A National Special Interest Group of the Australian Computer Society
ASSC 2019
ASSC 2019 focussed on issues surrounding the question "How can we be Artificially Safe?"
Keynote Presentations
This year five (5) keynote speakers and one (1) invited speaker presented on subjects related to the conference theme of "How can we be Artificially Safe?"
Prof Phil Koopman (Carnegie Mellon University) - Autonomous Vehicle Safety and Perception Robustness Testing
Kelvin Ross (Chair of KJR) - Can We Trust Artificial Intelligence?
Bijan Elahi (Medtronic Technical Fellow) - Is Artificial Intelligence in healthcare doomed, or destined for greatness?
Pam Melroy (Nova Systems: Director of Space Technology and Policy ) - Acceptable Risk in Human Space Flight – An Astronaut’s Perspective
Ganesh J. Pai (NASA Research Park, SGT Inc ) - Not yet available
David Ward (Horiba-Mira) - Standards for road vehicle automation: Are we nearly there yet?
Regular Presentations
More than meets the AI: can systems thinking leading indicators assist proactive safety in artificially intelligent systems? by Eryn Grant
Machine Learning for Rail Safety Incident Classification by Ben Merange
Safety Assurance for Artificial Intelligence is Futile (and that’s okay) by Drew Rae
The Ironies of Automation with AI by Dr. Holger Becht & Simon Connelly
Research Summary – Application of Bayesian methods and normative decision theory to aviation safety regulatory process by Achim Washington
Artificial Intelligence and Safety Standard Compliance: Challenges by Dr. Tim McComb
Autonomy: Is It Really As Safe As We Think? – Practical Examples from the Real World by J.Sciortino and M. Shadbolt
Papers
More than meets the AI: can systems thinking leading indicators assist proactive safety in artificially intelligent systems? by Eryn Grant, Paul Salmon & Nicholas Stevens.
Functional Safety Assessment of Train Management Control System by Kevin Anderson.
Not yet available by Graham Hjort
Tutorials
Jin-Song Dong, Zhe Hou, Hadrien Bride Machine learning for dependable decision-making
David Ward Not yet available
Phil Koopman Introduction to Critical Systems & Automotive Software Safety Issues: Part 1
Phil Koopman Introduction to Critical Systems & Automotive Software Safety Issues: Part 2
Phil Koopman Introduction to Critical Systems & Automotive Software Safety Issues: Part 3
Phil Koopman Introduction to Critical Systems & Automotive Software Safety Issues: Part 4