Earlier in 2020, the TAS Hub was announced. 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.
Today six new research projects have been launched by UKRI to tackle challenges to the development of autonomous systems:
- UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node in Functionality, led by Dr Shane Windsor at the University of Bristol
- UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node in Governance & Regulation, led by Professor Subramanian Ramamoorthy at the University of Edinburgh
- UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node in Resilience, led by Dr Radu Calisnescu at the University of York
- UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node in Trust, led by Professor Helen Hastie at Heriot-Watt University
- UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node in Verifiability, led by Professor Mohammed Reza Mousavi at the University of Leicester
- UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node in Security, led by Professor Neeraj Suri at Lancaster University
To address the challenges of autonomous systems, UKRI is investing £33 million in the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) programme. The programme is funded through the Strategic Priorities Fund and delivered by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
The projects, called nodes, are part of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) programme, and will undertake fundamental, creative and multidisciplinary research in various areas key to ensure autonomous systems can be built in a way society can trust and use.
4 November 2020