IEEE UK and Ireland SSIT Webinar | Ain’t Misbehavin’: A Gentle Introduction to the IEEE Standard for Fail-Safe Design of Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Systems by Ken Wallace, IET

IEEE UK and Ireland SSIT Chapter and SSIT IST-Africa SIGHT are cooperating with a number of IEEE OUs to organise this SSIT Lecture as a joint webinar.

Registration

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Guest Lecture Focus

A product of the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems, IEEE Std 7009-2024 establishes a requirement-based framework for the design of fail-safe autonomous and semi-autonomous systems. Both the standard and associated evidence base are freely available for download.

The focus of the lecture will be on the means by which the standard, and in-work extensions to it, can address the range of emerging challenges in respect of safety arising from the unfolding ‘Cambrian explosion’ of AI powered autonomous systems.

About the Speaker

Ken Wallace has been a member of the P7009 Working Group since inception, having previously served as the Vice-Chair for the Group prior to becoming Chair in 2020.

He spent a number of years in academia in the UK and North America working at the intersection of neuroscience and computing, before moving into industry. Since doing so Ken has held engineering and management positions working on the development and application of information and software-dependent/intensive systems across a range of enterprises. He is currently Head of Software Engineering for the Naval Ships Division of BAE Systems and the Capability Lead for Software Engineering for the Maritime and Land sector of the enterprise.

A Chartered Engineer, Ken retains links with academia acting as an accreditor for the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), and as an industrialist on the IET Academic Advisory Committee.

Registration

IEEE and SSIT Members as well as non-IEEE Members are invited to Register and participate. IEEE Members should include their IEEE Membership Number when registering.

Access to online Meeting

Registered participants will be provided with the link prior to the event.