it's okay to eat fish 'cause they don't have any feelings" Something In The Way - Nirvana (songfacts.com) 09:50 Executive Summary World Robotics 2020 Service Robots (ifr.org) Meet Sophia, World's First AI Humanoid Robot | Tony Robbins (YouTube) Artificial General Intelligence (Computerphile/YouTube) Iain M Banks / Culture (Wikipedia) Logans Run (Internet Movie Database) Matrix (Internet Movie Database) Spot: Boston Dynamics condemns robot paintball rampage plan (BBC) Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro (Wikipedia) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/8282015-who-cares-about-robots-in-the-home |
| Description | Living with AI Podcast: Why Do We Use Virtual Assistants Like Siri, Alexa and the Like? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 0:30 - Christine Evers 0:38 - Joel Fischer 0:43 - Paurav Shukla 1:20 - Sean Riley 1:42 - Alexa Ruins Christmas (Heart) 11:50 Stuart Reeves 18:10 Computerphile on how Alexa Works 25:40 Eliza - Wikipedia 46:37 Amazon's Ring Security Drone (Cnet) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/6654553-why-do-we-use-virtual-assistants-like-siri-alexa-and-the-... |
| Description | Living with AI podcast: Should we Worry about Swarm Robotics (Or simply rebrand as Flocking Robots?) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 00:20 Alan Chamberlain 00:32 Richard Hyde 00:45 Sean Riley 01:05 AI Jobs (BBC) 10:29 "Ey up mi duck y'alright?" = "Hello friend how are you?" (BBC) 10:55 Code-Switching (BBC) 13:20 Sabine Hauert 14:15 A Moment of Convergence Termites Film (YouTube) 14:25 Kilobot (Harvard) 14:50 Black Mirror "Hated in the Nation" (Wikipedia) 26:10 Big Hero Six (Wikipedia) 39:55 Michael Crichton (Wikipedia) 48:55 MIT Fibre Bots (thenewstack) 59:20 ExoBuilding |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/8195460-should-we-worry-about-swarm-robotics-or-simply-rebrand-as... |
| Description | Living with AI podcast: Would you trust a driverless car? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Driverless cars are never far from the news. In our second foray into the subject we talk to Professor Subramanian Ramamoorthy, Professor and Personal Chair of Robot Learning and Autonomy in the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh. Joining the panel this week are Richard Hyde, Paurav Shukla and Elveera Perez. We kick off with a lengthy discussion on NFTs (Non Fungible Tokens) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.buzzsprout.com/1447474/8414076-would-you-trust-a-driverless-car |
| Description | Love Machine series: Living with Robots |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Will human beings ever embrace robots as a daily part of our social and economic lives? What would it mean to live well with robots? How can we ensure that robot design and development is driven by and aligned with our fundamental human needs, such as security and social connection? Where are robots already transforming our lives in ways we may not recognize, and which of our ideas about robots remain mere science fiction fantasies? Where can tomorrow's robots make the world a better place, and most importantly, better for whom? Join us for a conversation among experts in the technical, moral, social and economic dimensions of the oft-promised 'robot revolution'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://efi.ed.ac.uk/events/living-with-robots/ |
| Description | METNANO 2021 invited talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk on swarm engineering across scales. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://metanano.itmo.ru/conference-schedule-new |
| Description | Masterclass webinar on YouTube |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | I have just presented a Masterclass webinar on youtube on "Incorporating the CMR Versius robot within an established robotic surgery program". This was transmitted live by the Vattikuti Foundation Detroit to an international audience and has highlighted the work of the TAS-Hub |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m620-pv8rzA |
| Description | Meet the Cobots Event at Broadway Cinema, Nottingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Around 30 members of the public, mostly families with school age children, attended a 'Meet the Cobots' event organised by Nottingham's Broadway Arts cinema. Members of the University of Nottingham's Cobot Maker Space attended with a number of robots/cobots to demonstrate their use and engage with the public. The purpose of the event was to allow members of the public to interact with robots in a way that they usually wouldn't be able to in everyday life. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Metaverse - GB Dec 21 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This is Professor Gary Burnett (TAS Co-I) being interviewed on Notts TV on 1st December 2021 about the Metaverse and the design of Nottopia - the virtual teaching island at the University of Nottingham. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DjJgl0sPbU |
| Description | MiRo Maze Telepresence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems network (UK-RAS) and the University of Sheffield in partnership with Cyberselves, Consequential Robotics, and the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub (TAS) "Open Labs" pump-priming project created The Miro Maze as part of UK Festival of Robotics 2021 activities, taking place 21 - 25 June 2021. The MiRo Maze is a new experience in telepresence robotics allowing users can take control of a small robot in an immersive, engaging way. Users see the world from the robot's eyes, as if they themselves were the robot, and try to navigate their way through the maze. The University of Sheffield hosted the MiRo Maze for UK Festival of Robotics 2021 at their Engineering building, the Diamond. The event was live broadcast via YouTube and Twitch and also featured running commentary and interviews with leading roboticists. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://seras.org.uk/2021/05/20/the-miro-maze-festival-of-robotics-week/ |
| Description | Mirror Mirror on the Wall - blog post |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blog post about the TAS for Health project and the benefits gained from taking a multi-disciplinary approach |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.tas.ac.uk/tas-for-health-project-blog/ |
| Description | NASA/JPL invited talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on Swarms for People and weekly NASA/JPL seminar. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Center invited talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Gave an invited talk to medical professionals about speech technology |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Natural Language Interaction and Processing for Trustworthy Autonomous Systems. Workshop at the TAS AHM |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Online workshop with academics and industry |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | News story in The Observer |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I worked with a journalist at the Observe-Shanti Das-to help her understand some of the technical and policy implications of a digital service offered by the charity, Shout. The journalist also interviewed me and quoted me in the story. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/feb/19/mental-health-helpline-funded-by-royals-shared-users... |
| Description | Newsletter article of Marina Jirotka in the University Bulletin and article on University website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Marina Jirotka featured in a bio article / interview. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| URL | https://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/oxford-people/Marina-Jirotka |
| Description | Node in Functionality: Research Talk (2021) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented by Dr Shane Windsor, Senior Lecturer in Aerodynamics/Aeroelasticity, University of Bristol. Principal Investigator for the Node in Functionality, UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/581077906 |
| Description | Node in Governance and Regulation: Research Talk (2021) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Delivered by Professor Subramanian Ramamoorthy, Governance and Regulation Node Principal Investigator. This talk was recorded for the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme All Hands Meeting, September 2021. Professor Subramanian Ramamoorthy holds a Personal Chair of Robot Learning and Autonomy in the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, where he is also the Director of the Institute of Perception, Action and Behaviour. He is an Executive Committee Member for the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics and Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/611584457 |
| Description | Node in Resilience - Research Talk (2021) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented by Dr Radu Calinescu, Reader in the Department of Computer Science at the University of York, and Principal Investigator for the Node in Resilience. You'll hear about the Node's research to date and the aims for the future |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/589738218 |
| Description | Node in Security: Research Talk (2021) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presented by Professor Neeraj Suri, Distinguished Professor and Chair in Cybersecurity at Lancaster University. Node in Security Principal Investigator, UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://vimeo.com/589771914 |