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Centre for Assuring Autonomy
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Advancing safety assurance of autonomous systems, AI, and robotics across the globe. A partnership between Lloyd’s Register Foundation and the University of York. Contact us for research projects, training and workshops, or consultancy on safety assurance.
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We've come to the end of our Symposium and it's time for closing remarks from Professor John McDermid highlighting some key takeaways from the day. #FutureOfAutonomy
September 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Insightful and thought provoking presentations from Dr Holly Sutherland and Josephine Flockton on how we design AI systems with neurodiversity and disability co sidereal at the start and how trust is the ce trial pillar of effective human AI teaming. ##FutureOfAutonomy
Dr Holly Sutherland presents to a large audience in a conference room there is a slide with four illustrated people on the large screen Josephine Flockton stands at the front of a large audience introducing her talk on trust, uncertain the human in AI Teaming
September 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Moving on to hear from Odd Ivar Haugen from DNV, Ernest Lim from Ufonia and Kate Preston from CfAA on how BIG can be applied in different domains. #FutureOfAutonomy
Odd Ivar Haugen presents a screen with an iceberg on a large projector screen in a conference room Ernest Lim and Kate Preston introduce their session on automation in healthcare
September 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Congratulations to Dr Victoria Hodge @vjhodge.bsky.social for winning our poster competition sponsored by the Safety and Security Systems Club #FutureOfAutonomy
Dr Victoria Hodge accepts the prize for the academic poster competition and shakes the hand of Mike Parsons from the Safety Critical Systems Club
September 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Day two of our Symposium is starting with our BIG Argument from Professor @ihabli.bsky.social, with speakers from Ufonia, DNV and the University York. #FutureOfAutonomy
Professor Ibrahim Habli presents the BIG Argument to an audience in a conference room.
September 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Afternoon session is underway at our Symposium, chaired by Dr Philippa Ryan ( @flipperville.bsky.social) focusing on the industry challenges.
September 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Andrew White from the Office of Nuclear Regulation setting out why UK law is an ideal foundation for regulating innovation of autonomy and AI #FutureOfAutonomy
Andrew White of the Office of Nuclear Regulation presents to an audience in a large conference room on the benefits of Regulation of AI in the UK.
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Next up is Dr Richard Hawkins talking about the challenges of assuring through-life safety of autonomous systems. #FutureOfAutonomy
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September 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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And off we go! The first CfAA Symposium kicks off with an introduction from Centre director, John McDermid #FutureOfAutonomy
September 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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And off we go! The first CfAA Symposium kicks off with an introduction from Centre director, John McDermid #FutureOfAutonomy
September 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Registration for our Symposium closes TODAY. If you missed the list of great speakers and topics we'll be covering over the two days head to our website to see the full agenda > www.york.ac.uk/assuring-aut...

Registration is free and you can join us for our Symposium dinner on the 24th.
Event promotional image with a teal background. White text reads: Last few days to register for our Symposium! 23 - 25 September 2025. Hear from 16 guest speakers from across the safe AI and autonomy space, including regulators, industry professionals, and AI tool developers. Learn about the CfAA's latest frameworks and guidance for safe AI and autonomy. Meet and network with researchers, and safety professionals from across the maritime, healthcare, transport and energy sectors.
September 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Announcing new speakers for our inaugural Symposium! Hear from Ofgem, DNV, Ufonia, Paige AI, Office for Nuclear Regulation, CodeScene, IEEE and the University of Cambridge across two days of thought-provoking seminars and panel discussions. 23-25 Sept 2025.
Book now: tinyurl.com/mr2pxdcb
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July 14, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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We’re hiring! Join us as a Research Associate/Fellow in Safety and Security of #AI. Shape the future of AI adoption and connect with industry across automotive, healthcare, and maritime.
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July 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Announcing the inaugural CfAA Symposium! This free-to-attend Symposium is a showcase of best practice and the latest research around AI and autonomous systems. Book your space:

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To the left, an image of the York Minster behind a number of buildings. To the right, above, and below, white text reads: Announcing the first CfAA Symposium, 23-25 September 2025. Be part of our collaborative event featuring engaging speakers, presentations and panels from across industry and academia and help shape the future of safe autonomy and AI. Join our community of safe autonomy experts. Includes the logos for The University of York, The Centre for Assuring Autonomy and Lloyds Register Foundation.
June 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Exciting lectureship opportunity! We're looking for a proleptic lecturer in #AI Safety. This unique role offers applicants a three-year Research Fellow role within the CfAA before taking up a lectureship in AI Safety within the department of Computer Science. Closes 8th July: tinyurl.com/tm2hptwx
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June 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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As part of our seminar series, we invite our researchers to present their work, allowing colleagues to stay informed about latest advancements and ongoing projects.

Congratulations to Hasan Bin Firoz and Yash Deo for being awarded best postgraduate seminar & best postdoctoral seminar respectively!
Two photos side by side on an orange on blue background. Left image, John McDermid shakes the hand of Yash Deo, presenting him with a certificate of achievement. Text below reads "Do generative AI models suffer from Mad Cow Disease?". Right image, John shakes the hand of Hasan Bin Firoz, presenting him with a certificate of achievement. Text below reads "Uncertainty, Time and Trade-offs: Safe Decision-making for Mobile Autonomous Systems"
May 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Not signed up to our newsletter yet? We're preparing to send out our April edition, featuring the latest insights, updates, and developments on our work in safer AI. Now is the perfect time to join a growing community of people working in and around #SafeAI: www.york.ac.uk/assuring-aut...
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April 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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We’re recruiting! Help achieve the safe and responsible uptake of robotics and autonomous systems as our new Research Software Engineer.

Find out more here: www.york.ac.uk/assuring-aut...
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April 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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We’re recruiting! Undertake cutting edge research and drive innovation in the safety of machine learning as our new Research and Innovation Associate/Fellow in Safe MLOps.

Full job description and application: lnkd.in/dBUXvPTC
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March 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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🆕Read our new White Paper: Avoiding the AI 'off' switch - how benefits of AI may be lost due to burdensome tech. Written in collaboration with the MPS Foundation & @improvementacademy.bsky.social

Making AI work for clinicians and patients: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/224888/1/AI_...
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March 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Learn practical ways to assess and assure the safety of autonomous systems at the University of York. The Robotics and Autonomous Systems Safety (RASS) course is open for enrollment now! www.york.ac.uk/computer-sci...
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March 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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We're recruiting! Help achieve the safe and responsible uptake of LLMs in different sectors as our new Research Associate in Safe Large Language Models. Full job description and application: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese... #LLM #AIJobs #SafeAI
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February 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Could upstream and downstream AI Safety frameworks ever have synergies? And what could this mean for those working in AI Safety, especially in the area of Frontier AI? Read our latest paper: arxiv.org/abs/2501.05455

#FrontierAI #AISafety #SafeAI
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January 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Professor Simon Burton, CfAA business lead and Chair of Systems Safety, will be speaking at IWASS 2025 in Florida, Jan 25-26, alongside many other autonomous systems safety, reliability and security experts.
#iwass2025 #iwass #autonomoussystems #safety #assurance
Headshot of Prof Simon Burton, Chair of Systems Safety at the University of York inset into a larger advert for the International Workshop on Autonomous Systems Safety. His bio reads Simon Burton has worked in various safety-critical industries including 20 years as a manager in automotive companies. Burton's research interests include the safety assurance of complex, autonomous systems and machine learning safety. He is convener of teh ISO working group ISO TC22/SC32/WG14 "Road vehicles - safety and AI" and led the development of the standard ISO/AWI PAS 8800 Safety and AI.
January 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Follow the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Safe AI Systems (SAINTS) at the University of York on Bluesky: @saints-cdt.bsky.social.
Applications are now open for funded studentships to start in September 2025. Deadline: Wednesday 15 January 2025
www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr...
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January 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM