The SCSC Tutorial on Safety Assurance of Autonomy and Machine Learning was held on September 26th 2019 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel London - Victoria. Speakers were Richard Hawkins, Nikita Johnson and Mark Nicholson from the Assuring Autonomy International Programme at the University of York and James McCloskey from Frazer-Nash Consultancy.

There was also a special talk at the end of lunch by Chris Harper of the Bristol Robotics Laboratory. This tutorial considers the assurance of systems that employ Autonomy and Machine Learning (ML). This is critically important with the introduction of such systems in many sectors, including air, sea and road vehicles. Societal and regulatory acceptance will not be possible unless the safety of such systems is assured.

Slides from the event:

Introduction to Safety Assurance of RAS
 - History of Robotics

Assurance of Machine Learning

Safety Assurance Principles for RAS 

Impact of Security and Standards on Assurance of RAS

Safety Management for RAS

Conclusions

Industrial Point of View