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e-Flyer - SAFETY-CRITICAL SYSTEMS CLUB (SCSC) |
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Welcome to the SCSC’s July 2024 e-flyer, keeping you up-to-date with details of club events, publications and activities which may be of interest to you.
One-day Seminars for 2024 Deployment, Operations and Maintenance of Safe AI Systems,
26th September 2024 The Cumberland, London at Marble Arch This 1-day seminar looks at bringing AI systems into service: what needs to be done to prepare including aspects such as training and consultation, how to roll out AI systems including adaptation, how to operate them safely in a given context, and how to maintain them.
This will take place on 26th September 2024 at The Cumberland London, Great Cumberland Place, Marble Arch, London, W1H 7DL.
Who should attend?
This seminar will be useful for all those involved in deploying, using, managing or maintaining AI systems, including engineering and service staff.
The SCSC in Europe This 1-day seminar looks at progress in autonomous and highly automated driving and problems that have been encountered. It will also cover the latest developments in the standards arena. It features industry speakers and a discussion session. It is aimed at practitioners working in safety engineering including Safety Engineers, Safety Consultants and Safety Managers.
The seminar will be presented in English. Further details can be found here: https://scsc.uk/e1134
Working Groups Safe System Architecting Working Group (SSAWG)
The newly formed Safe System Architecting Working Group (SSAWG) is a joint initiative between the INCOSE UK Architecture Working Group and the Safety Critical Systems Club, with a vision of addressing systems safety through the promotion of choosing, using, and developing appropriate architectures. The group’s web page provides details on its aims and objectives - https://scsc.uk/gw.
The next meeting is scheduled for 7th August 2024, 3pm-5pm (BST), an online meeting link is available on the web page. Safe AI Working Group (SAIWG)
The newly formed Safe AI Working Group (SSAWG) recently held its first meeting. The group’s web page provides details on its aims and objectives - https://scsc.uk/gb For a list of all upcoming Working Group meetings please see the Events Diary (https://scsc.uk/events?tab=working) If you would like to participate in one or more of these please contact the group leader.
Safety Futures Initiative (SFI) Working Group
The Safety Futures working group meets once a month to bring together fresh perspectives, innovative ideas and insights. The Safety Futures is diligently working on developing a comprehensive roadmap to guide new safety professionals in exploring career paths across various industries. To supplement this, we have an upcoming initiative to create a University 'League' Table to rank universities based on their safety engineering courses and the career pathways they support. We are also looking to start a reverse mentoring programme where we can match more experienced people with new professionals for information exchange. The next monthly meeting is set for 6th August at 14:00 hours so please do reach out to khadijah.khatun@pennantplc.com if you would like to attend or if anything in the above paragraph takes your interest. We encourage anyone to get involved to help shape the future of safety engineering
careers.
Newsletter
 Building Safety Post Grenfell - Laura Mills Evidence Management – A Policing Perspective - Bill Blackburn Is there something hidden in the code? - Gavin Wilsher AI Safety: Navigating the Expanding Landscape of Potential Harms - Ibrahim Habli eJournal Vol. 3 Iss. 1 of the Safety-Critical Systems eJournal is available here: https://scsc.uk/eJournal featuring high-quality peer-reviewed articles.
Breaking the Tyranny of Net Risk Metrics for Automated Vehicle Safety - Philip Koopman and William H. Widen.
An inquiry into how safe might be “safe enough” for automated vehicle technology must go far beyond the superficial “safer than a human driver” metric to yield an answer that will be workable in practice. View the article Human Factors in Functional Safety Assessment - Jonathan Wiggins
This paper provides a discussion on the physical and emotional factors which humans bring into the design, execution, and maintenance of a Functionally Safe System. View the article The Open Autonomy Safety Case Framework - Michael Wagner and Carmen Carlan.
A system safety case is a compelling, comprehensible, and valid argument about the satisfaction of the safety goals of a given system operating in a given environment supported by convincing evidence. Since the publication of UL 4600 in 2020, safety cases have become a best practice for measuring, managing, and communicating the safety of autonomous vehicles (AVs). View the article Advertising in the SCSC Newsletter
The club publishes its newsletter Safety Systems three times a year in February, May and October. The newsletter is distributed to paid-up members and can be made available in electronic form for inclusion on corporate members' intranet sites. Half or full page advertising space is available. If you would like to advertise in the SCSC Newsletter, please contact office@scsc.uk for further information. Other Events:
HISC 2024: High Integrity Software Conference Full SCSC Membership Why not become a full member of the SCSC? This gives you discounts on events and access to all website content, and gives you a say in the running of the club. Full membership details are here: https://scsc.uk/membership Alex and Mike |
