WAAM2022: The First IEEE International Workshop on Workshop on Assured Autonomy, AI and Machine Learning Charlotte, NC, United States, October 31-November 3, 2022 |
Conference website | https://issre2022.github.io/ |
Submission deadline | August 1, 2022 |
Artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) systems are increasingly seen in many domains such as self-driving land vehicles, autonomous aircraft, and medical systems. AI systems should equal or surpass human performance, but given the consequences of failure in these systems, how do we determine that the data gathered to train an AI system is suitably representative of the real world? How do we assure the public that these systems work as intended and will not cause harm? These questions have given rise to a new term: “assured autonomy.” In this workshop, issues in assured autonomy such as explain ability, bias, verification, validation, privacy, trust and more for AI and ML systems will be explored. Research, experiences and best practices will be presented to illustrate the challenges and possible approaches to assured autonomy. Finally, the road ahead will be explored.
This workshop will bring together participants from industry, academia and government to tackle these challenging issues. In addition to paper presentations, two panel discussions including international experts from government, industry and academia will be conducted.
Topics of Interest
- Verification and/or validation of AI/ML systems
- Specification and requirements engineering for assured autonomy
- Explainable AI: evaluation and testing
- Bias: sources, identification, impact, and reduction/elimination
- Assured autonomy for
- Transportation, healthcare, financial and all other critical infrastructure systems
- Space applications
- Consumer goods and non-critical applications
- other application domains
- Trust and Artificial trust
- Security, safety and privacy issues for AI/ML systems
- Policies, standards, frameworks, legislative efforts for assured autonomy
- Related topics
Best papers will be considered for expansion and publication in IEEE Computer magazine.
Important Dates
Paper Submission Deadline: August 1, 2022
Paper Notification: August 19, 2021
Camera ready papers: August 26, 2021
Committees
Program Committee
- Feras A. Batarseh, Virginia Tech
- Jagan Chandrasekaran, Commonwealth Cyber Initiative, Virginia Tech
- Joanna DeFranco, Penn State
- Laura Freeman, Virginia Tech
- Alwyn E. Goodloe, NASA - Langley
- Mohamad Kassab, Penn State
- Nir Kshreti, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
- Lady Linares, Johnson & Johnson
- Dejan Milojicic, HP
- Kishor Trivedi, Duke University
- Jeff Voas, NIST
- Matt Zeiler, Clarafai
Organizing committee
- Phil Laplante (Chair), Penn State
- Ben Amaba, Clarifai
- Rick Kuhn, NIST
Contact
Dr. Phil Laplante, plaplante@psu.edu