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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

New SCAIL blog: What does it mean to practise endoscopy well when part of the “seeing” is shared with an algorithm? www.scail.uk/content-hub/...

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Beyond the algorithm: Rethinking Risk, Responsibility and Ethics in AI driven Gastrointestinal Endoscopy – SCAIL

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

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...

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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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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

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

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

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

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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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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

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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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

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...

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Missed our Symposium? Our event video is now up on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/cIBw9GqZMHE

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CfAA Symposium 2025 Video

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

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...

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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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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

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

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CfAA Fellowship Series - Dr Matt Osborne

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

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

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

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

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Josephine Flockton stands at the front of a large audience introducing her talk on trust, uncertain the human in AI Teaming

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

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

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Ernest Lim and Kate Preston introduce their session on automation in healthcare

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Congratulations to Dr Victoria Hodge @vjhodge.bsky.social for winning our poster competition sponsored by the Safety and Security Systems Club #FutureOfAutonomy

Dr Victoria Hodge accepts the prize for the academic poster competition and shakes the hand of Mike Parsons from the Safety Critical Systems Club

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

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

Professor Ibrahim Habli presents the BIG Argument to an audience in a conference room.

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Afternoon session is underway at our Symposium, chaired by Dr Philippa Ryan ( @flipperville.bsky.social) focusing on the industry challenges.

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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

Andrew White of the Office of Nuclear Regulation presents to an audience in a large conference room on the benefits of Regulation of AI in the UK.

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Next up is Dr Richard Hawkins talking about the challenges of assuring through-life safety of autonomous systems. #FutureOfAutonomy

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

And off we go! The first CfAA Symposium kicks off with an introduction from Centre director, John McDermid #FutureOfAutonomy

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

And off we go! The first CfAA Symposium kicks off with an introduction from Centre director, John McDermid #FutureOfAutonomy

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

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.

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Learn about the CfAA's latest frameworks and guidance for safe AI and autonomy.
Meet and network with researchers, and safety professionals from across the maritime, healthcare, transport and energy sectors.

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

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

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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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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

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

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

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. tinyurl.com/4dvwy3nv

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

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

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Fellowship Series - Roger Rivett

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

New paper 📑 A new paper on our AMLAS methodology has been published in leading peer-reviewed academic journal for safety engineering, Reliability Engineering and System Safety journal. This milestone demonstrates the scientific rigour which underpins the AMLAS approach: tinyurl.com/5a87dhf7

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Safety assurance of Machine Learning for autonomous systems

Machine Learning (ML) components are increasingly incorporated into systems, with different degrees of autonomy, where model performance is reported a…

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Announcing the inaugural CfAA Symposium! This free-to-attend Symposium is a showcase of best practice and the latest research around AI and autonomous systems. Book your space: tinyurl.com/mr2pxdcb

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Exciting lectureship opportunity! We're looking for a proleptic lecturer in #AI Safety. This unique role offers applicants a three-year Research Fellow role within the CfAA before taking up a lectureship in AI Safety within the department of Computer Science. Closes 8th July: tinyurl.com/tm2hptwx

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Join Professor John McDermid tomorrow at the York Festival of Ideas panel "AI and the Future of Work". This discussion will explore the impact of AI in the workplace, examining whether it enhances efficiency and job opportunities or threatens employment and human interaction. tinyurl.com/msr2pb3b

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AI and the Future of Work

Join our expert speakers from France and the UK as they discuss whether we should fear or embrace the introduction of AI in the workplace.

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

CfAA welcomes Dr Tian Gan as our newest Research Associate in Safe MLOps, where she will focus on autonomy assurance for unmanned surface vessels in the maritime sector. In this blog she shares a little on her background and her focus for future work at the centre. Read more: tinyurl.com/vbvb7pkt

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CfAA welcomes Dr Tian Gan as new Research Associate

Dr Tian Gan joins the CfAA as our newest Research Associate. In this blog she shares a little on her background and her focus for future work at the centre.

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

🚀We’ve just revamped our guidance page🚀 All of our freely available frameworks and methodologies are now in one easy-to-access location, bringing together our practical work on assurance and a suite of guidance documents to help you assure the safety of autonomous systems and AI. lnkd.in/e6-mecmf

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Safe AI and autonomous systems guidance

Here you will find our freely available safety guidance and frameworks for autonomous and AI-enabled autonomous systems.

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

As part of our seminar series, we invite our researchers to present their work, allowing colleagues to stay informed about latest advancements and ongoing projects. Congratulations to Hasan Bin Firoz and Yash Deo for being awarded best postgraduate seminar & best postdoctoral seminar respectively!

Two photos side by side on an orange on blue background. Left image, John McDermid shakes the hand of Yash Deo, presenting him with a certificate of achievement. Text below reads "Do generative AI models suffer from Mad Cow Disease?". Right image, John shakes the hand of Hasan Bin Firoz, presenting him with a certificate of achievement. Text below reads "Uncertainty, Time and Trade-offs: Safe Decision-making for Mobile Autonomous Systems"

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Not long left to register for our webinar: Understanding the BIG Argument for AI safety cases. The session will discuss how BIG addresses a critical gap in the safe development and deployment of frontier AI models. 📅 14th May, Online ⏲️ 12PM – 1PM GMT ➡️ Register: lnkd.in/ekmUs_wj

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Developing safe autonomous driving systems remains a challenge. Our new ARIA-funded project tackles this by bridging AI safety theory with real-world automotive assurance. Learn more: lnkd.in/eted2Gdk

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Join the authors of our new Balanced, Integrated and Grounded Argument at our upcoming webinar as they explore the development of the paper and its approach to creating comprehensive AI safety cases, with included Q&A session. 📅 14th May, Online ⏲️ 12PM – 1PM GMT ➡️ Register: lnkd.in/ekmUs_wj

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Our latest spotlight features Dr Sepeedeh Shahbeigi, a research associate working at the intersection of machine learning and safety. In this blog, she explores what it really means for AI to be "safe" in unpredictable environments. lnkd.in/eYYMTmQq

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Staff Spotlight: Dr Sepeedeh Shahbeigi

Research Associate, Dr Sepeedeh Shahbeigi, works at the intersection of AI and safety, focusing on how we can bridge the gap between theoretical safety concepts and practical implementation in real-wo...

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

💻 Understanding the BIG argument for AI safety cases 💻 Join the authors of our new Balanced, Integrated and Grounded Argument at our upcoming webinar as they explore the development of the paper and it's approach to creating comprehensive AI safety cases. ⏲️12PM–1PM GMT ➡️Register: lnkd.in/ekmUs_wj

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Not signed up to our newsletter yet? We're preparing to send out our April edition, featuring the latest insights, updates, and developments on our work in safer AI. Now is the perfect time to join a growing community of people working in and around #SafeAI: www.york.ac.uk/assuring-aut...

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

We’re recruiting! Help achieve the safe and responsible uptake of robotics and autonomous systems as our new Research Software Engineer. Find out more here: www.york.ac.uk/assuring-aut...

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Our latest staff spotlight focuses on Dr Yan Jia, lecturer in AI safety. Read about her research into the safety assurance of AI-based systems in healthcare, and impact AI systems have on clinician trust and patient outcomes. www.york.ac.uk/assuring-aut...

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

We’re recruiting! Undertake cutting edge research and drive innovation in the safety of machine learning as our new Research and Innovation Associate/Fellow in Safe MLOps. Full job description and application: lnkd.in/dBUXvPTC

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

🆕Read our new White Paper: Avoiding the AI 'off' switch - how benefits of AI may be lost due to burdensome tech. Written in collaboration with the MPS Foundation & @improvementacademy.bsky.social Making AI work for clinicians and patients: eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/224888/1/AI_...

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Why is post-market surveillance of #AI in healthcare important? @hardianhealth.com's Ankeet Tanna explains the regulatory and economic value in this session from our AI Safety in the NHS conference. youtu.be/GQNnIiSfHo8?...

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AI Safety in the NHS Dr Ankeet Tanna

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Today we launch an important new paper! The BIG Argument it introduces a sustainable, scalable and practical way to bring the entire safety case argument together without compromising innovation. youtu.be/FB-295pJRM4 Read the full story: www.york.ac.uk/assuring-aut...

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The Big Argument Launch.mp4

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Our latest staff spotlight focuses on the importance of human-centred autonomy. Read about Dr Nathan Hughes’ work into why understanding how people make decisions with technology is crucial when designing safe AI systems bit.ly/HumanCentere...

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Spotlight profile: Dr Nathan Hughes

Dr Nathan Hughes’ work into understanding how people make decisions with technology is crucial for building upon the research into human-centred autonomy undertaken at the CfAA. Learn why their invest...

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

How do you make safe decisions in uncertain environments? On the blog PhD student Hasan Bin Firoz explores how the volume of decisions human drivers make every time they get behind the wheel directly influences how we design autonomous driving systems. bit.ly/AutonomousDr...

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Autonomous Driving is Hard: Safe decision-making in uncertain environments

Have you ever paused to consider the sheer number of decisions made every time we get behind the wheel? What drives these decisions? How do we adapt to diverse conditions? In this blog PhD student, Ha...

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Centre for Assuring Autonomy @cfaa.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Learn practical ways to assess and assure the safety of autonomous systems at the University of York. The Robotics and Autonomous Systems Safety (RASS) course is open for enrollment now! www.york.ac.uk/computer-sci...

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