Join us at Venue London, for a day of interactive workshops, talks and networking . This event is aimed at all TAS Hub and Node Post-Doctoral Research Associates and Fellows, and PhD students from across the network.
09:00 Arrival and registration
09.30 Welcome and overview of the TAS Skills Programme
Professor Gopal Ramchurn, TAS Director, will highlight how Early Career Researchers at all stages of their career can benefit from the TAS programme.
10:00 Industry Fellowships opportunities tbc
Siddartha Khastgir, TAS Fellowships Lead tbc
10:30 Workshop 1: Responsible Research and innovation
Professor Elvira Perez & Dr Peter Craigon, University of Nottingham tbc
This interactive session will explore Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and how to implement anticipation, reflection, and action/responsiveness practices throughout your research project or PhD. Using a relevant case study as an illustration, you will be able to monitor and reflect on your progress and develop your own RRI action plan.
11:15 Break
11:30 Workshop 1: continued
12:15 Lunch and networking
13:15 Workshop 2: Safety Assurance and Certification of Autonomous Systems
Nick Bennett and tbc, Thales UK
The future will see autonomous systems operating in complex environments and making informed decisions without human interaction. The risks associated with this are yet to be fully understood, and consideration of the requisite control measures, assurances and certification requirements is ongoing. As part of this session, you will:
15:15 Break
15:30 Keynote Talk: Coders as legislators? Legal, ethical and technical implications of code as law tbc
Professor Burkhard Schafer, Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh
This talk will aim to bring the preceding workshop themes together by asking what issues we face, from legal, ethical and technological perspectives, if we try to prove that a system is law compliant. Using examples from road traffic law, we will discuss how value-sensitive decisions need to be made when translating legal provisions into executable code, and discuss the responsibilities that come with such a role.
16:30 Closing remarks
17:00 End
Travel, accommodation and any other expenses incurred by taking part in this event are the responsibility of attendees.
You may also be interested in attending the Global Sandpit Presentations and Networking session for Early Career Researchers on Monday 20 February tbc.
