Centre for Assuring Autonomy
@cfaa.bsky.social
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.
Our Centre Director, Professor John McDermid, takes the reins of our regular staff spotlight and shares how his career in safety critical systems helps shape the CfAA, the biggest changes he's witnessed and how commonalities can tackle challenges around regulation. tinyurl.com/ProfessorJoh...
Staff Spotlight - Professor John McDermid
In our final staff spotlight of 2025 Director of the Centre for Assuring Autonomy, Professor John McDermid, talks about his extensive career in safety, how he came to lead the CfAA and how cross colla...
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January 8, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Our Centre Director, Professor John McDermid, takes the reins of our regular staff spotlight and shares how his career in safety critical systems helps shape the CfAA, the biggest changes he's witnessed and how commonalities can tackle challenges around regulation. tinyurl.com/ProfessorJoh...
How do we tackle the growing challenges and disconnect that's emerging between adopting AI in healthcare and how tech companies design these systems? Dr Margaret Horton, presents 6 key areas of tension and how AI safety approaches could help reconcile this challenge. tinyurl.com/2acpe6vw
December 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
How do we tackle the growing challenges and disconnect that's emerging between adopting AI in healthcare and how tech companies design these systems? Dr Margaret Horton, presents 6 key areas of tension and how AI safety approaches could help reconcile this challenge. tinyurl.com/2acpe6vw
Our latest staff spotlight features Dr Sinem Getir Yaman. Her work explores how different methodologies can help us address the critical question of how #autonomous systems can operate safely in the real world. tinyurl.com/4zcn28xm
Staff Spotlight: Dr Sinem Getir-Yaman
This month we're spotlighting the work of Dr Sinem Getir-Yaman, a CfAA researcher whose work in safety methodologies is helping to address the question of how autonomous systems operate safely in the ...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Our latest staff spotlight features Dr Sinem Getir Yaman. Her work explores how different methodologies can help us address the critical question of how #autonomous systems can operate safely in the real world. tinyurl.com/4zcn28xm
Great to see the BIG Argument cited in this International AI Safety Report. Interesting insights in this Second Key Update - particularly around greater adoption of AI Safety Frameworks and the advances being made to prevent misuse and potential harms from AI systems and tools. tinyurl.com/2s4zc8rb
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December 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Great to see the BIG Argument cited in this International AI Safety Report. Interesting insights in this Second Key Update - particularly around greater adoption of AI Safety Frameworks and the advances being made to prevent misuse and potential harms from AI systems and tools. tinyurl.com/2s4zc8rb
How can the rollout of #AI tools in healthcare be driven by the real problems faced in the #NHS, and avoid falling into the trap of 'solving' issues that were never the real concern? tinyurl.com/AugmentingHu...
December 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
How can the rollout of #AI tools in healthcare be driven by the real problems faced in the #NHS, and avoid falling into the trap of 'solving' issues that were never the real concern? tinyurl.com/AugmentingHu...
Today we launch the Safe Clinical AI Lab (SCAIL), a new healthcare platform which will bridge the gap between AI research and safe clinical adoption. Our first two blogs are live feat. @lawtontri.bsky.social and Dr Margaret Horton: www.york.ac.uk/assuring-aut...
New healthcare platform launched to bridge gap between AI research and safe clinical adoption
The Centre for Assuring Autonomy (CfAA) has announced a new content hub to give clinicians and other healthcare professionals the confidence, skills and training to implement AI technologies safely in...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Today we launch the Safe Clinical AI Lab (SCAIL), a new healthcare platform which will bridge the gap between AI research and safe clinical adoption. Our first two blogs are live feat. @lawtontri.bsky.social and Dr Margaret Horton: www.york.ac.uk/assuring-aut...
Missed our Symposium? Our event video is now up on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/cIBw9GqZMHE
CfAA Symposium 2025 Video
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October 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Missed our Symposium? Our event video is now up on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/cIBw9GqZMHE
A new paper published as part of a BRAID-UK AHRC Fellowship, with support from Microsoft Research Cambridge, has explored how members of the public feel about the adoption and use of AI tools in patient care: www.frontiersin.org/journals/dig...
Frontiers | Cautious optimism: public voices on medical AI and sociotechnical harm
BackgroundMedical-purpose software and Artificial Intelligence (“AI”)-enabled technologies (“medical AI”) raise important social, ethical, cultural, and regu...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
A new paper published as part of a BRAID-UK AHRC Fellowship, with support from Microsoft Research Cambridge, has explored how members of the public feel about the adoption and use of AI tools in patient care: www.frontiersin.org/journals/dig...
The next video in our Fellow's series focuses on the work of @thefuriousengineer.bsky.social where he explains the focus of his Fellowship how the advent of autonomy has changed safety engineering. youtu.be/Eeetp74b7AU
CfAA Fellowship Series - Dr Matt Osborne
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October 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The next video in our Fellow's series focuses on the work of @thefuriousengineer.bsky.social where he explains the focus of his Fellowship how the advent of autonomy has changed safety engineering. youtu.be/Eeetp74b7AU
What do the next steps towards assuring autonomy look like? We've compiled the 10 major takeaways from our Symposium discussions in September - read it here: www.york.ac.uk/assuring-aut...
From Innovation to Assurance: Addressing Safety Challenges in AI and Autonomy
Our first Centre for Assuring Autonomy Symposium brought together over 100 professionals and academics from across the engineering, safety assurance and regulatory landscape to ask - what does the fu...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
What do the next steps towards assuring autonomy look like? We've compiled the 10 major takeaways from our Symposium discussions in September - read it here: www.york.ac.uk/assuring-aut...
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
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
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
September 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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
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
September 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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
Congratulations to Dr Victoria Hodge @vjhodge.bsky.social for winning our poster competition sponsored by the Safety and Security Systems Club #FutureOfAutonomy
September 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Congratulations to Dr Victoria Hodge @vjhodge.bsky.social for winning our poster competition sponsored by the Safety and Security Systems Club #FutureOfAutonomy
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
September 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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
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
Afternoon session is underway at our Symposium, chaired by Dr Philippa Ryan ( @flipperville.bsky.social) focusing on the industry challenges.
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
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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
Next up is Dr Richard Hawkins talking about the challenges of assuring through-life safety of autonomous systems. #FutureOfAutonomy
September 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Next up is Dr Richard Hawkins talking about the challenges of assuring through-life safety of autonomous systems. #FutureOfAutonomy
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
And off we go! The first CfAA Symposium kicks off with an introduction from Centre director, John McDermid #FutureOfAutonomy
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
And off we go! The first CfAA Symposium kicks off with an introduction from Centre director, John McDermid #FutureOfAutonomy
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.
Registration is free and you can join us for our Symposium dinner on the 24th.
September 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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.
Registration is free and you can join us for our Symposium dinner on the 24th.
The CfAA will support the development of a robust safety framework in a new #AI trial for a multilingual healthcare assistant which can conduct follow-up visits with patients over the phone in a safe and empathetic way. tinyurl.com/bdpjy3rw
AI Trial Expands Patient Access with Multilingual Clinical Consultations
A new collaboration is set to transform healthcare accessibility with the launch of a multilingual AI clinical assistant which will break down language barriers in healthcare, empowering patients to r...
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July 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The CfAA will support the development of a robust safety framework in a new #AI trial for a multilingual healthcare assistant which can conduct follow-up visits with patients over the phone in a safe and empathetic way. tinyurl.com/bdpjy3rw
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
Book now: tinyurl.com/mr2pxdcb
July 14, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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
Book now: tinyurl.com/mr2pxdcb
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
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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Our Fellows are shaping the future of safe autonomous systems, collaborating with our world-leading researchers to tackle the complex challenges of deploying autonomous technologies responsibly.
Watch the first video in our new Fellowship series featuring Dr Roger Rivett: tinyurl.com/bddhumtb
Watch the first video in our new Fellowship series featuring Dr Roger Rivett: tinyurl.com/bddhumtb
Fellowship Series - Roger Rivett
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July 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Our Fellows are shaping the future of safe autonomous systems, collaborating with our world-leading researchers to tackle the complex challenges of deploying autonomous technologies responsibly.
Watch the first video in our new Fellowship series featuring Dr Roger Rivett: tinyurl.com/bddhumtb
Watch the first video in our new Fellowship series featuring Dr Roger Rivett: tinyurl.com/bddhumtb