Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Autonomous Systems Safety (IWASS)

By: Christoph A. Thieme, Marilia A. Ramos, Ingrid B. Utne, and Ali Mosleh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2304.14335

Abstract: The International Workshop for Autonomous System Safety (IWASS) is a joint effort by the B. John Garrick Institute for the Risk Sciences at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA-GIRS) and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

IWASS is an invitation-only event designed to be a platform for cross-industrial and interdisciplinary effort and knowledge exchange on autonomous systems’ Safety, Reliability, and Security (SRS). The workshop gathers experts from academia, regulatory agencies, and industry to discuss challenges and potential solutions for SRS of autonomous systems from different perspectives. It complements existing events organized around specific types of autonomous systems (e.g., cars, ships, aviation) or particular safety or security-related aspects of such systems (e.g., cyber risk, software reliability, etc.). IWASS distinguishes itself from these events by addressing these topics together and proposing solutions for SRS challenges common to different types of autonomous systems.

IWASS 2022 was held on August 28th in Dublin, Ireland, and gathered 30 participants from 20 organizations from around the globe. In addition, a panel session at the European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2023) discussed the workshop's main conclusions and additional points with a larger audience. This report summarizes IWASS 2022 discussions. It provides an overview of the main points raised by a community of experts on the current status of autonomous systems SRS. It also outlines research directions for safer, more reliable and secure future autonomous systems.