News and events

Across all sectors, technology is increasingly advertised as a means of improving the safety and effectiveness of specific tasks and operational environments. The maritime industry is no exception. Here, Dr Kate Preston explains why we need to fully understand the complexity maritime pilotage before we can integrate technology like autonomy.

Our first CfAA staff spotlight of 2026 is Dr Tian Gan. Dr Gan joined us last year and has embedded herself in our maritime assurance work. Here, she talks about what led her to the CfAA and why maritime autonomy is an exciting and growing research area.

In our final staff spotlight of 2025 Director of the Centre for Assuring Autonomy, Professor John McDermid, talks about his extensive career in safety, how he came to lead the CfAA and how cross collaboration, multidisciplinary working, and a respected heritage in safety critical systems has been the key to both the AAIP's and the CfAA's success.

The Centre for Assuring Autonomy (CfAA) has announced a new content hub to give clinicians and other healthcare professionals the confidence, skills and training to implement AI technologies safely in healthcare environments.

This month we're spotlighting the work of Dr Sinem Getir-Yaman, a CfAA researcher whose work in safety methodologies is helping to address the question of how autonomous systems operate safely in the real world. In this Q&A, Dr Getir-Yaman introduces her latest project focused on the safety and security of advanced AI and the need for closer industry collaboration. 

What is Concept Creep and why do we need to think about it in the context of safety assurance?