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AI/Data CoP
Tuesday, June 04, 2024, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
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Bio: Professor Mary (Missy) Cummings received her B.S. in Mathematics from the US Naval Academy in 1988, her M.S. in Space Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1994, and her Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2004. A naval officer and military pilot from 1988-1999, she was one of the U.S. Navy's first female fighter pilots. She is a Professor in the George Mason University College of Engineering and Computing and directs the Mason Responsible AI program as well as the Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center (MARC). She is an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), a Royal Aeronautical Society Fellow, and is a Commissioner for the Global Commission on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain. Her research interests include the application of artificial intelligence in safety-critical systems, assured autonomy, human-systems engineering, and the ethical and social impact of technology.

Abstract: With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), the dream of self-driving cars has seemingly become reality with driverless commercial operations in a handful of cities around the world. However, multiple high-profile self-driving crashes has highlighted gaps in AI testing and certification, both for self-driving cars and AI in safety-critical systems in general. This talk will address the AI-related issues that have emerged with pilot testing and operations of self-driving cars and what lessons can be learned for the testing and certification of safety-critical systems with embedded AI.

Contact: Margaret Myers and Tony Trenkle