Centre for Assuring Autonomy

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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.

Three groups of small wooden figures on a dark background. Each group has one different colour figure - red, green and blue.
Healthcare professionals walking down a hospital corridor, they are all walking away from the camera.
Dr Holly Sutherland presents to a large audience in a conference room there is a slide with four illustrated people on the large screen
Odd Ivar Haugen presents a screen with an iceberg on a large projector screen in a conference room
Dr Victoria Hodge accepts the prize for the academic poster competition and shakes the hand of Mike Parsons from the Safety Critical Systems Club
Professor Ibrahim Habli presents the BIG Argument to an audience in a conference room.
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.
Dr Richard Hawkins presents at the front of a conference room to a large audience.
Event promotional image with a teal background. White text reads: Last few days to register for our Symposium! 23 - 25 September 2025. Hear from 16 guest speakers from across the safe AI and autonomy space, including regulators, industry professionals, and AI tool developers. 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.
A promotional image of a teal background with bold white text reading Announcing new speakers from with a seven different organisation logos. These are Ofgem, CodeScene, Office for Nuclear Regulation, Ufonia, University of Cambridge, IEEE and Paige. White text below the logos reads Join us at the inaugural CfAA Symposium 23-25 September 2025.
A woman with dark hair and olive skin is using a small humanoid robot in a lab setting. To the right is a teal background with black text which reads: Now Recruiting: Research Associate/Fellow in Safety and Security of AI. The University of York logo is on the top right of the teal background.
To the left, an image of the York Minster behind a number of buildings. To the right, above, and below, white text reads: Announcing the first CfAA Symposium, 23-25 September 2025. Be part of our collaborative event featuring engaging speakers, presentations and panels from across industry and academia and help shape the future of safe autonomy and AI. Join our community of safe autonomy experts. Includes the logos for The University of York, The Centre for Assuring Autonomy and Lloyds Register Foundation.
A man stands in front of a room of people delivering a lecture at the Institute for Safe Autonomy. To the right, black text on a blue background reads: Now recruiting proleptic lecturer in AI safety
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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A person sat in front of a PC screen, typing code into a code terminal. On the left, a dark blue background with white text reads: Now recruiting: Research Software Engineer (Robotics and Autonomous Systems). The Uni of York logo sits in the top left, while the Centre for Assuring Autonomy sits at the bottom.
A recruitment ad image the left hand side of which is royal blue with text and logos for the Uni of York and CfAA. The text reads Now recruiting: Research and Innovation Associate / Fellow in Safe ML Ops. On the right is an image of a dark haired main in a white jumper and jeans pointing at a screen.
An operating theatre with two clinicians engaged in looking after a patient, one operates a monitor, the other is standing over a patient on the bed.
On the right a robot hand holds a human hand in a lab setting. The right of the image has a green background with Uni of York branding and white text which reads Robotics and Autonomous System Safety - Short Course.
A group of people sitting at a table are interacting with a small humanoid robot. On the right a bright blue background with black text reads: now recruiting: Research Associate in Safe Large Language Models. The uni of york logo sits on the top left of the image.
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Headshot of Prof Simon Burton, Chair of Systems Safety at the University of York inset into a larger advert for the International Workshop on Autonomous Systems Safety. His bio reads Simon Burton has worked in various safety-critical industries including 20 years as a manager in automotive companies. Burton's research interests include the safety assurance of complex, autonomous systems and machine learning safety. He is convener of teh ISO working group ISO TC22/SC32/WG14 "Road vehicles - safety and AI" and led the development of the standard ISO/AWI PAS 8800 Safety and AI.
A poster advertising the SAINTS CDT which reads: applications now open for the SAINTS UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Safe AI Systems.
A poster of the safety critical systems symposium showing a computerised image of a girl with white skin and brown eyes against a background with a satellite, an aircraft, a drone and a car.
Two researchers interacting with a robot. Overlaid is text which says: applicant webinar, online: Wednesday December 11, 2pm.